Michaela Wilsch‐Bräuninger

8.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
55 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Michaela Wilsch‐Bräuninger is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Developmental Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Michaela Wilsch‐Bräuninger has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Cell Biology and 13 papers in Developmental Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Michaela Wilsch‐Bräuninger's work include Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (13 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (11 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (8 papers). Michaela Wilsch‐Bräuninger is often cited by papers focused on Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (13 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (11 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (8 papers). Michaela Wilsch‐Bräuninger collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and United States. Michaela Wilsch‐Bräuninger's co-authors include Wieland Β. Huttner, Denis Corbeil, Anne‐Marie Marzesco, Marcos González‐Gaitán, Véronique Dubreuil, Judith T.M.L. Paridaen, Marta Florio, Denise Stenzel, Robert Nitsch and Jennifer L. Fish and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Michaela Wilsch‐Bräuninger

53 papers receiving 6.0k 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.

Human cerebral organoids recapitulate gene expression programs of fetal neocortex development

2015 767 citations J. Gray Camp, Marta Florio et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
OSVZ progenitors of human and ferret neocortex are epithelial-like and expand by integrin signaling

2010 589 citations Michaela Wilsch‐Bräuninger, Denis Corbeil et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michaela Wilsch‐Bräuninger Germany	36	4.3k	1.7k	1.4k	1.1k	938	55	6.1k
Ajay Chitnis United States	42	5.8k 1.3×	2.6k 1.5×	1.0k 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	858 0.9×	79	8.0k
Orly Reiner Israel	42	3.9k 0.9×	2.4k 1.4×	1.7k 1.2×	1.5k 1.3×	1.1k 1.2×	117	6.9k
Fumio Matsuzaki Japan	41	4.7k 1.1×	2.1k 1.2×	1.3k 0.9×	1.5k 1.3×	689 0.7×	107	6.5k
Domingos Henrique Portugal	39	7.0k 1.6×	1.4k 0.8×	860 0.6×	801 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	62	8.1k
Nicholas Gaiano United States	34	6.0k 1.4×	1.2k 0.7×	2.0k 1.4×	1.3k 1.1×	962 1.0×	50	7.9k
Lyle B. Zimmerman United Kingdom	19	4.1k 0.9×	699 0.4×	1.8k 1.3×	1.2k 1.0×	895 1.0×	26	6.2k
Federico Calegari Germany	35	3.3k 0.8×	801 0.5×	1.5k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	637 0.7×	69	4.8k
Bruce T. Schaar United States	22	4.7k 1.1×	1.5k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	771 0.7×	948 1.0×	26	6.5k
Daniel Goldman United States	49	5.7k 1.3×	1.6k 0.9×	1.0k 0.7×	1.9k 1.7×	652 0.7×	107	7.0k
Frederick J. Livesey United Kingdom	42	6.2k 1.4×	795 0.5×	1.4k 1.0×	2.0k 1.8×	907 1.0×	73	8.3k

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Wilsch‐Bräuninger, Michaela, Felipe Mora‐Bermúdez, Fabian Rost, et al.. (2025). Cerebral organoids expressing mutant actin genes reveal cellular mechanism underlying microcephaly. EMBO Reports. 27(2). 387–415.

Wilsch‐Bräuninger, Michaela, et al.. (2025). Purine Molecular Interactions Determine Anisotropic Shape of Zebrafish Biogenic Crystals. Small Methods. 9(9). e01956–e01956.

Wilsch‐Bräuninger, Michaela, Ernesto Scoppola, Manfred Burghammer, et al.. (2022). Multiscale X-ray study of Bacillus subtilis biofilms reveals interlinked structural hierarchy and elemental heterogeneity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(4). 32 indexed citations

Wilsch‐Bräuninger, Michaela, et al.. (2022). A local insulin reservoir in Drosophila alpha cell homologs ensures developmental progression under nutrient shortage. Current Biology. 32(8). 1788–1797.e5. 9 indexed citations

Wilsch‐Bräuninger, Michaela & Wieland Β. Huttner. (2021). Primary Cilia and Centrosomes in Neocortex Development. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 15. 755867–755867. 24 indexed citations

Kalebic, Nereo, Carlotta Gilardi, Barbara K. Stepien, et al.. (2019). Neocortical Expansion Due to Increased Proliferation of Basal Progenitors Is Linked to Changes in Their Morphology. Cell stem cell. 24(4). 535–550.e9. 100 indexed citations

Taverna, Elena, Felipe Mora‐Bermúdez, Paulina Strzyz, et al.. (2016). Non-canonical features of the Golgi apparatus in bipolar epithelial neural stem cells. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 21206–21206. 47 indexed citations

Terré, Berta, Sandra Segura‐Bayona, Gabriel Gil‐Gómez, et al.. (2016). GEMC 1 is a critical regulator of multiciliated cell differentiation. The EMBO Journal. 35(9). 942–960. 76 indexed citations

Camp, J. Gray, Marta Florio, Sabina Kanton, et al.. (2015). Human cerebral organoids recapitulate gene expression programs of fetal neocortex development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(51). 15672–15677. 767 indexed citations breakdown →

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Strzyz, Paulina, et al.. (2015). Centriole Amplification in Zebrafish Affects Proliferation and Survival but Not Differentiation of Neural Progenitor Cells. Cell Reports. 13(1). 168–182. 21 indexed citations

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Paridaen, Judith T.M.L., Wieland Β. Huttner, & Michaela Wilsch‐Bräuninger. (2015). Analysis of primary cilia in the developing mouse brain. Methods in cell biology. 127. 93–129. 10 indexed citations

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Meinhardt, Andrea, Dominic Eberle, Akira Tazaki, et al.. (2014). 3D Reconstitution of the Patterned Neural Tube from Embryonic Stem Cells. Stem Cell Reports. 3(6). 987–999. 162 indexed citations

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Wilsch‐Bräuninger, Michaela, et al.. (2014). The role of Î±-E-catenin in cerebral cortex development: radial glia specific effect on neuronal migration. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 8. 215–215. 27 indexed citations

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Paridaen, Judith T.M.L., Michaela Wilsch‐Bräuninger, & Wieland Β. Huttner. (2013). Asymmetric Inheritance of Centrosome-Associated Primary Cilium Membrane Directs Ciliogenesis after Cell Division. Cell. 155(2). 333–344. 226 indexed citations

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Wilsch‐Bräuninger, Michaela, Jula Peters, Judith T.M.L. Paridaen, & Wieland Β. Huttner. (2011). Basolateral rather than apical primary cilia on neuroepithelial cells committed to delamination. Development. 139(1). 95–105. 81 indexed citations

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Stieß, Michael, Nicola Maghelli, Lukas C. Kapitein, et al.. (2010). Axon Extension Occurs Independently of Centrosomal Microtubule Nucleation. Science. 327(5966). 704–707. 208 indexed citations

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Dubreuil, Véronique, Anne‐Marie Marzesco, Denis Corbeil, Wieland Β. Huttner, & Michaela Wilsch‐Bräuninger. (2007). Midbody and primary cilium of neural progenitors release extracellular membrane particles enriched in the stem cell marker prominin-1. The Journal of Cell Biology. 176(4). 483–495. 229 indexed citations

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Bökel, Christian, et al.. (2006). Drosophila Cornichon acts as cargo receptor for ER export of the TGFα-like growth factor Gurken. Development. 133(3). 459–470. 82 indexed citations

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Montero, Juan A., et al.. (2005). Shield formation at the onset of zebrafish gastrulation. Development. 132(6). 1187–1198. 149 indexed citations

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Cerny, Robert, Daniel Meulemans, Jürgen Berger, et al.. (2003). Combined intrinsic and extrinsic influences pattern cranial neural crest migration and pharyngeal arch morphogenesis in axolotl. Developmental Biology. 266(2). 252–269. 43 indexed citations

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