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Overview

Heymut Omran is affiliated with the University of Münster in Germany and has a research focus primarily in the medical and biological sciences. Their work encompasses Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to subfields such as Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Epidemiology.

Omran's research topics include Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances, Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases, Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Tracheal and airway disorders, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Respiratory viral infections research, and Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies.

Frequent publication venues for Omran's work include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Klinische Pädiatrie
  • ERJ Open Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • European Respiratory Journal

Some of the notable recent papers associated with their research contributions are:

  • "SARS -CoV-2 targets neurons of 3D human brain organoids," 2020, The EMBO Journal
  • "Motile ciliopathies," 2020, Nature Reviews Disease Primers
  • "International consensus guideline for reporting transmission electron microscopy results in the diagnosis of primary ciliary dyskinesia (BEAT PCD TEM Criteria)," 2020, European Respiratory Journal
  • "First Reported Nosocomial Outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 in a Pediatric Dialysis Unit," 2020, Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • "Efficacy and safety of azithromycin maintenance therapy in primary ciliary dyskinesia (BESTCILIA): a multicentre, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial," 2020, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Collaborators frequently appearing alongside Omran in research include Johanna Raidt, Heike Olbrich, Petra Pennekamp, Niki T. Loges, and Kim G. Nielsen, reflecting a network within respiratory medicine and related genetic studies.

Best Publications

  • When cilia go bad: cilia defects and ciliopathies

    Manfred Fliegauf;Thomas Benzing;Heymut Omran

  • Analysis of BRAF V600E mutation in 1,320 nervous system tumors reveals high mutation frequencies in pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma, ganglioglioma and extra-cerebellar pilocytic astrocytoma

    Genevieve Schindler;David Capper;David Capper;Jochen Meyer;Wibke Janzarik

  • Mutations in DNAH5 cause primary ciliary dyskinesia and randomization of left–right asymmetry

    Heike Olbrich;Karsten Häffner;Andreas Kispert;Alexander Völkel

  • European Respiratory Society guidelines for the diagnosis of primary ciliary dyskinesia.

    Jane S. Lucas;Angelo Barbato;Samuel A. Collins;Samuel A. Collins;Myrofora Goutaki;Myrofora Goutaki

  • Primary ciliary dyskinesia: a consensus statement on diagnostic and treatment approaches in children.

    A. Barbato;T. Frischer;C. E. Kuehni;D. Snijders

  • BRAF gene duplication constitutes a mechanism of MAPK pathway activation in low-grade astrocytomas

    Stefan Pfister;Wibke G. Janzarik;Marc Remke;Aurélie Ernst

  • Mutations in antiquitin in individuals with pyridoxine-dependent seizures

    Philippa B Mills;Eduard Struys;Cornelis Jakobs;Barbara Plecko

  • Mutation of BSND causes Bartter syndrome with sensorineural deafness and kidney failure.

    Ralf Birkenhäger;Edgar Otto;Maria J. Schürmann;Martin Vollmer

  • SARS-CoV-2 targets neurons of 3D human brain organoids.

    Anand Ramani;Lisa Müller;Philipp Niklas Ostermann;Elke Gabriel

  • Congenital Heart Disease and Other Heterotaxic Defects in a Large Cohort of Patients With Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia

    Marcus P. Kennedy;Heymut Omran;Margaret W. Leigh;Sharon Dell

  • Nephrocystin-5, a ciliary IQ domain protein, is mutated in Senior-Loken syndrome and interacts with RPGR and calmodulin

    Edgar A. Otto;Bart Loeys;Hemant Khanna;Jan Hellemans

  • Exome Capture Reveals ZNF423 and CEP164 Mutations, Linking Renal Ciliopathies to DNA Damage Response Signaling

    Moumita Chaki;Rannar Airik;Amiya K. Ghosh;Rachel H. Giles

  • Mutations in a novel gene, NPHP3, cause adolescent nephronophthisis, tapeto-retinal degeneration and hepatic fibrosis

    Heike Olbrich;Manfred Fliegauf;Julia Hoefele;Andreas Kispert

  • Ktu/PF13 is required for cytoplasmic pre-assembly of axonemal dyneins

    Heymut Omran;Daisuke Kobayashi;Daisuke Kobayashi;Heike Olbrich;Tatsuya Tsukahara

  • To beat or not to beat: roles of cilia in development and disease

    Inés Ibañez-Tallon;Nathaniel Heintz;Heymut Omran

  • Dysfunction of axonemal dynein heavy chain Mdnah5 inhibits ependymal flow and reveals a novel mechanism for hydrocephalus formation

    Inés Ibañez-Tallon;Axel Pagenstecher;Manfred Fliegauf;Heike Olbrich

  • Genetic Defects in Ciliary Structure and Function

    Maimoona A. Zariwala;Michael R. Knowles;Heymut Omran

  • Loss of Nephrocystin-3 Function Can Cause Embryonic Lethality, Meckel-Gruber-like Syndrome, Situs Inversus, and Renal-Hepatic-Pancreatic Dysplasia

    Carsten Bergmann;Manfred Fliegauf;Nadina Ortiz Brüchle;Valeska Frank

  • DNAH5 Mutations Are a Common Cause of Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia with Outer Dynein Arm Defects

    Nada Hornef;Heike Olbrich;Judit Horvath;Maimoona B Zariwala

  • Erratum: When cilia go bad: cilia defects and ciliopathies

    Manfred Fliegauf;Thomas Benzing;Heymut Omran

Frequent Co-Authors

Heike Olbrich
Heike Olbrich University Hospital Münster
Friedhelm Hildebrandt
Friedhelm Hildebrandt Boston Children's Hospital
Michael R. Knowles
Michael R. Knowles University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Hannah M. Mitchison
Hannah M. Mitchison University College London
Claudia E. Kuehni
Claudia E. Kuehni University of Bern
Richard Reinhardt
Richard Reinhardt Max Planck Society
Edgar A. Otto
Edgar A. Otto University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Andreas Kispert
Andreas Kispert Hannover Medical School
Ronald Roepman
Ronald Roepman Radboud University
Stefan M. Pfister
Stefan M. Pfister German Cancer Research Center

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