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Michel O. Steinmetz

Michel O. Steinmetz

Paul Scherrer Institute
Switzerland

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Biology and Biochemistry
Switzerland
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
79
Citations
22003
World Ranking
4322
National Ranking
85

Michel O. Steinmetz 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 Michel O. Steinmetz sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 363 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michel O. Steinmetz 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 Michel O. Steinmetz sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 316 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 899 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,025 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,149 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,235 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,162 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,130 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,031 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 714 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: 71 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: 79 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% 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

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Michel O. Steinmetz is affiliated with the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland. Their research primarily falls within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with extensive contributions in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

Steinmetz's work focuses on various main topics including Microtubule and mitosis dynamics, Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms, Enzyme Structure and Function, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry, Photoreceptor and optogenetics research, and 14-3-3 protein interactions.

The scientist has published multiple papers in high-impact journals. Selected recent papers include:

  • Comprehensive Analysis of Binding Sites in Tubulin, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • A Robust, GFP-Orthogonal Photoswitchable Inhibitor Scaffold Extends Optical Control over the Microtubule Cytoskeleton, 2020, Cell chemical biology
  • Structural model for differential cap maturation at growing microtubule ends, 2020, eLife
  • WDR90 is a centriolar microtubule wall protein important for centriole architecture integrity, 2020, eLife
  • Structural insight into the stabilization of microtubules by taxanes, 2023, eLife

Frequent co-authors include:

  • A.E. Prota (24 publications)
  • Tobias Mühlethaler (14 publications)
  • Maximilian Wranik (11 publications)
  • Natacha Olieric (11 publications)
  • Jörg Standfuss (11 publications)

Notable publication venues for Steinmetz feature several journals with repeated contributions:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), 13 publications
  • eLife, 5 publications
  • Nature Communications, 4 publications
  • Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 3 publications
  • The Journal of Cell Biology, 3 publications

Best Publications

  • Tracking the ends: a dynamic protein network controls the fate of microtubule tips

    Anna Akhmanova;Michel O. Steinmetz

  • Control of microtubule organization and dynamics: two ends in the limelight

    Anna Akhmanova;Michel O. Steinmetz

  • Structural basis for the regulation of tubulin by vinblastine

    Benoît Gigant;Chunguang Wang;Raimond B. G. Ravelli;Fanny Roussi

  • An EB1-Binding Motif Acts as a Microtubule Tip Localization Signal

    Srinivas Honnappa;Susana Montenegro Gouveia;Anke Weisbrich;Fred F. Damberger

  • Molecular Mechanism of Action of Microtubule-Stabilizing Anticancer Agents.

    Andrea E. Prota;Katja Bargsten;Didier Zurwerra;Jessica J. Field

  • STIM1 Is a MT-Plus-End-Tracking Protein Involved in Remodeling of the ER

    Ilya Grigoriev;Susana Montenegro Gouveia;Babet van der Vaart;Jeroen Demmers

  • Mammalian end binding proteins control persistent microtubule growth

    Yulia A. Komarova;Christian O. De Groot;Ilya Grigoriev;Susana Montenegro Gouveia

  • Microtubule-Targeting Agents: Strategies To Hijack the Cytoskeleton.

    Michel O. Steinmetz;Michel O. Steinmetz;Andrea E. Prota

  • ELM—the database of eukaryotic linear motifs

    Holger Dinkel;Sushama Michael;Robert J. Weatheritt;Norman E. Davey

  • Structural basis of the 9-fold symmetry of centrioles.

    Daiju Kitagawa;Ioannis Vakonakis;Ioannis Vakonakis;Natacha Olieric;Manuel Hilbert

  • Microtubule +TIPs at a glance.

    Anna Akhmanova;Michel O. Steinmetz

  • The Novel Microtubule-Destabilizing Drug BAL27862 Binds to the Colchicine Site of Tubulin with Distinct Effects on Microtubule Organization.

    Andrea E. Prota;Franck Danel;Felix Bachmann;Katja Bargsten

  • COMP-Ang1: A designed angiopoietin-1 variant with nonleaky angiogenic activity

    Chung Hyun Cho;Richard A. Kammerer;Hyuek Jong Lee;Michel O. Steinmetz

  • Motor Neuron Disease-Associated Mutant Vesicle-Associated Membrane Protein-Associated Protein (VAP) B Recruits Wild-Type VAPs into Endoplasmic Reticulum-Derived Tubular Aggregates

    Eva Teuling;Suaad Ahmed;Elize Haasdijk;Jeroen Demmers

  • A new tubulin-binding site and pharmacophore for microtubule-destabilizing anticancer drugs

    Andrea E. Prota;Katja Bargsten;J. Fernando Diaz;May Marsh

  • Serial millisecond crystallography for routine room-temperature structure determination at synchrotrons.

    Tobias Weinert;Natacha Olieric;Robert Cheng;Steffen Brünle

  • Isotope-tagged cross-linking reagents. A new tool in mass spectrometric protein interaction analysis.

    D. R. Müller;P. Schindler;H. Towbin;U. Wirth

  • Structural basis of tubulin tyrosination by tubulin tyrosine ligase

    Andrea E. Prota;Maria M. Magiera;Marijn Kuijpers;Katja Bargsten

  • Structure-function relationship of CAP-Gly domains

    Anke Weisbrich;Srinivas Honnappa;Rolf Jaussi;Oksana Okhrimenko

  • Cortexillins, Major Determinants of Cell Shape and Size, Are Actin-Bundling Proteins with a Parallel Coiled-Coil Tail

    Jan Faix;Michel Steinmetz;Heike Boves;Richard A. Kammerer

Frequent Co-Authors

Anna Akhmanova
Anna Akhmanova Utrecht University
Richard A. Kammerer
Richard A. Kammerer Paul Scherrer Institute
Ueli Aebi
Ueli Aebi University of Basel
Casper C. Hoogenraad
Casper C. Hoogenraad Utrecht University
Lukas C. Kapitein
Lukas C. Kapitein Utrecht University
Marc Baldus
Marc Baldus Utrecht University
Gebhard F. X. Schertler
Gebhard F. X. Schertler Paul Scherrer Institute
Pierre Gönczy
Pierre Gönczy École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Fritz K. Winkler
Fritz K. Winkler ETH Zurich
Beat H. Meier
Beat H. Meier ETH Zurich

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