Michael Ratz

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 615 citations indexed

About

Michael Ratz is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Ratz has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 615 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Biophysics and 3 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Michael Ratz's work include Cell Image Analysis Techniques (6 papers), Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (5 papers) and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (5 papers). Michael Ratz is often cited by papers focused on Cell Image Analysis Techniques (6 papers), Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (5 papers) and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (5 papers). Michael Ratz collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Germany and United States. Michael Ratz's co-authors include Stefan Jakobs, Stefan W. Hell, Ilaria Testa, Andriy Chmyrov, Elisa D’Este, Tim Grotjohann, Christian Eggeling, Jan Keller‐Findeisen, Giovanna Coceano and Andreas Bodén and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Nature Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Michael Ratz

10 papers receiving 603 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Nanoscopy with more than 100,000 'doughnuts'

2013 187 citations Andriy Chmyrov, Jan Keller‐Findeisen et al. Nature Methods profile →

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Jasmin K. Pape Germany

Luciano A. Masullo Germany

Marina S. Dietz Germany

Till Stephan Germany

Udo Birk Germany

Zeno Lavagnino Italy

Anne Béghin France

Kyle M. Douglass Switzerland

Tyler J. Chozinski United States

Marion Lang Germany

Jasmin K. Pape Germany

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Ratz

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Belicová, Lenka, Michael Ratz, Elin Vinsland, et al.. (2025). Ectoderm barcoding reveals neural and cochlear compartmentalization. Science. 388(6742). 60–68. 1 indexed citations

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Soares, Ruben R. G., Jimmy Larsson, David Fange, et al.. (2025). Pooled optical screening in bacteria using chromosomally expressed barcodes. Communications Biology. 8(1). 851–851.

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Lange, F. de, Michael Ratz, Dirk Wenzel, et al.. (2025). In situ architecture of the human prohibitin complex. Nature Cell Biology. 27(4). 633–640. 7 indexed citations

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Mold, Jeff E., Michael Ratz, Michael Hagemann-Jensen, et al.. (2024). Clonally heritable gene expression imparts a layer of diversity within cell types. Cell Systems. 15(2). 149–165.e10. 15 indexed citations

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Ratz, Michael, Ludvig Larsson, Marcel Martin, et al.. (2022). Clonal relations in the mouse brain revealed by single-cell and spatial transcriptomics. Nature Neuroscience. 25(3). 285–294. 70 indexed citations

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Westholm, Jakub Orzechowski, et al.. (2022). Early fate bias in neuroepithelial progenitors of hippocampal neurogenesis. Hippocampus. 33(4). 391–401.

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Bodén, Andreas, et al.. (2021). Volumetric live cell imaging with three-dimensional parallelized RESOLFT microscopy. Nature Biotechnology. 39(5). 609–618. 47 indexed citations

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Masullo, Luciano A., Andreas Bodén, Francesca Pennacchietti, et al.. (2018). Enhanced photon collection enables four dimensional fluorescence nanoscopy of living systems. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3281–3281. 49 indexed citations

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Hochgerner, Hannah, Peter Lönnerberg, Rebecca D. Hodge, et al.. (2017). STRT-seq-2i: dual-index 5ʹ single cell and nucleus RNA-seq on an addressable microwell array. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 16327–16327. 57 indexed citations

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Butkevich, Alexey N., Haisen Ta, Michael Ratz, et al.. (2017). Two-Color 810 nm STED Nanoscopy of Living Cells with Endogenous SNAP-Tagged Fusion Proteins. ACS Chemical Biology. 13(2). 475–480. 60 indexed citations

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Ratz, Michael, Ilaria Testa, Stefan W. Hell, & Stefan Jakobs. (2015). CRISPR/Cas9-mediated endogenous protein tagging for RESOLFT super-resolution microscopy of living human cells. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 9592–9592. 122 indexed citations

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Chmyrov, Andriy, Jan Keller‐Findeisen, Tim Grotjohann, et al.. (2013). Nanoscopy with more than 100,000 'doughnuts'. Nature Methods. 10(8). 737–740. 187 indexed citations breakdown →

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