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Biology and Biochemistry
Germany
2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
121
Citations
60541
World Ranking
601
National Ranking
39

Medicine

D-Index
120
Citations
60270
World Ranking
3714
National Ranking
203

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Thomas Braun is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and has a substantial record of contributions in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their research spans several specialized domains, including molecular biology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, physiology, and surgery.

The scientist's work covers numerous research topics, with notable focus on muscle physiology and disorders, congenital heart defects research, RNA research and splicing, RNA modifications and cancer, pluripotent stem cells research, sirtuins and resveratrol in medicine, as well as CRISPR and genetic engineering.

Among their recent publications are:

  • ATAC-seq footprinting unravels kinetics of transcription factor binding during zygotic genome activation (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Reversible reprogramming of cardiomyocytes to a fetal state drives heart regeneration in mice (2021, Science)
  • Inhibition of fatty acid oxidation enables heart regeneration in adult mice (2023, Nature)
  • Control of endothelial quiescence by FOXO-regulated metabolites (2021, Nature Cell Biology)
  • Antigen presentation by lung epithelial cells directs CD4+ TRM cell function and regulates barrier immunity (2021, Nature Communications)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Thomas Braun include Stefan Günther, Alessandro Ianni, Thomas Boettger, Stefan Guenther, and Johannes Graumann.

Publication venues with recurrent contributions from this scientist include:

  • Nature Communications
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Circulation
  • Circulation Research
  • Cardiovascular Research

Best Publications

  • MyoD or Myf-5 is required for the formation of skeletal muscle

    Michael A. Rudnicki;Patrick N.J. Schnegelsberg;Ronald H. Stead;Thomas Braun

  • Succinate Dehydrogenase Supports Metabolic Repurposing of Mitochondria to Drive Inflammatory Macrophages

    Evanna L. Mills;Beth Kelly;Angela Logan;Ana S.H. Costa

  • Myostatin Mutation Associated with Gross Muscle Hypertrophy in a Child

    Markus Schuelke;Kathryn R Wagner;Leslie E Stolz;Christoph Hübner

  • Atheroprotective communication between endothelial cells and smooth muscle cells through miRNAs.

    Eduard Hergenreider;Susanne Heydt;Karine Tréguer;Thomas Boettger

  • Inactivation of MyoD in mice leads to up-regulation of the myogenic HLH gene Myf-5 and results in apparently normal muscle development.

    Michael A. Rudnicki;Thomas Braun;Shuji Hinuma;Rudolf Jaenisch

  • A novel human muscle factor related to but distinct from MyoD1 induces myogenic conversion in 10T1/2 fibroblasts.

    T. Braun;G. Buschhausen-Denker;E. Bober;E. Tannich

  • Long Noncoding RNA MALAT1 Regulates Endothelial Cell Function and Vessel Growth

    Katharina M. Michalik;Xintian You;Yosif Manavski;Anuradha Doddaballapur

  • Targeted inactivation of the muscle regulatory gene Myf-5 results in abnormal rib development and perinatal death.

    Thomas Braun;Michael A. Rudnicki;Hans-Henning Arnold;Rudolf Jaenisch

  • Acquisition of the contractile phenotype by murine arterial smooth muscle cells depends on the Mir143/145 gene cluster

    Thomas Boettger;Nadine Beetz;Sawa Kostin;Johanna Schneider

  • Transcriptional mechanisms regulating skeletal muscle differentiation, growth and homeostasis

    Thomas Braun;Mathias Gautel

  • Sirt7 Increases Stress Resistance of Cardiomyocytes and Prevents Apoptosis and Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy in Mice

    Olesya Vakhrusheva;Christian Smolka;Praveen Gajawada;Sawa Kostin

  • Myf-6, a new member of the human gene family of myogenic determination factors: evidence for a gene cluster on chromosome 12.

    T. Braun;E. Bober;B. Winter;N. Rosenthal

  • Obesity-induced overexpression of miRNA-143 inhibits insulin-stimulated AKT activation and impairs glucose metabolism

    Sabine D. Jordan;Markus Krüger;Diana M. Willmes;Nora Redemann

  • Pax7 directs postnatal renewal and propagation of myogenic satellite cells but not their specification.

    Svetlana Oustanina;Gerd Hause;Thomas Braun

  • The testicular receptor for follicle stimulating hormone: structure and functional expression of cloned cDNA

    Rolf Sprengel;Thomas Braun;Károly Nikolics;Deborah L. Segaloff

  • Maintenance therapy with low-dose azacitidine after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for recurrent acute myelogenous leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome: a dose and schedule finding study.

    Marcos J.G. de Lima;Sergio Giralt;Peter F. Thall;Leandro De Padua Silva

  • FOXO1 couples metabolic activity and growth state in the vascular endothelium.

    Kerstin Wilhelm;Katharina Happel;Guy Eelen;Sandra Schoors

  • A biomarker panel for acute graft-versus-host disease

    Sophie Paczesny;Sophie Paczesny;Oleg I Krijanovski;Thomas M Braun;Sung Won Choi

  • Identification of pathogen and host-response markers correlated with periodontal disease.

    Christoph A. Ramseier;Janet S. Kinney;Amy E. Herr;Thomas Braun

  • ATAC-seq footprinting unravels kinetics of transcription factor binding during zygotic genome activation.

    Mette Bentsen;Philipp Goymann;Hendrik Schultheis;Kathrin Klee

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcus Krüger
Marcus Krüger University of Cologne
Werner Seeger
Werner Seeger University of Giessen
Sawa Kostin
Sawa Kostin Max Planck Society
Saverio Bellusci
Saverio Bellusci University of Giessen
Hossein Baharvand
Hossein Baharvand Royan Institute
Andreas M. Zeiher
Andreas M. Zeiher Goethe University Frankfurt
Stefanie Dimmeler
Stefanie Dimmeler Goethe University Frankfurt
Hans Peter Lang
Hans Peter Lang University of Basel
André Schneider
André Schneider University of Bern
Ralph T. Schermuly
Ralph T. Schermuly University of Giessen

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