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Switzerland
2026

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Genetics

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Molecular Biology

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114
Citations
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World Ranking
321
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Beat Keller is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland and specializes primarily in Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research spans several subfields including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cell Biology, and Biotechnology.

Their work covers a range of main topics that include:

  • Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics
  • Plant pathogens and resistance mechanisms
  • Powdery Mildew Fungal Diseases
  • Plant Pathogens and Resistance
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

Beat Keller has contributed to various research articles, many of which have been published in high-profile scientific journals. Notable papers include:

  • Multiple wheat genomes reveal global variation in modern breeding, 2020, Nature
  • Population genomic analysis of Aegilops tauschii identifies targets for bread wheat improvement, 2021, Nature Biotechnology
  • Chromosome-scale genome assembly provides insights into rye biology, evolution and agronomic potential, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • The NLR-Annotator Tool Enables Annotation of the Intracellular Immune Receptor Repertoire, 2020, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • Wheat Pm4 resistance to powdery mildew is controlled by alternative splice variants encoding chimeric proteins, 2021, Nature Plants

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers in the field. The most frequent co-authors include:

  • Thomas Wicker
  • Javier Sánchez-Martín
  • Marion C. Müller
  • Victoria Widrig
  • Lukas Kunz

Beat Keller's publications appear regularly in several scientific venues, indicating an active engagement in their research community. Common publication venues are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Plants
  • Communications Biology
  • Nature Communications

Beyond articles, Beat Keller has contributed to books published by the European Organization for Nuclear Research, including titles such as Ficht Tanner: Musiker, Zeichner, Sticker (2021) and Ernst Kriemer, 1902-1975: der Lebensweg eines Bürgers von Speicher (2022).

Best Publications

  • The Sorghum bicolor genome and the diversification of grasses

    Andrew H. Paterson;John E. Bowers;Rémy Bruggmann;Inna Dubchak

  • Shifting the limits in wheat research and breeding using a fully annotated reference genome

    Rudi Appels;Rudi Appels;Kellye Eversole;Nils Stein;Nils Stein

  • A chromosome-based draft sequence of the hexaploid bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) genome

    Klaus F. X. Mayer;Jane Rogers;Jaroslav Doležel

  • A Putative ABC Transporter Confers Durable Resistance to Multiple Fungal Pathogens in Wheat

    Simon G. Krattinger;Evans S. Lagudah;Wolfgang Spielmeyer;Ravi P. Singh

  • Multiple wheat genomes reveal global variation in modern breeding.

    Sean Walkowiak;Sean Walkowiak;Liangliang Gao;Cecile Monat;Georg Haberer

  • Aegilops tauschii draft genome sequence reveals a gene repertoire for wheat adaptation

    Jizeng Jia;Shancen Zhao;Xiuying Kong;Yingrui Li

  • Nuclear Activity of MLA Immune Receptors Links Isolate-Specific and Basal Disease-Resistance Responses

    Qian-Hua Shen;Yusuke Saijo;Stefan Mauch;Christoph Biskup

  • Map-based isolation of the leaf rust disease resistance gene Lr10 from the hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genome

    Catherine Feuillet;Silvia Travella;Nils Stein;Nils Stein;Laurence Albar;Laurence Albar

  • Genetic mapping of 66 new microsatellite (SSR) loci in bread wheat.

    P. K. Gupta;H. S. Balyan;K. J. Edwards;P. Isaac

  • Genome analysis at different ploidy levels allows cloning of the powdery mildew resistance gene Pm3b from hexaploid wheat.

    Nabila Yahiaoui;Payorm Srichumpa;Robert Dudler;Beat Keller

  • Gene-specific markers for the wheat gene Lr34/Yr18/Pm38 which confers resistance to multiple fungal pathogens

    Evans S. Lagudah;Simon G. Krattinger;Sybil Herrera-Foessel;Ravi P. Singh

  • Molecular cloning of a new receptor-like kinase gene encoded at the Lr10 disease resistance locus of wheat

    Catherine Feuillet;Gabriele Schachermayr;Beat Keller

  • The tomato fer gene encoding a bHLH protein controls iron-uptake responses in roots.

    Hong-Qing Ling;Petra Bauer;Zsolt Bereczky;Beat Keller

  • Genebank genomics highlights the diversity of a global barley collection

    Sara G Milner;Matthias Jost;Matthias Jost;Shin Taketa;Elena Rey Mazón

  • A workshop report on wheat genome sequencing: international genome research on wheat consortium

    B.S. Gill;R. Appels;A.M. Botha-Oberholster;C.R. Buell

  • Leaf rust resistance gene Lr1, isolated from bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is a member of the large psr567 gene family.

    Sylvie Cloutier;Brent D. McCallum;Caroline Loutre;Travis W. Banks

  • The chimeric leucine-rich repeat/extensin cell wall protein LRX1 is required for root hair morphogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Nicolas Baumberger;Christoph Ringli;Beat Keller

  • The Arabidopsis male-sterile mutant dde2-2 is defective in the ALLENE OXIDE SYNTHASE gene encoding one of the key enzymes of the jasmonic acid biosynthesis pathway

    Bernadette von Malek;Eric van der Graaff;Kay Schneitz;Beat Keller

  • Identification and localization of molecular markers linked to the Lr9 leaf rust resistance gene of wheat.

    G. Schachermayr;H. Siedler;M. D. Gale;H. Winzeler

  • Genome-wide comparative analysis of copia retrotransposons in Triticeae, rice, and Arabidopsis reveals conserved ancient evolutionary lineages and distinct dynamics of individual copia families.

    Thomas Wicker;Beat Keller

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Wicker
Thomas Wicker University of Zurich
Simon G. Krattinger
Simon G. Krattinger King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Catherine Feuillet
Catherine Feuillet Bayer (Germany)
Nils Stein
Nils Stein University of Western Australia
Evans Lagudah
Evans Lagudah Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Burkhard Steuernagel
Burkhard Steuernagel John Innes Centre
Hana Šimková
Hana Šimková Czech Academy of Sciences
Jochen Kumlehn
Jochen Kumlehn Leibniz Association
Goetz Hensel
Goetz Hensel Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences
Klaus F. X. Mayer
Klaus F. X. Mayer Technical University of Munich

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