Sofie Van Gassen

7.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Sofie Van Gassen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Biophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Sofie Van Gassen has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Immunology and 10 papers in Biophysics. Recurrent topics in Sofie Van Gassen's work include Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (17 papers), Cell Image Analysis Techniques (10 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (6 papers). Sofie Van Gassen is often cited by papers focused on Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (17 papers), Cell Image Analysis Techniques (10 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (6 papers). Sofie Van Gassen collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Netherlands and United States. Sofie Van Gassen's co-authors include Yvan Saeys, Bart N. Lambrecht, Tom Dhaene, Mary J. van Helden, Piet Demeester, Katrien Quintelier, Annelies Emmaneel, Damya Laoui, Kiavash Movahedi and Máté Kiss and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Sofie Van Gassen

28 papers receiving 2.0k citations

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FlowSOM: Using self‐organizing maps for visualization and interpretation of cytometry data

2015 1.0k citations Sofie Van Gassen, Bart N. Lambrecht et al. Cytometry Part A profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sofie Van Gassen Belgium	14	981	916	371	341	161	30	2.0k
Astraea Jager United States	10	1.3k 1.3×	727 0.8×	376 1.0×	386 1.1×	174 1.1×	21	2.1k
Brian Houck‐Loomis United States	9	2.2k 2.2×	812 0.9×	302 0.8×	380 1.1×	98 0.6×	16	2.7k
Amanda Larson Gedman United States	6	976 1.0×	475 0.5×	275 0.7×	263 0.8×	185 1.1×	7	1.5k
Lukas M. Simon United States	18	2.3k 2.3×	529 0.6×	337 0.9×	303 0.9×	272 1.7×	47	3.4k
Stéphane Chevrier Switzerland	18	1.2k 1.2×	1.5k 1.7×	126 0.3×	812 2.4×	115 0.7×	24	2.8k
Mary J. van Helden Belgium	4	471 0.5×	591 0.6×	160 0.4×	196 0.6×	90 0.6×	5	1.1k
Lisa M. Maier United States	20	668 0.7×	1.1k 1.2×	105 0.3×	237 0.7×	71 0.4×	21	2.6k
Dirk Loeffler Switzerland	18	700 0.7×	676 0.7×	180 0.5×	151 0.4×	677 4.2×	37	1.6k
Ellen J. Wehrens Netherlands	20	410 0.4×	616 0.7×	90 0.2×	403 1.2×	93 0.6×	31	1.4k
Philipp S. Hoppe Switzerland	18	846 0.9×	394 0.4×	241 0.6×	178 0.5×	288 1.8×	24	1.6k

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Gassen, Sofie Van, Annelies Emmaneel, Ine Moors, et al.. (2025). Unraveling genotype–phenotype associations and predictive modeling of outcome in acute myeloid leukemia. Cytometry Part B Clinical Cytometry. 108(5). 366–377.

Quintelier, Katrien, Marcella Willemsen, Victor Bosteels, et al.. (2025). CytoNorm 2.0: A flexible normalization framework for cytometry data without requiring dedicated controls. Cytometry Part A. 107(2). 69–87. 1 indexed citations

Gassen, Sofie Van, et al.. (2024). Myelodysplastic neoplasms dissected into indolent, leukaemic and unfavourable subtypes by computational clustering of haematopoietic stem and progenitor cells. Leukemia. 38(6). 1365–1377. 3 indexed citations

Saeys, Yvan, et al.. (2024). Efficient cytometry analysis with FlowSOM in Python boosts interoperability with other single-cell tools. Bioinformatics. 40(4). 2 indexed citations

Quintelier, Katrien, Ann‐Sophie De Craemer, Thomas Renson, et al.. (2023). Gut Inflammation in Axial Spondyloarthritis Patients is Characterized by a Marked Type 17 Skewed Mucosal Innate‐like T Cell Signature. Arthritis & Rheumatology. 75(11). 1969–1982. 8 indexed citations

Quintelier, Katrien, Nadine L. de Boer, Alexandra R. M. Brandt‐Kerkhof, et al.. (2023). Adjuvant dendritic cell-based immunotherapy after cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy in patients with malignant peritoneal mesothelioma: a phase II clinical trial. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. 11(8). e007070–e007070. 9 indexed citations

Seurinck, Ruth, et al.. (2022). Challenges in translational machine learning. Human Genetics. 141(9). 1451–1466. 18 indexed citations

Emmaneel, Annelies, Jan Philippé, Sofie Van Gassen, et al.. (2022). The Euroflow PID Orientation Tube in the diagnostic workup of primary immunodeficiency: Daily practice performance in a tertiary university hospital. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 937738–937738. 7 indexed citations

Gassen, Sofie Van, Jordi Martorell‐Marugán, Katrien Quintelier, et al.. (2022). Protocol for large scale whole blood immune monitoring by mass cytometry and Cyto Quality Pipeline. STAR Protocols. 3(4). 101697–101697. 4 indexed citations

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Meireson, Annabel, Simon J. Tavernier, Sofie Van Gassen, et al.. (2021). Immune Monitoring in Melanoma and Urothelial Cancer Patients Treated with Anti-PD-1 Immunotherapy and SBRT Discloses Tumor Specific Immune Signatures. Cancers. 13(11). 2630–2630. 4 indexed citations

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Gassen, Sofie Van, et al.. (2021). Data processing workflow for large-scale immune monitoring studies by mass cytometry. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal. 19. 3160–3175. 9 indexed citations

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Emmaneel, Annelies, Katrien Quintelier, Dorine Sichien, et al.. (2021). PeacoQC: Peak‐based selection of high quality cytometry data. Cytometry Part A. 101(4). 325–338. 47 indexed citations

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Liechti, Thomas, Lukas M. Weber, Thomas M. Ashhurst, et al.. (2021). An updated guide for the perplexed: cytometry in the high-dimensional era. Nature Immunology. 22(10). 1190–1197. 48 indexed citations

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Vanderkerken, Matthias, Bastiaan Maes, Lana Vandersarren, et al.. (2020). TAO-kinase 3 governs the terminal differentiation of NOTCH2-dependent splenic conventional dendritic cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(49). 31331–31342. 15 indexed citations

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Burbano, Catalina, Sofie Van Gassen, Nieves Varela, et al.. (2020). Stabilization of Human Whole Blood Samples for Multicenter and Retrospective Immunophenotyping Studies. Cytometry Part A. 99(5). 524–537. 5 indexed citations

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Debeuf, Nincy, R. Steiner, Sofie Van Gassen, et al.. (2019). The ORMDL3 asthma susceptibility gene regulates systemic ceramide levels without altering key asthma features in mice. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 144(6). 1648–1659.e9. 33 indexed citations

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Emmaneel, Annelies, Debby Bogaert, Sofie Van Gassen, et al.. (2019). A Computational Pipeline for the Diagnosis of CVID Patients. Frontiers in Immunology. 10. 2009–2009. 19 indexed citations

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Govindarajan, Srinath, Djoere Gaublomme, Eveline Verheugen, et al.. (2018). Stabilization of cytokine mRNAs in iNKT cells requires the serine-threonine kinase IRE1alpha. Nature Communications. 9(1). 5340–5340. 16 indexed citations

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Kiss, Máté, Sofie Van Gassen, Kiavash Movahedi, Yvan Saeys, & Damya Laoui. (2018). Myeloid cell heterogeneity in cancer: not a single cell alike. Cellular Immunology. 330. 188–201. 120 indexed citations

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Saeys, Yvan, Sofie Van Gassen, & Bart N. Lambrecht. (2016). Computational flow cytometry: helping to make sense of high-dimensional immunology data. Nature reviews. Immunology. 16(7). 449–462. 315 indexed citations

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