2026 Marvin Wickens: 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	80	1004	893	531	462	185	21986

Research.com Recognitions

2011 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Marvin Wickens is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily spans the domain of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a strong focus on Molecular Biology and Aging as significant subfields of study.

The scientist's work concentrates on several main topics including RNA Research and Splicing, RNA modifications and cancer, Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry, and Fungal and yeast genetics research.

Recent publications authored by Wickens cover a range of subjects relevant to RNA biology and genetic regulation. Selected works include:

poly(UG)-tailed RNAs in genome protection and epigenetic inheritance, 2020, Nature
An atypical RNA quadruplex marks RNAs as vectors for gene silencing, 2022, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
C. elegans germ granules require both assembly and localized regulators for mRNA repression, 2021, Nature Communications
Records of RNA locations in living yeast revealed through covalent marks, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Expanding the binding specificity for RNA recognition by a PUF domain, 2021, Nature Communications

Wickens frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Sarah L. Crittenden, Judith Kimble, Brian H. Carrick, Stephany J. Costa Dos Santos, and MaryGrace Linsley.

Their research outputs have been published mainly in the following venues:

Nature Communications
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nature
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Marvin Wickens was recognized as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2011.

Best Publications

The C-terminal domain of RNA polymerase II couples mRNA processing to transcription.

Susan McCracken;Nova Fong;Krassimir Yankulov;Scott Ballantyne

1170
Citations
A PUF family portrait: 3′UTR regulation as a way of life

Marvin Wickens;David S Bernstein;Judith Kimble;Roy Parker

807
Citations
CONTROL OF TRANSLATION INITIATION IN ANIMALS

Nicola K. Gray;Marvin Wickens

737
Citations
A three-hybrid system to detect RNA-protein interactions in vivo

Dhruba J. Sengupta;Beilin Zhang;Brian Kraemer;Pascale Pochart

734
Citations
Role of the conserved AAUAAA sequence: four AAUAAA point mutants prevent messenger RNA 3' end formation.

Marvin Wickens;Pauline Stephenson

668
Citations
Point mutations in AAUAAA and the poly (A) addition site: effects on the accuracy and efficiency of cleavage and polyadenylation in vitro

Michael D. Sheets;Stephen C. Ogg;Marvin P. Wickens

640
Citations
A conserved RNA-binding protein that regulates sexual fates in the C. elegans hermaphrodite germ line

Beilin Zhang;Maria Gallegos;Alessandro Puoti;Eileen Durkin

637
Citations
A conserved RNA-binding protein controls germline stem cells in Caenorhabditis elegans

Sarah L. Crittenden;David S. Bernstein;Jennifer L. Bachorik;Beth E. Thompson

516
Citations
How the messenger got its tail: addition of poly(A) in the nucleus

Marvin Wickens

489
Citations
Life and death in the cytoplasm: messages from the 3′ end

Marvin Wickens;Philip Anderson;Richard J Jackson

473
Citations
Synthesis of double-stranded DNA complementary to lysozyme, ovomucoid, and ovalbumin mRNAs. Optimization for full length second strand synthesis by Escherichia coli DNA polymerase I.

M P Wickens;G N Buell;R T Schimke

438
Citations
The 3'-untranslated regions of c-mos and cyclin mRNAs stimulate translation by regulating cytoplasmic polyadenylation.

M D Sheets;C A Fox;T Hunt;G Vande Woude

397
Citations
Poly(A) addition during maturation of frog oocytes: distinct nuclear and cytoplasmic activities and regulation by the sequence UUUUUAU.

C A Fox;M D Sheets;M P Wickens

392
Citations
Multifunctional deadenylase complexes diversify mRNA control

Aaron C. Goldstrohm;Marvin Wickens

366
Citations
A regulatory cytoplasmic poly(A) polymerase in Caenorhabditis elegans

Liaoteng Wang;Christian R. Eckmann;Lisa C. Kadyk;Lisa C. Kadyk;Marvin Wickens

347
Citations
Synthesis of full length cDNAs from four partially purified oviduct mRNAs.

G N Buell;M P Wickens;F Payvar;R T Schimke

329
Citations
NANOS-3 and FBF proteins physically interact to control the sperm-oocyte switch in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Brain Kraemer;Sarah Crittenden;Maria Gallegos;Gary Moulder

328
Citations
Multiple portions of poly(A)‐binding protein stimulate translation in vivo

Nicola K. Gray;Jeffery M. Coller;Kirsten S. Dickson;Marvin Wickens

326
Citations
The Use of Xenopus Oocytes for the Expression of Cloned Genes

J.B. Gurdon;M.P. Wickens

324
Citations
PUF proteins bind Pop2p to regulate messenger RNAs

Aaron C Goldstrohm;Brad A Hook;Daniel J Seay;Marvin Wickens

321
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Judith Kimble University of Wisconsin–Madison

Stanley Fields University of Washington

Nicola K. Gray University of Edinburgh

Vivian J. Bardwell University of Minnesota

John B. Gurdon University of Cambridge

James R. Williamson MIT

Joshua J. Coon University of Wisconsin–Madison

Robert T. Schimke Stanford University

Michael Rosbash Brandeis University

Jonathan G. Seidman Harvard University

External Links

Personal website of Marvin Wickens

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