Thomas Heitkamp

636 total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 461 citations indexed

About

Thomas Heitkamp is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Structural Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Heitkamp has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 461 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 4 papers in Structural Biology. Recurrent topics in Thomas Heitkamp's work include ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (9 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (5 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (4 papers). Thomas Heitkamp is often cited by papers focused on ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (9 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (5 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (4 papers). Thomas Heitkamp collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Thomas Heitkamp's co-authors include Michael Börsch, Tanja Vidaković‐Koch, Kai Sundmacher, Jan‐Willi Janiesch, Ilia Platzman, Jean‐Christophe Baret, Rafael B. Lira, Reinhard Lipowsky, Marian Weiss and Eberhard Bodenschatz and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Materials, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Heitkamp

18 papers receiving 460 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.

  1. Sequential bottom-up assembly of mechanically stabilized synthetic cells by microfluidics
    2017 325 citations Marian Weiss, Barbara Haller et al. Nature Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas Heitkamp Germany 7 293 164 57 56 49 18 461
Marian Weiss Germany 7 241 0.8× 237 1.4× 46 0.8× 55 1.0× 80 1.6× 10 469
Ibuki Kawamata Japan 12 494 1.7× 210 1.3× 37 0.6× 87 1.6× 42 0.9× 39 647
Kevin Jahnke Germany 15 487 1.7× 246 1.5× 70 1.2× 89 1.6× 39 0.8× 31 657
Jan‐Willi Janiesch Germany 8 292 1.0× 320 2.0× 54 0.9× 71 1.3× 94 1.9× 11 598
Maaruthy Yelleswarapu Netherlands 7 363 1.2× 312 1.9× 70 1.2× 103 1.8× 60 1.2× 8 622
Alex Joesaar Netherlands 6 351 1.2× 136 0.8× 102 1.8× 55 1.0× 28 0.6× 7 444
Mark S. Friddin United Kingdom 14 341 1.2× 358 2.2× 109 1.9× 88 1.6× 84 1.7× 17 654
Willem Kasper Spoelstra Netherlands 6 292 1.0× 128 0.8× 39 0.7× 79 1.4× 12 0.2× 9 420
Johan Hurtig Sweden 8 222 0.8× 146 0.9× 38 0.7× 53 0.9× 25 0.5× 9 355

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Heitkamp

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Thomas Heitkamp. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Thomas Heitkamp. The network helps show where Thomas Heitkamp may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Heitkamp

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Thomas Heitkamp. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Thomas Heitkamp based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Thomas Heitkamp. Thomas Heitkamp is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Gao, Yue, Marcin Luzarowski, Elisabeth Seebach, et al.. (2025). Protein succinylome analysis identifies citrate synthase as a central regulator of osteoclast metabolic activity. FEBS Journal. 292(14). 3736–3754. 1 indexed citations
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Heitkamp, Thomas, et al.. (2023). Mechanism of ADP-Inhibited ATP Hydrolysis in Single Proton-Pumping FoF1-ATP Synthase Trapped in Solution. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(9). 8442–8442. 2 indexed citations
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Heitkamp, Thomas & Michael Börsch. (2021). Fast ATP-Dependent Subunit Rotation in Reconstituted F o F 1 -ATP Synthase Trapped in Solution. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 125(28). 7638–7650. 6 indexed citations
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Ivanov, Ivan, et al.. (2020). Light‐Driven ATP Regeneration in Diblock/Grafted Hybrid Vesicles. ChemBioChem. 21(15). 2149–2160. 39 indexed citations
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Börsch, Michael, et al.. (2019). Ligand-induced oligomerization of the human GPCR neurotensin receptor 1 monitored in living HEK293T cells. 104. 31–31. 3 indexed citations
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Dathe, André, Hendrik Sielaff, Thomas Heitkamp, et al.. (2019). Observing monomer: dimer transitions of neurotensin receptors 1 in single SMALPs by homoFRET and in an ABELtrap. 7 indexed citations
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Börsch, Michael, Thomas Heitkamp, & Reinhard Grisshammer. (2018). Towards monitoring conformational changes of the GPCR neurotensin receptor 1 by single-molecule FRET. 28–28. 2 indexed citations
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Weiss, Marian, Barbara Haller, Jan‐Willi Janiesch, et al.. (2017). Sequential bottom-up assembly of mechanically stabilized synthetic cells by microfluidics. Nature Materials. 17(1). 89–96. 325 indexed citations breakdown →
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Heitkamp, Thomas, et al.. (2017). Imaging cytochrome C oxidase and FoF1-ATP synthase in mitochondrial cristae of living human cells by FLIM and superresolution microscopy. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 10071. 100710P–100710P. 2 indexed citations
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Dienerowitz, Maria, Thomas Heitkamp, Thomas Gottschall, Jens Limpert, & Michael Börsch. (2017). Confining Brownian motion of single nanoparticles in an ABELtrap. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 10120. 1012017–1012017. 6 indexed citations
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Heitkamp, Thomas, Gabriele Deckers‐Hebestreit, & Michael Börsch. (2016). Observing single FoF1-ATP synthase at work using an improved fluorescent protein mNeonGreen as FRET donor. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 1 indexed citations
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Duncan, T. Michael, et al.. (2014). Regulatory conformational changes of the Ɛ subunit in single FRET-labeled F0F1-ATP synthase. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8948. 89481J–89481J. 11 indexed citations
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Heitkamp, Thomas, Hugues Matile, Bernard Gsell, et al.. (2012). Generation of an antibody toolbox to characterize hERG. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 431(1). 70–75. 5 indexed citations
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Heitkamp, Thomas, Bettina Böttcher, & Jörg‐Christian Greie. (2009). Solution structure of the KdpFABC P-type ATPase from Escherichia coli by electron microscopic single particle analysis. Journal of Structural Biology. 166(3). 295–302. 5 indexed citations
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Heitkamp, Thomas, et al.. (2008). K+-Translocating KdpFABC P-Type ATPase from Escherichia coli Acts as a Functional and Structural Dimer. Biochemistry. 47(11). 3564–3575. 22 indexed citations
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Greie, Jörg‐Christian, Thomas Heitkamp, & Karlheinz Altendorf. (2004). The transmembrane domain of subunit b of the Escherichia coli F1FO ATP synthase is sufficient for H+‐translocating activity together with subunits a and c. European Journal of Biochemistry. 271(14). 3036–3042. 21 indexed citations
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Dehmlow, Eckehard V., et al.. (1999). Tandem Ring Enlargement by Two Carbon Units from the Bicyclo[3.3.0]octane to the Bicyclo[5.5.0]dodecane System. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 1999(11). 3135–3138. 2 indexed citations

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