Silke Sachse

7.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
68 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Silke Sachse is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Genetics and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Silke Sachse has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 40 papers in Genetics and 32 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Silke Sachse's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (59 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (39 papers) and Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (23 papers). Silke Sachse is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (59 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (39 papers) and Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (23 papers). Silke Sachse collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Sweden. Silke Sachse's co-authors include C. Giovanni Galizia, Bill S. Hansson, Leslie B. Vosshall, Richard Benton, Stephen W. Michnick, Markus Knaden, Veit Grabe, Angelika Rappert, Hany K. M. Dweck and Antonia Strutz and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Silke Sachse

68 papers receiving 5.1k citations

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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.

Atypical Membrane Topology and Heteromeric Function of Drosophila Odorant Receptors In Vivo

2006 752 citations Richard Benton, Silke Sachse et al. PLoS Biology profile →
A Conserved Dedicated Olfactory Circuit for Detecting Harmful Microbes in Drosophila

2012 443 citations Marcus C. Stensmyr, Hany K. M. Dweck et al. Cell profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Neuroecology of alcohol risk and reward: Methanol boosts pheromones and courtship success in Drosophila melanogaster 2025 ·Science Advances ·Ian W. Keesey, (unknown), Sudeshna Das Chakraborty, Amelie Baschwitz, (unknown), Martin Kaltenpoth, Aleš Svatoš, Silke Sachse, Markus Knaden, Bill S. Hansson	1
2	Females smell differently: characteristics and significance of the most common olfactory sensilla of female silkmoths 2024 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jürgen Krieger, Bill S. Hansson, Silke Sachse, Sonja Bisch-Knaden	8
3	Ring-shaped odor coding in the antennal lobe of migratory locusts 2024 ·Cell ·(unknown), (unknown), Veit Grabe, (unknown), Hetan Chang, (unknown), Jonathan Gershenzon, Jürgen Rybak, Bill S. Hansson, Silke Sachse	3
4	Mixing things up! — how odor blends are processed in Drosophila 2023 ·Current Opinion in Insect Science ·(unknown), Silke Sachse	4
5	Evolution at multiple processing levels underlies odor-guided behavior in the genus Drosophila 2023 ·Current Biology ·Ana Depetris-Chauvin, (unknown), Ian W. Keesey, Bill S. Hansson, Silke Sachse, Markus Knaden	11
6	Multimodal Information Processing and Associative Learning in the Insect Brain 2022 ·Insects ·(unknown), Silke Sachse	15
7	Olfactory processing in the lateral horn of Drosophila 2021 ·Cell and Tissue Research ·Sudeshna Das Chakraborty, Silke Sachse	24
8	Mate discrimination among subspecies through a conserved olfactory pathway 2020 ·Science Advances ·Mohammed A. Khallaf, Thomas O. Auer, Veit Grabe, Ana Depetris-Chauvin, (unknown), Dandan Zhang, Sofía Lavista-Llanos, Filip Kaftan, Jerrit Weißflog, Luciano M. Matzkin, Stephanie M. Rollmann, Christer Löfstedt, Aleš Svatoš, Hany K. M. Dweck, Silke Sachse, Richard Benton, Bill S. Hansson, Markus Knaden	37
9	Optimization of Insect Odorant Receptor Trafficking and Functional Expression Via Transient Transfection in HEK293 Cells 2019 ·Chemical Senses ·Fabio Miazzi, Carolin Hoyer, Silke Sachse, Markus Knaden, Dieter Wicher, Bill S. Hansson, Sofía Lavista-Llanos	10
10	Odor mixtures of opposing valence unveil inter-glomerular crosstalk in the Drosophila antennal lobe 2019 ·Nature Communications ·Ahmed A. Mohamed, (unknown), Sudeshna Das Chakraborty, (unknown), Bill S. Hansson, Markus Knaden, Silke Sachse	54
11	Elucidating the Neuronal Architecture of Olfactory Glomeruli in the Drosophila Antennal Lobe 2016 ·Cell Reports ·Veit Grabe, Amelie Baschwitz, Hany K. M. Dweck, Sofía Lavista-Llanos, Bill S. Hansson, Silke Sachse	113
12	Feeding regulates sex pheromone attraction and courtship in Drosophila females 2015 ·Scientific Reports ·Sébastien Lebreton, Federica Trona, Felipe Borrero‐Echeverry, (unknown), Veit Grabe, Paul G. Becher, Mikael A. Carlsson, Dick R. Nässel, Bill S. Hansson, Silke Sachse, Peter Witzgall	64
13	Drosophila Avoids Parasitoids by Sensing Their Semiochemicals via a Dedicated Olfactory Circuit 2015 ·PLoS Biology ·Shimaa A. M. Ebrahim, Hany K. M. Dweck, Johannes Stökl, John E. Hofferberth, Federica Trona, Kerstin Weniger, Jürgen Rybak, Yoichi Seki, Marcus C. Stensmyr, Silke Sachse, Bill S. Hansson, Markus Knaden	120
14	Physicochemical vs. Vibrational Descriptors for Prediction of Odor Receptor Responses 2013 ·Molecular Informatics ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Silke Sachse, Michael Schmuker	16
15	A Conserved Dedicated Olfactory Circuit for Detecting Harmful Microbes in Drosophila breakdown → 2012 ·Cell ·Marcus C. Stensmyr, Hany K. M. Dweck, Abu Farhan, (unknown), Antonia Strutz, (unknown), Jeanine Linz, Veit Grabe, Kathrin Steck, Sofía Lavista-Llanos, Dieter Wicher, Silke Sachse, Markus Knaden, Paul G. Becher, Yoichi Seki, Bill S. Hansson	443
16	A Deceptive Pollination System Targeting Drosophilids through Olfactory Mimicry of Yeast 2010 ·Current Biology ·Johannes Stökl, Antonia Strutz, Amots Dafni, Aleš Svatoš, Jan Doubský, Markus Knaden, Silke Sachse, Bill S. Hansson, Marcus C. Stensmyr	142
17	Towards plant-odor-related olfactory neuroethology in Drosophila 2009 ·Chemoecology ·Bill S. Hansson, Markus Knaden, Silke Sachse, Marcus C. Stensmyr, Dieter Wicher	26
18	Atypical Membrane Topology and Heteromeric Function of Drosophila Odorant Receptors In Vivo breakdown → 2006 ·PLoS Biology ·Richard Benton, Silke Sachse, Stephen W. Michnick, Leslie B. Vosshall	752
19	Computational Modeling Suggests That Response Properties Rather Than Spatial Position Determine Connectivity Between Olfactory Glomeruli 2005 ·Journal of Neurophysiology ·Christiane Linster, Silke Sachse, C. Giovanni Galizia	80
20	Genetically Expressed Cameleon in Drosophila melanogaster Is Used to Visualize Olfactory Information in Projection Neurons 2002 ·Current Biology ·André Fiala, (unknown), Sören Diegelmann, (unknown), Silke Sachse, Jean‐Marc Devaud, Erich Buchner, C. Giovanni Galizia	169

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