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70
Citations
16749
World Ranking
7040
National Ranking
181

Overview

Bas Teusink is affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands and works primarily in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research contributions total 151 publications focused on areas such as Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Food Science, Genetics, and Spectroscopy.

The scientist's work spans a range of topics including Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction, Fungal and yeast genetics research, Gene Regulatory Network Analysis, Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks, Biofuel production and bioconversion, Probiotics and Fermented Foods, and Fermentation and Sensory Analysis.

Bas Teusink has published in multiple venues, with frequent contributions to bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), FEMS Microbiology Reviews, mSystems, and Nature Biotechnology.

Notable recent papers include:

  • "MEMOTE for standardized genome-scale metabolic model testing" (2020), Nature Biotechnology
  • "Metabolic cooperation and spatiotemporal niche partitioning in a kefir microbial community" (2021), Nature Microbiology
  • "Searching for principles of microbial physiology" (2020), FEMS Microbiology Reviews
  • "Whole-cell modeling in yeast predicts compartment-specific proteome constraints that drive metabolic strategies" (2022), Nature Communications
  • "Quantitative analysis of amino acid metabolism in liver cancer links glutamate excretion to nucleotide synthesis" (2020), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Bas Teusink frequently collaborates with several co-authors. These include Pranas Grigaitis, Frank J. Bruggeman, Johan H. van Heerden, Herwig Bachmann, and Sebastián N. Mendoza, each contributing to multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • A functional genomics strategy that uses metabolome data to reveal the phenotype of silent mutations

    Léonie M. Raamsdonk;Bas Teusink;David Broadhurst;Nianshu Zhang

  • Can yeast glycolysis be understood in terms of in vitro kinetics of the constituent enzymes? Testing biochemistry.

    Bas Teusink;Jutta Passarge;Corinne A. Reijenga;Eugenia Esgalhado

  • Shifts in growth strategies reflect tradeoffs in cellular economics

    Douwe Molenaar;Rogier van Berlo;Dick de Ridder;Bas Teusink

  • MEMOTE for standardized genome-scale metabolic model testing

    Christian Lieven;Moritz Emanuel Beber;Brett G. Olivier;Frank T. Bergmann

  • Analysis of Growth of Lactobacillus plantarum WCFS1 on a Complex Medium Using a Genome-scale Metabolic Model

    Bas Teusink;Anne Wiersma;Douwe Molenaar;Christof Francke

  • Lost in Transition: Start-Up of Glycolysis Yields Subpopulations of Nongrowing Cells

    Johan H. van Heerden;Johan H. van Heerden;Johan H. van Heerden;Meike T. Wortel;Meike T. Wortel;Meike T. Wortel;Frank J. Bruggeman;Frank J. Bruggeman;Joseph J. Heijnen

  • The danger of metabolic pathways with turbo design

    B Teusink;M C Walsh;K van Dam;H V Westerhoff

  • Bet-hedging during bacterial diauxic shift

    Ana Solopova;Jordi van Gestel;Franz J. Weissing;Herwig Bachmann

  • Reconstructing the metabolic network of a bacterium from its genome

    Christof Francke;Roland J. Siezen;Bas Teusink

  • SBML Level 3: an extensible format for the exchange and reuse of biological models

    Sarah M. Keating;Sarah M. Keating;Dagmar Waltemath;Matthias König;Fengkai Zhang

  • Community Flux Balance Analysis for Microbial Consortia at Balanced Growth

    Ruchir A. Khandelwal;Brett G. Olivier;Brett G. Olivier;Wilfred F. M. Röling;Wilfred F. M. Röling;Bas Teusink;Bas Teusink

  • How fast-growing bacteria robustly tune their ribosome concentration to approximate growth-rate maximization.

    Evert Bosdriesz;Douwe Molenaar;Bas Teusink;Frank J. Bruggeman

  • Acetaldehyde mediates the synchronization of sustained glycolytic oscillations in populations of yeast cells

    P. Richard;B.M. Bakker;B. Teusink;K. van Dam

  • Finding functional differences between species in a microbial community: Case studies in wine fermentation and Kefir culture

    Chrats Melkonian;Willi Gottstein;Sonja Blasche;Yongkyu Kim

  • Compartmentation protects trypanosomes from the dangerous design of glycolysis

    BM Bakker;Fic Mensonides;B Teusink;P van Hoek

  • CD36 deficiency increases insulin sensitivity in muscle, but induces insulin resistance in the liver in mice.

    Jeltje R. Goudriaan;Vivian E.H. Dahlmans;Bas Teusink;D. Margriet Ouwens

  • In Silico Reconstruction of the Metabolic Pathways of Lactobacillus plantarum: Comparing Predictions of Nutrient Requirements with Those from Growth Experiments

    Bas Teusink;Frank H. J. van Enckevort;Christof Francke;Anne Wiersma

  • Accelerating the reconstruction of genome-scale metabolic networks

    Richard A. Notebaart;Frank H. J. van Enckevort;Christof Francke;Roland J. Siezen

  • Availability of public goods shapes the evolution of competing metabolic strategies

    H. Bachmann;M. Fischlechner;I. Rabbers;N. Barfa

  • Can yeast glycolysis be understood in terms of in vitro kinetics of the constituent enzymes

    Teusink B;Passarge J;Reijenga Ka;Esgalhado E

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans V. Westerhoff
Hans V. Westerhoff Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Douwe Molenaar
Douwe Molenaar Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Willem M. de Vos
Willem M. de Vos Wageningen University & Research
Barbara M. Bakker
Barbara M. Bakker University Medical Center Groningen
Oscar P. Kuipers
Oscar P. Kuipers University of Groningen
Jens Nielsen
Jens Nielsen Chalmers University of Technology
Louis M. Havekes
Louis M. Havekes Leiden University Medical Center
Eddy J. Smid
Eddy J. Smid Wageningen University & Research
Jeroen Hugenholtz
Jeroen Hugenholtz University of Groningen
Jan Kok
Jan Kok University of Groningen

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