Michael Täschner

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
101 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Michael Täschner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Täschner has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Genetics and 17 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Michael Täschner's work include Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases (17 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (15 papers) and Dental materials and restorations (15 papers). Michael Täschner is often cited by papers focused on Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases (17 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (15 papers) and Dental materials and restorations (15 papers). Michael Täschner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Michael Täschner's co-authors include Esben Lorentzen, George A. Kraus, Sagar Bhogaraju, Roland Frankenberger, Anselm Petschelt, Ulrich Lohbauer, Norbert Krämer, Melanie Vetter, Naoko Mizuno and Kristina Weber and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael Täschner

96 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

Bulk-fill resin composites: Polymerization properties and... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 50 100 150 200
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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.

  1. Bulk-fill resin composites: Polymerization properties and extended light curing
    2015 234 citations Eva Maier, Michael Täschner et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Täschner Germany 33 2.1k 1.3k 842 670 563 101 4.0k
Terje Christensen Norway 30 1.1k 0.5× 42 0.0× 60 0.1× 105 0.2× 124 0.2× 93 2.6k
Shih‐Hao Huang Taiwan 23 569 0.3× 40 0.0× 56 0.1× 94 0.1× 66 0.1× 65 2.1k
Herbert Schneckenburger Germany 30 915 0.4× 31 0.0× 50 0.1× 42 0.1× 155 0.3× 158 2.7k
László Kőhidai Hungary 22 776 0.4× 124 0.1× 16 0.0× 95 0.1× 86 0.2× 139 1.5k
V. Renugopalakrishnan United States 25 1.1k 0.5× 108 0.1× 100 0.1× 96 0.1× 99 0.2× 125 2.6k
John F. Harris Canada 30 1.5k 0.7× 348 0.3× 12 0.0× 430 0.6× 124 0.2× 79 3.2k
Stella M. Valenzuela Australia 31 1.9k 0.9× 93 0.1× 33 0.0× 107 0.2× 141 0.3× 75 4.4k
John D. Spikes United States 35 1.5k 0.7× 40 0.0× 20 0.0× 424 0.6× 258 0.5× 104 4.7k
Jie Pan China 29 563 0.3× 55 0.0× 57 0.1× 45 0.1× 65 0.1× 123 2.4k
Meng Chen China 20 1.1k 0.5× 86 0.1× 18 0.0× 103 0.2× 62 0.1× 57 1.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Täschner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Täschner

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Täschner, Michael, et al.. (2026). Active Site Assembly by SMG5 as a Mechanism for SMG6 Endonuclease Licencing in Nonsense-mediated mRNA Decay. Journal of Molecular Biology. 169734–169734.
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Liu, Hon Wing, et al.. (2025). The SMC Hinge is a Selective Gate for Obstacle Bypass. Nature Communications. 16(1). 10457–10457.
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Barth, Roman, Iain F. Davidson, Jaco van der Torre, et al.. (2025). SMC motor proteins extrude DNA asymmetrically and can switch directions. Cell. 188(3). 749–763.e21. 15 indexed citations
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Liu, Hon Wing, et al.. (2024). Structural basis for plasmid restriction by SMC JET nuclease. Molecular Cell. 84(5). 883–896.e7. 16 indexed citations
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Liu, Xue, Laurye Van Maele, Daphnée Soulard, et al.. (2024). A conserved antigen induces respiratory Th17-mediated broad serotype protection against pneumococcal superinfection. Cell Host & Microbe. 32(3). 304–314.e8. 9 indexed citations
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Täschner, Michael & Stephan Gruber. (2023). DNA segment capture by Smc5/6 holocomplexes. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 30(5). 619–628. 18 indexed citations
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Petriman, Narcis-Adrian, Marta Loureiro, Michael Täschner, et al.. (2022). Biochemically validated structural model of the 15‐subunit intraflagellar transport complex IFT‐B. The EMBO Journal. 41(24). e112440–e112440. 32 indexed citations
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Täschner, Michael, et al.. (2022). Fourteen years clinical evaluation of leucite-reinforced ceramic inlays luted using two different adhesion strategies. Journal of Dentistry. 123. 104210–104210. 9 indexed citations
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Vitre, Benjamin, Nicolas Taulet, Audrey Guesdon, et al.. (2020). IFT proteins interact with HSET to promote supernumerary centrosome clustering in mitosis. EMBO Reports. 21(6). e49234–e49234. 23 indexed citations
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Soh, Young‐Min, Iain F. Davidson, Stefano Zamuner, et al.. (2019). Self-organization of parS centromeres by the ParB CTP hydrolase. Science. 366(6469). 1129–1133. 94 indexed citations
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Mallojjala, Sharath Chandra, Michael Täschner, James T. Engle, et al.. (2018). Lone-Pair-Induced Topicity Observed in Macrobicyclic Tetra-thia Lactams and Cryptands: Synthesis, Spectral Identification, and Computational Assessment. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 83(17). 10025–10036. 4 indexed citations
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Täschner, Michael, Kristina A. Ganzinger, Charlotte F. Kelley, et al.. (2018). Membrane association and remodeling by intraflagellar transport protein IFT172. Nature Communications. 9(1). 4684–4684. 22 indexed citations
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Taulet, Nicolas, Benjamin Vitre, Christelle Anguille, et al.. (2017). IFT proteins spatially control the geometry of cleavage furrow ingression and lumen positioning. Nature Communications. 8(1). 1928–1928. 20 indexed citations
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Täschner, Michael & Esben Lorentzen. (2016). The Intraflagellar Transport Machinery. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 8(10). a028092–a028092. 256 indexed citations
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Bhogaraju, Sagar, Lukáš Čajánek, Cécile Fort, et al.. (2013). Molecular Basis of Tubulin Transport Within the Cilium by IFT74 and IFT81. Science. 341(6149). 1009–1012. 240 indexed citations
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Täschner, Michael, Sagar Bhogaraju, & Esben Lorentzen. (2011). Architecture and function of IFT complex proteins in ciliogenesis. Differentiation. 83(2). S12–S22. 138 indexed citations
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Bhogaraju, Sagar, et al.. (2011). Crystal structure of the intraflagellar transport complex 25/27. The EMBO Journal. 30(10). 1907–1918. 88 indexed citations
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Weise, K., et al.. (2009). Monte Carlo determination of the characteristic limits in measurement of ionising radiation--fundamentals and numerics. Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 135(3). 169–196. 14 indexed citations
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Kvint, Kristian, Jay P. Uhler, Michael Täschner, et al.. (2008). Reversal of RNA Polymerase II Ubiquitylation by the Ubiquitin Protease Ubp3. Molecular Cell. 30(4). 498–506. 60 indexed citations
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Weise, K., et al.. (2006). Bayesian decision threshold, detection limit and confidence limits in ionising-radiation measurement. Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 121(1). 52–63. 34 indexed citations

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