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Herbert Jäckle

Herbert Jäckle

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Genetics
Germany
2024

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
84
Citations
22023
World Ranking
1371
National Ranking
107

Herbert Jäckle publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Herbert Jäckle sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 202 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Herbert Jäckle D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 84 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award
  • 1990 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Herbert Jäckle is a researcher affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their main field of study falls under Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a specific focus on Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work centers on topics including:

  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • RNA modifications and cancer

Among the recent papers authored by Herbert Jäckle is "Recycling of parental histones preserves the epigenetic landscape during embryonic development," published in 2023 in Science Advances.

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Dominik Mühlen
  • Xiaojuan Li
  • Oleksandr Dovgusha
  • Ufuk Günesdogan

Their research has been published primarily in Science Advances, with at least one recorded publication in this venue.

Herbert Jäckle has been recognized with the membership of Academia Europaea since 1990.

Best Publications

  • The homeotic gene fork head encodes a nuclear protein and is expressed in the terminal regions of the Drosophila embryo

    Detlef Weigel;Gerd Jürgens;Frank Küttner;Eveline Seifert

  • Brummer lipase is an evolutionary conserved fat storage regulator in Drosophila

    Sebastian Grönke;Alexander Mildner;Sonja Fellert;Norbert Tennagels

  • Pre‐fibrillar α‐synuclein variants with impaired β‐structure increase neurotoxicity in Parkinson's disease models

    Damla Pinar Karpinar;Madhu Babu Gajula Balija;Sebastian Kügler;Felipe Opazo

  • Structural homology of the product of the Drosophila Krüppel gene with Xenopus transcription factor IIIA

    Urs B. Rosenberg;Christian Schröder;Anette Preiss;Andrea Kienlin

  • Distal-less encodes a homoeodomain protein required for limb development in Drosophila

    Stephen M. Cohen;Günter Brönner;Frank Küttner;Gerd Jürgens

  • A conserved family of nuclear proteins containing structural elements of the finger protein encoded by Krüppel, a Drosophila segmentation gene.

    Reinhard Schuh;Wilhelm Aicher;Ulrike Gaul;Serge Côte

  • Finger protein of novel structure encoded by hunchback, a second member of the gap class of Drosophila segmentation genes

    Diethard Tautz;Ruth Lehmann;Harald Schnürch;Reinhard Schuh

  • Dual lipolytic control of body fat storage and mobilization in Drosophila

    Sebastian Grönke;Günter Müller;Jochen G. Hirsch;Sonja Fellert

  • RNA binding and translational suppression by bicoid

    Rolando Rivera-Pomar;Dierk Niessing;Urs Schmidt-Ott;Walter J. Gehring

  • COPI complex is a regulator of lipid homeostasis.

    Mathias Beller;Carole Sztalryd;Carole Sztalryd;Noel Southall;Ming Bell

  • From gradients to stripes in Drosophila embryogenesis: filling in the gaps

    Rolando Rivera-Pomar;Herbert Jãckle

  • Control of Fat Storage by a Drosophila PAT Domain Protein

    Sebastian Grönke;Mathias Beller;Sonja Fellert;Hariharasubramanian Ramakrishnan

  • Role of Drosophila alpha-adaptin in presynaptic vesicle recycling.

    Marcos González-Gaitán;Herbert Jäckle

  • A Histone Mutant Reproduces the Phenotype Caused by Loss of Histone-Modifying Factor Polycomb

    Ana Raquel Pengelly;Ömer Copur;Herbert Jäckle;Alf Herzig

  • Lipid droplets: A dynamic organelle moves into focus.

    Mathias Beller;Katharina Thiel;Peter J. Thul;Herbert Jäckle

  • The anterior determinant bicoid of Drosophila is a derived Hox class 3 gene

    Michael Stauber;Herbert Jäckle;Urs Schmidt-Ott

  • Molecular genetics of Krüppel, a gene required for segmentation of the Drosophila embryo.

    Anette Preiss;Urs B. Rosenberg;Andrea Kienlin;Eveline Seifert

  • Characterization of the Drosophila Lipid Droplet Subproteome

    Mathias Beller;Dietmar Riedel;Lothar Jänsch;Guido Dieterich

  • Spalt encodes an evolutionarily conserved zinc finger protein of novel structure which provides homeotic gene function in the head and tail region of the Drosophila embryo.

    Ronald P. Kühnlein;Götz Frommer;Markus Friedrich;Marcos Gonzalez-Gaitan

  • Heparan sulfate proteoglycan Syndecan promotes axonal and myotube guidance by Slit/Robo signaling

    Patrick Steigemann;Andreas Molitor;Sonja Fellert;Herbert Jäckle

Frequent Co-Authors

Ernst A. Wimmer
Ernst A. Wimmer University of Göttingen
Marcos González-Gaitán
Marcos González-Gaitán University of Geneva
Detlef Weigel
Detlef Weigel Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology
Diethard Tautz
Diethard Tautz Max Planck Society
Peter Gruss
Peter Gruss Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Gerd Jürgens
Gerd Jürgens University of Tübingen
Stephen M. Cohen
Stephen M. Cohen University of Copenhagen
Markus Noll
Markus Noll University of Zurich
Dietmar Riedel
Dietmar Riedel Max Planck Society
Michael Ashburner
Michael Ashburner University of Cambridge

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