Tim Ahfeldt

9.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
22 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Tim Ahfeldt is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tim Ahfeldt has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 4 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Tim Ahfeldt's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (12 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (9 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (4 papers). Tim Ahfeldt is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (12 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (9 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (4 papers). Tim Ahfeldt collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Japan. Tim Ahfeldt's co-authors include Chad A. Cowan, George Q. Daley, Konrad Hochedlinger, Nimet Maherali, M. William Lensch, Natasha Arora, Akiko Shimamura, Hongguang Huo, In-Hyun Park and Frank H. Lau and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Nature Communications and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Tim Ahfeldt

21 papers receiving 4.9k 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 Reprogramming to Pluripotency and Directed Differentiation of Human Cells with Synthetic Modified mRNA

2010 1.9k citations Tim Ahfeldt, Frank H. Lau et al. Cell stem cell profile →
Disease-Specific Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

2008 1.6k citations In-Hyun Park, Natasha Arora 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
Tim Ahfeldt United States	14	4.3k	855	705	675	611	22	5.0k
Akitsu Hotta Japan	38	4.7k 1.1×	997 1.2×	665 0.9×	385 0.6×	531 0.9×	88	5.7k
Maisam Mitalipova United States	18	4.3k 1.0×	561 0.7×	929 1.3×	585 0.9×	559 0.9×	26	5.3k
Holm Zaehres Germany	31	4.3k 1.0×	731 0.9×	655 0.9×	517 0.8×	497 0.8×	62	5.2k
Noemi Fusaki Japan	24	3.2k 0.8×	484 0.6×	436 0.6×	561 0.8×	432 0.7×	39	4.0k
In-Hyun Park United States	26	7.0k 1.6×	1.2k 1.4×	1.0k 1.5×	959 1.4×	941 1.5×	32	8.1k
Hongguang Huo United States	12	5.3k 1.2×	1.0k 1.2×	909 1.3×	951 1.4×	676 1.1×	13	6.0k
Hyenjong Hong United States	7	3.7k 0.9×	654 0.8×	511 0.7×	601 0.9×	389 0.6×	11	4.1k
Guangming Wu Germany	38	5.0k 1.2×	678 0.8×	532 0.8×	329 0.5×	493 0.8×	87	6.1k
Nimet Maherali United States	16	6.3k 1.5×	955 1.1×	873 1.2×	855 1.3×	615 1.0×	20	6.9k
Yuin‐Han Loh Singapore	33	7.8k 1.8×	984 1.2×	903 1.3×	867 1.3×	376 0.6×	76	8.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tim Ahfeldt

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Parfitt, Gustavo Morrone, Elena Coccia, Kristen Whitney, et al.. (2024). Disruption of lysosomal proteolysis in astrocytes facilitates midbrain organoid proteostasis failure in an early-onset Parkinson’s disease model. Nature Communications. 15(1). 447–447. 26 indexed citations

Wang, Qian, Minghui Wang, Insup Choi, et al.. (2024). Molecular profiling of human substantia nigra identifies diverse neuron types associated with vulnerability in Parkinson’s disease. Science Advances. 10(2). eadi8287–eadi8287. 28 indexed citations

Whitney, Kristen, Claudia De Sanctis, Kurt Farrell, et al.. (2024). Generating a novel and reliable human iPSC‐derived midbrain organoid model of sporadic progressive supranuclear palsy. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 20(S1). e093263–e093263.

Paul, Kimberly C., Richard C. Krolewski, Edinson Lucumi Moreno, et al.. (2023). A pesticide and iPSC dopaminergic neuron screen identifies and classifies Parkinson-relevant pesticides. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2803–2803. 50 indexed citations

Sarrafha, Lily, Drew Neavin, Gustavo Morrone Parfitt, et al.. (2023). Novel human pluripotent stem cell-derived hypothalamus organoids demonstrate cellular diversity. iScience. 26(9). 107525–107525. 9 indexed citations

Ordureau, Alban, Felix Kraus, Jiuchun Zhang, et al.. (2021). Temporal proteomics during neurogenesis reveals large-scale proteome and organelle remodeling via selective autophagy. Molecular Cell. 81(24). 5082–5098.e11. 63 indexed citations

Sarrafha, Lily, et al.. (2021). High-throughput generation of midbrain dopaminergic neuron organoids from reporter human pluripotent stem cells. STAR Protocols. 2(2). 100463–100463. 11 indexed citations

Coccia, Elena & Tim Ahfeldt. (2021). Towards physiologically relevant human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC) models of Parkinson’s disease. Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 12(1). 253–253. 10 indexed citations

Ahfeldt, Tim, Alban Ordureau, Christina Bell, et al.. (2020). Pathogenic Pathways in Early-Onset Autosomal Recessive Parkinson's Disease Discovered Using Isogenic Human Dopaminergic Neurons. Stem Cell Reports. 14(1). 75–90. 37 indexed citations

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Fernando, Michael B., Tim Ahfeldt, & Kristen Brennand. (2020). Modeling the complex genetic architectures of brain disease. Nature Genetics. 52(4). 363–369. 29 indexed citations

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Ordureau, Alban, João A. Paulo, Wei Zhang, et al.. (2018). Dynamics of PARKIN-Dependent Mitochondrial Ubiquitylation in Induced Neurons and Model Systems Revealed by Digital Snapshot Proteomics. Molecular Cell. 70(2). 211–227.e8. 138 indexed citations

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Ahfeldt, Tim, Nadia K. Litterman, & Lee L. Rubin. (2016). Studying human disease using human neurons. Brain Research. 1656. 40–48. 10 indexed citations

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Mou, Hongmei, Rui Zhao, Richard J. Sherwood, et al.. (2012). Generation of Multipotent Lung and Airway Progenitors from Mouse ESCs and Patient-Specific Cystic Fibrosis iPSCs. Cell stem cell. 10(5). 635–635. 5 indexed citations

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Mou, Hongmei, Rui Zhao, Richard I. Sherwood, et al.. (2012). Generation of Multipotent Lung and Airway Progenitors from Mouse ESCs and Patient-Specific Cystic Fibrosis iPSCs. Cell stem cell. 10(4). 385–397. 226 indexed citations

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Lau, Frank H., Rahul C. Deo, Tim Ahfeldt, et al.. (2011). Pattern Specification and Immune Response Transcriptional Signatures of Pericardial and Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue. PLoS ONE. 6(10). e26092–e26092. 8 indexed citations

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Schinzel, Robert T., Tim Ahfeldt, Frank H. Lau, et al.. (2011). Efficient Culturing and Genetic Manipulation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells. PLoS ONE. 6(12). e27495–e27495. 19 indexed citations

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Eminli, Sarah, Adlen Foudi, Matthias Stadtfeld, et al.. (2009). Differentiation stage determines potential of hematopoietic cells for reprogramming into induced pluripotent stem cells. Nature Genetics. 41(9). 968–976. 322 indexed citations

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Lau, Frank H., et al.. (2009). Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells: an up-to-the-minute review. F1000 Biology Reports. 1. 84–84. 7 indexed citations

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Park, In-Hyun, Natasha Arora, Hongguang Huo, et al.. (2008). Disease-Specific Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. Cell. 134(5). 877–886. 1616 indexed citations breakdown →

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Maherali, Nimet, Tim Ahfeldt, Alessandra Rigamonti, et al.. (2008). A High-Efficiency System for the Generation and Study of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. Cell stem cell. 3(3). 340–345. 426 indexed citations

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