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Michael O. Hengartner

Michael O. Hengartner

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
81
Citations
42868
World Ranking
948
National Ranking
16

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Genetics/Molecular Biology and Cell Biology
  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Michael O. Hengartner is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland, a leading institution known for scientific research and education.

The scientist's work covers the fields of genetics, molecular biology, and cell biology.

Recognition for their contributions includes membership and fellowship in several prominent scientific organizations. These honors are:

  • German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina - Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften (2009) with a citation in Genetics/Molecular Biology and Cell Biology
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2007)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Best Publications

  • The biochemistry of apoptosis

    Michael O. Hengartner

  • Classification of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death

    G. Kroemer;G. Kroemer;G. Kroemer;L. Galluzzi;L. Galluzzi;L. Galluzzi;P. Vandenabeele;J. Abrams

  • Molecular definitions of cell death subroutines: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2012

    Galluzzi L;Vitale I;Vitale I;Vitale I;Abrams Jm;Alnemri Es

  • C. elegans cell survival gene ced-9 encodes a functional homolog of the mammalian proto-oncogene bcl-2

    Michael O. Hengartner;H.Robert Horvitz

  • Caenorhabditis elegans gene ced-9 protects cells from programmed cell death

    Hengartner Mo;Ellis Re;Ellis Re;Horvitz Hr

  • Finding function in novel targets: C. elegans as a model organism

    Titus Kaletta;Michael O. Hengartner

  • Essential versus accessory aspects of cell death: recommendations of the NCCD 2015

    L. Galluzzi;J. M. Bravo-San Pedro;I. Vitale;S. A. Aaronson

  • Programmed cell death: alive and well in the new millennium.

    Scott H. Kaufmann;Michael O. Hengartner

  • Genetic control of programmed cell death in the Caenorhabditis elegans hermaphrodite germline.

    T.L. Gumienny;E. Lambie;E. Hartwieg;H.R. Horvitz

  • Microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3 alpha (LC3)-associated phagocytosis is required for the efficient clearance of dead cells

    Jennifer Martinez;Johann Almendinger;Andrew Oberst;Rachel Ness

  • CED-12/ELMO, a novel member of the CrkII/Dock180/Rac pathway, is required for phagocytosis and cell migration.

    Tina L. Gumienny;Tina L. Gumienny;Enrico Brugnera;Annie-Carole Tosello-Trampont;Jason M. Kinchen;Jason M. Kinchen

  • miRNAs and apoptosis: RNAs to die for

    M Jovanovic;M O Hengartner

  • A conserved checkpoint pathway mediates DNA damage--induced apoptosis and cell cycle arrest in C. elegans.

    Anton Gartner;Stuart Milstein;Stuart Milstein;Shawn Ahmed;Jonathan Hodgkin

  • Programmed cell death in Caenorhabditis elegans

    Michael O. Hengartner;H. Robert Horvitz

  • mProphet: automated data processing and statistical validation for large-scale SRM experiments

    Lukas Reiter;Oliver Rinner;Paola Picotti;Paola Picotti;Ruth Hüttenhain

  • Mitochondria as a Target of Environmental Toxicants

    Joel N. Meyer;Maxwell C. K. Leung;John P. Rooney;Ataman Sendoel

  • PaxDb, a Database of Protein Abundance Averages Across All Three Domains of Life

    M. Wang;M M Weiss;M. Simonovic;G. Haertinger

  • Interaction between the C. elegans cell-death regulators CED-9 and CED-4.

    Mona S. Spector;Serge Desnoyers;Daniel J. Hoeppner;Daniel J. Hoeppner;Michael O. Hengartner

  • Developmental apoptosis in C. elegans: a complex CEDnario.

    Guillaume Lettre;Guillaume Lettre;Michael O. Hengartner

  • Deficiency of FANCD2-Associated Nuclease KIAA1018/FAN1 Sensitizes Cells to Interstrand Crosslinking Agents

    Katja Kratz;Barbara Schöpf;Svenja Kaden;Ataman Sendoel

Frequent Co-Authors

Lorenzo Galluzzi
Lorenzo Galluzzi Cornell University
Stuart A. Lipton
Stuart A. Lipton Scripps Research Institute
Marcus E. Peter
Marcus E. Peter Northwestern University
Emad S. Alnemri
Emad S. Alnemri Thomas Jefferson University
Peter Vandenabeele
Peter Vandenabeele Ghent University
Sharad Kumar
Sharad Kumar University of Adelaide
Walter Malorni
Walter Malorni University of Rome Tor Vergata
Guido Kroemer
Guido Kroemer Université Paris Cité
Eric H. Baehrecke
Eric H. Baehrecke University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Gabriel Núñez
Gabriel Núñez University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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