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Biology and Biochemistry
Ireland
2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
97
Citations
60519
World Ranking
1715
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Matthias Wilm is affiliated with University College Dublin in Ireland. Their research contributions span several fields, primarily focusing on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and chemistry. The scientist's work integrates various subfields including molecular biology, spectroscopy, cellular and molecular neuroscience, biomedical engineering, and electrical and electronic engineering.

Their academic output covers key topics such as mass spectrometry techniques and applications, lipid membrane structure and behavior, metabolomics and mass spectrometry studies, analytical chemistry and chromatography, nanopore and nanochannel transport studies, electrohydrodynamics and fluid dynamics, and glycosylation and glycoproteins research.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Matthias Wilm include:

  • Gurpur Rakesh D. Prabhu
  • Evan R. Williams
  • Pawel L. Urban
  • Hong Yu
  • Xiong Li

Their research has been published in various scientific venues, including:

  • Nature Reviews Methods Primers
  • Scientific Reports
  • UNC Libraries
  • Biophysical Journal
  • Academia Nano Science Materials Technology

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Matthias Wilm include:

  • "Mass spectrometry using electrospray ionization" (2023) published in Nature Reviews Methods Primers
  • "Activation of a Novel Calcium-dependent Protein-tyrosine Kinase: CORRELATION WITH c-Jun N-TERMINAL KINASE BUT NOT MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE ACTIVATION" (2021) published in UNC Libraries
  • "Nanoelectrospray based synthesis of large, transportable membranes with integrated membrane proteins" (2024) published in Scientific Reports
  • "Synthesis of large lipid membranes with integrated membrane proteins from gas phase" (2023) published in Biophysical Journal
  • "Self-assembled bio-membranes as a new material for biomolecular electronics" (2025) published in Academia Nano Science Materials Technology

Their research explores the synthesis and behavior of lipid membranes, particularly focusing on integrating membrane proteins into large or transportable membranes. Additionally, their work engages with mass spectrometry methodologies, including the use of electrospray ionization for analytical applications.

Best Publications

  • Mass Spectrometric Sequencing of Proteins from Silver-Stained Polyacrylamide Gels

    Andrej Shevchenko;Matthias Wilm;Ole Vorm;Matthias Mann

  • A generic protein purification method for protein complex characterization and proteome exploration.

    Guillaume Rigaut;Anna Shevchenko;Berthold Rutz;Matthias Wilm

  • Analytical properties of the nanoelectrospray ion source.

    Matthias Wilm;Matthias Mann

  • The tandem affinity purification (TAP) method: a general procedure of protein complex purification.

    Oscar Puig;Friederike Caspary;Guillaume Rigaut;Berthold Rutz

  • Femtomole sequencing of proteins from polyacrylamide gels by nano-electrospray mass spectrometry

    Matthias Wilm;Andrej Shevchenko;Tony Houthaeve;Stephen Breit

  • Linking genome and proteome by mass spectrometry: Large-scale identification of yeast proteins from two dimensional gels

    Shevchenko A;Jensen On;Podtelejnikov Av;Sagliocco F

  • Error-tolerant identification of peptides in sequence databases by peptide sequence tags.

    M. Mann;M. Wilm

  • Electrospray and Taylor-Cone theory, Dole's beam of macromolecules at last?

    Matthias S. Wilm;Matthias Mann

  • Glucosylation of Rho proteins by Clostridium difficile toxin B

    I. Just;J. Selzer;M. Wilm;C. von Eichel-Streiber

  • Activity of DNA ligase IV stimulated by complex formation with XRCC4 protein in mammalian cells

    Ulf Grawunder;Matthias Wilm;Matthias Wilm;Xiantuo Wu;Xiantuo Wu;Peter Kulesza;Peter Kulesza

  • Histone H2A deubiquitinase activity of the Polycomb repressive complex PR-DUB

    Johanna C. Scheuermann;Andrés Gaytán de Ayala Alonso;Katarzyna Oktaba;Nga Ly-Hartig

  • Phosphorylation and Inactivation of BAD by Mitochondria-Anchored Protein Kinase A

    Hisashi Harada;Brian Becknell;Matthias Wilm;Matthias Mann

  • Phosphatidylinositol-3-OH kinases are Rab5 effectors.

    S Christoforidis;M Miaczynska;M Miaczynska;K Ashman;M Wilm

  • TAP, the Human Homolog of Mex67p, Mediates CTE-Dependent RNA Export from the Nucleus

    Patric Grüter;Carlos Tabernero;Cayetano von Kobbe;Christel Schmitt

  • A Novel Rab5 GDP/GTP Exchange Factor Complexed to Rabaptin-5 Links Nucleotide Exchange to Effector Recruitment and Function

    Hisanori Horiuchi;Roger Lippé;Heidi M. McBride;Mariantonietta Rubino

  • Ran Induces Spindle Assembly by Reversing the Inhibitory Effect of Importin α on TPX2 Activity

    Oliver J Gruss;Rafael E Carazo-Salas;Christoph A Schatz;Giulia Guarguaglini

  • mRNA Silencing in Erythroid Differentiation: hnRNP K and hnRNP E1 Regulate 15-Lipoxygenase Translation from the 3′ End

    Dirk H Ostareck;Antje Ostareck-Lederer;Matthias Wilm;Bernd J Thiele

  • The Saccharomyces cerevisiae Set1 complex includes an Ash2 homologue and methylates histone 3 lysine 4

    Assen Roguev;Daniel Schaft;Anna Shevchenko;W.W.M.Pim Pijnappel

  • Chromatin-remodelling factor CHRAC contains the ATPases ISWI and topoisomerase II

    Patrick D. Varga-Weisz;Matthias Wilm;Edgar Bonte;Katia Dumas

  • Rapid ‘de novo’ peptide sequencing by a combination of nanoelectrospray, isotopic labeling and a quadrupole/time‐of‐flight mass spectrometer

    Andrej Shevchenko;Igor Chernushevich;Werner Ens;Kenneth G. Standing

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthias Mann
Matthias Mann Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
Reinhard Lührmann
Reinhard Lührmann Max Planck Society
Thomas Tuschl
Thomas Tuschl Rockefeller University
Angela Bachi
Angela Bachi FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology
Iain W. Mattaj
Iain W. Mattaj Human Technopole
Andrej Shevchenko
Andrej Shevchenko Max Planck Society
Bertrand Séraphin
Bertrand Séraphin Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology
Marino Zerial
Marino Zerial Max Planck Society
Matthias W. Hentze
Matthias W. Hentze European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Andreas E. Kulozik
Andreas E. Kulozik Heidelberg University

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