Thomas Vierbuchen

7.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
20 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Thomas Vierbuchen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Vierbuchen has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Genetics and 2 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Thomas Vierbuchen's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (11 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (7 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (5 papers). Thomas Vierbuchen is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (11 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (7 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (5 papers). Thomas Vierbuchen collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Thomas Vierbuchen's co-authors include Marius Wernig, Thomas C. Südhof, Zhiping P. Pang, Austin Ostermeier, Yuko Kokubu, Samuele Marro, Daniel Fuentes, Nan Yang, Ami Citri and Vittorio Sebastiano and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Vierbuchen

19 papers receiving 5.0k 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.

Direct conversion of fibroblasts to functional neurons by defined factors

2010 2.2k citations Thomas Vierbuchen, Austin Ostermeier et al. Nature profile →
Induction of human neuronal cells by defined transcription factors

2011 959 citations Zhiping P. Pang, Nan Yang et al. Nature profile →
Hierarchical Mechanisms for Direct Reprogramming of Fibroblasts to Neurons

2013 470 citations Orly L. Wapinski, Thomas Vierbuchen et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Vierbuchen United States	14	4.5k	1.1k	978	571	548	20	5.1k
Christopher A. Fasano United States	7	3.4k 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	1.0k 1.0×	369 0.6×	323 0.6×	9	4.1k
Su-Chun Zhang United States	25	2.8k 0.6×	1.3k 1.2×	1.2k 1.2×	392 0.7×	306 0.6×	31	3.9k
Austin Ostermeier United States	5	3.0k 0.7×	742 0.7×	625 0.6×	294 0.5×	426 0.8×	5	3.4k
Vittorio Sebastiano United States	27	4.5k 1.0×	500 0.5×	422 0.4×	770 1.3×	541 1.0×	53	5.2k
Georgia Panagiotakos United States	21	2.6k 0.6×	806 0.8×	770 0.8×	293 0.5×	421 0.8×	25	3.6k
Stuart M. Chambers United States	24	5.0k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	859 0.9×	532 0.9×	574 1.0×	29	6.8k
In‐Hyun Park United States	35	5.8k 1.3×	854 0.8×	549 0.6×	1.1k 1.9×	898 1.6×	89	7.1k
Asuka Morizane Japan	31	4.7k 1.1×	1.8k 1.7×	965 1.0×	444 0.8×	805 1.5×	62	5.9k
Ayaka Nishiyama Japan	10	3.8k 0.8×	845 0.8×	886 0.9×	287 0.5×	517 0.9×	12	4.6k
Keiko Muguruma Japan	22	5.2k 1.2×	1.5k 1.4×	1.1k 1.1×	418 0.7×	689 1.3×	55	6.5k

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Ee, Ly-Sha, Christopher M. Uyehara, Eralda Salataj, et al.. (2025). Enhancer remodeling by OTX2 directs specification and patterning of mammalian definitive endoderm. Developmental Cell. 60(24). 3431–3445.e8. 2 indexed citations

Yang, Marty G., et al.. (2025). A mouse organoid platform for modeling cerebral cortex development and cis-regulatory evolution in vitro. Developmental Cell. 60(24). 3544–3560.e8.

Parikh, Chirag R., Rachel A. Glenn, Yufang Shi, et al.. (2025). Genetic variation modulates susceptibility to aberrant DNA hypomethylation and imprint deregulation in naive pluripotent stem cells. Stem Cell Reports. 20(4). 102450–102450. 1 indexed citations

Cheng, Lingling, et al.. (2025). NIPBL-mediated 3D genome folding translates enhancer priming into gene activation and safeguards lineage fidelity during embryonic transitions. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). 1 indexed citations

Luo, Renhe, Jielin Yan, Xi Wang, et al.. (2023). Dynamic network-guided CRISPRi screen identifies CTCF-loop-constrained nonlinear enhancer gene regulatory activity during cell state transitions. Nature Genetics. 55(8). 1336–1346. 23 indexed citations

Sun, Zhen, Richard P. Koche, Dingyu Liu, et al.. (2023). Chromatin regulation of transcriptional enhancers and cell fate by the Sotos syndrome gene NSD1. Molecular Cell. 83(14). 2398–2416.e12. 22 indexed citations

Glenn, Rachel A., et al.. (2022). Rapid and robust directed differentiation of mouse epiblast stem cells into definitive endoderm and forebrain organoids. Development. 149(20). 11 indexed citations

Yang, Marty G., Emi Ling, Christopher Cowley, Michael E. Greenberg, & Thomas Vierbuchen. (2022). Characterization of sequence determinants of enhancer function using natural genetic variation. eLife. 11. 9 indexed citations

Aronson, Boaz E., Laurianne Scourzic, Andreas Kloetgen, et al.. (2021). A bipartite element with allele-specific functions safeguards DNA methylation imprints at the Dlk1-Dio3 locus. Developmental Cell. 56(22). 3052–3065.e5. 14 indexed citations

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Renthal, William, Lisa D. Boxer, Siniša Hrvatin, et al.. (2018). Characterization of human mosaic Rett syndrome brain tissue by single-nucleus RNA sequencing. Nature Neuroscience. 21(12). 1670–1679. 87 indexed citations

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Mall, Moritz, Michael S. Kareta, Soham Chanda, et al.. (2017). Myt1l safeguards neuronal identity by actively repressing many non-neuronal fates. Nature. 544(7649). 245–249. 149 indexed citations

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Vierbuchen, Thomas, Emi Ling, Christopher Cowley, et al.. (2017). AP-1 Transcription Factors and the BAF Complex Mediate Signal-Dependent Enhancer Selection. Molecular Cell. 68(6). 1067–1082.e12. 274 indexed citations

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Malik, Athar N., Thomas Vierbuchen, Martin Hemberg, et al.. (2014). Genome-wide identification and characterization of functional neuronal activity–dependent enhancers. Nature Neuroscience. 17(10). 1330–1339. 191 indexed citations

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Webb, Ashley E., Elizabeth A. Pollina, Thomas Vierbuchen, et al.. (2013). FOXO3 Shares Common Targets with ASCL1 Genome-wide and Inhibits ASCL1-Dependent Neurogenesis. Cell Reports. 4(3). 477–491. 119 indexed citations

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Wapinski, Orly L., Thomas Vierbuchen, Kun Qu, et al.. (2013). Hierarchical Mechanisms for Direct Reprogramming of Fibroblasts to Neurons. Cell. 155(3). 621–635. 470 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yang, Nan, J. Bradley Zuchero, Henrik Ahlenius, et al.. (2013). Generation of oligodendroglial cells by direct lineage conversion. Nature Biotechnology. 31(5). 434–439. 242 indexed citations

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Vierbuchen, Thomas & Marius Wernig. (2012). Molecular Roadblocks for Cellular Reprogramming. Molecular Cell. 47(6). 827–838. 146 indexed citations

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Vierbuchen, Thomas & Marius Wernig. (2011). Direct lineage conversions: unnatural but useful?. Nature Biotechnology. 29(10). 892–907. 198 indexed citations

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Pang, Zhiping P., Nan Yang, Thomas Vierbuchen, et al.. (2011). Induction of human neuronal cells by defined transcription factors. Nature. 476(7359). 220–223. 959 indexed citations breakdown →

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Vierbuchen, Thomas, Austin Ostermeier, Zhiping P. Pang, et al.. (2010). Direct conversion of fibroblasts to functional neurons by defined factors. Nature. 463(7284). 1035–1041. 2203 indexed citations breakdown →

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