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D-Index
50
Citations
13117
World Ranking
17463
National Ranking
1205

Overview

Roland Nitschke is affiliated with the University of Freiburg in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research encompasses multiple subfields, including biophysics, molecular biology, information systems and management, information systems, and structural biology.

The primary focus of Nitschke's work lies in interconnected areas such as cell image analysis techniques, scientific computing and data management, research data management practices, single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, advanced electron microscopy techniques and applications, advanced fluorescence microscopy techniques, and genetics, bioinformatics, and biomedical research.

Their recent published papers include:

  • QUAREP-LiMi: a community endeavor to advance quality assessment and reproducibility in light microscopy, 2021, Nature Methods
  • Community-developed checklists for publishing images and image analyses, 2023, Nature Methods
  • Towards community-driven metadata standards for light microscopy: tiered specifications extending the OME model, 2021, Nature Methods
  • Metabolic Profiling in Human Fibroblasts Enables Subtype Clustering in Glycogen Storage Disease, 2020, Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • Quality assessment in light microscopy for routine use through simple tools and robust metrics, 2022, The Journal of Cell Biology

Nitschke frequently publishes in venues such as Nature Methods, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), arXiv (Cornell University), and Cytometry Part A.

Regular collaborators include Ulrike Boehm, Orestis Faklaris, Caterina Strambio-De-Castillia, Glyn Nelson, and Alex Laude, with each coauthor having contributed to a significant number of joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Quantum dots versus organic dyes as fluorescent labels

    Ute Resch-Genger;Markus Grabolle;Sara Cavaliere-Jaricot;Roland Nitschke

  • Constitutive Photomorphogenesis 1 and Multiple Photoreceptors Control Degradation of Phytochrome Interacting Factor 3, a Transcription Factor Required for Light Signaling in Arabidopsis

    Diana Bauer;András Viczián;Stefan Kircher;Tabea Nobis

  • TRPP2 and TRPV4 form a polymodal sensory channel complex

    Michael Köttgen;Björn Buchholz;Miguel A. García-González;Fruzsina Kotsis

  • Primary cilia regulate mTORC1 activity and cell size through Lkb1

    Christopher Boehlke;Fruzsina Kotsis;Vishal Patel;Simone Braeg

  • Mechanical induction of lateral root initiation in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Franck Anicet Ditengou;William D. Teale;Philip Kochersperger;Karl Andreas Flittner

  • Inhibition of mTORC1 by Astrin and Stress Granules Prevents Apoptosis in Cancer Cells

    Kathrin Thedieck;Birgit Holzwarth;Mirja Tamara Prentzell;Christopher Boehlke

  • Comprehensive catecholaminergic projectome analysis reveals single-neuron integration of zebrafish ascending and descending dopaminergic systems.

    Tuan Leng Tay;Olaf Ronneberger;Soojin Ryu;Soojin Ryu;Roland Nitschke

  • Serum- and glucocorticoid-inducible kinase 1 (SGK1) mediates glucocorticoid-induced inhibition of insulin secretion.

    Susanne Ullrich;Susanne Berchtold;Felicia Ranta;Guiscard Seebohm

  • The von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor protein controls ciliogenesis by orienting microtubule growth

    Bernhard Schermer;Cristina Ghenoiu;Malte Bartram;Roman Ulrich Müller

  • The cardiac K+ channel KCNQ1 is essential for gastric acid secretion.

    Florian Grahammer;Oliver H. Wittekindt;Roland Nitschke;Andreas W. Herling

  • The two segments of the infectious bursal disease virus genome are circularized by a 90,000-Da protein.

    Hermann Müller;Roland Nitschke

  • XuvTools: free, fast and reliable stitching of large 3D datasets.

    M. Emmenlauer;Olaf Ronneberger;A. Ponti;P. Schwarb

  • The Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator Activates Aquaporin 3 in Airway Epithelial Cells

    Rainer Schreiber;Roland Nitschke;Rainer Greger;Karl Kunzelmann

  • ViBE-Z: a framework for 3D virtual colocalization analysis in zebrafish larval brains

    Olaf Ronneberger;Kun Liu;Meta Rath;Dominik Rueβ

  • A new class of inhibitors of cAMP-mediated Cl − secretion in rabbit colon, acting by the reduction of cAMP-activated K + conductance

    E. Lohrmann;I. Burhoff;R. B. Nitschke;H. J. Lang

  • Heteromeric KCNE2/KCNQ1 potassium channels in the luminal membrane of gastric parietal cells.

    Dirk Heitzmann;Florian Grahammer;Thomas von Hahn;Annette Schmitt-Gräff

  • Protocol: an improved and universal procedure for whole-mount immunolocalization in plants

    Taras Pasternak;Olaf Tietz;Katja Rapp;Maura Begheldo

  • Control of epithelial Na+ conductance by the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator.

    Karl Kunzelmann;Rainer Schreiber;Roland Nitschke;Marcus Mall

  • TRPP2 channels regulate apoptosis through the Ca2+ concentration in the endoplasmic reticulum.

    Tomasz Wegierski;Daniel Steffl;Christoph Kopp;Robert Tauber

  • How to Improve Quality Assurance in Fluorometry: Fluorescence-Inherent Sources of Error and Suited Fluorescence Standards

    U Resch-Genger;K Hoffmann;W Nietfeld;A Engel

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerd Walz
Gerd Walz University of Freiburg
Karl Kunzelmann
Karl Kunzelmann University of Regensburg
Wolfgang Driever
Wolfgang Driever University of Freiburg
Peter Mundel
Peter Mundel Harvard University
Olaf Ronneberger
Olaf Ronneberger University of Freiburg
Hans Burkhardt
Hans Burkhardt University of Freiburg
Michael Reth
Michael Reth University of Freiburg
Ute Resch-Genger
Ute Resch-Genger Federal Institute For Materials Research and Testing
Ralf Baumeister
Ralf Baumeister University of Freiburg
Elisabeth Kremmer
Elisabeth Kremmer Max Planck Society

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