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Biology and Biochemistry
Sweden
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
99
Citations
55999
World Ranking
1557
National Ranking
26

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Sweden Leader Award
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Jonas Frisén is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Their research spans multiple fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, and Medicine. The primary subfields of study involve Molecular Biology, Immunology, Developmental Neuroscience, Neurology, and Epidemiology.

The main topics of focus in their work include:

  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Cell Image Analysis Techniques
  • Mesenchymal stem cell research

Frequent coauthors in their research collaborations are:

  • Margherita Zamboni
  • Joakim Lundeberg
  • Jeff E. Mold
  • Kanar Alkass
  • Henrik Druid

Their publications commonly appear in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Science
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Neuroscience

Significant papers by Jonas Frisén include:

  • Spatial deconvolution of HER2-positive breast cancer delineates tumor-associated cell type interactions, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Spatially resolved transcriptomics adds a new dimension to genomics, 2021, Nature Methods
  • Pericyte-derived fibrotic scarring is conserved across diverse central nervous system lesions, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Single-cell transcriptomics of human embryos identifies multiple sympathoblast lineages with potential implications for neuroblastoma origin, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • A latent lineage potential in resident neural stem cells enables spinal cord repair, 2020, Science

Jonas Frisén has been recognized as a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), reflecting an acknowledgement within the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Visualization and analysis of gene expression in tissue sections by spatial transcriptomics

    Patrik L. Ståhl;Patrik L. Ståhl;Fredrik Salmen;Sanja Vickovic;Anna Lundmark;Anna Lundmark

  • Evidence for cardiomyocyte renewal in humans

    Olaf Bergmann;Ratan D. Bhardwaj;Samuel Bernard;Sofia Zdunek

  • Dynamics of fat cell turnover in humans

    Kirsty L Spalding;Erik Arner;Pål O Westermark;Samuel Bernard

  • Identification of a Neural Stem Cell in the Adult Mammalian Central Nervous System

    Clas B. Johansson;Stefan Momma;Diana L. Clarke;Mårten Risling

  • Dynamics of Hippocampal Neurogenesis in Adult Humans

    Kirsty L. Spalding;Olaf Bergmann;Kanar Alkass;Samuel Bernard

  • Generalized potential of adult neural stem cells.

    Diana L. Clarke;Clas B. Johansson;Johannes Wilbertz;Biborka Veress

  • Renal agenesis and the absence of enteric neurons in mice lacking GDNF

    Marina P. Sánchez;Inmaculada Silos-Santiago;Jonas Frisén;Bin He

  • Dynamics of Cell Generation and Turnover in the Human Heart

    Olaf Bergmann;Sofia Zdunek;Anastasia Felker;Mehran Salehpour

  • Neurogenesis in the Striatum of the Adult Human Brain

    Aurélie Ernst;Kanar Alkass;Samuel Bernard;Mehran Salehpour

  • Human neuroblasts migrate to the olfactory bulb via a lateral ventricular extension.

    Maurice A. Curtis;Monica Kam;Ulf Nannmark;Michelle F. Anderson

  • A Pericyte Origin of Spinal Cord Scar Tissue

    Christian Göritz;David O. Dias;Nikolay Tomilin;Mariano Barbacid

  • High-definition spatial transcriptomics for in situ tissue profiling.

    Sanja Vickovic;Sanja Vickovic;Gökcen Eraslan;Fredrik Salmén;Johanna Klughammer

  • Differential expression of mRNAs for neurotrophins and their receptors after axotomy of the sciatic nerve

    H Funakoshi;J Frisén;G Barbany;T Timmusk

  • Evidence for neurogenesis in the adult mammalian substantia nigra

    Ming Zhao;Stefan Momma;Kioumars Delfani;Marie Carlén

  • Human Adult Neurogenesis: Evidence and Remaining Questions.

    Gerd Kempermann;Fred H. Gage;Ludwig Aigner;Hongjun Song

  • Allodynia limits the usefulness of intraspinal neural stem cell grafts; directed differentiation improves outcome

    Christoph P Hofstetter;Niklas A V Holmström;Johan A Lilja;Petra Schweinhardt;Petra Schweinhardt

  • Retrospective birth dating of cells in humans

    Kirsty L. Spalding;Ratan D. Bhardwaj;Bruce A. Buchholz;Henrik Druid

  • Spinal Cord Injury Reveals Multilineage Differentiation of Ependymal Cells

    Konstantinos Meletis;Fanie Barnabé-Heider;Marie Carlén;Emma Evergren

  • Ablation of the CDK inhibitor p57Kip2 results in increased apoptosis and delayed differentiation during mouse development.

    Yimin Yan;Jonas Frisén;Jonas Frisén;Mong Hong Lee;Joan Massagué

  • Origin of new glial cells in intact and injured adult spinal cord.

    Fanie Barnabé-Heider;Christian Göritz;Hanna Sabelström;Hirohide Takebayashi

Frequent Co-Authors

Joakim Lundeberg
Joakim Lundeberg Royal Institute of Technology
Urban Lendahl
Urban Lendahl Karolinska Institute
Mårten Risling
Mårten Risling Karolinska Institute
Jakob Michaëlsson
Jakob Michaëlsson Karolinska University Hospital
Kaj Fried
Kaj Fried Karolinska Institute
Göran Possnert
Göran Possnert Uppsala University
Staffan Cullheim
Staffan Cullheim Karolinska Institute
John G. Flanagan
John G. Flanagan University of California, Berkeley
Rickard Sandberg
Rickard Sandberg Karolinska Institute

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