Erich A. Nigg

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Switzerland Leader Award
• 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Switzerland Leader Award
• 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Switzerland Leader Award
• 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Switzerland Leader Award
• 2005 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Biochemistry and Biophysics
• 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

Best Publications

• Mitotic kinases as regulators of cell division and its checkpoints

  Erich A. Nigg

  2031
  Citations

• Quantitative Phosphoproteomics Reveals Widespread Full Phosphorylation Site Occupancy During Mitosis

  Jesper V. Olsen;Michiel Vermeulen;Anna Santamaria;Chanchal Kumar

  1691
  Citations

• Proteomic characterization of the human centrosome by protein correlation profiling

  Jens S. Andersen;Christopher J. Wilkinson;Thibault Mayor;Thibault Mayor;Peter Mortensen

  1560
  Citations

• Major nucleolar proteins shuttle between nucleus and cytoplasm

  R.A. Borer;C.F. Lehner;H.M. Eppenberger;E.A. Nigg

  1444
  Citations

• Polo-like kinases and the orchestration of cell division.

  Francis A. Barr;Herman H. W. Silljé;Erich A. Nigg

  1311
  Citations

• Cyclin-dependent protein kinases: key regulators of the eukaryotic cell cycle.

  Erich A. Nigg

  1285
  Citations

• Nucleocytoplasmic transport: signals, mechanisms and regulation

  Erich A. Nigg

  1278
  Citations

• Phosphorylation by p34cdc2 regulates spindle association of human Eg5, a kinesin-related motor essential for bipolar spindle formation in vivo.

  Anne Blangy;Heidi A. Lane;Pierre d'Hérin;Maryannick Harper

  1186
  Citations

• Centrioles, centrosomes, and cilia in health and disease.

  Erich A. Nigg;Jordan W. Raff

  1001
  Citations

• In vitro disassembly of the nuclear lamina and M phase-specific phosphorylation of lamins by cdc2 kinase

  M. Peter;J. Nakagawa;M. Dorée;J.C. Labbé

  980
  Citations

• Centrosome aberrations: cause or consequence of cancer progression?

  Erich A. Nigg

  954
  Citations

• The Polo kinase Plk4 functions in centriole duplication

  Robert Habedanck;York-Dieter Stierhof;Christopher J. Wilkinson;Christopher J. Wilkinson;Erich A. Nigg

  920
  Citations

• Antibody microinjection reveals an essential role for human polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1) in the functional maturation of mitotic centrosomes

  Heidi A. Lane;Erich A. Nigg

  909
  Citations

• Aurora-A overexpression reveals tetraploidization as a major route to centrosome amplification in p53−/− cells

  Patrick Meraldi;Reiko Honda;Erich A.Nigg

  852
  Citations

• Plk4-Induced Centriole Biogenesis in Human Cells

  Julia Kleylein-Sohn;Jens Westendorf;Mikael Le Clech;Robert Habedanck

  765
  Citations

• The centrosomal protein nephrocystin-6 is mutated in Joubert syndrome and activates transcription factor ATF4

  John A. Sayer;John A. Sayer;Edgar A. Otto;John F. O'Toole;Gudrun Nurnberg

  764
  Citations

• Active cyclin B1–Cdk1 first appears on centrosomes in prophase

  Mark Jackman;Catherine Lindon;Erich A. Nigg;Jonathon Pines

  761
  Citations

• Human TPX2 is required for targeting Aurora-A kinase to the spindle

  Thomas A Kufer;Herman H W Silljé;Roman Körner;Oliver J Gruss

  704
  Citations

• The Ste20-like kinase Mst2 activates the human large tumor suppressor kinase Lats1.

  Eunice H Y Chan;Marjaana Nousiainen;Ravindra B Chalamalasetty;Anja Schäfer

  650
  Citations

• The centrosome cycle: Centriole biogenesis, duplication and inherent asymmetries

  Erich A. Nigg;Tim Stearns

  649
  Citations