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Biology and Biochemistry
Germany
2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
120
Citations
48830
World Ranking
645
National Ranking
46

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Michael Hecker is affiliated with the University of Greifswald in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a specific focus on Molecular Biology, Spectroscopy, Plant Science, Genetics, and Ecology.

Their recent publications emphasize advanced proteomics and microbiology topics, reflecting interdisciplinary research interests. Selected papers include:

  • Pan-cancer proteomic map of 949 human cell lines, 2022, Cancer Cell
  • Strategies to enable large-scale proteomics for reproducible research, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Impact of high salinity and the compatible solute glycine betaine on gene expression of Bacillus subtilis, 2020, Environmental Microbiology
  • Verticillium longisporum Elicits Media-Dependent Secretome Responses With Capacity to Distinguish Between Plant-Related Environments, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Tryptic Shaving of Staphylococcus aureus Unveils Immunodominant Epitopes on the Bacterial Cell Surface, 2020, Journal of Proteome Research

Their frequent co-authors include Dörte Becher, Uwe K. Zettl, Michael Dausmann, Peter G. Hains, and Brett Tully. These collaborations coincide with their focus on proteomics and microbial interactions.

Michael Hecker often publishes in venues such as Frontiers in Microbiology, Journal of Proteome Research, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Cancer Cell, and Nature Communications.

Their main topics of research cover diverse areas, including:

  • Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
  • Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies

This research portfolio reflects a blend of molecular-level investigation techniques and applied microbiological studies, integrating high-throughput proteomics with gene expression analysis and microbial environment interactions.

Best Publications

  • Essential Bacillus subtilis genes

    K. Kobayashi;S.D. Ehrlich;A. Albertini;G. Amati

  • Substrate-Controlled Succession of Marine Bacterioplankton Populations Induced by a Phytoplankton Bloom

    Hanno Teeling;Bernhard M. Fuchs;Dörte Becher;Christine Klockow;Christine Klockow

  • Condition-Dependent Transcriptome Reveals High-Level Regulatory Architecture in Bacillus subtilis

    Pierre Nicolas;Ulrike Mäder;Etienne Dervyn;Tatiana Rochat

  • Proteomics of Protein Secretion by Bacillus subtilis: Separating the “Secrets” of the Secretome

    H Tjalsma;H. Antelmann;Jan Jongbloed;Peter Braun

  • Heat-shock and general stress response in Bacillus subtilis

    Michael Hecker;Wolfgang Schumann;Uwe Völker

  • SigB-Dependent General Stress Response in Bacillus subtilis and Related Gram-Positive Bacteria

    Michael Hecker;Jan Pané-Farré;Uwe Völker

  • Physiological responses to mixing in large scale bioreactors

    Sven-Olof Enfors;M. Jahic;A. Rozkov;B. Xu

  • Proteomic Approach to Understanding Antibiotic Action

    Julia Elisabeth Bandow;Heike Brötz;Lars Ingo Ole Leichert;Harald Labischinski

  • Global analysis of the general stress response of Bacillus subtilis.

    Anja Petersohn;Matthias Brigulla;Stefan Haas;Jörg D. Hoheisel

  • Repair of global regulators in Staphylococcus aureus 8325 and comparative analysis with other clinical isolates

    Silvia Herbert;Anne-Kathrin Ziebandt;Knut Ohlsen;Tina Schäfer

  • Anaerobic Gene Expression in Staphylococcus aureus

    Stephan Fuchs;Jan Pané-Farré;Christian Kohler;Michael Hecker

  • Bacillus subtilis: from soil bacterium to super-secreting cell factory.

    Jan Maarten van Dijl;Michael Hecker

  • A Proteomic View on Genome-Based Signal Peptide Predictions

    Haike Antelmann;Harold Tjalsma;Birgit Voigt;Steffen Ohlmeier

  • Analysis of the induction of general stress proteins of Bacillus subtilis.

    Uwe Völker;Susanne Engelmann;Björn Maul;Sabine Riethdorf

  • Bacillus subtilis functional genomics: global characterization of the stringent response by proteome and transcriptome analysis

    Christine Eymann;Georg Homuth;Christian Scharf;Michael Hecker

  • General stress response of Bacillus subtilis and other bacteria.

    Michael Hecker;Uwe Völker

  • Guidelines for the next 10 years of proteomics

    Marc R. Wilkins;Ron D. Appel;Jennifer E. Van Eyk;Maxey C.M. Chung

  • Mapping the Pathways to Staphylococcal Pathogenesis by Comparative Secretomics

    M. J. J. B. Sibbald;A. K. Ziebandt;S. Engelmann;M. Hecker

  • Transcriptome and proteome analysis of Bacillus subtilis gene expression in response to superoxide and peroxide stress.

    Jörg Mostertz;Christian Scharf;Michael Hecker;Georg Homuth

  • Phosphate starvation-inducible proteins of Bacillus subtilis: proteomics and transcriptional analysis.

    Haike Antelmann;Christian Scharf;Michael Hecker

Frequent Co-Authors

Dörte Becher
Dörte Becher University of Greifswald
Susanne Engelmann
Susanne Engelmann Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Haike Antelmann
Haike Antelmann Freie Universität Berlin
Uwe Völker
Uwe Völker University of Greifswald
Thomas Schweder
Thomas Schweder University of Greifswald
Jan Maarten van Dijl
Jan Maarten van Dijl University Medical Center Groningen
Jörg Bernhardt
Jörg Bernhardt University of Greifswald
Dirk Koczan
Dirk Koczan University of Rostock
Michael Lalk
Michael Lalk University of Greifswald
Claus M. Schneider
Claus M. Schneider Forschungszentrum Jülich

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