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Molecular Biology

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124
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Ed Hurt publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ed Hurt sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 267 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Ed Hurt D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ed Hurt sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 124 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2007 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2005 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Genetics/Molecular Biology and Cell Biology
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Ed Hurt is affiliated with Heidelberg University in Germany. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology and Genetics. Their work broadly addresses mechanisms of RNA and protein synthesis, RNA modifications and cancer, as well as RNA research and splicing.

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Roland Beckmann
  • Jingdong Cheng
  • Otto Berninghausen
  • Benjamin H.S. Lau
  • Matthias Thoms

Ed Hurt's publications are frequently found in the following venues:

  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
  • Cell Reports
  • Molecular Cell

Among recent significant papers authored or co-authored by Ed Hurt are:

  • 90 S pre-ribosome transformation into the primordial 40 S subunit, 2020, Science
  • Construction of the Central Protuberance and L1 Stalk during 60S Subunit Biogenesis, 2020, Molecular Cell
  • Structure of the Maturing 90S Pre-ribosome in Association with the RNA Exosome, 2020, Molecular Cell
  • Emergence of the primordial pre-60S from the 90S pre-ribosome, 2022, Cell Reports
  • Structure of nascent 5S RNPs at the crossroad between ribosome assembly and MDM2-p53 pathways, 2023, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology

The main topics covered by their research include:

  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Enzyme Structure and Function
  • Heat shock proteins research
  • Nuclear Structure and Function

Their subfields of study are:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

Ed Hurt has been recognized by several scientific bodies, including membership in the Academia Europaea since 2007. They are also a member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, noted for contributions to Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology. Furthermore, they hold membership in the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Exporting RNA from the nucleus to the cytoplasm

    Alwin Köhler;Ed Hurt

  • TREX is a conserved complex coupling transcription with messenger RNA export

    Katja Sträßer;Seiji Masuda;Paul Mason;Jens Pfannstiel

  • Pre-ribosomes on the road from the nucleolus to the cytoplasm

    Herbert Tschochner;Ed Hurt

  • Mex67p, a novel factor for nuclear mRNA export, binds to both poly(A) + RNA and nuclear pores

    Alexandra Segref;Kishore Sharma;Valérie Doye;Andrea Hellwig

  • Temperature-sensitive mutations demonstrate roles for yeast fibrillarin in pre-rRNA processing, pre-rRNA methylation, and ribosome assembly.

    David Tollervey;Hanna Lehtonen;Ralf Jansen;Hildegard Kern

  • The protein Aly links pre-messenger-RNA splicing to nuclear export in metazoans

    Zhaolan Zhou;Ming-juan Luo;Katja Straesser;Jun Katahira

  • The nuclear pore complex: understanding its function through structural insight.

    Martin Beck;Ed Hurt

  • Driving ribosome assembly

    Dieter Kressler;Dieter Kressler;Ed Hurt;Jochen Baβler

  • 90S Pre-Ribosomes Include the 35S Pre-rRNA, the U3 snoRNP, and 40S Subunit Processing Factors but Predominantly Lack 60S Synthesis Factors

    Paola Grandi;Vladimir Rybin;Jochen Baßler;Elisabeth Petfalski

  • Recruitment of the human TREX complex to mRNA during splicing

    Seiji Masuda;Rita Das;Hong Cheng;Ed Hurt

  • The Mex67p-mediated nuclear mRNA export pathway is conserved from yeast to human.

    Jun Katahira;Katja Sträßer;Alexandre Podtelejnikov;Matthias Mann

  • A Conserved mRNA Export Machinery Coupled to pre-mRNA Splicing

    Robin Reed;Ed Hurt

  • Comparative aspects of quinol-cytochrome c/plastocyanin oxidoreductases.

    G. Hauska;E. Hurt;N. Gabellini;W. Lockau

  • A Cytochrome f/b6 Complex of Five Polypeptides with Plastoquinol-Plastocyanin-Oxidoreductase Activity from Spinach Chloroplasts

    Eduard Hurt;Günter Hauska

  • SAGA interacting factors confine sub-diffusion of transcribed genes to the nuclear envelope

    Ghislain G. Cabal;Auguste Genovesio;Susana Rodriguez-Navarro;Susana Rodriguez-Navarro;Christophe Zimmer

  • Sus1, a Functional Component of the SAGA Histone Acetylase Complex and the Nuclear Pore-Associated mRNA Export Machinery

    Susana Rodrı́guez-Navarro;Tamás Fischer;Ming-Juan Luo;Oreto Antúnez

  • Yra1p, a conserved nuclear RNA-binding protein, interacts directly with Mex67p and is required for mRNA export.

    Katja Sträßer;Ed Hurt

  • 60S pre‐ribosome formation viewed from assembly in the nucleolus until export to the cytoplasm

    Tracy A Nissan;Jochen Bassler;Elisabeth Petfalski;David Tollervey

  • Splicing factor Sub2p is required for nuclear mRNA export through its interaction with Yra1p.

    Katja Sträßer;Ed Hurt

  • The small nucleolar RNP protein NOP1 (fibrillarin) is required for pre-rRNA processing in yeast.

    D. Tollervey;H. Lehtonen;M. Carmo-Fonseca;E. C. Hurt

Frequent Co-Authors

David Tollervey
David Tollervey University of Edinburgh
Irmgard Sinning
Irmgard Sinning Heidelberg University
Roland Beckmann
Roland Beckmann Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
George Simos
George Simos University Of Thessaly
Otto Berninghausen
Otto Berninghausen Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Murray Stewart
Murray Stewart MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Martin Beck
Martin Beck TU Dresden
Ueli Aebi
Ueli Aebi University of Basel
Matthias Mann
Matthias Mann Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
Robin Reed
Robin Reed Harvard University

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