Timo Strünker

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Timo Strünker is a scholar working on Reproductive Medicine, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Timo Strünker has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Reproductive Medicine, 19 papers in Molecular Biology and 18 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Timo Strünker's work include Sperm and Testicular Function (21 papers), Reproductive Biology and Fertility (17 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (11 papers). Timo Strünker is often cited by papers focused on Sperm and Testicular Function (21 papers), Reproductive Biology and Fertility (17 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (11 papers). Timo Strünker collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Timo Strünker's co-authors include U. Benjamin Kaupp, Christoph Brenker, Nachiket D. Kashikar, Reinhard Seifert, Ingo Weyand, Normann Goodwin, Arnd Baumann, Astrid M. Müller, Luis Álvarez and Wolfgang Bönigk and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Timo Strünker

43 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The CatSper channel mediates progesterone-induced Ca2+ influx in human sperm

2011 421 citations Timo Strünker, Normann Goodwin et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Timo Strünker Germany	23	1.1k	861	786	749	364	46	2.4k
Takuya Nishigaki Mexico	25	1.2k 1.1×	875 1.0×	680 0.9×	487 0.7×	233 0.6×	52	2.4k
Stephen J. Publicover United Kingdom	37	2.0k 1.9×	1.6k 1.9×	1.3k 1.7×	505 0.7×	320 0.9×	96	3.5k
Simon C. Harvey United Kingdom	29	386 0.4×	325 0.4×	906 1.2×	710 0.9×	627 1.7×	65	3.1k
Ingo Weyand Germany	23	945 0.9×	711 0.8×	1.2k 1.5×	990 1.3×	181 0.5×	26	2.7k
Claudia L. Treviño Mexico	35	2.4k 2.2×	1.9k 2.2×	1.2k 1.6×	512 0.7×	297 0.8×	85	3.7k
Carmen Beltrán Mexico	28	1.0k 0.9×	735 0.9×	969 1.2×	472 0.6×	186 0.5×	50	2.4k
Pedro Labarca Chile	30	369 0.3×	270 0.3×	1.8k 2.3×	1.5k 2.0×	197 0.5×	60	2.9k
James R. Trimarchi United States	28	686 0.6×	1.1k 1.3×	1.1k 1.4×	459 0.6×	266 0.7×	51	2.7k
Celia M. Santi United States	28	1.1k 1.0×	897 1.0×	1.5k 1.9×	861 1.1×	165 0.5×	50	2.8k
Hideo Mohri Japan	29	831 0.8×	596 0.7×	869 1.1×	112 0.1×	368 1.0×	120	2.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Timo Strünker

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Brenker, Christoph, et al.. (2025). The major phytocannabinoids, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD), affect the function of CatSper calcium channels in human sperm. Human Reproduction. 40(5). 796–807. 1 indexed citations

Kulle, Alexandra, Paul Martin Holterhus, Manfred Fobker, et al.. (2024). The sperm-specific K+ channel Slo3 is inhibited by albumin and steroids contained in reproductive fluids. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 12. 1275116–1275116. 1 indexed citations

Schneider, Simon, Lena Arévalo, Jan N. Hansen, et al.. (2023). Cylicins are a structural component of the sperm calyx being indispensable for male fertility in mice and human. eLife. 12. 11 indexed citations

Ritter, Nadine, Julian A. Schreiber, Christoph Brenker, et al.. (2023). Downstream Allosteric Modulation of NMDA Receptors by 3-Benzazepine Derivatives. Molecular Neurobiology. 60(12). 7238–7252. 1 indexed citations

Lange, Thomas, et al.. (2023). HPLC fluorescence assay for measuring the activity of NAPE-PLD and the action of inhibitors affecting this enzyme. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis. 229. 115354–115354.

Schneider, Simon, Lena Arévalo, Jan N. Hansen, et al.. (2023). Cylicins are a structural component of the sperm calyx being indispensable for male fertility in mice and human. eLife. 12.

Lange, Thomas, et al.. (2022). HPLC fluorescence assay for measuring the activity of diacylglycerol lipases and the action of inhibitors thereof. Analytical Biochemistry. 657. 114889–114889. 2 indexed citations

Rehfeld, Anders, Christian Schiffer, Christoph Brenker, et al.. (2021). The antidepressant Sertraline inhibits CatSper Ca2+ channels in human sperm. Human Reproduction. 36(10). 2638–2648. 22 indexed citations

Wang, Tao, Henrike Krenz, Frank Tüttelmann, et al.. (2020). The Ca2+ channel CatSper is not activated by cAMP/PKA signaling but directly affected by chemicals used to probe the action of cAMP and PKA. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 295(38). 13181–13193. 35 indexed citations

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Schiffer, Christian, Christoph Brenker, Hussein Hamzeh, et al.. (2020). Rotational motion and rheotaxis of human sperm do not require functional CatSper channels and transmembrane Ca ²⁺ signaling. The EMBO Journal. 39(4). e102363–e102363. 43 indexed citations

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Balbach, Melanie, Hussein Hamzeh, Jan F. Jikeli, et al.. (2020). Molecular Mechanism Underlying the Action of Zona-pellucida Glycoproteins on Mouse Sperm. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 8. 572735–572735. 20 indexed citations

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Trötschel, Christian, Hussein Hamzeh, Luis Álvarez, et al.. (2019). Absolute proteomic quantification reveals design principles of sperm flagellar chemosensation. The EMBO Journal. 39(4). e102723–e102723. 21 indexed citations

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Kaupp, U. Benjamin & Timo Strünker. (2016). Signaling in Sperm: More Different than Similar. Trends in Cell Biology. 27(2). 101–109. 64 indexed citations

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Álvarez, Luis, Melanie Balbach, Timo Strünker, et al.. (2015). Controlling fertilization and cAMP signaling in sperm by optogenetics. eLife. 4. 87 indexed citations

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Seifert, Reinhard, Wolfgang Bönigk, Luis Álvarez, et al.. (2014). The C at S per channel controls chemosensation in sea urchin sperm. The EMBO Journal. 34(3). 379–392. 74 indexed citations

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Weyand, Ingo, Reinhard Seifert, Wolfgang Bönigk, et al.. (2014). High density and ligand affinity confer ultrasensitive signal detection by a guanylyl cyclase chemoreceptor. The Journal of Cell Biology. 206(4). 541–557. 36 indexed citations

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Schiffer, Christian, Astrid M. Müller, Dorte L Egeberg, et al.. (2014). Direct action of endocrine disrupting chemicals on human sperm. EMBO Reports. 15(7). 758–765. 124 indexed citations

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Strünker, Timo, Ingo Weyand, Wolfgang Bönigk, et al.. (2006). A K+-selective cGMP-gated ion channel controls chemosensation of sperm. Nature Cell Biology. 8(10). 1149–1154. 98 indexed citations

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Schwärzel, Martin, Reinhard Seifert, Timo Strünker, et al.. (2006). Fast manipulation of cellular cAMP level by light in vivo. Nature Methods. 4(1). 39–42. 194 indexed citations

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Balfanz, Sabine, Timo Strünker, Stephan Frings, & Arnd Baumann. (2005). A family of octapamine receptors that specifically induce cyclic AMP production or Ca²⁺ release in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Neurochemistry. 93(2). 440–451. 137 indexed citations

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