Seraphine V. Wegner

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
88 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Seraphine V. Wegner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Seraphine V. Wegner has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Molecular Biology, 29 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 28 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Seraphine V. Wegner's work include Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (25 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (12 papers) and 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (10 papers). Seraphine V. Wegner is often cited by papers focused on Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (25 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (12 papers) and 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (10 papers). Seraphine V. Wegner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, China and United States. Seraphine V. Wegner's co-authors include Chuan He, Joachim P. Spatz, Fei Chen, Wilfred G. van der Wiel, Wolfram H. P. Pernice, Bart Jan Ravoo, Corinna Kaspar, Peng Chen, Rumiana Dimova and Solveig M. Bartelt and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Seraphine V. Wegner

87 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Seraphine V. Wegner Germany	29	1.5k	1.0k	494	416	390	88	3.2k
Annela M. Seddon United Kingdom	28	1.5k 1.0×	577 0.6×	626 1.3×	914 2.2×	168 0.4×	78	3.2k
Jonathan D. Nickels United States	26	1.1k 0.7×	693 0.7×	365 0.7×	410 1.0×	328 0.8×	57	2.4k
Kenichi Morigaki Japan	31	1.5k 1.0×	596 0.6×	451 0.9×	540 1.3×	190 0.5×	102	3.4k
Xiaojun Feng China	35	1.5k 1.0×	2.2k 2.2×	248 0.5×	193 0.5×	208 0.5×	146	3.6k
Yuval Elani United Kingdom	26	1.5k 1.0×	1.4k 1.4×	342 0.7×	409 1.0×	410 1.1×	59	2.8k
Thorsten Hugel Germany	36	1.8k 1.2×	739 0.7×	1.0k 2.1×	456 1.1×	189 0.5×	106	4.6k
Jason B. Shear United States	36	1.5k 1.0×	3.0k 3.0×	952 1.9×	375 0.9×	694 1.8×	93	5.5k
Meng Qin China	37	1.1k 0.8×	1.4k 1.4×	675 1.4×	1.4k 3.4×	105 0.3×	139	4.4k
Barbara J. Frisken Canada	30	1.3k 0.9×	1.2k 1.2×	810 1.6×	414 1.0×	121 0.3×	57	4.0k
Sapun H. Parekh United States	35	1.4k 0.9×	1.5k 1.5×	430 0.9×	545 1.3×	102 0.3×	110	4.3k

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Wegner, Seraphine V., et al.. (2025). Programming Green Light‐Responsive Hydrogels: From Photo‐Weakening to Photo‐Unresponsiveness and Photo‐Strengthening. Chemistry - A European Journal. 31(16). e202404360–e202404360. 1 indexed citations

Xiang, Cheng, Ying Yin, Haohan Li, et al.. (2025). Living therapeutics: Precision diagnosis and therapy with engineered bacteria. Biomaterials. 321. 123342–123342. 4 indexed citations

Zheng, Yanjun, et al.. (2024). Three‐Color Protein Photolithography with Green, Red, and Far‐Red Light. Small. 20(52). e2405687–e2405687. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Fei, et al.. (2024). Optogenetic Control of Bacterial Cell‐Cell Adhesion Dynamics: Unraveling the Influence on Biofilm Architecture and Functionality. Advanced Science. 11(23). e2310079–e2310079. 9 indexed citations

Civera, Monica, Stefano Elli, Isabel Pagani, et al.. (2024). Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 spike trimers towards optimized heparan sulfate cross-linking and inter-chain mobility. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 32174–32174. 1 indexed citations

Wegner, Tristan, Yanjun Zheng, Markus Werner, et al.. (2024). Alkyne-tagged imidazolium-based membrane cholesterol analogs for Raman imaging applications. Chemical Science. 15(35). 14323–14335. 3 indexed citations

Wegner, Seraphine V., et al.. (2023). Photoactivation of LOV domains with chemiluminescence. Chemical Science. 15(3). 1027–1038. 3 indexed citations

Zheng, Yanjun, et al.. (2023). NTA-Cholesterol Analogue for the Nongenetic Liquid-Ordered Phase-Specific Functionalization of Lipid Membranes with Proteins. ACS Chemical Biology. 18(6). 1435–1443. 6 indexed citations

Yang, Shuo, Alex Joesaar, Pierangelo Gobbo, et al.. (2023). Orthogonal Light‐Dependent Membrane Adhesion Induces Social Self‐Sorting and Member‐Specific DNA Communication in Synthetic Cell Communities. Small. 19(13). e2206474–e2206474. 15 indexed citations

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Iorio, Daniele Di, Seraphine V. Wegner, Daniel Hoffmann, et al.. (2023). Hedgehog is relayed through dynamic heparan sulfate interactions to shape its gradient. Nature Communications. 14(1). 758–758. 13 indexed citations

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Iorio, Daniele Di, et al.. (2023). A disordered tether to iLID improves photoswitchable protein patterning on model membranes. Chemical Communications. 59(29). 4380–4383. 6 indexed citations

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Nicolas, Arnaud, Dorota Kurek, Kyounghun Lee, et al.. (2021). High throughput transepithelial electrical resistance (TEER) measurements on perfused membrane-free epithelia. Lab on a Chip. 21(9). 1676–1685. 52 indexed citations

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Chen, Fei, et al.. (2020). Bioluminescence-Triggered Photoswitchable Bacterial Adhesions Enable Higher Sensitivity and Dual-Readout Bacterial Biosensors for Mercury. ACS Sensors. 5(7). 2205–2210. 24 indexed citations

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Schauer, Oliver, et al.. (2019). Red/Far‐Red Light Switchable Cargo Attachment and Release in Bacteria‐Driven Microswimmers. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 9(1). e1900956–e1900956. 38 indexed citations

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Wegner, Seraphine V., et al.. (2019). Independent Blue and Red Light Triggered Narcissistic Self‐Sorting Self‐Assembly of Colloidal Particles. Small. 15(25). e1901801–e1901801. 18 indexed citations

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Morsbach, Svenja, Grazia Gonella, Volker Mailänder, et al.. (2018). Engineering von Proteinen an Oberflächen: Von komplementärer Charakterisierung zu Materialoberflächen mit maßgeschneiderten Funktionen. Angewandte Chemie. 130(39). 12806–12830. 3 indexed citations

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Morsbach, Svenja, Grazia Gonella, Volker Mailänder, et al.. (2018). Engineering Proteins at Interfaces: From Complementary Characterization to Material Surfaces with Designed Functions. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(39). 12626–12648. 40 indexed citations

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Wegner, Seraphine V., et al.. (2015). Photocleavable linker for the patterning of bioactive molecules. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 18309–18309. 47 indexed citations

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Wegner, Seraphine V., et al.. (2010). Metal-binding properties of Hpn from Helicobacter pylori and implications for the therapeutic activity of bismuth. Chemical Science. 2(3). 451–456. 13 indexed citations

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Wegner, Seraphine V., et al.. (2009). Engineering A Uranyl‐Specific Binding Protein from NikR. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 48(13). 2339–2341. 70 indexed citations

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