2026 Jan Tavernier: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	93	676	602	7	6	375	32310

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Belgium Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Belgium Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Jan Tavernier is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Immunology and Microbiology. Their work spans several subfields, including Immunology, Molecular Biology, Oncology, Physiology, and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of specific areas, including:

Immune Cell Function and Interaction
Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
CAR-T cell therapy research
Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
T-cell and B-cell Immunology
Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques

Tavernier has published papers in a variety of scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Frontiers in Immunology, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, iScience, and Nature Metabolism.

Recent significant publications include:

"Interleukin-1 as Innate Mediator of T Cell Immunity" (2021, Frontiers in Immunology)
"Leptin brain entry via a tanycytic LepR-EGFR shuttle controls lipid metabolism and pancreas function" (2021, Nature Metabolism)
"Bcl-xL acts as an inhibitor of IP3R channels, thereby antagonizing Ca2+-driven apoptosis" (2021, Cell Death and Differentiation)
"Pharmacological modulation of septins restores calcium homeostasis and is neuroprotective in models of Alzheimer's disease" (2024, Science)
"Tolerizing Strategies for the Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases: From ex vivo to in vivo Strategies" (2020, Frontiers in Immunology)

The scientist collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

Irma Lemmens
Anje Cauwels
Alexander Van Parys
Niko Kley
Bram Van Den Eeckhout

Best Publications

High-Quality Binary Protein Interaction Map of the Yeast Interactome Network

Haiyuan Yu;Pascal Braun;Muhammed A Yildirim;Irma Lemmens

1705
Citations
A proteome-scale map of the human interactome network

Thomas Rolland;Murat Taşan;Benoit Charloteaux;Samuel J. Pevzner

1426
Citations
An empirical framework for binary interactome mapping

Kavitha Venkatesan;Kavitha Venkatesan;Jean François Rual;Alexei Vazquez;Alexei Vazquez;Ulrich Stelzl

1021
Citations
A reference map of the human binary protein interactome

Katja Luck;Dae Kyum Kim;Luke Lambourne;Kerstin Spirohn

950
Citations
A human high affinity interleukin-5 receptor (IL5R) is composed of an IL5-specific α chain and a β chain shared with the receptor for GM-CSF

Jan Tavernier;René Devos;Sigrid Cornelis;Tania Tuypens

843
Citations
Getting RIDD of RNA: IRE1 in cell fate regulation

Marion Maurel;E Chevet;Jan Tavernier;Sarah Gerlo

641
Citations
Genome dynamics of the human embryonic kidney 293 lineage in response to cell biology manipulations.

Yao-Cheng Lin;Morgane Boone;Leander Meuris;Irma Lemmens

592
Citations
Nasal IL-5 levels determine the response to anti-IL-5 treatment in patients with nasal polyps.

Philippe Gevaert;Doris Lang-Loidolt;Andreas Lackner;Heinz Stammberger

563
Citations
TLR-4, IL-1R and TNF-R signaling to NF-κB: variations on a common theme

L. Verstrepen;T. Bekaert;Tieu-Lan Chau;J. Tavernier

542
Citations
An experimentally derived confidence score for binary protein-protein interactions

Pascal Braun;Murat Tasan;Matija Dreze;Matija Dreze;Miriam Barrios-Rodiles

496
Citations
How glucocorticoid receptors modulate the activity of other transcription factors: A scope beyond tethering

Dariusz Ratman;Wim Vanden Berghe;Lien Dejager;Claude Libert

484
Citations
Induction of the synthesis of tumor necrosis factor receptors by interferon-gamma.

Vito Ruggiero;Jan Tavernier;Walter Fiers;Corrado Baglioni

447
Citations
Molecular cloning of human interleukin 2 cDNA and its expression in E. coli

Rene Devos;Geert Plaetinck;Hilde Cheroutre;Guus Simons

435
Citations
Isolation and structure of a human fibroblast interferon gene.

Rik Derynck;Erik DeClercq;Guido Volckaert

407
Citations
Tumor necrosis factor causes bronchial hyperresponsiveness in rats.

Johan C. Kips;Jan Tavernier;Romain A. Pauwels

407
Citations
Alternatively spliced NKp30 isoforms affect the prognosis of gastrointestinal stromal tumors

Nicolas F. Delahaye;Sylvie Rusakiewicz;Sylvie Rusakiewicz;Isabelle Martins;Cédric Ménard;Cédric Ménard

401
Citations
Molecular cloning of mouse tumour necrosis factor cDNA and its eukaryotic expression

Lucie Fransen;Rita Mūller;Anne Marmenout;Jan Tavernier

391
Citations
Empirically-controlled mapping of the Caenorhabditis elegans protein-protein interactome network

Nicolas Simonis;Jean François Rual;Anne Ruxandra Carvunis;Murat Tasan

341
Citations
Molecular cloning and expression of human tumor necrosis factor and comparison with mouse tumor necrosis factor.

Anne Marmenout;Lucie Fransen;Jan Tavernier;José Van Der Heyden

328
Citations
Design and application of a cytokine-receptor-based interaction trap

Sven Eyckerman;Annick Verhee;José Van der Heyden;Irma Lemmens

314
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Joël Vandekerckhove Ghent University

Walter Fiers Ghent University

Karolien De Bosscher Ghent University

Marc Vidal Harvard University

David E. Hill Harvard University

Frederick P. Roth Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute

Maryvonne Rosseneu Ghent University

Yves Jacob Institut Pasteur

Kris Gevaert Ghent University

Rudi Beyaert Ghent University

External Links

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