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Myriam Hemberger

Myriam Hemberger

D-Index & Metrics

Molecular Biology

D-Index
58
Citations
14130
World Ranking
2077
National Ranking
65

Myriam Hemberger 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 Myriam Hemberger sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 129 publications — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Myriam Hemberger 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 Myriam Hemberger sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Myriam Hemberger is affiliated with the University of Calgary in Canada. Their research predominantly spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Immunology, and Public Health.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Reproductive System and Pregnancy
  • Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics
  • Reproductive Biology and Fertility
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Renal and related cancers

Myriam Hemberger has contributed extensively to the following publication venues:

  • Nature Communications (3 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (3 publications)
  • Developmental Biology (2 publications)
  • Cells (2 publications)
  • Scientific Data (2 publications)

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Mechanisms and function of de novo DNA methylation in placental development reveals an essential role for DNMT3B," 2023, Nature Communications
  • "Increased transcriptome variation and localised DNA methylation changes in oocytes from aged mice revealed by parallel single-cell analysis," 2020, Aging Cell
  • "BAP1/ASXL complex modulation regulates epithelial-mesenchymal transition during trophoblast differentiation and invasion," 2021, eLife
  • "Excessive endoplasmic reticulum stress drives aberrant mouse trophoblast differentiation and placental development leading to pregnancy loss," 2021, The Journal of Physiology
  • "Defects in placental syncytiotrophoblast cells are a common cause of developmental heart disease," 2023, Nature Communications

Their frequent co-authors include Wendy Dean, Bethany N. Radford, Vicente Pérez-García, Jay Devine, and Benedikt Hallgrímsson.

Best Publications

  • Placental-specific IGF-II is a major modulator of placental and fetal growth

    Miguel Constância;Myriam Hemberger;Jennifer Hughes;Wendy Dean

  • Long-term, hormone-responsive organoid cultures of human endometrium in a chemically defined medium

    Margherita Y Turco;Lucy Gardner;Jasmine Hughes;Tereza Cindrova-Davies

  • Interactions between trophoblast cells and the maternal and fetal circulation in the mouse placenta.

    S.Lee Adamson;Yong Lu;Kathie J. Whiteley;Doug Holmyard

  • Trophoblast organoids as a model for maternal–fetal interactions during human placentation

    Margherita Y Turco;Lucy Gardner;Richard G Kay;Russell S Hamilton

  • Epigenetic dynamics of stem cells and cell lineage commitment: digging Waddington's canal

    Myriam Hemberger;Myriam Hemberger;Wendy Dean;Wendy Dean;Wolf Reik;Wolf Reik

  • BRACHYURY and CDX2 Mediate BMP-Induced Differentiation of Human and Mouse Pluripotent Stem Cells into Embryonic and Extraembryonic Lineages

    Andreia S. Bernardo;Tiago Faial;Tiago Faial;Lucy Gardner;Kathy K. Niakan

  • Positional cloning of the gene for X-linked retinitis pigmentosa 2

    U. Schwahn;S. Lenzner;J Dong;S. Feil

  • Global Mapping of DNA Methylation in Mouse Promoters Reveals Epigenetic Reprogramming of Pluripotency Genes

    Cassandra R. Farthing;Gabriella Ficz;Ray Kit Ng;Chun-Fung Chan

  • Epigenetic restriction of embryonic cell lineage fate by methylation of Elf5

    Ray Kit Ng;Wendy Dean;Claire Dawson;Diana Lucifero

  • Placentation defects are highly prevalent in embryonic lethal mouse mutants.

    Vicente Perez-Garcia;Vicente Perez-Garcia;Elena Fineberg;Elena Fineberg;Robert Wilson;Alexander Murray;Alexander Murray

  • Mechanisms of early placental development in mouse and humans.

    Myriam Hemberger;Courtney W Hanna;Courtney W Hanna;Wendy Dean

  • Genes, Development and Evolution of the Placenta

    J.C Cross;D Baczyk;N Dobric;M Hemberger

  • Regulation of Placental Development and Its Impact on Fetal Growth-New Insights From Mouse Models.

    Laura Woods;Laura Woods;Vicente Perez-Garcia;Vicente Perez-Garcia;Myriam Hemberger;Myriam Hemberger

  • Trophoblast functions, angiogenesis and remodeling of the maternal vasculature in the placenta.

    J.C Cross;M Hemberger;Y Lu;T Nozaki

  • What Is Trophoblast? A Combination of Criteria Define Human First-Trimester Trophoblast

    Cheryl Q.E. Lee;Lucy Gardner;Margherita Turco;Nancy Zhao

  • Clearance of senescent decidual cells by uterine natural killer cells in cycling human endometrium

    Paul J Brighton;Yojiro Maruyama;Yojiro Maruyama;Katherine Fishwick;Pavle Vrljicak;Pavle Vrljicak

  • The RNA-binding protein Elavl1/HuR is essential for placental branching morphogenesis and embryonic development.

    Vicky Katsanou;Stavros Milatos;Anthie Yiakouvaki;Nikos Sgantzis

  • Genes governing placental development.

    Myriam Hemberger;James C Cross

  • ELF5-enforced transcriptional networks define an epigenetically regulated trophoblast stem cell compartment in the human placenta

    Myriam Hemberger;Ramya Udayashankar;Paul Tesar;Harry Moore

  • Paternal MHC expression on mouse trophoblast affects uterine vascularization and fetal growth

    Zofia Madeja;Hakim Yadi;Richard Apps;Selma Boulenouar

Frequent Co-Authors

Wendy Dean
Wendy Dean Babraham Institute
Wolf Reik
Wolf Reik Babraham Institute
James C. Cross
James C. Cross University of Calgary
Ashley Moffett
Ashley Moffett University of Cambridge
Graham J. Burton
Graham J. Burton University of Cambridge
Heinz Himmelbauer
Heinz Himmelbauer BOKU University
Lucy Gardner
Lucy Gardner University of Cambridge
Anne C. Ferguson-Smith
Anne C. Ferguson-Smith University of Cambridge
Gavin Kelsey
Gavin Kelsey Babraham Institute
David J. Adams
David J. Adams Wellcome Sanger Institute

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