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87
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World Ranking
2792
National Ranking
1440

Tamas Balla 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 Tamas Balla sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 277 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Tamas Balla 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 Tamas Balla sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 87 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Tamas Balla is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a focus on molecular biology, cell biology, physiology, immunology, and biochemistry as key subfields. Their scientific output encompasses a broad range of topics including cellular transport and secretion, lipid membrane structure and behavior, calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism, signaling pathways in disease, pancreatic function and diabetes, endoplasmic reticulum stress and disease, and lipid metabolism and biosynthesis.

Their recent publications reflect diverse interests within these areas. Notable papers include:

  • PI(3,4)P2-mediated cytokinetic abscission prevents early senescence and cataract formation (2021, Science)
  • Ribosome-associated vesicles: A dynamic subcompartment of the endoplasmic reticulum in secretory cells (2020, Science Advances)
  • Emerging roles of phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate and phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate as regulators of multiple steps in autophagy (2020, The Journal of Biochemistry)
  • ORP3 phosphorylation regulates phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate and Ca2+ dynamics at plasma membrane-ER contact sites (2020, Journal of Cell Science)
  • Biallelic PI4KA variants cause neurological, intestinal and immunological disease (2021, Brain)

Tamas Balla's collaborative efforts have involved several frequent coauthors, including Joshua G. Pemberton, Yeun Ju Kim, Gergő Gulyás, John E. Burke, and Meredith L. Jenkins. These collaborations have contributed to a consistent presence in multiple publication venues.

The scientist regularly publishes in venues such as Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The FASEB Journal, Journal of Biological Chemistry, and Nature Communications. Their research outputs in these journals reflect the integration of cellular and molecular biology approaches with biomedical questions.

Best Publications

  • Phosphoinositides: Tiny Lipids With Giant Impact on Cell Regulation

    Tamas Balla

  • Structural and functional features and significance of the physical linkage between ER and mitochondria

    György Csordás;Christian Renken;Péter Várnai;Ludivine Walter

  • Chaperone-mediated coupling of endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondrial Ca2+ channels.

    György Szabadkai;Katiuscia Bianchi;Péter Várnai;Diego De Stefani

  • A Pharmacological Map of the PI3-K Family Defines a Role for p110α in Insulin Signaling

    Zachary A Knight;Beatriz Gonzalez;Morri E Feldman;Eli R Zunder

  • Visualization of Phosphoinositides That Bind Pleckstrin Homology Domains: Calcium- and Agonist-induced Dynamic Changes and Relationship to Myo-[3H]inositol-labeled Phosphoinositide Pools

    Péter Várnai;Tamás Balla

  • Polarization of Chemoattractant Receptor Signaling During Neutrophil Chemotaxis

    Guy Servant;Orion D. Weiner;Paul Herzmark;Tamás Balla

  • Imaging Interorganelle Contacts and Local Calcium Dynamics at the ER-Mitochondrial Interface

    György Csordás;Péter Várnai;Tünde Golenár;Swati Roy

  • Viral Reorganization of the Secretory Pathway Generates Distinct Organelles for RNA Replication

    Nai Yun Hsu;Olha Ilnytska;Georgiy Belov;Marianita Santiana

  • Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate and Arf6-regulated membrane traffic

    Fraser D. Brown;Andrew L. Rozelle;Helen L. Yin;Tamás Balla

  • Recruitment and activation of a lipid kinase by hepatitis C virus NS5A is essential for integrity of the membranous replication compartment

    Simon Reiss;Ilka Rebhan;Perdita Backes;Ines Romero-Brey

  • The functional universe of membrane contact sites.

    William A Prinz;Alexandre Toulmay;Tamas Balla

  • PI4P and PI(4,5)P2 Are Essential But Independent Lipid Determinants of Membrane Identity

    Gerald R. V. Hammond;Gerald R. V. Hammond;Michael J. Fischer;Karen E. Anderson;Jon Holdich

  • Phosphatidylinositol 4-kinases: old enzymes with emerging functions

    Andras Balla;Tamas Balla

  • A wortmannin-sensitive phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase that regulates hormone-sensitive pools of inositolphospholipids

    Satoshi Nakanishi;Kevin J. Catt;Tamas Balla

  • A novel probe for phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate reveals multiple pools beyond the Golgi

    Gerald R.V. Hammond;Matthias P. Machner;Tamas Balla

  • Rapidly inducible changes in phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate levels influence multiple regulatory functions of the lipid in intact living cells

    Peter Varnai;Baskaran Thyagarajan;Tibor Rohacs;Tamas Balla

  • Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase-dependent Membrane Association of the Bruton’s Tyrosine Kinase Pleckstrin Homology Domain Visualized in Single Living Cells

    Péter Várnai;Kristina I. Rother;Tamas Balla

  • A Plasma Membrane Pool of Phosphatidylinositol 4-Phosphate Is Generated by Phosphatidylinositol 4-Kinase Type-III Alpha. Studies with the PH Domains of the Oxysterol Binding Protein and FAPP1

    Andras Balla;Galina Tuymetova;Arnold Tsiomenko;Péter Várnai

  • Inositol-lipid binding motifs: signal integrators through protein-lipid and protein-protein interactions.

    Tamas Balla

  • Visualization of phosphoinositides that bind pleckstrin homology domains

    Peter Varnai;Tamas Balla

Frequent Co-Authors

Péter Várnai
Péter Várnai Semmelweis University
Kevin J. Catt
Kevin J. Catt National Institutes of Health
László Hunyady
László Hunyady Semmelweis University
György Hajnóczky
György Hajnóczky Thomas Jefferson University
Stanko S. Stojilkovic
Stanko S. Stojilkovic National Institutes of Health
Kevan M. Shokat
Kevan M. Shokat University of California, San Francisco
John D. York
John D. York Vanderbilt University
Tibor Rohacs
Tibor Rohacs Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Frank J. M. van Kuppeveld
Frank J. M. van Kuppeveld Utrecht University
Anne-Claude Gingras
Anne-Claude Gingras Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute

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