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2024
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Germany
2024

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Genetics

D-Index
109
Citations
89431
World Ranking
542
National Ranking
40

Molecular Biology

D-Index
109
Citations
89431
World Ranking
383
National Ranking
34

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Alexander Meissner is affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a significant number of publications in related subfields such as Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cancer Research, Oncology, and Biomedical Engineering.

The main topics covered in their scientific work include:

  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics

Alexander Meissner has contributed to several notable papers, including:

  • DNA methylation: a historical perspective (2022), published in Trends in Genetics
  • Mouse embryonic stem cells self-organize into trunk-like structures with neural tube and somites (2020), published in Science
  • Unblending of Transcriptional Condensates in Human Repeat Expansion Disease (2020), published in Cell
  • The road ahead in genetics and genomics (2020), published in Nature Reviews Genetics
  • Dnmt1 has de novo activity targeted to transposable elements (2021), published in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Meissner include Helene Kretzmer, Sara Hetzel, Adriano Bolondi, Abhishek Sampath Kumar, and Lars Wittler. This collaboration has contributed to a range of publications across multiple venues.

The venues where Alexander Meissner most often publishes their research feature prominently in the scientific community. These include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Genetics
  • Nature Cell Biology
  • Cell
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Integrative analysis of 111 reference human epigenomes

    Anshul Kundaje;Wouter Meuleman;Wouter Meuleman;Jason Ernst

  • A Bivalent Chromatin Structure Marks Key Developmental Genes in Embryonic Stem Cells

    Bradley E. Bernstein;Tarjei S. Mikkelsen;Tarjei S. Mikkelsen;Xiaohui Xie;Michael Kamal

  • Genome-wide maps of chromatin state in pluripotent and lineage-committed cells

    Tarjei S. Mikkelsen;Manching Ku;Manching Ku;David B. Jaffe;Biju Issac;Biju Issac

  • In vitro reprogramming of fibroblasts into a pluripotent ES-cell-like state

    Marius Wernig;Alexander Meissner;Ruth Foreman;Tobias Brambrink

  • Highly efficient reprogramming to pluripotency and directed differentiation of human cells with synthetic modified mRNA

    Luigi Warren;Philip D. Manos;Philip D. Manos;Tim Ahfeldt;Tim Ahfeldt;Yuin-Han Loh

  • DNA methylation: roles in mammalian development

    Zachary D. Smith;Alexander Meissner;Alexander Meissner

  • Genome-scale DNA methylation maps of pluripotent and differentiated cells

    Alexander Meissner;Tarjei S. Mikkelsen;Tarjei S. Mikkelsen;Hongcang Gu;Marius Wernig

  • The mammalian epigenome.

    Bradley E. Bernstein;Bradley E. Bernstein;Alexander Meissner;Eric S. Lander;Eric S. Lander

  • lincRNAs act in the circuitry controlling pluripotency and differentiation

    Mitchell Guttman;Julie Donaghey;Bryce W. Carey;Manuel Garber

  • Treatment of Sickle Cell Anemia Mouse Model with iPS Cells Generated from Autologous Skin

    Jacob Hanna;Marius Wernig;Marius Wernig;Styliani Markoulaki;Styliani Markoulaki;Chiao-Wang Sun;Chiao-Wang Sun

  • Targeted Deletion Reveals Essential and Overlapping Functions of the miR-17∼92 Family of miRNA Clusters

    Andrea Ventura;Amanda G. Young;Monte M. Winslow;Laura Lintault

  • The NIH Roadmap Epigenomics Mapping Consortium

    Bradley E Bernstein;John A Stamatoyannopoulos;Joseph F Costello;Bing Ren

  • Dissecting direct reprogramming through integrative genomic analysis

    Tarjei S. Mikkelsen;Jacob Hanna;Xiaolan Zhang;Manching Ku

  • Charting a dynamic DNA methylation landscape of the human genome

    Michael J. Ziller;Hongcang Gu;Fabian Müller;Julie Donaghey;Julie Donaghey

  • Derepression of BDNF transcription involves calcium-dependent phosphorylation of MeCP2.

    Wen G. Chen;Qiang Chang;Yingxi Lin;Alexander Meissner

  • Reduced representation bisulfite sequencing for comparative high-resolution DNA methylation analysis

    Alexander Meissner;Andreas Gnirke;George W. Bell;Bernard H Ramsahoye

  • Paternally Induced Transgenerational Environmental Reprogramming of Metabolic Gene Expression in Mammals

    Benjamin R. Carone;Lucas Fauquier;Naomi Habib;Jeremy M. Shea

  • Dnmt3a is essential for hematopoietic stem cell differentiation.

    Grant A. Challen;Deqiang Sun;Mira Jeong;Min Luo

  • Reference Maps of Human ES and iPS Cell Variation Enable High-Throughput Characterization of Pluripotent Cell Lines

    Christoph Bock;Evangelos Kiskinis;Evangelos Kiskinis;Griet Verstappen;Griet Verstappen;Hongcang Gu

  • A unique regulatory phase of DNA methylation in the early mammalian embryo

    Zachary D. Smith;Michelle M. Chan;Michelle M. Chan;Tarjei Sigurd Mikkelsen;Tarjei Sigurd Mikkelsen;Hongcang Gu

Frequent Co-Authors

Hongcang Gu
Hongcang Gu Hefei Institutes of Physical Science
Andreas Gnirke
Andreas Gnirke Broad Institute
Bradley E. Bernstein
Bradley E. Bernstein Broad Institute
Christoph Bock
Christoph Bock Austrian Academy of Sciences
Eric S. Lander
Eric S. Lander Broad Institute
John L. Rinn
John L. Rinn University of Colorado Boulder
Tarjei S. Mikkelsen
Tarjei S. Mikkelsen Arsenal Biosciences (United States)
Aviv Regev
Aviv Regev Genentech
Kevin Eggan
Kevin Eggan Harvard University

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