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Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Peng Tan
China Agricultural University
2
Anand Singh Rathore
Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi
3
Weikang Yu
Northeast Agricultural University
4
Chenkai Li
BC Cancer Agency
5
Kruttika Purohit
Macquarie University
6
Paulina Szymczak
Helmholtz Zentrum München
7
Kayla E. Grooters
Western Michigan University
8
Guobang Shi
China Pharmaceutical University
9
Qiuye Jia
Kunming Medical University
10
Weinan Jiang
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Papers

1
ToxinPred 3.0: An improved method for predicting the toxicity of peptides
Computers in Biology and Medicine|2024
232 cit.
2
Exploring the Potential of Bioactive Peptides: From Natural Sources to Therapeutics
International Journal of Molecular Sciences|2024
130 cit.
3
Publication in Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology (2024) [126 citations, W4391033281]
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology|2024
126 cit.
4
Publication in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2024) [120 citations, W4392451749]
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces|2024
120 cit.
5
Prediction of hemolytic peptides and their hemolytic concentration
Communications Biology|2025
46 cit.
6
Publication in Advanced Fiber Materials (2024) [45 citations, W4396592476]
Advanced Fiber Materials|2024
45 cit.
7
Publication in Science Advances (2025) [26 citations, W4412493885]
Science Advances|2025
26 cit.
8
Publication in Protein Science (2024) [17 citations, W4400559696]
Protein Science|2024
17 cit.
9
Publication in Materials Today Bio (2024) [11 citations, W4401357414]
Materials Today Bio|2024
11 cit.
10
Novel bioactive peptides from ginger rhizome: Integrating in silico and in vitro analysis with mechanistic insights through molecular docking
Food Chemistry|2025
9 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
César de la Fuente‐Núñez
Translational Therapeutics (United States)
2
Bernhard Krismer
German Center for Infection Research
3
Edgar H. H. Wong
UNSW Sydney
4
Penglong Wang
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
5
David C. Dallas
Oregon State University
6
Leyi Wei
University of Macau
7
Rona Chandrawati
UNSW Sydney
8
Neil M. O’Brien‐Simpson
Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne
9
Martijn Riool
University Hospital Regensburg
10
Holger Hübner
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Papers

1
Machine learning for antimicrobial peptide identification and design
Nature Reviews Bioengineering|2024
219 cit.
2
ToxIBTL: prediction of peptide toxicity based on information bottleneck and transfer learning
Bioinformatics|2022
179 cit.
3
DeepBIO: an automated and interpretable deep-learning platform for high-throughput biological sequence prediction, functional annotation and visualization analysis
Nucleic Acids Research|2023
175 cit.
4
iDNA-ABF: multi-scale deep biological language learning model for the interpretable prediction of DNA methylations
Genome biology|2022
161 cit.
5
Deep-learning-enabled antibiotic discovery through molecular de-extinction
Nature Biomedical Engineering|2024
156 cit.
6
Molecular de-extinction of ancient antimicrobial peptides enabled by machine learning
Cell Host & Microbe|2023
145 cit.
7
Mining human microbiomes reveals an untapped source of peptide antibiotics
Cell|2024
145 cit.
8
Natural Carrier‐Free Binary Small Molecule Self‐Assembled Hydrogel Synergize Antibacterial Effects and Promote Wound Healing by Inhibiting Virulence Factors and Alleviating the Inflammatory Response
Small|2022
118 cit.
9
Retrosynthesis prediction with an interpretable deep-learning framework based on molecular assembly tasks
Nature Communications|2023
115 cit.
10
Autonomous Treatment of Bacterial Infections <i>in Vivo</i> Using Antimicrobial Micro- and Nanomotors
ACS Nano|2022
111 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Robert E. W. Hancock
University of British Columbia
2
Richard L. Gallo
University of California San Diego
3
David L. Kaplan
Tufts University
4
Tomas Ganz
University of California, Los Angeles
5
Bruce Beutler
Southwestern Medical Center
6
Shizuo Akira
Kunsan National University
7
Robert L. Modlin
University of California, Los Angeles
8
Samuel H. Gellman
University of Wisconsin–Madison
9
Yechiel Shai
Weizmann Institute of Science
10
Charles Bevins
University of California, Davis

Papers

1
Defective LPS Signaling in C3H/HeJ and C57BL/10ScCr Mice: Mutations in <i>Tlr4</i> Gene
Science|1998
7.6k cit.
2
Agar and broth dilution methods to determine the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of antimicrobial substances
Nature Protocols|2008
6.1k cit.
3
Toll-Like Receptor Triggering of a Vitamin D-Mediated Human Antimicrobial Response
Science|2006
3.9k cit.
4
Differential roles of MDA5 and RIG-I helicases in the recognition of RNA viruses
Nature|2006
3.8k cit.
5
Cutting Edge: Toll-Like Receptor 4 (TLR4)-Deficient Mice Are Hyporesponsive to Lipopolysaccharide: Evidence for TLR4 as the <i>Lps</i> Gene Product
The Journal of Immunology|1999
3.4k cit.
6
Differential Roles of TLR2 and TLR4 in Recognition of Gram-Negative and Gram-Positive Bacterial Cell Wall Components
Immunity|1999
3.4k cit.
7
Role of Adaptor TRIF in the MyD88-Independent Toll-Like Receptor Signaling Pathway
Science|2003
3.2k cit.
8
Materials fabrication from Bombyx mori silk fibroin
Nature Protocols|2011
3k cit.
9
IPS-1, an adaptor triggering RIG-I- and Mda5-mediated type I interferon induction
Nature Immunology|2005
2.5k cit.
10
Silk as a biomaterial
Progress in Polymer Science|2007
2.5k cit.

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