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Michael Sixt publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 163 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Michael Sixt D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Michael Sixt is affiliated with the Institute of Science and Technology Austria in Austria. Their research spans several fields, primarily within Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with 55 publications, and Medicine, with 26 publications. Subfields of study include Cell Biology, Immunology, Biomedical Engineering, Oncology, and Molecular Biology.

Their work covers a range of topics including Cellular Mechanics and Interactions, 3D Printing in Biomedical Research, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, T-cell and B-cell Immunology, Microtubule and Mitosis Dynamics, Micro and Nano Robotics, and Cell Adhesion Molecules Research.

Michael Sixt has contributed to multiple research articles published in various scientific venues. Notable recent papers include:

  • Cellular locomotion using environmental topography (2020, Nature)
  • Microtubules control cellular shape and coherence in amoeboid migrating cells (2020, The Journal of Cell Biology)
  • Loss of Ena/VASP interferes with lamellipodium architecture, motility and integrin-dependent adhesion (2020, eLife)
  • WASp triggers mechanosensitive actin patches to facilitate immune cell migration in dense tissues (2021, Developmental Cell)
  • Multitier mechanics control stromal adaptations in the swelling lymph node (2022, Nature Immunology)

Their research has appeared frequently in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 16 publications, The Journal of Cell Biology with 5, Nature Immunology with 3, Nature and eLife each with 2 publications.

Co-authorship is a significant aspect of Michael Sixt's work, with frequent collaborators including Robert Hauschild (16 joint publications), Jack Merrin (12), Florian Gaertner (8), Klemens Rottner (7), and Michael Riedl (7).

Michael Sixt holds membership in the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Lifeact: a versatile marker to visualize F-actin

    Julia Riedl;Alvaro H. Crevenna;Kai Kessenbrock;Jerry Haochen Yu

  • Rapid leukocyte migration by integrin-independent flowing and squeezing

    Tim Lämmermann;Bernhard L. Bader;Susan J. Monkley;Tim Worbs

  • The Conduit System Transports Soluble Antigens from the Afferent Lymph to Resident Dendritic Cells in the T Cell Area of the Lymph Node

    Michael Sixt;Nobuo Kanazawa;Manuel Selg;Thomas Samson

  • Mechanical modes of 'amoeboid' cell migration.

    Tim Lämmermann;Michael Sixt

  • Mechanisms of 3D cell migration.

    Kenneth M Yamada;Michael Sixt

  • Breaching multiple barriers : Leukocyte motility through venular walls and the interstitium

    Sussan Nourshargh;Peter L. Hordijk;Michael Sixt

  • Interstitial dendritic cell guidance by haptotactic chemokine gradients.

    Michele Weber;Robert Hauschild;Jan Schwarz;Christine Moussion

  • Endothelial Cell Laminin Isoforms, Laminins 8 and 10, Play Decisive Roles in T Cell Recruitment across the Blood–Brain Barrier in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis

    Michael Sixt;Britta Engelhardt;Friederike Pausch;Rupert Hallmann

  • Actin Flows Mediate a Universal Coupling between Cell Speed and Cell Persistence

    Paolo Maiuri;Jean-François Rupprecht;Stefan Wieser;Verena Ruprecht

  • Proteinase 3 and neutrophil elastase enhance inflammation in mice by inactivating antiinflammatory progranulin

    Kai Kessenbrock;Leopold Fröhlich;Michael Sixt;Tim Lämmermann

  • Cortical contractility triggers a stochastic switch to fast amoeboid cell motility.

    Verena Ruprecht;Stefan Wieser;Stefan Wieser;Andrew Callan-Jones;Michael Smutny

  • Lymph node blood vessels provide exit routes for metastatic tumor cell dissemination in mice

    M. Brown;M. Brown;F. P. Assen;A. Leithner;J. Abe

  • Lymph node chemokines promote sustained T lymphocyte motility without triggering stable integrin adhesiveness in the absence of shear forces.

    Eilon Woolf;Irina Grigorova;Adi Sagiv;Valentin Grabovsky

  • Immobilized chemokine fields and soluble chemokine gradients cooperatively shape migration patterns of dendritic cells

    Kathrin Schumann;Tim Lämmermann;Markus Bruckner;Daniel F. Legler

  • Kindlin-3 is required for β2 integrin-mediated leukocyte adhesion to endothelial cells

    Markus Moser;Martina Bauer;Stephan Schmid;Raphael Ruppert

  • Lifeact mice for studying F-actin dynamics

    Julia Riedl;Kevin C Flynn;Aurelia Raducanu;Florian Gärtner

  • Preformed portals facilitate dendritic cell entry into afferent lymphatic vessels

    H. Pflicke;M. Sixt

  • Migrating Platelets Are Mechano-scavengers that Collect and Bundle Bacteria.

    Florian Gaertner;Zerkah Ahmad;Gerhild Rosenberger;Shuxia Fan

  • Focal Adhesion–Independent Cell Migration

    Ewa K. Paluch;Irene M. Aspalter;Michael Sixt

  • Adaptive force transmission in amoeboid cell migration

    Jörg Renkawitz;Kathrin Schumann;Michele Weber;Tim Lämmermann

Frequent Co-Authors

Klemens Rottner
Klemens Rottner Technische Universität Braunschweig
Jan Faix
Jan Faix Hannover Medical School
Matthieu Piel
Matthieu Piel Institute Curie
Laurent Blanchoin
Laurent Blanchoin Grenoble Alpes University
Reinhard Fässler
Reinhard Fässler Max Planck Society
Lydia Sorokin
Lydia Sorokin University of Münster
Dontscho Kerjaschki
Dontscho Kerjaschki Medical University of Vienna
Theresia E. B. Stradal
Theresia E. B. Stradal Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Cord Brakebusch
Cord Brakebusch University of Copenhagen
Markus Sperandio
Markus Sperandio Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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