Vivek V. Thacker

3.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
22 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Vivek V. Thacker is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Vivek V. Thacker has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 4 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Vivek V. Thacker's work include Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (9 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (9 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (4 papers). Vivek V. Thacker is often cited by papers focused on Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (9 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (9 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (4 papers). Vivek V. Thacker collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Switzerland and Germany. Vivek V. Thacker's co-authors include Ulrich F. Keyser, Kunal Sharma, Silvia Hernández‐Ainsa, Jeremy J. Baumberg, Lars O. Herrmann, Tim Liedl, Muhammet F. Gülen, Nicholas A. W. Bell, Andrea Ablasser and Tao Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Vivek V. Thacker

21 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.

cGAS–STING drives ageing-related inflammation and neurodegeneration

2023 500 citations Muhammet F. Gülen, Alexander Keller et al. Nature profile →
The cGAS–STING pathway drives type I IFN immunopathology in COVID-19

2022 371 citations Jérémy Di Domizio, Muhammet F. Gülen et al. Nature profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vivek V. Thacker United Kingdom	17	1.3k	1.1k	532	340	319	22	2.4k
YongTae Kim United States	31	1.1k 0.9×	1.5k 1.4×	218 0.4×	54 0.2×	215 0.7×	81	3.2k
Sisareuth Tan France	25	2.6k 2.0×	578 0.5×	372 0.7×	90 0.3×	359 1.1×	37	3.7k
Siu Kai Kong Hong Kong	31	1.4k 1.1×	1.0k 0.9×	155 0.3×	271 0.8×	130 0.4×	100	2.9k
Cheuk W. Kan United States	13	1.5k 1.2×	1.4k 1.2×	102 0.2×	71 0.2×	164 0.5×	18	2.8k
Evan P. Ferrell United States	13	1.6k 1.3×	1.2k 1.1×	101 0.2×	71 0.2×	160 0.5×	14	2.8k
Yao Lu China	31	2.0k 1.6×	2.3k 2.1×	352 0.7×	75 0.2×	160 0.5×	122	4.0k
Maxim Shevtsov Russia	30	1.2k 1.0×	918 0.8×	611 1.1×	43 0.1×	191 0.6×	129	2.8k
Quan Du China	36	3.1k 2.5×	353 0.3×	371 0.7×	79 0.2×	105 0.3×	134	4.4k
Andrew J. Rivnak United States	7	1.3k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	76 0.1×	69 0.2×	117 0.4×	7	2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Vivek V. Thacker

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vivek V. Thacker

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20 of 20 papers shown

Thacker, Vivek V., et al.. (2025). Vehiculation and functional delivery of lipophilic therapeutics and antibiotics via pulmonary surfactant in a lung-on-chip model. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Olmo-Fontánez, Angélica M., Julia M. Scordo, Alyssa Schami, et al.. (2024). Human alveolar lining fluid from the elderly promotes Mycobacterium tuberculosis intracellular growth and translocation into the cytosol of alveolar epithelial cells. Mucosal Immunology. 17(2). 155–168. 5 indexed citations

Gülen, Muhammet F., Alexander Keller, Marius Schwabenland, et al.. (2023). cGAS–STING drives ageing-related inflammation and neurodegeneration. Nature. 620(7973). 374–380. 500 indexed citations breakdown →

Hannebelle, Mélanie T. M., A. Dubois, Maxime Jan, et al.. (2023). Mechanopathology of biofilm-like Mycobacterium tuberculosis cords. Cell. 186(23). 5135–5150.e28. 27 indexed citations

Domizio, Jérémy Di, Muhammet F. Gülen, Fanny Saidoune, et al.. (2022). The cGAS–STING pathway drives type I IFN immunopathology in COVID-19. Nature. 603(7899). 145–151. 371 indexed citations breakdown →

Thacker, Vivek V., et al.. (2021). Rapid endotheliitis and vascular damage characterize SARS‐CoV‐2 infection in a human lung‐on‐chip model. EMBO Reports. 22(6). e52744–e52744. 103 indexed citations

Sharma, Kunal, Vivek V. Thacker, Neeraj Dhar, et al.. (2021). Early invasion of the bladder wall by solitary bacteria protects UPEC from antibiotics and neutrophil swarms in an organoid model. Cell Reports. 36(3). 109351–109351. 30 indexed citations

Sharma, Kunal, Neeraj Dhar, Vivek V. Thacker, et al.. (2021). Dynamic persistence of UPEC intracellular bacterial communities in a human bladder-chip model of urinary tract infection. eLife. 10. 68 indexed citations

Thacker, Vivek V., Neeraj Dhar, Kunal Sharma, et al.. (2020). A lung-on-chip model of early Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection reveals an essential role for alveolar epithelial cells in controlling bacterial growth. eLife. 9. 114 indexed citations

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Thacker, Vivek V., et al.. (2018). Design optimization of clutch cushion disc with the integration of finite element analysis and design of experiments. IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering. 402. 12053–12053. 2 indexed citations

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Weller, Lee, Vivek V. Thacker, Lars O. Herrmann, et al.. (2016). Gap-Dependent Coupling of Ag–Au Nanoparticle Heterodimers Using DNA Origami-Based Self-Assembly. ACS Photonics. 3(9). 1589–1595. 76 indexed citations

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Laohakunakorn, Nadanai, Vivek V. Thacker, M. Muthukumar, & Ulrich F. Keyser. (2014). Electroosmotic Flow Reversal Outside Glass Nanopores. Nano Letters. 15(1). 695–702. 47 indexed citations

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Thacker, Vivek V., Lars O. Herrmann, Daniel O. Sigle, et al.. (2014). DNA origami based assembly of gold nanoparticle dimers for surface-enhanced Raman scattering. Nature Communications. 5(1). 3448–3448. 397 indexed citations

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Burns, Jonathan R., Kerstin Göpfrich, James W. Wood, et al.. (2013). Lipid‐Bilayer‐Spanning DNA Nanopores with a Bifunctional Porphyrin Anchor. Angewandte Chemie. 125(46). 12291–12294. 31 indexed citations

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Burns, Jonathan R., Kerstin Göpfrich, James W. Wood, et al.. (2013). Lipid‐Bilayer‐Spanning DNA Nanopores with a Bifunctional Porphyrin Anchor. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(46). 12069–12072. 183 indexed citations

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Bell, Nicholas A. W., Vivek V. Thacker, Silvia Hernández‐Ainsa, et al.. (2013). Multiplexed ionic current sensing with glass nanopores. Lab on a Chip. 13(10). 1859–1859. 58 indexed citations

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Thacker, Vivek V., Krystyna Bromek, Jurij Kotar, et al.. (2013). Bacterial nucleoid structure probed by active drag and resistive pulse sensing. Integrative Biology. 6(2). 184–191. 8 indexed citations

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Li, Wenhong, Nicholas A. W. Bell, Silvia Hernández‐Ainsa, et al.. (2013). Single Protein Molecule Detection by Glass Nanopores. ACS Nano. 7(5). 4129–4134. 227 indexed citations

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Hernández‐Ainsa, Silvia, Nicholas A. W. Bell, Vivek V. Thacker, et al.. (2013). DNA Origami Nanopores for Controlling DNA Translocation. ACS Nano. 7(7). 6024–6030. 115 indexed citations

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Hernández‐Ainsa, Silvia, Christoph Muus, Nicholas A. W. Bell, et al.. (2012). Lipid-coated nanocapillaries for DNA sensing. The Analyst. 138(1). 104–106. 29 indexed citations

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