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89
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24517
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2608
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191

Heiner Niemann publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Heiner Niemann sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 467 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Heiner Niemann D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 89 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Heiner Niemann is affiliated with the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut in Germany. Their research spans multiple aspects of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with notable contributions in molecular biology, surgery, genetics, reproductive medicine, and plant science.

The scientist has published extensively in key areas including CRISPR and genetic engineering, xenotransplantation and immune response, animal genetics and reproduction, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, pluripotent stem cells research, chromosomal and genetic variations, and reproductive biology and fertility.

Prominent recent papers by Niemann include:

  • Parental genome unification is highly error-prone in mammalian embryos, 2021, Cell
  • Increasing methylation of sperm rDNA and other repetitive elements in the aging male mammalian germline, 2020, Aging Cell
  • Knockout of the HMG domain of the porcine SRY gene causes sex reversal in gene-edited pigs, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • CRISPR/Cas12a mediated knock-in of the Polled Celtic variant to produce a polled genotype in dairy cattle, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Melatonin enhances in vitro developmental competence of cumulus-oocyte complexes collected by ovum pick-up in prepubertal and adult dairy cattle, 2020, Theriogenology

Niemann has frequently published in venues such as Scientific Reports, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Cell, Aging Cell, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Frequent coauthors in Niemann's work include Andrea Lucas-Hahn, Björn Petersen, Patrick Aldag, Monika Nowak-Imialek, and Doris Herrmann.

Best Publications

  • Botulinum neurotoxin A selectively cleaves the synaptic protein SNAP-25

    Juan Blasi;Juan Blasi;Edwin R. Chapman;Egenhard Link;Thomas Binz

  • Synaptic vesicle membrane fusion complex: action of clostridial neurotoxins on assembly.

    Tetsuya Hayashi;Harvey McMahon;Shinji Yamasaki;Thomas Binz

  • Cellubrevin is a ubiquitous tetanus-toxin substrate homologous to a putative synaptic vesicle fusion protein

    Harvey T. McMahon;Yuri A. Ushkaryov;Lambert Edelmann;Egenhard Link

  • Cellular and Molecular Deviations in Bovine In Vitro-Produced Embryos Are Related to the Large Offspring Syndrome

    Giovanna Lazzari;Christine Wrenzycki;Doris Herrmann;Roberto Duchi

  • Proteolysis of SNAP-25 by types E and A botulinal neurotoxins

    T. Binz;J. Blasi;S. Yamasaki;A. Baumeister

  • Membrane fusion machinery: insights from synaptic proteins.

    Thomas C. Südhof;Pletro De Camilll;Heiner Niemann;Relnhard Jahn

  • Efficient generation of a biallelic knockout in pigs using zinc-finger nucleases

    Janet Hauschild;Bjoern Petersen;Yolanda Santiago;Anna Lisa Queisser

  • Clostridial neurotoxins: new tools for dissecting exocytosis

    Heiner Niemann;Juan Blasi;Reinhard Jahn

  • Expression Pattern of Oct-4 in Preimplantation Embryos of Different Species

    Kirchhof N;Carnwath Jw;Lemme E;Anastassiadis K

  • Tetanus toxin action: Inhibition of neurotransmitter release linked to synaptobrevin proteolysis

    Egenhard Link;Lambert Edelmann;Judy H. Chou;Thomas Binz

  • Nuclear Transfer Protocol Affects Messenger RNA Expression Patterns in Cloned Bovine Blastocysts

    C. Wrenzycki;D. Wells;D. Herrmann;A. Miller

  • Effects of culture system and protein supplementation on mRNA expression in pre-implantation bovine embryos

    C. Wrenzycki;D. Herrmann;L. Keskintepe;A. Martins

  • Energy Metabolism in Preimplantation Bovine Embryos Derived In Vitro or In Vivo

    Narinder K. Khurana;Heiner Niemann

  • Disassembly of the reconstituted synaptic vesicle membrane fusion complex in vitro.

    T. Hayashi;S. Yamasaki;S. Nauenburg;T. Binz

  • Cell Cycle Synchronization of Porcine Fetal Fibroblasts: Effects of Serum Deprivation and Reversible Cell Cycle Inhibitors

    W.A. Kues;M. Anger;J.W. Carnwath;D. Paul

  • Establishment of porcine and human expanded potential stem cells

    Xuefei Gao;Xuefei Gao;Monika Nowak-Imialek;Monika Nowak-Imialek;Xi Chen;Dongsheng Chen

  • In Vitro Production and Nuclear Transfer Affect Dosage Compensation of the X-Linked Gene Transcripts G6PD, PGK, and Xist in Preimplantation Bovine Embryos

    C. Wrenzycki;A. Lucas-Hahn;D. Herrmann;E. Lemme

  • Telomere length is reset during early mammalian embryogenesis.

    Sonja Schaetzlein;Andrea Lucas-Hahn;Erika Lemme;Wilfried A. Kues

  • The contribution of farm animals to human health.

    Wilfried A Kues;Heiner Niemann

  • Genome-wide expression profiling reveals distinct clusters of transcriptional regulation during bovine preimplantation development in vivo

    Wilfried August Kues;S. Sudheer;Doris Herrmann;Joseph Wallace Carnwath

Frequent Co-Authors

Poul Hyttel
Poul Hyttel University of Copenhagen
Thomas Binz
Thomas Binz Hanover University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Joachim Denner
Joachim Denner Freie Universität Berlin
Thomas Haaf
Thomas Haaf University of Würzburg
Zoltán Ivics
Zoltán Ivics Paul Ehrlich Institut
Henrik Callesen
Henrik Callesen Aarhus University
Reinhard Jahn
Reinhard Jahn Max Planck Society
Eckhard Wolf
Eckhard Wolf Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Bruno Reichart
Bruno Reichart Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Ulrich Meyer
Ulrich Meyer Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut

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