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Günther Gerisch

Günther Gerisch

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
76
Citations
18426
World Ranking
5105
National Ranking
372

Overview

Günther Gerisch is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and has contributed to research primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work centers on several subfields, including Cell Biology, Biophysics, Biomedical Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, with a significant focus on molecular and cellular processes.

The scientist's research topics cover diverse areas such as:

  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies
  • Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
  • Cellular transport and secretion

A selection of recent papers authored or co-authored by Günther Gerisch includes the following publications:

  • "Formins specify membrane patterns generated by propagating actin waves," 2020, Molecular Biology of the Cell
  • "Unilateral Cleavage Furrows in Multinucleate Cells," 2020, Cells
  • "Patterning of the cell cortex and the localization of cleavage furrows in multi-nucleate cells," 2022, Journal of Cell Science
  • "Unilateral Cleavage Furrows in Multinucleate Cells," 2020, Preprints.org
  • "Expanding ring-shaped cleavage furrows in multinucleate cells," 2023, Molecular Biology of the Cell

Günther Gerisch works frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Mary Ecke
  • Jana Prassler
  • Annette Müller-Taubenberger
  • Julia Bindl
  • Eszter Molnár

The scientist's publications often appear in a select group of journals:

  • Molecular Biology of the Cell
  • Cells
  • Biophysical Journal
  • Journal of Cell Science
  • Preprints.org

Best Publications

  • Macromolecular Architecture in Eukaryotic Cells Visualized by Cryoelectron Tomography

    Ohad Medalia;Igor Weber;Achilleas S. Frangakis;Daniela Nicastro

  • Discrete interactions in cell adhesion measured by single-molecule force spectroscopy.

    Martin Benoit;Daniela Gabriel;Günther Gerisch;Hermann E. Gaub

  • Nuclear Pore Complex Structure and Dynamics Revealed by Cryoelectron Tomography

    Martin Beck;Friedrich Förster;Mary Ecke;Jürgen M. Plitzko

  • Dynamics of antigenic membrane sites relating to cell aggregation in Dictyostelium discoideum.

    H. Beug;F. E. Katz;G. Gerisch

  • Coronin involved in phagocytosis: Dynamics of particle-induced relocalization visualized by a green fluorescent protein tag

    Markus Maniak;Robert Rauchenberger;Richard Albrecht;John Murphy

  • Membrane‐Bound Cyclic AMP Phosphodiesterase in Chemotactically Responding Cells of Dictyostelium discoideum

    Dieter Malchow;Brigitte Nägele;Heinz Schwarz;Günther Gerisch

  • Cyclic-AMP-controlled oscillations in suspended Dictyostelium cells: their relation to morphogenetic cell interactions.

    Günther Gerisch;Benno Hess

  • Membrane Bending Modulus and Adhesion Energy of Wild-Type and Mutant Cells of Dictyostelium Lacking Talin or Cortexillins

    Rudolf Simson;Eva Wallraff;Jan Faix;Jens Niewöhner

  • Microfilament dynamics during cell movement and chemotaxis monitored using a GFP–actin fusion protein

    Monika Westphal;Andreas Jungbluth;Manfred Heidecker;Bettina Mühlbauer

  • Calreticulin and calnexin in the endoplasmic reticulum are important for phagocytosis.

    Annette Müller‐Taubenberger;Andrei N Lupas;Hewang Li;Mary Ecke

  • Dynamic actin patterns and Arp2/3 assembly at the substrate-attached surface of motile cells

    Till Bretschneider;Stefan Diez;Kurt Anderson;John Heuser

  • Cell communication by periodic cyclic-AMP pulses

    Günther Gerisch;Dieter F. Hülser;Dieter Malchow;Ursula Wick

  • Cortexillins, Major Determinants of Cell Shape and Size, Are Actin-Bundling Proteins with a Parallel Coiled-Coil Tail

    Jan Faix;Michel Steinmetz;Heike Boves;Richard A. Kammerer

  • The Three-Dimensional Dynamics of Actin Waves, a Model of Cytoskeletal Self-Organization

    Till Bretschneider;Kurt Anderson;Mary Ecke;Annette Müller-Taubenberger

  • Sequence and analysis of chromosome 2 of Dictyostelium discoideum

    Gernot Glöckner;Ludwig Eichinger;Karol Szafranski;Justin A. Pachebat

  • Mobile actin clusters and traveling waves in cells recovering from actin depolymerization.

    Günther Gerisch;Till Bretschneider;Annette Müller-Taubenberger;Evelyn Simmeth

  • The hybrid histidine kinase DokA is part of the osmotic response system of Dictyostelium.

    S. C. Schuster;A. A. Noegel;F. Oehme;G. Gerisch

  • Organization of actin networks in intact filopodia

    Ohad Medalia;Ohad Medalia;Martin Beck;Mary Ecke;Igor Weber

  • A role for myosin VII in dynamic cell adhesion

    Richard I. Tuxworth;Igor Weber;Deborah Wessels;Gregory C. Addicks

  • Discrete interactions in cell adhesion measured by single-molecule force

    Martin Benoit;Daniela Gabriel;Günther Gerisch;Hermann E. Gaub

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Faix
Jan Faix Hannover Medical School
Wolfgang Baumeister
Wolfgang Baumeister Max Planck Society
Friedrich Lottspeich
Friedrich Lottspeich Max Planck Society
Michael Schleicher
Michael Schleicher Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Angelika A. Noegel
Angelika A. Noegel University of Cologne
Kurt I. Anderson
Kurt I. Anderson The Francis Crick Institute
John E. Heuser
John E. Heuser Washington University in St. Louis
Ueli Aebi
Ueli Aebi University of Basel
Michel O. Steinmetz
Michel O. Steinmetz Paul Scherrer Institute
Richard A. Kammerer
Richard A. Kammerer Paul Scherrer Institute

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