Nikolai Hecker

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

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Nikolai Hecker is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Nikolai Hecker has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Ecology and 4 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Nikolai Hecker's work include RNA Research and Splicing (5 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (4 papers) and Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (3 papers). Nikolai Hecker is often cited by papers focused on RNA Research and Splicing (5 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (4 papers) and Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (3 papers). Nikolai Hecker collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Denmark. Nikolai Hecker's co-authors include Michael Hiller, Virag Sharma, Juliana G. Roscito, Björn E. Langer, Robert Preißner, Stein Aerts, Carmen Bravo González‐Blas, Suresh Poovathingal, Gert Hulselmans and Valerie Christiaens and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

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Nikolai Hecker

21 papers receiving 1000 citations

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SCENIC+: single-cell multiomic inference of enhancers and gene regulatory networks

2023 231 citations Carmen Bravo González‐Blas, Seppe De Winter et al. Nature Methods profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Enhancer-driven cell type comparison reveals similarities between the mammalian and bird pallium 2025 ·Science ·Nikolai Hecker, (unknown), David Mauduit, (unknown), Roel Vandepoel, (unknown), Lars E. Borm, Ioannis Sarropoulos, Carmen Bravo González‐Blas, (unknown), Kristofer Davie, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Gert Hulselmans, Lynette Lim, Joris de Wit, Valerie Christiaens, Suresh Poovathingal, Stein Aerts	9
2	Spatial transcriptomics in the adult Drosophila brain and body 2024 ·eLife ·Jasper Janssens, Pierre Mangeol, Nikolai Hecker, (unknown), Katina I. Spanier, Joy N. Ismail, Gert Hulselmans, Stein Aerts, Frank Schnorrer	2
3	SCENIC+: single-cell multiomic inference of enhancers and gene regulatory networks breakdown → 2023 ·Nature Methods ·Carmen Bravo González‐Blas, Seppe De Winter, Gert Hulselmans, Nikolai Hecker, Irina Matetovici, Valerie Christiaens, Suresh Poovathingal, Jasper Wouters, Sara Aibar, Stein Aerts	231
4	Gene losses in the common vampire bat illuminate molecular adaptations to blood feeding 2022 ·Science Advances ·Moritz Blumer, Tom Brown, Mariella Bontempo Freitas, (unknown), Juraci Alves de Oliveira, Ariadna E. Morales, Tilman Schell, Carola Greve, Martin Pippel, David Jebb, Nikolai Hecker, (unknown), Bogdan Kirilenko, (unknown), Axel Janke, Burton K. Lim, Michael Hiller	29
5	Vision-related convergent gene losses reveal SERPINE3’s unknown role in the eye 2022 ·eLife ·(unknown), (unknown), Anja Machate, Nikolai Hecker, Bogdan Kirilenko, Juliana G. Roscito, Stefan Hans, Caren Norden, Michael Brand, Michael Hiller	8
6	Convergent and lineage-specific genomic differences in limb regulatory elements in limbless reptile lineages 2022 ·Cell Reports ·Juliana G. Roscito, Katrin Sameith, Bogdan Kirilenko, Nikolai Hecker, Sylke Winkler, Andreas Dahl, Miguel Tréfaut Rodrigues, Michael Hiller	24
7	Convergent Losses of TLR5 Suggest Altered Extracellular Flagellin Detection in Four Mammalian Lineages 2020 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Virag Sharma, Nikolai Hecker, (unknown), Heiko Stuckas, Michael Hiller	24
8	A genome alignment of 120 mammals highlights ultraconserved element variability and placenta-associated enhancers 2020 ·GigaScience ·Nikolai Hecker, Michael Hiller	25
9	RepeatFiller newly identifies megabases of aligning repetitive sequences and improves annotations of conserved non-exonic elements 2019 ·GigaScience ·Ekaterina Osipova, Nikolai Hecker, Michael Hiller	20
10	Odontogenic ameloblast-associated (ODAM) is inactivated in toothless/enamelless placental mammals and toothed whales 2019 ·BMC Evolutionary Biology ·Mark S. Springer, Christopher A. Emerling, John Gatesy, (unknown), Matthew A. Collin, Nikolai Hecker, Michael Hiller, Frédéric Delsuc	24
11	Convergent gene losses illuminate metabolic and physiological changes in herbivores and carnivores 2019 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Nikolai Hecker, Virag Sharma, Michael Hiller	73
12	Convergent vomeronasal system reduction in mammals coincides with convergent losses of calcium signalling and odorant‐degrading genes 2019 ·Molecular Ecology ·Nikolai Hecker, (unknown), Heiko Stuckas, Peter Giere, Michael Hiller	16
13	Genes lost during the transition from land to water in cetaceans highlight genomic changes associated with aquatic adaptations 2019 ·Science Advances ·(unknown), Nikolai Hecker, Mark S. Springer, John Gatesy, Virag Sharma, Michael Hiller	89
14	A genomics approach reveals insights into the importance of gene losses for mammalian adaptations 2018 ·Nature Communications ·Virag Sharma, Nikolai Hecker, Juliana G. Roscito, (unknown), Björn E. Langer, Michael Hiller	163
15	Translational co-regulation of a ligand and inhibitor by a conserved RNA element 2017 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Andreas Zaucker, (unknown), Pooja Kumari, Nikolai Hecker, Yin Wang, Sizhou Huang, (unknown), (unknown), Shruthi VijayKumar, Jan J. Brosens, Jan Gorodkin, Karuna Sampath	11
16	Associating transcription factors and conserved RNA structures with gene regulation in the human brain 2017 ·Scientific Reports ·Nikolai Hecker, Stefan E. Seemann, Asli Silahtaroglu, Walter L. Ruzzo, Jan Gorodkin	9
17	Transition to an aquatic habitat permitted the repeated loss of the pleiotropic KLK8 gene in mammals 2017 ·Genome Biology and Evolution ·Nikolai Hecker, Virag Sharma, Michael Hiller	28
18	Optimizing RNA structures by sequence extensions using RNAcop 2015 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Nikolai Hecker, Mikkel Christensen‐Dalsgaard, Stefan E. Seemann, Jakob H. Havgaard, Peter F. Stadler, Ivo L. Hofacker, Henrik Nielsen, Jan Gorodkin	4
19	A New Algorithm for Integrated Analysis of miRNA-mRNA Interactions Based on Individual Classification Reveals Insights into Bladder Cancer 2013 ·PLoS ONE ·Nikolai Hecker, Carsten Stephan, Hans‐Joachim Mollenkopf, Klaus Jung, Robert Preißner, Hellmuth-A. Meyer	35
20	SuperTarget goes quantitative: update on drug-target interactions 2011 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Nikolai Hecker, Jessica Ahmed, Joachim von Eichborn, Mathias Dunkel, (unknown), Andreas Eckert, Michael K. Gilson, Philip E. Bourne, Robert Preißner	171

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