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2024

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
100
Citations
32775
World Ranking
536
National Ranking
47

Michael Wegner 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 Wegner sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 255 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael Wegner 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 Wegner sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 100 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Michael Wegner is affiliated with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience, with a particular focus on molecular biology, developmental neuroscience, cancer research, genetics, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

Their work covers a range of scientific topics, including:

  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • MicroRNA in disease regulation
  • RNA research and splicing
  • Epigenetics and DNA methylation
  • Genomics and chromatin dynamics
  • Genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders
  • Neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms

Michael Wegner has published extensively, with selected recent papers being:

  • Common schizophrenia risk variants are enriched in open chromatin regions of human glutamatergic neurons, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Using the lineage determinants Olig2 and Sox10 to explore transcriptional regulation of oligodendrocyte development, 2021, Developmental Neurobiology
  • Deciphering the regulatory landscape of fetal and adult γδ T-cell development at single-cell resolution, 2020, The EMBO Journal
  • Transcription factor Tcf4 is the preferred heterodimerization partner for Olig2 in oligodendrocytes and required for differentiation, 2020, Nucleic Acids Research
  • CTCF-mediated chromatin looping in EGR2 regulation and SUZ12 recruitment critical for peripheral myelination and repair, 2020, Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Franziska Fröb
  • Elisabeth Sock
  • Matthias Weider
  • Tim Aberle
  • Simone Hillgärtner

The most common venues for Michael Wegner's publications are:

  • Glia
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Scientific Reports
  • Neural Regeneration Research
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Best Publications

  • Competing waves of oligodendrocytes in the forebrain and postnatal elimination of an embryonic lineage.

    Nicoletta Kessaris;Matthew Fogarty;Palma Iannarelli;Matthew Grist

  • From head to toes: The multiple facets of Sox proteins

    Michael Wegner

  • Sox10, a Novel Transcriptional Modulator in Glial Cells

    Kirsten Kuhlbrodt;Beate Herbarth;Elisabeth Sock;Irm Hermans-Borgmeyer

  • The transcription factor Sox10 is a key regulator of peripheral glial development

    Stefan Britsch;Derk E. Goerich;Derk E. Goerich;Dieter Riethmacher;Reto I. Peirano;Reto I. Peirano

  • SOX10 mutations in patients with Waardenburg-Hirschsprung disease.

    Véronique Pingault;Nadège Bondurand;Kirsten Kuhlbrodt;Derk E. Goerich

  • The Sox9 transcription factor determines glial fate choice in the developing spinal cord

    C. Claus Stolt;Petra Lommes;Elisabeth Sock;Marie-Christine Chaboissier

  • Terminal differentiation of myelin-forming oligodendrocytes depends on the transcription factor Sox10

    C. Claus Stolt;Stephan Rehberg;Marius Ader;Petra Lommes

  • Functional analysis of Sox8 and Sox9 during sex determination in the mouse.

    Marie Christine Chaboissier;Akio Kobayashi;Akio Kobayashi;Valerie I.P. Vidal;Susanne Lützkendorf

  • From stem cells to neurons and glia: a Soxist's view of neural development.

    Michael Wegner;C. Claus Stolt

  • Interaction among SOX10, PAX3 and MITF, three genes altered in Waardenburg syndrome

    Nadege Bondurand;Veronique Pingault;Derk E. Goerich;Nicole Lemort

  • Calcium-Regulated Phosphorylation Within the Leucine Zipper of C/EBPβ

    Michael Wegner;Zhaodan Cao;Michael G. Rosenfeld

  • Molecular mechanism for distinct neurological phenotypes conveyed by allelic truncating mutations.

    Ken Inoue;Mehrdad Khajavi;Tomoko Ohyama;Shin Ichi Hirabayashi

  • Mutation of the Sry-related Sox10 gene in Dominant megacolon, a mouse model for human Hirschsprung disease

    Beate Herbarth;Veronique Pingault;Nadege Bondurand;Kirsten Kuhlbrodt

  • Bone morphogenetic proteins are required in vivo for the generation of sympathetic neurons.

    Carolin Schneider;Helmut Wicht;Jana Enderich;Michael Wegner

  • Survival and glial fate acquisition of neural crest cells are regulated by an interplay between the transcription factor Sox10 and extrinsic combinatorial signaling.

    Christian Paratore;Derk E. Goerich;Ueli Suter;Michael Wegner

  • POU-domain proteins: structure and function of developmental regulators.

    Michael Wegner;Daniel W. Drolet;Michael G. Rosenfeld

  • SoxD Proteins Influence Multiple Stages of Oligodendrocyte Development and Modulate SoxE Protein Function

    C. Claus Stolt;Anita Schlierf;Petra Lommes;Simone Hillgärtner

  • TEF, a transcription factor expressed specifically in the anterior pituitary during embryogenesis, defines a new class of leucine zipper proteins.

    D. W. Drolet;K. M. Scully;D. M. Simmons;M. Wegner

  • Cooperative function of POU proteins and SOX proteins in glial cells.

    Kirsten Kuhlbrodt;Beate Herbarth;Elisabeth Sock;Janna Enderich

  • Gene Targeting Reveals a Widespread Role for the High-Mobility-Group Transcription Factor Sox11 in Tissue Remodeling

    Elisabeth Sock;Stefanie D. Rettig;Janna Enderich;Michael R. Bösl

Frequent Co-Authors

Elisabeth Sock
Elisabeth Sock University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Ernst R. Tamm
Ernst R. Tamm University of Regensburg
Michael R. Bösl
Michael R. Bösl University of Würzburg
Irm Hermans-Borgmeyer
Irm Hermans-Borgmeyer Universität Hamburg
Bruce E. Torbett
Bruce E. Torbett Seattle Children's Hospital
Elizabeth M. Simpson
Elizabeth M. Simpson University of British Columbia
Paola Bovolenta
Paola Bovolenta Spanish National Research Council
Wyeth W. Wasserman
Wyeth W. Wasserman University of British Columbia
Reiner A. Veitia
Reiner A. Veitia Université Paris Cité
Peggy J. Farnham
Peggy J. Farnham University of Southern California

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