Thomas O. Auer

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Thomas O. Auer is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas O. Auer has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 12 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Thomas O. Auer's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (13 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (6 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (6 papers). Thomas O. Auer is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (13 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (6 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (6 papers). Thomas O. Auer collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and France. Thomas O. Auer's co-authors include Filippo Del Bene, Karine Duroure, Jean‐Paul Concordet, Richard Benton, Anne De Cian, Ana F. Silbering, J. Roman Arguello, Gregory S.X.E. Jefferis, Markus Knaden and Steeve Cruchet and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Thomas O. Auer

27 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Highly efficient CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knock-in in zebrafish by homology-independent DNA repair

2013 477 citations Thomas O. Auer, Karine Duroure et al. Genome Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas O. Auer Switzerland	19	771	516	436	296	218	29	1.5k
Runling Yang United States	18	604 0.8×	858 1.7×	486 1.1×	309 1.0×	297 1.4×	23	1.7k
Tanja A. Godenschwege United States	20	756 1.0×	1.4k 2.6×	427 1.0×	391 1.3×	168 0.8×	40	1.9k
Rita Reifegerste Germany	11	601 0.8×	775 1.5×	318 0.7×	218 0.7×	126 0.6×	11	1.4k
László Tirián Austria	15	829 1.1×	556 1.1×	357 0.8×	188 0.6×	81 0.4×	22	1.5k
Frances Hannan United States	17	751 1.0×	970 1.9×	307 0.7×	246 0.8×	256 1.2×	21	1.8k
Carol M. Singh United States	13	558 0.7×	864 1.7×	207 0.5×	231 0.8×	201 0.9×	27	1.4k
Burkhard Poeck Germany	21	1.2k 1.5×	917 1.8×	428 1.0×	208 0.7×	105 0.5×	27	2.0k
Yves Grau France	20	1.1k 1.4×	970 1.9×	330 0.8×	235 0.8×	137 0.6×	26	1.7k
Patricia S. Estes United States	15	991 1.3×	670 1.3×	295 0.7×	317 1.1×	84 0.4×	19	1.6k
Gaia Tavosanis Germany	20	571 0.7×	610 1.2×	230 0.5×	427 1.4×	76 0.3×	35	1.2k

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Bertolini, Enrico, et al.. (2025). Olfactory projection neuron rewiring in the brain of an ecological specialist. Cell Reports. 44(5). 115615–115615. 5 indexed citations

Kellner, Max J., Irina Grishkovskaya, Dominik Handler, et al.. (2025). A lyophilized open-source RT-LAMP assay for molecular diagnostics in resource-limited settings. Life Science Alliance. 8(10). e202403167–e202403167.

Takagi, S., Liliane Abuin, J. Roman Arguello, et al.. (2024). Olfactory sensory neuron population expansions influence projection neuron adaptation and enhance odour tracking. Nature Communications. 15(1). 7041–7041. 11 indexed citations

Auer, Thomas O., et al.. (2024). Evolution of connectivity architecture in the Drosophila mushroom body. Nature Communications. 15(1). 4872–4872. 11 indexed citations

Auer, Thomas O., et al.. (2023). Odor-regulated oviposition behavior in an ecological specialist. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3041–3041. 18 indexed citations

Auer, Thomas O., et al.. (2022). Copy number changes in co-expressed odorant receptor genes enable selection for sensory differences in drosophilid species. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 6(9). 1343–1353. 19 indexed citations

Cruchet, Steeve, et al.. (2021). Olfactory receptor–dependent receptor repression in Drosophila. Science Advances. 7(32). 18 indexed citations

Khallaf, Mohammed A., Thomas O. Auer, Veit Grabe, et al.. (2020). Mate discrimination among subspecies through a conserved olfactory pathway. Science Advances. 6(25). eaba5279–eaba5279. 37 indexed citations

Auer, Thomas O., Mohammed A. Khallaf, Ana F. Silbering, et al.. (2020). Olfactory receptor and circuit evolution promote host specialization. Nature. 579(7799). 402–408. 142 indexed citations

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Gebhardt, Christoph, et al.. (2019). An interhemispheric neural circuit allowing binocular integration in the optic tectum. Nature Communications. 10(1). 5471–5471. 29 indexed citations

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Bercier, Valérie, Jeffrey M. Hubbard, Kevin Fidelin, et al.. (2019). Dynactin1 depletion leads to neuromuscular synapse instability and functional abnormalities. Molecular Neurodegeneration. 14(1). 27–27. 62 indexed citations

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Donato, Vincenzo Di, Flavia De Santis, Shahad Albadri, et al.. (2018). An Attractive Reelin Gradient Establishes Synaptic Lamination in the Vertebrate Visual System. Neuron. 97(5). 1049–1062.e6. 26 indexed citations

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Sutcliffe, Ben, J. Ng, Thomas O. Auer, et al.. (2017). Second-Generation Drosophila Chemical Tags: Sensitivity, Versatility, and Speed. Genetics. 205(4). 1399–1408. 21 indexed citations

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Djenoune, Lydia, Johanna Gómez, Jenna R. Sternberg, et al.. (2017). The dual developmental origin of spinal cerebrospinal fluid-contacting neurons gives rise to distinct functional subtypes. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 719–719. 38 indexed citations

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Auer, Thomas O. & Filippo Del Bene. (2016). Homology-Independent Integration of Plasmid DNA into the Zebrafish Genome. Methods in molecular biology. 1451. 31–51. 3 indexed citations

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Donato, Vincenzo Di, Flavia De Santis, Thomas O. Auer, et al.. (2016). 2C-Cas9: a versatile tool for clonal analysis of gene function. Genome Research. 26(5). 681–692. 48 indexed citations

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Auer, Thomas O., Karine Duroure, Jean‐Paul Concordet, & Filippo Del Bene. (2014). CRISPR/Cas9-mediated conversion of eGFP- into Gal4-transgenic lines in zebrafish. Nature Protocols. 9(12). 2823–2840. 47 indexed citations

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Auer, Thomas O., Karine Duroure, Anne De Cian, Jean‐Paul Concordet, & Filippo Del Bene. (2013). Highly efficient CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knock-in in zebrafish by homology-independent DNA repair. Genome Research. 24(1). 142–153. 477 indexed citations breakdown →

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Donato, Vincenzo Di, Thomas O. Auer, Karine Duroure, & Filippo Del Bene. (2013). Characterization of the Calcium Binding Protein Family in Zebrafish. PLoS ONE. 8(1). e53299–e53299. 18 indexed citations

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Auer, Thomas O., John J. Sninsky, David H. Gelfand, & Thomas W. Myers. (1996). Selective Amplification of RNA Utilizing the Nucleotide Analog dITP and Thermus Thermophilus DNA Polymerase. Nucleic Acids Research. 24(24). 5021–5025. 15 indexed citations

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