Thomas Schalch

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Thomas Schalch is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Schalch has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Plant Science and 2 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Thomas Schalch's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (19 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (6 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (5 papers). Thomas Schalch is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (19 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (6 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (5 papers). Thomas Schalch collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States. Thomas Schalch's co-authors include Timothy J. Richmond, David F. Sargent, Kerstin Bystricky, Rasmus R. Schroeder, Leemor Joshua‐Tor, Sreenath Shanker, Janet F. Partridge, Godwin Job, Florian Steiner and Babatunde Ekundayo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Schalch

25 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

X-ray structure of a tetranucleosome and its implications... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 200 400 600
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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.

  1. X-ray structure of a tetranucleosome and its implications for the chromatin fibre
    2005 610 citations Thomas Schalch, David F. Sargent et al. Nature 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 Schalch Switzerland 17 1.9k 411 121 87 55 25 2.1k
Gina Arents United States 12 1.8k 0.9× 261 0.6× 149 1.2× 135 1.6× 27 0.5× 12 1.9k
Dušan Cmarko Czechia 21 1.3k 0.7× 195 0.5× 129 1.1× 89 1.0× 59 1.1× 48 1.6k
Alexey К. Shaytan Russia 20 1.0k 0.5× 120 0.3× 59 0.5× 58 0.7× 60 1.1× 59 1.3k
Alex Herbert United Kingdom 13 860 0.4× 149 0.4× 195 1.6× 146 1.7× 90 1.6× 21 1.3k
Sebastian Glatt Poland 24 1.4k 0.7× 159 0.4× 79 0.7× 45 0.5× 162 2.9× 63 1.6k
Ineke van der Kraan Netherlands 18 1.7k 0.9× 250 0.6× 176 1.5× 95 1.1× 48 0.9× 20 1.8k
Sheila S. Teves United States 12 1.3k 0.6× 155 0.4× 103 0.9× 81 0.9× 180 3.3× 20 1.6k
Blaine Bartholomew United States 41 4.2k 2.2× 556 1.4× 320 2.6× 59 0.7× 88 1.6× 76 4.3k
Ariel Prunell France 33 2.3k 1.2× 310 0.8× 228 1.9× 79 0.9× 79 1.4× 50 2.5k
Kourosh Zolghadr Germany 16 1.5k 0.8× 120 0.3× 120 1.0× 285 3.3× 207 3.8× 18 1.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Schalch

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Schalch

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Thomas Schalch. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Thomas Schalch 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 Schalch. Thomas Schalch is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ibrahim, Ziad, Tao Wang, Olivier Destaing, et al.. (2022). Structural insights into p300 regulation and acetylation-dependent genome organisation. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7759–7759. 34 indexed citations
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Flury, Valentin, et al.. (2022). Differential phosphorylation of Clr4 SUV39H by Cdk1 accompanies a histone H3 methylation switch that is essential for gametogenesis. EMBO Reports. 24(1). e55928–e55928. 9 indexed citations
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Schalch, Thomas, et al.. (2021). Breakers and amplifiers in chromatin circuitry: acetylation and ubiquitination control the heterochromatin machinery. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 71. 156–163. 7 indexed citations
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Kilic, Sinan, et al.. (2021). SUV39 SET domains mediate crosstalk of heterochromatic histone marks. eLife. 10. 24 indexed citations
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Shan, Chun‐Min, Jiyong Wang, Yadong Sun, et al.. (2021). The histone H3K9M mutation synergizes with H3K14 ubiquitylation to selectively sequester histone H3K9 methyltransferase Clr4 at heterochromatin. Cell Reports. 35(7). 109137–109137. 8 indexed citations
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Leopold, Karoline, et al.. (2019). Transcriptional gene silencing requires dedicated interaction between HP1 protein Chp2 and chromatin remodeler Mit1. Genes & Development. 33(9-10). 565–577. 21 indexed citations
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Moraru, Manuela & Thomas Schalch. (2019). Chromatin fiber structural motifs as regulatory hubs of genome function?. Essays in Biochemistry. 63(1). 123–132. 3 indexed citations
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Ekundayo, Babatunde, et al.. (2018). Structure of the replication regulator Sap1 reveals functionally important interfaces. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 10930–10930. 2 indexed citations
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Ekundayo, Babatunde, Timothy J. Richmond, & Thomas Schalch. (2017). Capturing Structural Heterogeneity in Chromatin Fibers. Journal of Molecular Biology. 429(20). 3031–3042. 55 indexed citations
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Karaca, Mélis, et al.. (2017). Identification of the molecular dysfunction caused by glutamate dehydrogenase S445L mutation responsible for hyperinsulinism/hyperammonemia. Human Molecular Genetics. 26(18). 3453–3465. 16 indexed citations
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Gomez, Andres, Lukas Sigrist, Thomas Schalch, Luca Benini, & Lothar Thiele. (2017). Wearable, energy-opportunistic vision sensing for walking speed estimation. Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna). 1–6. 9 indexed citations
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Binkert, Melanie, Carlos D. Crocco, Babatunde Ekundayo, et al.. (2016). Revisiting chromatin binding of the Arabidopsis UV-B photoreceptor UVR8. BMC Plant Biology. 16(1). 42–42. 31 indexed citations
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Job, Godwin, Tao Xu, Brandon R. Lowe, et al.. (2016). SHREC Silences Heterochromatin via Distinct Remodeling and Deacetylation Modules. Molecular Cell. 62(2). 207–221. 45 indexed citations
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Schalch, Thomas & Florian Steiner. (2016). Structure of centromere chromatin: from nucleosome to chromosomal architecture. Chromosoma. 126(4). 443–455. 44 indexed citations
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White, Sharon A., Alexander Kagansky, Daniel J. St‐Cyr, et al.. (2014). Panspecies Small-Molecule Disruptors of Heterochromatin-Mediated Transcriptional Gene Silencing. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 35(4). 662–674. 3 indexed citations
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Kuo, Alex, Thomas Schalch, Hannes Vogel, et al.. (2013). Chd5 Requires PHD-Mediated Histone 3 Binding for Tumor Suppression. Cell Reports. 3(1). 92–102. 40 indexed citations
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Schalch, Thomas, Godwin Job, Sreenath Shanker, Janet F. Partridge, & Leemor Joshua‐Tor. (2011). The Chp1–Tas3 core is a multifunctional platform critical for gene silencing by RITS. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 18(12). 1351–1357. 33 indexed citations
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Schalch, Thomas, Godwin Job, Sreenath Shanker, et al.. (2009). High-Affinity Binding of Chp1 Chromodomain to K9 Methylated Histone H3 Is Required to Establish Centromeric Heterochromatin. Molecular Cell. 34(1). 36–46. 98 indexed citations
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Schalch, Thomas, et al.. (2005). X-ray structure of a tetranucleosome and its implications for the chromatin fibre. Nature. 436(7047). 138–141. 610 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schalch, Thomas, et al.. (2003). Chromatin Fiber Folding: Requirement for the Histone H4 N-terminal Tail. Journal of Molecular Biology. 327(1). 85–96. 423 indexed citations

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