World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!
Award Badge
Biology and Biochemistry
Qatar
2026
Award Badge
Biology and Biochemistry
Singapore
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
102
Citations
35379
World Ranking
1377
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Qatar Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Qatar Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Singapore Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Singapore Leader Award

Overview

Markus R. Wenk is affiliated with Hamad bin Khalifa University in Qatar. Their research spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to Medicine. The subfields in which they are most active include Molecular Biology, Spectroscopy, Physiology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, as well as Nutrition and Dietetics.

Their work primarily focuses on topics such as Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies, Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling, Birth, Development, and Health, Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior, Fatty Acid Research and Health, Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications, and Gestational Diabetes Research and Management.

Markus R. Wenk has published extensively in various scientific venues. The frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Metabolites
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Lipid Research
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Markus R. Wenk include:

  • Brain lipidomics: From functional landscape to clinical significance (2022, Science Advances)
  • Single-Cell Analysis of Blood-Brain Barrier Response to Pericyte Loss (2020, Circulation Research)
  • Recommendations for good practice in MS-based lipidomics (2021, Journal of Lipid Research)
  • iPS-cell-derived microglia promote brain organoid maturation via cholesterol transfer (2023, Nature)
  • Lipidomic profiling of human serum enables detection of pancreatic cancer (2022, Nature Communications)

The scientist maintains frequent collaborative relationships with several co-authors, including:

  • Federico Torta
  • Amaury Cazenave-Gassiot
  • Anne K. Bendt
  • Bo Burla
  • Shiao-Yng Chan

In addition to journal publications, Markus R. Wenk has contributed to book publications. One such work is titled Advances in Research on Aging in Female Infertility and Pathologic Pregnancy, published by Frontiers Media in 2024.

Best Publications

  • The emerging field of lipidomics

    Markus R. Wenk

  • Dual Role of 3-Methyladenine in Modulation of Autophagy via Different Temporal Patterns of Inhibition on Class I and III Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase

    You-Tong Wu;Hui-Ling Tan;Guanghou Shui;Chantal Bauvy

  • Essential Role of Phosphoinositide Metabolism in Synaptic Vesicle Recycling

    Ottavio Cremona;Ottavio Cremona;Gilbert Di Paolo;Markus R Wenk;Anita Lüthi

  • Mfsd2a is a transporter for the essential omega-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid

    Long N. Nguyen;Dongliang Ma;Guanghou Shui;Peiyan Wong

  • Lipid-induced insulin resistance mediated by the proinflammatory receptor TLR4 requires saturated fatty acid-induced ceramide biosynthesis in mice.

    William L. Holland;Benjamin T. Bikman;Li Ping Wang;Guan Yuguang

  • Comparative lipidomic analysis of mouse and human brain with Alzheimer disease.

    Robin B. Chan;Tiago Gil Oliveira;Etty P. Cortes;Lawrence S. Honig

  • Lipidomics: New Tools and Applications

    Markus R. Wenk;Markus R. Wenk

  • PI4P/phosphatidylserine countertransport at ORP5- and ORP8-mediated ER–plasma membrane contacts

    Jeeyun Chung;Federico Torta;Kaori Masai;Louise Lucast

  • Recruitment and regulation of phosphatidylinositol phosphate kinase type 1γ by the FERM domain of talin

    Gilbert Di Paolo;Lorenzo Pellegrini;Lorenzo Pellegrini;Kresimir Letinic;Gianluca Cestra

  • Fld1p, a functional homologue of human seipin, regulates the size of lipid droplets in yeast.

    Weihua Fei;Guanghou Shui;Bruno Gaeta;Ximing Du

  • Amphiphysin 2 (Bin1) and T-tubule biogenesis in muscle.

    Eunkyung Lee;Melissa Marcucci;Laurie Daniell;Marc Pypaert

  • An enzymatic cascade of Rab5 effectors regulates phosphoinositide turnover in the endocytic pathway

    Hye-Won Shin;Mitsuko Hayashi;Savvas Christoforidis;Sandra Lacas-Gervais

  • Impaired PtdIns(4,5)P2 synthesis in nerve terminals produces defects in synaptic vesicle trafficking.

    Gilbert Di Paolo;Howard S. Moskowitz;Keith Gipson;Markus R. Wenk

  • The Transcription Factor STAT-1 Couples Macrophage Synthesis of 25-Hydroxycholesterol to the Interferon Antiviral Response

    Mathieu Blanc;Wei Yuan Hsieh;Kevin A. Robertson;Kai A. Kropp

  • Protein-lipid interactions and phosphoinositide metabolism in membrane traffic: Insights from vesicle recycling in nerve terminals

    Markus R. Wenk;Pietro De Camilli

  • Harmonizing lipidomics: NIST interlaboratory comparison exercise for lipidomics using SRM 1950-Metabolites in Frozen Human Plasma.

    John A. Bowden;Alan Heckert;Candice Z. Ulmer;Christina M. Jones

  • Salmonella Modulates Vesicular Traffic by Altering Phosphoinositide Metabolism

    Lorraine D. Hernandez;Karsten Hueffer;Markus R. Wenk;Jorge E. Galán

  • ARF6 stimulates clathrin/AP-2 recruitment to synaptic membranes by activating phosphatidylinositol phosphate kinase type Iγ

    Michael Krauss;Masahiro Kinuta;Markus R. Wenk;Pietro De Camilli

  • A role for phosphatidic acid in the formation of "supersized" lipid droplets.

    Weihua Fei;Guanghou Shui;Yuxi Zhang;Natalie Krahmer

  • Fission and uncoating of synaptic clathrin-coated vesicles are perturbed by disruption of interactions with the SH3 domain of endophilin.

    Helge Gad;Niels Ringstad;Peter Löw;Ole Kjaerulff

Frequent Co-Authors

Guanghou Shui
Guanghou Shui Chinese Academy of Sciences
Pietro De Camilli
Pietro De Camilli Yale University
Gilbert Di Paolo
Gilbert Di Paolo Columbia University Medical Center
Antónia Monteiro
Antónia Monteiro National University of Singapore
E. Shyong Tai
E. Shyong Tai National University of Singapore
Barry Halliwell
Barry Halliwell National University of Singapore
Hongyuan Yang
Hongyuan Yang University of New South Wales
Scott A. Summers
Scott A. Summers University of Utah
Peter J. Meikle
Peter J. Meikle Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
Wei-Yi Ong
Wei-Yi Ong National University of Singapore

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Best Scientists Citing Markus R. Wenk

Trending Scientists