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Nancy Papalopulu 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 Nancy Papalopulu sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 106 publications — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nancy Papalopulu 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 Nancy Papalopulu sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 46 D-Index — 4th percentile

4% 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

  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Nancy Papalopulu is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with specific focus on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Developmental Neuroscience, Genetics, and Surgery. The scientist's work covers a range of main topics including Gene Regulatory Network Analysis, Pluripotent Stem Cells Research, RNA Research and Splicing, Microtubule and Mitosis Dynamics, Single-cell and Spatial Transcriptomics, Neurogenesis and Neuroplasticity Mechanisms, as well as Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics.

Recent publications authored by Nancy Papalopulu include:

  • Dynamic properties of noise and Her6 levels are optimized by miR-9, allowing the decoding of the Her6 oscillator, 2020, The EMBO Journal
  • HES1 protein oscillations are necessary for neural stem cells to exit from quiescence, 2021, iScience
  • Dynamical gene regulatory networks are tuned by transcriptional autoregulation with microRNA feedback, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • A dynamic, spatially periodic, micro-pattern of HES5 underlies neurogenesis in the mouse spinal cord, 2021, Molecular Systems Biology
  • Differential phase register of Hes1 oscillations with mitoses underlies cell-cycle heterogeneity in ER + breast cancer cells, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The scientist frequently collaborates with a set of co-authors, which includes:

  • Veronica Biga
  • Elli Marinopoulou
  • Cerys Manning
  • Ximena Soto
  • Jochen Kursawe

Nancy Papalopulu's work has been published in several venues, with the most frequent publication outlets being:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of The Royal Society Interface
  • Development
  • The EMBO Journal

The scientist holds honors including being a Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom and a Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • The murine and Drosophila homeobox gene complexes have common features of organization and expression

    Anthony Graham;Nancy Papalopulu;Robb Krumlauf

  • An essential role for retinoid signaling in anteroposterior neural patterning

    B. Blumberg;J. Bolado;T.A. Moreno;C. Kintner

  • Retinoic acid causes abnormal development and segmental patterning of the anterior hindbrain in Xenopus embryos.

    N. Papalopulu;J. D W Clarke;Leila Bradley;D. Wilkinson

  • Xenopus Distal-less related homeobox genes are expressed in the developing forebrain and are induced by planar signals

    Nancy Papalopulu;Chris Kintner

  • Downregulation of Par3 and aPKC function directs cells towards the ICM in the preimplantation mouse embryo

    Berenika Plusa;Stephen Frankenberg;Andrew Chalmers;Andrew Chalmers;Anna Katerina Hadjantonakis

  • MicroRNA-9 regulates axon extension and branching by targeting Map1b in mouse cortical neurons

    Federico Dajas-Bailador;Boyan Bonev;Patricia Garcez;Peter Stanley

  • Techniques and probes for the study of Xenopus tropicalis development

    Mustafa K. Khokha;Christina Chung;Erika L. Bustamante;Lisa W.K. Gaw

  • XBF-1, a winged helix transcription factor with dual activity, has a role in positioning neurogenesis in Xenopus competent ectoderm

    Catherine Bourguignon;Jian Li;Nancy Papalopulu

  • Xiro3 encodes a Xenopus homolog of the Drosophila Iroquois genes and functions in neural specification

    Eric J. Bellefroid;Antje Kobbe;Peter Gruss;Tomas Pieler

  • Expression of Pax-3 in the lateral neural plate is dependent on a Wnt- mediated signal from posterior nonaxial mesoderm

    Anne G Bang;Nancy Papalopulu;Martyn D Goulding;Chris Kintner

  • A posteriorising factor, retinoic acid, reveals that anteroposterior patterning controls the timing of neuronal differentiation in Xenopus neuroectoderm

    Nancy Papalopulu;Chris Kintner

  • Expression of Pax-3 is initiated in the early neural plate by posteriorizing signals produced by the organizer and by posterior non-axial mesoderm

    Anne G. Bang;Nancy Papalopulu;Chris Kintner;Martyn D. Goulding

  • aPKC, Crumbs3 and Lgl2 control apicobasal polarity in early vertebrate development

    Andrew D. Chalmers;Andrew D. Chalmers;Michael Pambos;Michael Pambos;Julia Mason;Julia Mason;Stephanie Lang

  • MicroRNA-9 Modulates Hes1 ultradian oscillations by forming a double-negative feedback loop.

    Boyan Bonev;Peter Stanley;Nancy Papalopulu

  • Distinct effects of XBF-1 in regulating the cell cycle inhibitor p27(XIC1) and imparting a neural fate.

    Zoë Hardcastle;Nancy Papalopulu

  • tinman, a Drosophila homeobox gene required for heart and visceral mesoderm specification, may be represented by a family of genes in vertebrates: XNkx-2.3, a second vertebrate homologue of tinman.

    S. M. Evans;Wei Yan;M. P. Murillo;J. Ponce

  • Integration of Telencephalic Wnt and Hedgehog Signaling Center Activities by Foxg1

    Catherine Danesin;João N. Peres;Marie Johansson;Victoria Snowden

  • MicroRNA-9 reveals regional diversity of neural progenitors along the anterior-posterior axis.

    Boyan Bonev;Angela Oliveira Pisco;Nancy Papalopulu

  • Characterization of a murine homeo box gene, Hox-2.6, related to the Drosophila Deformed gene.

    A. Graham;N. Papalopulu;J. Lorimer;J. H. Mcvey

  • The expression of murine Hox-2 genes is dependent on the differentiation pathway and displays a collinear sensitivity to retinoic acid in F9 cells and Xenopus embryos.

    Nancy Papalopulu;Robin Lovell-Badge;Robb Krumlauf

Frequent Co-Authors

Robb Krumlauf
Robb Krumlauf Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Magnus Rattray
Magnus Rattray University of Manchester
Chris Kintner
Chris Kintner Salk Institute for Biological Studies
James C. Smith
James C. Smith The Francis Crick Institute
Anthony Graham
Anthony Graham King's College London
David G. Spiller
David G. Spiller University of Manchester
Aaron M. Zorn
Aaron M. Zorn Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
David G. Wilkinson
David G. Wilkinson The Francis Crick Institute
Martyn Goulding
Martyn Goulding Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Sam Griffiths-Jones
Sam Griffiths-Jones University of Manchester

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