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Microbial infections and disease research

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Saba Akbar
Unknown
2
Soniya Ranveer
National Dairy Research Institute
3
Nico Joël Halwe
Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
4
Fernando Gordillo Altamirano
Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research centre
5
Ruo Han Wang
Stanford University
6
Baptiste Gaborieau
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
7
Minyoung Kevin Kim
Kyungpook National University
8
Brieuc Van Nieuwenhuyse
UCLouvain
9
Amany M. Al-Anany
McMaster University
10
Aleksandra Petrović Fabijan
The University of Sydney

Papers

1
Positive and negative aspects of bacteriophages and their immense role in the food chain
npj Science of Food|2024
195 cit.
2
H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b dynamics in experimentally infected calves and cows
Nature|2024
168 cit.
3
Publication in Nature Microbiology (2024) [119 citations, W4403946928]
Nature Microbiology|2024
119 cit.
4
A blueprint for broadly effective bacteriophage-antibiotic cocktails against bacterial infections
Nature Communications|2024
104 cit.
5
Temperate phage-antibiotic synergy across antibiotic classes reveals new mechanism for preventing lysogeny
mBio|2024
25 cit.
6
Bat-borne H9N2 influenza virus evades MxA restriction and exhibits efficient replication and transmission in ferrets
Nature Communications|2024
20 cit.
7
Publication in Journal of Virology (2024) [18 citations, W4402042510]
Journal of Virology|2024
18 cit.
8
Case report: Personalized triple phage-antibiotic combination therapy to rescue necrotizing fasciitis caused by Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing MRSA in a 12-year-old boy
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology|2024
10 cit.
9
Coding genomes with gapped pattern graph convolutional network
Bioinformatics|2024
5 cit.
10
Phage-Mediated Digestive Decolonization in a Gut-On-A-Chip Model: A Tale of Gut-Specific Bacterial Prosperity
Viruses|2024
3 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Jeremy J. Barr
Monash University
2
Mehwish Qamar
University of Bristol
3
Evelien M. Adriaenssens
Norwich Research Park
4
Madeeha Arshad
University of Education
5
Tim Gilbey
Westmead Hospital
6
Qiyan Xiong
Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences
7
Ryan M. Wallace
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
8
Shuai Le
Army Medical University
9
Trevor W. Alexander
University of Lethbridge
10
Ed Siegwart
London Centre for Nanotechnology

Papers

1
Abolishment of morphology-based taxa and change to binomial species names: 2022 taxonomy update of the ICTV bacterial viruses subcommittee
Archives of Virology|2023
467 cit.
2
Phage-antibiotic combination is a superior treatment against Acinetobacter baumannii in a preclinical study
EBioMedicine|2022
144 cit.
3
Rabies surveillance in the United States during 2021
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association|2023
66 cit.
4
Bacteriophages evolve enhanced persistence to a mucosal surface
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2022
48 cit.
5
Rabies surveillance in the United States during 2020
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association|2022
43 cit.
6
Mammalian cells internalize bacteriophages and use them as a resource to enhance cellular growth and survival
PLoS Biology|2023
41 cit.
7
A multifunctional enolase mediates cytoadhesion and interaction with host plasminogen and fibronectin in Mycoplasma hyorhinis
Veterinary Research|2022
38 cit.
8
Rabies surveillance in the United States during 2022
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association|2024
34 cit.
9
A country classification system to inform rabies prevention guidelines and regulations
Journal of Travel Medicine|2022
33 cit.
10
First‐in‐human application of double‐stranded RNA bacteriophage in the treatment of pulmonary <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> infection
Microbial Biotechnology|2023
33 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
David Lane
Indiana University Bloomington
2
Jonathan M. Rothberg
Roche (United States)
3
Charles E. Rupprecht
Auburn University
4
J. Craig Venter
J. Craig Venter Institute
5
Marilyn C. Roberts
University of Washington
6
Joachim Frey
University of Bern
7
Freddy Haesebrouck
Ghent University
8
Graham F. Hatfull
University of Pittsburgh
9
Magne Bisgaard
Moesgaard Museum
10
Ole Lund
Technical University of Denmark

Papers

1
The Sequence of the Human Genome
Science|2001
13.7k cit.
2
16S ribosomal DNA amplification for phylogenetic study
Journal of Bacteriology|1991
11.8k cit.
3
16S/23S rRNA sequencing
Medical Entomology and Zoology|1991
8k cit.
4
Genome sequencing in microfabricated high-density picolitre reactors
Nature|2005
7.7k cit.
5
The Genome Sequence of <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i>
Science|2000
6k cit.
6
Whole-Genome Random Sequencing and Assembly of <i>Haemophilus influenzae</i> Rd
Science|1995
5.6k cit.
7
A comprehensive analysis of protein–protein interactions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Nature|2000
4.7k cit.
8
Tetracycline Antibiotics: Mode of Action, Applications, Molecular Biology, and Epidemiology of Bacterial Resistance
Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews|2001
4.5k cit.
9
Environmental Genome Shotgun Sequencing of the Sargasso Sea
Science|2004
4.4k cit.
10
The complete genome sequence of the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori
Nature|1997
3.6k cit.

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