Tanya Wolff

6.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
33 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Tanya Wolff is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tanya Wolff has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 17 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Tanya Wolff's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (21 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (11 papers) and Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ (8 papers). Tanya Wolff is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (21 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (11 papers) and Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ (8 papers). Tanya Wolff collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Tanya Wolff's co-authors include Gerald M. Rubin, Donald F. Ready, Bruce A. Hay, Ulrike Heberlein, Amy S. Rawls, Nirmala Iyer, Vivek Jayaraman, Daniel B. Turner‐Evans, Romain Franconville and Ryan Fiehler and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Tanya Wolff

32 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Expression of baculovirus P35 prevents cell death in Drosophila

1994 936 citations Tanya Wolff, Gerald M. Rubin et al. Development profile →
A connectome of the Drosophila central complex reveals network motifs suitable for flexible navigation and context-dependent action selection

2021 197 citations Brad K. Hulse, Hannah Haberkern et al. eLife profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tanya Wolff United States	18	2.4k	1.5k	1.1k	560	363	33	3.4k
P. Robin Hiesinger United States	33	2.6k 1.1×	2.0k 1.4×	1.7k 1.5×	663 1.2×	337 0.9×	69	4.8k
David L. Deitcher United States	30	2.1k 0.9×	1.7k 1.2×	1.0k 0.9×	495 0.9×	315 0.9×	56	4.0k
Krystyna Keleman Austria	20	2.6k 1.1×	2.4k 1.7×	1.0k 0.9×	725 1.3×	509 1.4×	24	4.3k
Wesley B. Grueber United States	25	1.3k 0.5×	1.9k 1.3×	722 0.6×	352 0.6×	310 0.9×	41	3.1k
Koen J. T. Venken United States	30	3.2k 1.4×	1.8k 1.2×	906 0.8×	904 1.6×	468 1.3×	50	4.8k
Robert J. Kittel Germany	24	1.7k 0.7×	2.3k 1.6×	1.1k 1.0×	345 0.6×	191 0.5×	42	3.3k
Carolin Wichmann Germany	30	1.9k 0.8×	2.3k 1.6×	1.4k 1.3×	319 0.6×	174 0.5×	53	3.8k
K VijayRaghavan India	38	2.2k 0.9×	1.5k 1.1×	645 0.6×	619 1.1×	390 1.1×	97	3.3k
Kevin Moses United States	27	3.5k 1.5×	1.3k 0.9×	741 0.7×	1.0k 1.8×	198 0.5×	61	3.9k
Christine Dambly‐Chaudière France	32	2.4k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	941 0.8×	506 0.9×	506 1.4×	58	3.7k

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Nern, Aljoscha, Arthur Zhao, Tanya Wolff, et al.. (2024). Connectomic reconstruction predicts visual features used for navigation. Nature. 634(8032). 181–190. 7 indexed citations

Hulse, Brad K., Hannah Haberkern, Romain Franconville, et al.. (2021). A connectome of the Drosophila central complex reveals network motifs suitable for flexible navigation and context-dependent action selection. eLife. 10. 197 indexed citations breakdown →

Turner‐Evans, Daniel B., Kristopher T. Jensen, Tyler Paterson, et al.. (2020). The Neuroanatomical Ultrastructure and Function of a Biological Ring Attractor. Neuron. 108(1). 145–163.e10. 69 indexed citations

Turner‐Evans, Daniel B., S Wegener, Hervé Rouault, et al.. (2017). Angular velocity integration in a fly heading circuit. eLife. 6. 175 indexed citations

Wolff, Tanya, Nirmala Iyer, & Gerald M. Rubin. (2014). Neuroarchitecture and neuroanatomy of the Drosophila central complex: A GAL4‐based dissection of protocerebral bridge neurons and circuits. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 523(7). 997–1037. 191 indexed citations

Wolff, Tanya. (2010). β-Galactosidase Activity Staining of Frozen Adult Drosophila Retinas. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2010(5). pdb.prot5418–pdb.prot5418. 1 indexed citations

Fetting, Jennifer L., Susan Spencer, & Tanya Wolff. (2009). The cell adhesion molecules Echinoid and Friend of Echinoid coordinate cell adhesion and cell signaling to regulate the fidelity of ommatidial rotation in the Drosophila eye. Journal of Cell Science. 122(19). 3 indexed citations

Grillo‐Hill, Bree K. & Tanya Wolff. (2009). Dynamic cell shapes and contacts in the developing Drosophila retina are regulated by the Ig cell adhesion protein hibris. Developmental Dynamics. 238(9). 2223–2234. 15 indexed citations

Fiehler, Ryan & Tanya Wolff. (2007). Nemo is required in a subset of photoreceptors to regulate the speed of ommatidial rotation. Developmental Biology. 313(2). 533–544. 24 indexed citations

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Fiehler, Ryan & Tanya Wolff. (2007). Drosophila Myosin II, Zipper, is essential for ommatidial rotation. Developmental Biology. 310(2). 348–362. 25 indexed citations

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Rawls, Amy S., et al.. (2007). Bedraggled, a Putative Transporter, Influences the Tissue Polarity Complex During the R3/R4 Fate Decision in the Drosophila Eye. Genetics. 177(1). 313–328. 5 indexed citations

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Wolff, Tanya, et al.. (2007). Screen for Genetic Modifiers of stbm Reveals that Photoreceptor Fate and Rotation Can Be Genetically Uncoupled in the Drosophila Eye. PLoS ONE. 2(5). e453–e453. 5 indexed citations

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Wolff, Tanya. (2003). EGF Receptor Signaling: Putting a New Spin on Eye Development. Current Biology. 13(20). R813–R814. 10 indexed citations

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Rawls, Amy S. & Tanya Wolff. (2003). Strabismus requires Flamingo and Prickle function to regulate tissue polarity in theDrosophilaeye. Development. 130(9). 1877–1887. 66 indexed citations

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Rawls, Amy S., et al.. (2002). The Cadherins Fat and Dachsous Regulate Dorsal/Ventral Signaling in the Drosophila Eye. Current Biology. 12(12). 1021–1026. 87 indexed citations

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Chang, Henry C., Noah M. Solomon, David A. Wassarman, et al.. (1995). phyllopod functions in the fate determination of a subset of photoreceptors in drosophila. Cell. 80(3). 463–472. 98 indexed citations

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Chang, Henry C., Felix Karim, Elizabeth O’Neill, et al.. (1994). Ras Signal Transduction Pathway in Drosophila Eye Development. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 59(0). 147–153. 17 indexed citations

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Wolff, Tanya, et al.. (1993). Evidence for agonist-induced export of intracellular Ca2+ in epithelial cells. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 424(5-6). 423–430. 18 indexed citations

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Heberlein, Ulrike, Tanya Wolff, & Gerald M. Rubin. (1993). The TGFβ homolog dpp and the segment polarity gene hedgehog are required for propagation of a morphogenetic wave in the Drosophila retina. Cell. 75(5). 913–926. 365 indexed citations

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Wolff, Tanya & Donald F. Ready. (1991). Cell death in normal and rough eye mutants of Drosophila. Development. 113(3). 825–839. 334 indexed citations

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