Sebastian Hiller

11.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
148 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Sebastian Hiller is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Sebastian Hiller has authored 148 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 110 papers in Molecular Biology, 27 papers in Materials Chemistry and 24 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Sebastian Hiller's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (43 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (24 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (24 papers). Sebastian Hiller is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (43 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (24 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (24 papers). Sebastian Hiller collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Sebastian Hiller's co-authors include Gerhard Wagner, Lorenzo Sborgi, Petr Brož, Daniel J. Müller, Björn M. Burmann, Sebastian Rühl, Gerhard Wider, Kurt Wüthrich, Rosalie Heilig and Estefania Mulvihill and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Sebastian Hiller

139 papers receiving 6.9k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

GSDMD membrane pore formation constitutes the mechanism of pyroptotic cell death

2016 915 citations Lorenzo Sborgi, Sebastian Rühl et al. The EMBO Journal profile →
Solution Structure of the Integral Human Membrane Protein VDAC-1 in Detergent Micelles

2008 546 citations Sebastian Hiller, Robert Garces et al. Science profile →
Structural basis of NINJ1-mediated plasma membrane rupture in cell death

2023 144 citations Daniel J. Müller, Timm Maier et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sebastian Hiller Switzerland	40	5.4k	1.0k	893	722	708	148	7.0k
Dušan Uhrı́n United Kingdom	40	2.0k 0.4×	1.5k 1.5×	643 0.7×	263 0.4×	277 0.4×	160	5.1k
Gunnar F. Schröder Germany	41	5.0k 0.9×	796 0.8×	538 0.6×	1.2k 1.7×	540 0.8×	87	7.4k
Jan T. Rasmussen Denmark	34	2.0k 0.4×	660 0.7×	1.3k 1.5×	941 1.3×	238 0.3×	79	5.1k
Mark R. Wormald United Kingdom	61	8.6k 1.6×	3.6k 3.5×	810 0.9×	370 0.5×	481 0.7×	173	12.8k
Toshio Yamazaki Japan	35	3.0k 0.6×	309 0.3×	968 1.1×	791 1.1×	473 0.7×	179	4.9k
James J. Chou United States	50	6.9k 1.3×	1.0k 1.0×	1.1k 1.2×	695 1.0×	227 0.3×	124	9.1k
David Cowburn United States	53	7.7k 1.4×	1.0k 1.0×	2.1k 2.4×	1.2k 1.7×	503 0.7×	180	10.4k
Wolfgang Peti United States	46	5.3k 1.0×	696 0.7×	729 0.8×	896 1.2×	1.4k 1.9×	144	7.3k
Thomas Peters Germany	43	4.4k 0.8×	897 0.9×	581 0.7×	477 0.7×	928 1.3×	161	7.4k
Haydyn D. T. Mertens Germany	33	4.1k 0.8×	585 0.6×	308 0.3×	1.5k 2.0×	498 0.7×	71	6.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Sebastian Hiller

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sebastian Hiller

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sebastian Hiller

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hiller, Sebastian, et al.. (2025). Hydrate-based carbon capture via pressure swing in a packed bed of ice. Separation and Purification Technology. 361. 131206–131206. 2 indexed citations

Träger, Lothar, et al.. (2025). Structural basis for cooperative ssDNA binding by bacteriophage protein filament P12. Nucleic Acids Research. 53(5).

Serdiuk, Tetiana, Dhiman Ghosh, Juan Gerez, et al.. (2025). Alpha-synuclein interacts with regulators of ATP homeostasis in mitochondria. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7651–7651.

Lewis, Kim, Richard Lee, Heike Brötz‐Oesterhelt, et al.. (2024). Sophisticated natural products as antibiotics. Nature. 632(8023). 39–49. 52 indexed citations

Santi, Isabella, Pablo Manfredi, Guillaume Mas, et al.. (2024). Toxin-mediated depletion of NAD and NADP drives persister formation in a human pathogen. The EMBO Journal. 43(21). 5211–5236. 4 indexed citations

Berhanu, Samuel, Sagardip Majumder, Thomas Müntener, et al.. (2024). Sculpting conducting nanopore size and shape through de novo protein design. Science. 385(6706). 282–288. 20 indexed citations

Buyck, Julien M., Sandra Söderholm, Olivier Cunrath, et al.. (2021). Outer membrane permeability: Antimicrobials and diverse nutrients bypass porins in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(31). 85 indexed citations

Kaur, Hundeep, Roman P. Jakob, Jan K. Marzinek, et al.. (2021). The antibiotic darobactin mimics a β-strand to inhibit outer membrane insertase. Nature. 593(7857). 125–129. 155 indexed citations

Mas, Guillaume, Björn M. Burmann, Timothy Sharpe, et al.. (2020). Regulation of chaperone function by coupled folding and oligomerization. Science Advances. 6(43). 20 indexed citations

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Kaczmarczyk, Andreas, Antje M. Hempel, Raphael Böhm, et al.. (2020). Precise timing of transcription by c-di-GMP coordinates cell cycle and morphogenesis in Caulobacter. Nature Communications. 11(1). 816–816. 39 indexed citations

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Dubey, Badri N., Raphael Böhm, Andreas Kaczmarczyk, et al.. (2019). Hybrid histidine kinase activation by cyclic di-GMP–mediated domain liberation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(2). 1000–1008. 31 indexed citations

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Morgado, Leonor, Björn M. Burmann, Timothy Sharpe, Artur Mazur, & Sebastian Hiller. (2017). The dynamic dimer structure of the chaperone Trigger Factor. Nature Communications. 8(1). 1992–1992. 35 indexed citations

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Thoma, Johannes, et al.. (2017). Maltoporin LamB Unfolds β Hairpins along Mechanical Stress-Dependent Unfolding Pathways. Structure. 25(7). 1139–1144.e2. 15 indexed citations

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Sborgi, Lorenzo, Sebastian Rühl, Estefania Mulvihill, et al.. (2016). GSDMD membrane pore formation constitutes the mechanism of pyroptotic cell death. The EMBO Journal. 35(16). 1766–1778. 915 indexed citations breakdown →

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Stanger, Frédéric V., Björn M. Burmann, Alexander Harms, et al.. (2016). Intrinsic regulation of FIC-domain AMP-transferases by oligomerization and automodification. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(5). E529–37. 22 indexed citations

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He, Lichun, Timothy Sharpe, Artur Mazur, & Sebastian Hiller. (2016). A molecular mechanism of chaperone-client recognition. Science Advances. 2(11). e1601625–e1601625. 57 indexed citations

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Sborgi, Lorenzo, Francesco Ravotti, Venkata P. Dandey, et al.. (2015). Structure and assembly of the mouse ASC inflammasome by combined NMR spectroscopy and cryo-electron microscopy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(43). 13237–13242. 125 indexed citations

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Niemann, Moritz, Anke Harsman, Sandro Käser, et al.. (2014). Trypanosomal TAC40 constitutes a novel subclass of mitochondrial β-barrel proteins specialized in mitochondrial genome inheritance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(21). 7624–7629. 35 indexed citations

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Hiller, Sebastian, et al.. (2011). 4D APSY-HBCB(CG)CDHD experiment for automated assignment of aromatic amino acid side chains in proteins. Journal of Biomolecular NMR. 51(3). 313–318. 4 indexed citations

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Hiller, Sebastian, Robert Garces, T. Malia, et al.. (2008). Solution Structure of the Integral Human Membrane Protein VDAC-1 in Detergent Micelles. Science. 321(5893). 1206–1210. 546 indexed citations breakdown →

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