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Maik Behrens 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 Maik Behrens sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 120 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Maik Behrens 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 Maik Behrens sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Maik Behrens is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of Nursing, Neuroscience, and Engineering. Their research spans several subfields, notably Nutrition and Dietetics, Sensory Systems, Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientific topics frequently addressed in their work include Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques, Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies, Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides, Ion Channels and Receptors, and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms.

Their publication record features several recent papers such as:

  • The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2023/24: G protein-coupled receptors (2023, British Journal of Pharmacology)
  • Bitter taste receptors (2021, Evolution Medicine and Public Health)
  • Extra-Oral Taste Receptors-Function, Disease, and Perspectives (2022, Frontiers in Nutrition)
  • Activation Profile of TAS2R2, the 26th Human Bitter Taste Receptor (2023, Molecular Nutrition & Food Research)
  • Numerous Compounds Orchestrate Coffee's Bitterness (2020, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Maik Behrens include Tatjana Lang, Antonella Di Pizio, Roman Lang, Florian Ziegler, and Veronika Somoza.

The most common venues where their work appears are the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Food Chemistry, Frontiers in Nutrition, Communications Biology, and Chemical Senses.

Best Publications

  • The molecular receptive ranges of human TAS2R bitter taste receptors.

    Wolfgang Meyerhof;Claudia Batram;Christina Kuhn;Anne Brockhoff

  • Bitter Taste Receptors for Saccharin and Acesulfame K

    Christina Kuhn;Bernd Bufe;Marcel Winnig;Thomas Hofmann

  • G Protein–Coupled Receptors in Human Fat Taste Perception

    Maria Mercedes Galindo;Nadine Voigt;Julia Stein;Jessica van Lengerich

  • Gustatory and extragustatory functions of mammalian taste receptors

    Maik Behrens;Wolfgang Meyerhof

  • The human taste receptor hTAS2R14 responds to a variety of different bitter compounds

    Maik Behrens;Anne Brockhoff;Christina Kuhn;Bernd Bufe

  • Gustatory Expression Pattern of the Human TAS2R Bitter Receptor Gene Family Reveals a Heterogenous Population of Bitter Responsive Taste Receptor Cells

    Maik Behrens;Susann Foerster;Frauke Staehler;Jan-Dirk Raguse

  • Broad tuning of the human bitter taste receptor hTAS2R46 to various sesquiterpene lactones, clerodane and labdane diterpenoids, strychnine, and denatonium.

    Anne Brockhoff;Maik Behrens;Alberto Massarotti;Giovanni Appendino

  • Sweet and umami taste: natural products, their chemosensory targets, and beyond.

    Maik Behrens;Wolfgang Meyerhof;Caroline Hellfritsch;Thomas Hofmann

  • Bitter taste receptors and human bitter taste perception.

    M. Behrens;W. Meyerhof

  • Comprehensive Analysis of Mouse Bitter Taste Receptors Reveals Different Molecular Receptive Ranges for Orthologous Receptors in Mice and Humans

    Kristina Lossow;Sandra Hübner;Natacha Roudnitzky;Jay P. Slack

  • Structural requirements of bitter taste receptor activation.

    Anne Brockhoff;Maik Behrens;Masha Y. Niv;Wolfgang Meyerhof

  • Modulation of bitter taste perception by a small molecule hTAS2R antagonist

    Jay P. Slack;Anne Brockhoff;Claudia Batram;Susann Menzel

  • Members of RTP and REEP gene families influence functional bitter taste receptor expression

    Maik Behrens;Juliane Bartelt;Claudia Reichling;Marcel Winnig

  • Bitter taste receptor research comes of age: From characterization to modulation of TAS2Rs

    Maik Behrens;Wolfgang Meyerhof

  • Amino acids and peptides activate at least five members of the human bitter taste receptor family.

    Susann Kohl;Maik Behrens;Andreas Dunkel;Thomas Hofmann

  • Receptor Agonism and Antagonism of Dietary Bitter Compounds

    Anne Brockhoff;Maik Behrens;Natacha Roudnitzky;Giovanni Appendino

  • Insights into the Binding of Phenyltiocarbamide (PTC) Agonist to Its Target Human TAS2R38 Bitter Receptor

    Xevi Biarnés;Alessandro Marchiori;Alejandro Giorgetti;Carmela Lanzara

  • The bitter pill: clinical drugs that activate the human bitter taste receptor TAS2R14

    Anat Levit;Stefanie Nowak;Maximilian Peters;Ayana Wiener

  • Oral and Extraoral Bitter Taste Receptors

    Maik Behrens;Wolfgang Meyerhof

  • The human bitter taste receptor hTAS2R50 is activated by the two natural bitter terpenoids andrographolide and amarogentin.

    Maik Behrens;Anne Brockhoff;Claudia Batram;Christina Kuhn

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolfgang Meyerhof
Wolfgang Meyerhof Saarland University
Veronika Somoza
Veronika Somoza University of Vienna
Thomas Hofmann
Thomas Hofmann Technical University of Munich
Giovanni Appendino
Giovanni Appendino University of Eastern Piedmont Amadeo Avogadro
Rafik Karaman
Rafik Karaman Al-Quds University
Frank L. Margolis
Frank L. Margolis University of Maryland, Baltimore
Paolo Carloni
Paolo Carloni Forschungszentrum Jülich
Irm Hermans-Borgmeyer
Irm Hermans-Borgmeyer Universität Hamburg
Paolo Gasparini
Paolo Gasparini University of Trieste
Zehava Uni
Zehava Uni Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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