Patrick Meraldi

6.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Patrick Meraldi is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick Meraldi has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Cell Biology, 59 papers in Molecular Biology and 14 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Patrick Meraldi's work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (61 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (29 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (11 papers). Patrick Meraldi is often cited by papers focused on Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (61 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (29 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (11 papers). Patrick Meraldi collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States. Patrick Meraldi's co-authors include Erich A. Nigg, Peter K. Sorger, Andrew M. Fry, Andrew D. McAinsh, Viji M. Draviam, Reiko Honda, Jiri Bartek, York‐Dieter Stierhof, Thibault Mayor and Alberto Toso and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, The Journal of Cell Biology and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Patrick Meraldi

63 papers receiving 5.0k 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.

  1. Aurora-A overexpression reveals tetraploidization as a major route to centrosome amplification in p53-/- cells
    2002 549 citations Patrick Meraldi The EMBO Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Patrick Meraldi Switzerland 35 4.2k 4.0k 1.2k 850 374 65 5.0k
Gordon K. Chan Canada 33 3.9k 0.9× 3.1k 0.8× 831 0.7× 745 0.9× 250 0.7× 53 4.4k
Mar Carmena United Kingdom 23 4.3k 1.0× 3.8k 0.9× 1.3k 1.1× 1.2k 1.4× 237 0.6× 35 5.3k
Hélder Maiato Portugal 40 4.8k 1.1× 4.6k 1.2× 594 0.5× 1.2k 1.4× 309 0.8× 104 5.8k
Jan‐Michael Peters Austria 20 4.5k 1.1× 2.5k 0.6× 628 0.5× 985 1.2× 414 1.1× 22 5.1k
Neil J. Ganem United States 19 3.6k 0.9× 3.0k 0.7× 1.1k 0.9× 653 0.8× 611 1.6× 32 4.9k
Andrew J. Holland United States 38 4.4k 1.1× 3.7k 0.9× 978 0.8× 950 1.1× 1.1k 2.9× 67 5.6k
Jonathan M.G. Higgins United States 33 2.7k 0.6× 1.5k 0.4× 425 0.4× 503 0.6× 180 0.5× 56 3.6k
Prasad V. Jallepalli United States 31 3.6k 0.9× 2.3k 0.6× 1.2k 1.0× 433 0.5× 553 1.5× 39 4.5k
Reiko Honda Japan 23 4.1k 1.0× 1.7k 0.4× 2.7k 2.3× 344 0.4× 230 0.6× 29 5.0k
Paola Vagnarelli United Kingdom 29 3.7k 0.9× 2.0k 0.5× 574 0.5× 1.1k 1.3× 356 1.0× 63 4.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Patrick Meraldi

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Meraldi, Patrick, et al.. (2024). Balancing Plk1 activity levels: The secret of synchrony between the cell and the centrosome cycle. BioEssays. 46(10). e2400048–e2400048. 1 indexed citations
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Meraldi, Patrick, et al.. (2024). Centrosome age breaks spindle size symmetry even in cells thought to divide symmetrically. The Journal of Cell Biology. 223(8).
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Meraldi, Patrick, et al.. (2023). Mild replication stress causes premature centriole disengagement via a sub-critical Plk1 activity under the control of ATR-Chk1. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6088–6088. 7 indexed citations
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Meraldi, Patrick, et al.. (2022). PLK1 controls centriole distal appendage formation and centrobin removal via independent pathways. Journal of Cell Science. 135(8). 4 indexed citations
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Burroughs, Nigel J., et al.. (2022). Evidence for a HURP/EB free mixed-nucleotide zone in kinetochore-microtubules. Nature Communications. 13(1). 4704–4704. 9 indexed citations
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Liaudet, Nicolas, et al.. (2021). WDR62 localizes katanin at spindle poles to ensure synchronous chromosome segregation. The Journal of Cell Biology. 220(8). 12 indexed citations
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Berndsen, Robert H., Andrea Weiss, Magdalena Rausch, et al.. (2019). Anti-angiogenic effects of crenolanib are mediated by mitotic modulation independently of PDGFR expression. British Journal of Cancer. 121(2). 139–149. 13 indexed citations
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Wilhelm, Therese, et al.. (2019). Mild replication stress causes chromosome mis-segregation via premature centriole disengagement. Nature Communications. 10(1). 3585–3585. 87 indexed citations
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Smith, Christopher A., et al.. (2018). Mitotic live-cell imaging at different timescales. Methods in cell biology. 145. 1–27. 5 indexed citations
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Chapard, Christophe, et al.. (2014). The TRAF-interacting protein (TRAIP) is a regulator of the spindle assembly checkpoint. Journal of Cell Science. 127(Pt 24). 5149–56. 26 indexed citations
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Mchedlishvili, Nunu, et al.. (2013). Nonautonomous Movement of Chromosomes in Mitosis. Developmental Cell. 27(1). 60–71. 40 indexed citations
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Charnley, Mirren, et al.. (2013). Effect of Cell Shape and Dimensionality on Spindle Orientation and Mitotic Timing. PLoS ONE. 8(6). e66918–e66918. 13 indexed citations
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Meraldi, Patrick. (2011). Keeping kinetochores on track. European Journal of Cell Biology. 91(2). 103–106.
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Thoma, Clemens, Alberto Toso, Patrick Meraldi, & Wilhelm Krek. (2011). Mechanisms of aneuploidy and its suppression by tumour suppressor proteins. Swiss Medical Weekly. 141(910). w13170–w13170. 8 indexed citations
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Meraldi, Patrick, et al.. (2011). The Spindle Assembly Checkpoint: Clock or Domino?. Results and problems in cell differentiation. 53. 75–91. 10 indexed citations
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McAinsh, Andrew D. & Patrick Meraldi. (2011). The CCAN complex: Linking centromere specification to control of kinetochore–microtubule dynamics. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 22(9). 946–952. 34 indexed citations
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Amaro, Ana C., Catarina P. Samora, René Holtackers, et al.. (2010). Molecular control of kinetochore-microtubule dynamics and chromosome oscillations. Nature Cell Biology. 12(4). 319–329. 124 indexed citations
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Klebig, Christiane, et al.. (2009). Analysing Kinetochore Function in Human Cells: Spindle Checkpoint and Chromosome Congression. Methods in molecular biology. 545. 205–220. 2 indexed citations
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McAinsh, Andrew D., Patrick Meraldi, Viji M. Draviam, Alberto Toso, & Peter K. Sorger. (2006). The human kinetochore proteins Nnf1R and Mcm21R are required for accurate chromosome segregation. The EMBO Journal. 25(17). 4033–4049. 65 indexed citations
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Meraldi, Patrick & Peter K. Sorger. (2005). A dual role for Bub1 in the spindle checkpoint and chromosome congression. The EMBO Journal. 24(8). 1621–1633. 167 indexed citations

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