Xavier Morin

6.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
39 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Xavier Morin is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Xavier Morin has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Cell Biology and 12 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Xavier Morin's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (13 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (12 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (7 papers). Xavier Morin is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (13 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (12 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (7 papers). Xavier Morin collaborates with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and United States. Xavier Morin's co-authors include Christo Goridis, Jean‐François Brunet, Harold Cremer, Alexandre Pattyn, William Chia, Michael Zavortink, Richard Daneman, Yohanns Bellaı̈che, Florencia di Pietro and Arnaud Échard and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Xavier Morin

38 papers receiving 4.7k 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.

The homeobox gene Phox2b is essential for the development of autonomic neural crest derivatives

1999 665 citations Xavier Morin, Harold Cremer et al. profile →
A protein trap strategy to detect GFP-tagged proteins expressed from their endogenous loci in Drosophila

2001 653 citations Xavier Morin, Richard Daneman et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A low-level Cdkn1c/p57kip2 expression in spinal progenitors drives the transition from proliferative to neurogenic modes of division 2025 ·EMBO Reports ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Isabelle Barbosa, Hervé Le Hir, Morgane Thomas‐Chollier, Evelyne Fischer, Xavier Morin	0
2	Self-organizing models of human trunk organogenesis recapitulate spinal cord and spine co-morphogenesis 2023 ·Nature Biotechnology ·Simona Gribaudo, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Anna Lyubimova, (unknown), Julien Ferent, Xavier Morin, Alexander van Oudenaarden, Stéphane Nedelec	41
3	Annexin A1 is a polarity cue that directs mitotic spindle orientation during mammalian epithelial morphogenesis 2023 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Farahnaz Sadat Golestan Hashemi, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Paul Skipp, Xavier Morin, Colinda L. G. J. Scheele, Salah Élias	6
4	Fate restrictions in embryonic neural progenitors 2020 ·Current Opinion in Neurobiology ·Evelyne Fischer, Xavier Morin	6
5	An RNAi Screen in a Novel Model of Oriented Divisions Identifies the Actin-Capping Protein Z β as an Essential Regulator of Spindle Orientation 2017 ·Current Biology ·Florencia di Pietro, Léo Valon, (unknown), (unknown), Auguste Genovesio, Xavier Morin	11
6	Loss of the canonical spindle orientation function in the Pins/ LGN homolog AGS 3 2017 ·EMBO Reports ·Mehdi Saadaoui, Daijiro Konno, Karine Loulier, (unknown), Vaibhav Jadhav, Marina Mapelli, Fumio Matsuzaki, Xavier Morin	14
7	Regulation of mitotic spindle orientation: an integrated view 2016 ·EMBO Reports ·Florencia di Pietro, Arnaud Échard, Xavier Morin	226
8	Predictive Spatiotemporal Manipulation of Signaling Perturbations Using Optogenetics 2015 ·Biophysical Journal ·Léo Valon, Fred Etoc, Amanda Remorino, Florencia di Pietro, Xavier Morin, Maxime Dahan, Mathieu Coppey	42
9	Multiplex Cell and Lineage Tracking with Combinatorial Labels 2014 ·Neuron ·Karine Loulier, Raphaëlle Barry‐Martinet, Pierre Mahou, (unknown), Willy Supatto, Katherine S. Matho, Sio-Hoï Ieng, Stéphane Fouquet, Élisabeth Dupin, Ryad Benosman, Alain Chédotal, Emmanuel Beaurepaire, Xavier Morin, Jean Livet	129
10	Multicolor two-photon tissue imaging by wavelength mixing 2012 ·Nature Methods ·Pierre Mahou, Maxwell Zimmerley, Karine Loulier, Katherine S. Matho, Guillaume Labroille, Xavier Morin, Willy Supatto, Jean Livet, Delphine Débarre, Emmanuel Beaurepaire	134
11	Mitotic Spindle Orientation in Asymmetric and Symmetric Cell Divisions during Animal Development 2011 ·Developmental Cell ·Xavier Morin, Yohanns Bellaı̈che	321
12	Shaggy/GSK-3β kinase localizes to the centrosome and to specialized cytoskeletal structures inDrosophila 2006 ·Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton ·Yves Bobinnec, Xavier Morin, Alain Debec	18
13	glaikit Is Essential for the Formation of Epithelial Polarity and Neuronal Development 2004 ·Current Biology ·John Dunlop, Xavier Morin, Montserrat Corominas, Florenci Serras, Guy Tear	20
14	Dynamics of the endoplasmic reticulum during early development of Drosophila melanogaster 2003 ·Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton ·Yves Bobinnec, Christiane Marcaillou, Xavier Morin, Alain Debec	98
15	In vivo protein trapping in Drosophila 2003 ·Briefings in Functional Genomics and Proteomics ·Xavier Morin	6
16	A protein trap strategy to detect GFP-tagged proteins expressed from their endogenous loci in Drosophila breakdown → 2001 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Xavier Morin, Richard Daneman, Michael Zavortink, William Chia	653
17	Analysis of partner of inscuteable, a Novel Player of Drosophila Asymmetric Divisions, Reveals Two Distinct Steps in Inscuteable Apical Localization 2000 ·Cell ·Fengwei Yu, Xavier Morin, Yu Cai, Xiaohang Yang, (unknown)	309
18	Specification of Neurotransmitter Identity by Phox2 Proteins in Neural Crest Stem Cells 1999 ·Neuron ·(unknown), Xavier Morin, Jean‐François Brunet, David J. Anderson	152
19	The bHLH Protein NEUROGENIN 2 Is a Determination Factor for Epibranchial Placode–Derived Sensory Neurons 1998 ·Neuron ·Carol Fode, Gérard Gradwohl, Xavier Morin, Andrée Dierich, Marianne LeMeur, Christo Goridis, François Guillemot	376
20	Defects in Sensory and Autonomic Ganglia and Absence of Locus Coeruleus in Mice Deficient for the Homeobox Gene Phox2a 1997 ·Neuron ·Xavier Morin, Harold Cremer, Marie‐Rose Hirsch, Raj P. Kapur, Christo Goridis, Jean‐François Brunet	283

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