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Vivian Budnik

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Neuroscience

D-Index
60
Citations
14906
World Ranking
3804
National Ranking
1740

Vivian Budnik publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Vivian Budnik sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 92 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Vivian Budnik D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Vivian Budnik sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1992 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Vivian Budnik is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and related subfields such as Plant Science, Cell Biology, and Ecology.

Their recent publications cover diverse topics within these areas and include the following papers:

  • Crucial Role of Drosophila Neurexin in Proper Active Zone Apposition to Postsynaptic Densities, Synaptic Growth, and Synaptic Transmission, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Capsid transfer of the retrotransposon Copia controls structural synaptic plasticity in Drosophila, 2025, PLoS Biology
  • Structure of an Arc-ane virus-like capsid, 2020, Nature Neuroscience
  • Dueling Endogenous Viral-Like Sequences Control Synaptic Plasticity, 2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Upregulation of FasII underlies synergistic neuropathological and behavioral defects in a Drosophila model of myotonic dystrophy, 2024, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Budnik's work touches on a range of main research topics, including:

  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • RNA regulation and disease
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering

This scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers. Notable coauthors include Travis Thomson, P Githure M'angale, Adrienne Lemieux, Yumeng Liu, and Shuhao Wang. Their work has been published in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), PLoS Biology, Nature Neuroscience, UNC Libraries, and Blood.

Among the recognitions received by Vivian Budnik is the fellowship awarded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1992.

Best Publications

  • Extracellular vesicles round off communication in the nervous system

    Vivian Budnik;Catalina Ruiz-Cañada;Franz Wendler

  • The Drosophila Wnt, Wingless, Provides an Essential Signal for Pre- and Postsynaptic Differentiation

    Mary Packard;Ellen Sumin Koo;Michael Gorczyca;Jade Sharpe

  • Synaptic Vesicle Size and Number Are Regulated by a Clathrin Adaptor Protein Required for Endocytosis

    Bing Zhang;Bing Zhang;Young Ho Koh;Robert B Beckstead;Vivian Budnik

  • Regulation of Synapse Structure and Function by the Drosophila Tumor Suppressor Gene dlg

    Vivian Budnik;Young-Ho Koh;Bo Guan;Beate Hartmann

  • Trans-synaptic transmission of vesicular Wnt signals through Evi/Wntless.

    Ceren Korkut;Bulent Ataman;Preethi Ramachandran;James A. Ashley

  • THE DROSOPHILA TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE DLG IS REQUIRED FOR NORMAL SYNAPTIC BOUTON STRUCTURE

    Timothy Lahey;Michael Gorczyca;Xi-Xi Jia;Vivian Budnik

  • The Drosophila beta-amyloid precursor protein homolog promotes synapse differentiation at the neuromuscular junction.

    Laura Torroja;Mary Packard;Michael Gorczyca;Kalpana White

  • Wnt signaling during synaptic development and plasticity

    Vivian Budnik;Patricia C Salinas

  • Essential Role for dlg in Synaptic Clustering of Shaker K+ Channels In Vivo

    Francisco J. Tejedor;Amr Bokhari;Oscar Rogero;Michael Gorczyca

  • Rapid activity-dependent modifications in synaptic structure and function require bidirectional Wnt signaling.

    Bulent Ataman;James A. Ashley;Michael Gorczyca;Preethi Ramachandran

  • Regulation of DLG Localization at Synapses by CaMKII-Dependent Phosphorylation

    Young Ho Koh;Evgenya Popova;Ulrich Thomas;Leslie C Griffith

  • Mechanism of Evenness Interrupted (Evi)-Exosome Release at Synaptic Boutons

    Kate Koles;John J. Nunnari;Ceren Korkut;Romina Barria

  • Ultrastructure of neuromuscular junctions in drosophila: Comparison of wild type and mutants with increased excitability

    Xi-Xi Jia;Michael Gorczyca;Vivian Budnik

  • Octopamine immunoreactivity in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.

    Maria Monastirioti;Michael Gorczyca;Jürgen Rapus;Manfred Eckert

  • Regulation of Postsynaptic Retrograde Signaling by Presynaptic Exosome Release

    Ceren Korkut;Yihang Li;Kate Koles;Cassandra Brewer

  • Synaptic Clustering of the Cell Adhesion Molecule Fasciclin II by Discs-Large and its Role in the Regulation of Presynaptic Structure

    Ulrich Thomas;Eunjoon Kim;Sven Kuhlendahl;Young Ho Koh

  • Crucial Role of Drosophila Neurexin in Proper Active Zone Apposition to Postsynaptic Densities, Synaptic Growth, and Synaptic Transmission

    Jingjun Li;James A. Ashley;Vivian Budnik;Manzoor A. Bhat

  • Insulin-like receptor and insulin-like peptide are localized at neuromuscular junctions in Drosophila

    Michael Gorczyca;Carolyn Augart;Vivian Budnik

  • New Synaptic Bouton Formation Is Disrupted by Misregulation of Microtubule Stability in aPKC Mutants

    Catalina Ruiz-Canada;James Ashley;Stephanie Moeckel-Cole;Eric Drier

  • Wingless Signaling at Synapses Is Through Cleavage and Nuclear Import of Receptor DFrizzled2

    Dennis Mathew;Dennis Mathew;Bulent Ataman;Bulent Ataman;Jinyun Chen;Jinyun Chen;Yali Zhang;Yali Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc R. Freeman
Marc R. Freeman Oregon Health & Science University
Eckart D. Gundelfinger
Eckart D. Gundelfinger Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
Leslie C. Griffith
Leslie C. Griffith Brandeis University
Melissa J. Moore
Melissa J. Moore University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Young-Tae Chang
Young-Tae Chang Pohang University of Science and Technology
Stephan J. Sigrist
Stephan J. Sigrist Freie Universität Berlin
Morgan Sheng
Morgan Sheng Broad Institute
Eunjoon Kim
Eunjoon Kim Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Hugo J. Bellen
Hugo J. Bellen Baylor College of Medicine
Norbert Perrimon
Norbert Perrimon Harvard University

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