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Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Andrew I. Jewett
Scripps Research Institute
2
Austin G. Rottinghaus
Washington University in St. Louis
3
Akshay Sabnis
Imperial College London
4
Amar Deep
University of California San Diego
5
Sergio Arredondo-Alonso
University of Oslo
6
Avigail Stokar-Avihail
Weizmann Institute of Science
7
Karol Fiedorczuk
Rockefeller University
8
Andreas K. Brödel
Eligo Bioscience (France)
9
Ariane Théatre
Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
10
Miloš Tišma
Delft University of Technology

Papers

1
Publication in Nature (2024) [104 citations, W4400491667]
Nature|2024
104 cit.
2
Architecture and activation mechanism of the bacterial PARIS defence system
Nature|2024
55 cit.
3
The structures of protein kinase A in complex with CFTR: Mechanisms of phosphorylation and noncatalytic activation
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2024
19 cit.
4
Publication in Nature Communications (2024) [6 citations, W4393253159]
Nature Communications|2024
6 cit.
5
Non-conjugative plasmids limit their mobility to persist in nature
Cell Reports|2025
2 cit.
6
Publication in Nature (2024) [W4404814299]
Nature|2024
0 cit.
7
Engineering genetic tools to control individual microbes and microbiota without antibiotic resistance genes at a single strain level
New Biotechnology|2025
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Jonathan S. Gootenberg
Brigham and Women's Hospital
2
J.L. Hansen
Washington University in St. Louis
3
Daniel Franke
Max Planck Unit for Structural Molecular Biology
4
Yindi Jiang
Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology
5
Georgia R. Squyres
California Institute of Technology
6
Yen‐Pang Hsu
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States)
7
Erkin Kuru
Indiana University Bloomington
8
Quanjiang Ji
ShanghaiTech University
9
Xiongfeng Dai
Central China Normal University
10
Nicholas Noinaj
Purdue University West Lafayette

Papers

1
Drag-and-drop genome insertion of large sequences without double-strand DNA cleavage using CRISPR-directed integrases
Nature Biotechnology|2022
429 cit.
2
Shaping of microbial phenotypes by trade-offs
Nature Communications|2024
98 cit.
3
Stringent response ensures the timely adaptation of bacterial growth to nutrient downshift
Nature Communications|2023
82 cit.
4
Cas12n nucleases, early evolutionary intermediates of type V CRISPR, comprise a distinct family of miniature genome editors
Molecular Cell|2023
74 cit.
5
A test of the pioneer factor hypothesis using ectopic liver gene activation
eLife|2022
70 cit.
6
Guide RNA engineering enables efficient CRISPR editing with a miniature Syntrophomonas palmitatica Cas12f1 nuclease
Cell Reports|2022
55 cit.
7
A quantitative metric of pioneer activity reveals that HNF4A has stronger in vivo pioneer activity than FOXA1
Genome biology|2022
34 cit.
8
Integrated control of bacterial growth and stress response by (p)ppGpp in Escherichia coli: A seesaw fashion
iScience|2024
33 cit.
9
Reprogramming site-specific retrotransposon activity to new DNA sites
Nature|2025
33 cit.
10
Molecular basis and engineering of miniature Cas12f with C-rich PAM specificity
Nature Chemical Biology|2023
32 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Daron M. Standley
The University of Osaka
2
Richard Losick
Harvard University
3
Stanley N. Cohen
Stanford University
4
E. Peter Greenberg
University of Washington
5
Roberto Kolter
Harvard University
6
Masayori Inouye
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
7
George M. Church
Harvard University Press
8
Joachim Messing
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
9
Thomas J. Silhavy
Princeton University
10
Peter Setlow
Institute for Molecular Science

Papers

1
MAFFT Multiple Sequence Alignment Software Version 7: Improvements in Performance and Usability
Molecular Biology and Evolution|2013
48.3k cit.
2
Improved M13 phage cloning vectors and host strains: nucleotide sequences of the M13mpl8 and pUC19 vectors
Gene|1985
15.2k cit.
3
RNA-Guided Human Genome Engineering via Cas9
Science|2013
9.4k cit.
4
Genomic sequencing.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|1984
8.2k cit.
5
The pUC plasmids, an M13mp7-derived system for insertion mutagenesis and sequencing with synthetic universal primers
Gene|1982
6.1k cit.
6
[2] New M13 vectors for cloning
Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology|1983
5.4k cit.
7
Construction and characterization of amplifiable multicopy DNA cloning vehicles derived from the P15A cryptic miniplasmid
Journal of Bacteriology|1978
4.3k cit.
8
The Involvement of Cell-to-Cell Signals in the Development of a Bacterial Biofilm
Science|1998
3.4k cit.
9
A new pair of M13 vectors for selecting either DNA strand of double-digest restriction fragments
Gene|1982
2.9k cit.
10
Nonchromosomal Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: Genetic Transformation of <i>Escherichia coli</i> by R-Factor DNA
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|1972
2.7k cit.

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