Nicola Maghelli

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Nicola Maghelli is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicola Maghelli has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Cell Biology and 6 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Nicola Maghelli's work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (9 papers), Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (3 papers) and Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (3 papers). Nicola Maghelli is often cited by papers focused on Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (9 papers), Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (3 papers) and Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (3 papers). Nicola Maghelli collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Croatia and Italy. Nicola Maghelli's co-authors include Shovamayee Maharana, Anthony A. Hyman, Julia Mahamid, Martin Weigert, Louise Jawerth, Simon Alberti, Löıc A. Royer, Stoyno Stoynov, Titus M. Franzmann and Eugene W. Myers and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Nicola Maghelli

20 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A Liquid-to-Solid Phase Transition of the ALS Protein FUS Accelerated by Disease Mutation

2015 2.1k citations Avinash Patel, Hyun O. Lee et al. Cell profile →

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Shambaditya Saha Germany

Avinash Patel Germany

Lin Guo United States

Marcus Jahnel Germany

C. Patrick Lusk United States

Shovamayee Maharana Germany

Doris Richter Germany

Yongdae Shin South Korea

Shana Elbaum‐Garfinkle United States

Stoyno Stoynov Bulgaria

Shambaditya Saha Germany

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Bertani, Ilaria, Elena Restelli, Alessandra Fasciani, et al.. (2025). Adducins regulate morphology and fate of neural progenitors during neocortical neurogenesis. Cell Reports. 44(9). 116276–116276.

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Minopoli, Antonio, et al.. (2024). Opto-fluidically multiplexed assembly and micro-robotics. Light Science & Applications. 13(1). 59–59. 4 indexed citations

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Vinopal, Stanislav, Sebastián Dupraz, Michael Stieß, et al.. (2023). Centrosomal microtubule nucleation regulates radial migration of projection neurons independently of polarization in the developing brain. Neuron. 111(8). 1241–1263.e16. 20 indexed citations

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Seelbinder, Benjamin, et al.. (2021). Feedback-based positioning and diffusion suppression of particles via optical control of thermoviscous flows. Optics Express. 29(19). 30272–30272. 9 indexed citations

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Seelbinder, Benjamin, et al.. (2021). Highly sensitive force measurements in an optically generated, harmonic hydrodynamic trap. 1(1). 82 indexed citations

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Ovečka, Miroslav, et al.. (2020). Advanced Microscopy Reveals Complex Developmental and Subcellular Localization Patterns of ANNEXIN 1 in Arabidopsis. Frontiers in Plant Science. 11. 1153–1153. 19 indexed citations

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Patel, Avinash, Hyun O. Lee, Louise Jawerth, et al.. (2015). A Liquid-to-Solid Phase Transition of the ALS Protein FUS Accelerated by Disease Mutation. Cell. 162(5). 1066–1077. 2097 indexed citations breakdown →

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Glunčić, Matko, Nicola Maghelli, Alexander Krull, et al.. (2015). Kinesin-8 Motors Improve Nuclear Centering by Promoting Microtubule Catastrophe. Physical Review Letters. 114(7). 78103–78103. 17 indexed citations

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Maghelli, Nicola, et al.. (2013). Single-molecule imagingin vivo: the dancing building blocks of the cell. Integrative Biology. 5(5). 748–758. 41 indexed citations

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Goudarzi, Mehdi, Torsten U. Banisch, Nicola Maghelli, et al.. (2012). Identification and Regulation of a Molecular Module for Bleb-Based Cell Motility. Developmental Cell. 23(1). 210–218. 57 indexed citations

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Maghelli, Nicola & Iva M. Tolić. (2011). Laser Ablation of the Microtubule Cytoskeleton: Setting Up and Working with an Ablation System. Methods in molecular biology. 777. 261–271. 7 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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Maghelli, Nicola & Iva M. Tolić. (2010). Optical Trapping and Laser Ablation of Microtubules in Fission Yeast. Methods in cell biology. 97. 173–183. 9 indexed citations

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Vogel, Sven, Nenad Pavin, Nicola Maghelli, Frank Jülicher, & Iva M. Tolić. (2009). Self-Organization of Dynein Motors Generates Meiotic Nuclear Oscillations. PLoS Biology. 7(4). e1000087–e1000087. 102 indexed citations

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Vogel, Sven, Nenad Pavin, Nicola Maghelli, Frank Jülicher, & Iva M. Tolić. (2009). Microtubules and motor proteins: Mechanically regulated self-organization in vivo. The European Physical Journal Special Topics. 178(1). 57–69. 2 indexed citations

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Maghelli, Nicola & Iva M. Tolić. (2008). Versatile laser‐based cell manipulator. Journal of Biophotonics. 1(4). 299–309. 13 indexed citations

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Vogel, Sven, et al.. (2007). Interphase Microtubules Determine the Initial Alignment of the Mitotic Spindle. Current Biology. 17(5). 438–444. 26 indexed citations

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Maghelli, Nicola, et al.. (2007). Micromechanical properties of tobacco mosaic viruses. Journal of Microscopy. 225(3). 264–268. 26 indexed citations

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Labardi, M., et al.. (2002). Polarization-modulation near-field optical microscope for quantitative local dichroism mapping. Review of Scientific Instruments. 73(5). 2051–2056. 23 indexed citations

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Maghelli, Nicola, M. Labardi, Salvatore Patanè, Fernanda Irrera, & M. Allegrini. (2001). Optical near‐field harmonic demodulation in apertureless microscopy. Journal of Microscopy. 202(1). 84–93. 27 indexed citations

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