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Michael Boutros publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael Boutros sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 313 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Michael Boutros D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael Boutros sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 86 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Overview

Michael Boutros is a researcher affiliated with the German Cancer Research Center in Germany, with a primary focus in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Immunology, Oncology, Cell Biology, and Cancer Research.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as:

  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer
  • Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences

Michael Boutros has authored several notable research papers, including:

  • "SARS-CoV-2 infection induces a pro-inflammatory cytokine response through cGAS-STING and NF-κB," published in 2022 in Communications Biology
  • "Pooled In Vitro and In Vivo CRISPR-Cas9 Screening Identifies Tumor Suppressors in Human Colon Organoids," published in 2020 in Cell Stem Cell
  • "A large-scale resource for tissue-specific CRISPR mutagenesis in Drosophila," published in 2020 in eLife
  • "The Organoid Cell Atlas," published in 2020 in Nature Biotechnology
  • "Inhibition of LTβR signalling activates WNT-induced regeneration in lung," published in 2020 in Nature

The researcher's frequent co-authors include:

  • Fillip Port
  • Tianzuo Zhan
  • Johannes Betge
  • Florian Heigwer
  • Séamus J. Martin

Publications by Michael Boutros appear regularly in key scientific venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • FEBS Journal
  • Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie
  • Nature Communications
  • Developmental Cell

Best Publications

  • Wnt signaling in cancer.

    T. Zhan;N. Rindtorff;Michael Boutros

  • A global genetic interaction network maps a wiring diagram of cellular function

    Michael Costanzo;Benjamin VanderSluis;Elizabeth N. Koch;Anastasia Baryshnikova

  • The Promise and Perils of Wnt Signaling Through β-Catenin

    Randall T. Moon;Bruce Bowerman;Michael Boutros;Norbert Perrimon

  • REST: A mammalian silencer protein that restricts sodium channel gene expression to neurons

    Jayhong A Chong;José Tapia-Ramirez;Sandra Kim;Juan J Toledo-Aral

  • Active Wnt proteins are secreted on exosomes

    Julia Christina Gross;Varun Chaudhary;Kerstin Bartscherer;Michael Boutros

  • Dishevelled Activates JNK and Discriminates between JNK Pathways in Planar Polarity and wingless Signaling

    Michael Boutros;Nuria Paricio;David I Strutt;Marek Mlodzik

  • E-CRISP: fast CRISPR target site identification

    Florian Heigwer;Grainne Kerr;Michael Boutros

  • Genome-Wide RNAi Analysis of Growth and Viability in Drosophila Cells

    Michael Boutros;Amy A. Kiger;Susan Armknecht;Susan Armknecht;Kim Kerr;Kim Kerr

  • EBImage—an R package for image processing with applications to cellular phenotypes

    Grégoire Pau;Florian Fuchs;Oleg Sklyar;Michael Boutros

  • Secretion of Wnt ligands requires Evi, a conserved transmembrane protein.

    Kerstin Bartscherer;Nadège Pelte;Dierk Ingelfinger;Michael Boutros

  • LGR4 and LGR5 are R-spondin receptors mediating Wnt/β-catenin and Wnt/PCP signalling.

    Andrei Glinka;Christine Dolde;Nadine Kirsch;Ya Lin Huang

  • Requirement of Prorenin Receptor and Vacuolar H+-ATPase–Mediated Acidification for Wnt Signaling

    Cristina Maria Cruciat;Bisei Ohkawara;Sergio P. Acebron;Emil Karaulanov

  • Sequential Activation of Signaling Pathways during Innate Immune Responses in Drosophila

    Michael Boutros;Hervé Agaisse;Hervé Agaisse;Norbert Perrimon;Norbert Perrimon

  • The art and design of genetic screens: RNA interference

    Michael Boutros;Julie Ahringer

  • Signaling Role of Hemocytes in Drosophila JAK/STAT-Dependent Response to Septic Injury

    Hervé Agaisse;Ulla Maja Petersen;Michael Boutros;Bernard Mathey-Prevot

  • Minimizing the risk of reporting false positives in large-scale RNAi screens

    Christophe J Echeverri;Philip A Beachy;Buzz Baum;Michael Boutros

  • Preferred analysis methods for Affymetrix GeneChips revealed by a wholly defined control dataset

    Sung E Choe;Sung E Choe;Michael Boutros;Michael Boutros;Alan D Michelson;Alan D Michelson;George McDonald Church

  • Target-specific requirements for enhancers of decapping in miRNA-mediated gene silencing.

    Ana Eulalio;Jan Rehwinkel;Mona Stricker;Eric Huntzinger

  • Analysis of cell-based RNAi screens

    Michael Boutros;Lígia P Brás;Lígia P Brás;Wolfgang Huber

  • Microscopy-Based High-Content Screening

    Michael Boutros;Florian Heigwer;Christina Laufer

Frequent Co-Authors

Philipp Beckhove
Philipp Beckhove German Cancer Research Center
Norbert Perrimon
Norbert Perrimon Harvard University
Wolfgang Huber
Wolfgang Huber European Bioinformatics Institute
Christof Niehrs
Christof Niehrs German Cancer Research Center
Marek Mlodzik
Marek Mlodzik Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Martina U. Muckenthaler
Martina U. Muckenthaler Heidelberg University
Aurelio A. Teleman
Aurelio A. Teleman German Cancer Research Center
Hugo A. Katus
Hugo A. Katus Heidelberg University
Jean-Marc Reichhart
Jean-Marc Reichhart University of Strasbourg
Renato Paro
Renato Paro ETH Zurich

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