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Beate M. Kümmerer

Beate M. Kümmerer

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Microbiology

D-Index
45
Citations
7445
World Ranking
5026
National Ranking
344

Overview

Beate M. Kümmerer is affiliated with the University of Bonn in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on infectious diseases, public health, molecular biology, immunology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

Their research work spans several main topics, including:

  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Viral infections and vectors
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research
  • Interferon and immune responses
  • COVID-19 clinical research studies
  • Inflammasome and immune disorders
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques

Beate M. Kümmerer's recent papers include:

  • Structure-guided multivalent nanobodies block SARS-CoV-2 infection and suppress mutational escape, 2021, Science
  • Infection fatality rate of SARS-CoV2 in a super-spreading event in Germany, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Infection fatality rate of SARS-CoV-2 infection in a German community with a super-spreading event, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Early IFN-α signatures and persistent dysfunction are distinguishing features of NK cells in severe COVID-19, 2021, Immunity
  • Impaired ketogenesis ties metabolism to T cell dysfunction in COVID-19, 2022, Nature

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kümmerer have been:

  • Gunther Hartmann
  • Hendrik Streeck
  • Hiroki Kato
  • Florian I. Schmidt
  • Eva Bartok

Their publications are often featured in the following venues, where they have multiple publications:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Viruses
  • Laryngo-Rhino-Otologie
  • Nature Communications
  • Science

Kümmerer's work in medicine comprises numerous publications across the intersecting subfields of infectious diseases, public health, molecular biology, immunology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine, indicating a multidisciplinary approach.

Best Publications

  • Structure-guided multivalent nanobodies block SARS-CoV-2 infection and suppress mutational escape.

    Paul-Albert Koenig;Hrishikesh Das;Hejun Liu;Beate M. Kümmerer

  • Mutations in the Yellow Fever Virus Nonstructural Protein NS2A Selectively Block Production of Infectious Particles

    Beate M. Kümmerer;Charles M. Rice

  • A Conserved Histidine in the RNA Sensor RIG-I Controls Immune Tolerance to N1-2′O-Methylated Self RNA

    Christine Schuberth-Wagner;Janos Ludwig;Ann Kristin Bruder;Anna-Maria Herzner

  • Inhibition of Filovirus Replication by the Zinc Finger Antiviral Protein

    Stefanie Müller;Peggy Möller;Matthew J. Bick;Stephanie Wurr

  • Recovery of cytopathogenic and noncytopathogenic bovine viral diarrhea viruses from cDNA constructs.

    G Meyers;N Tautz;P Becher;H J Thiel

  • Early IFN-α signatures and persistent dysfunction are distinguishing features of NK cells in severe COVID-19.

    Benjamin Krämer;Rainer Knoll;Lorenzo Bonaguro;Michael ToVinh

  • Infection fatality rate of SARS-CoV-2 infection in a German community with a super-spreading event

    Hendrik Streeck;Bianca Schulte;Beate Kuemmerer;Enrico Richter

  • Evidence for novel hepaciviruses in rodents.

    Jan Felix Drexler;Victor Max Corman;Marcel Alexander Müller;Alexander N. Lukashev

  • High Zika Virus Seroprevalence in Salvador, Northeastern Brazil Limits the Potential for Further Outbreaks.

    Eduardo Martins Netto;Andres Moreira-Soto;Celia Pedroso;Christoph Höser

  • Discovery of berberine, abamectin and ivermectin as antivirals against chikungunya and other alphaviruses.

    Finny S. Varghese;Pasi Kaukinen;Sabine Gläsker;Maxim Bespalov

  • Novel attenuated Chikungunya vaccine candidates elicit protective immunity in C57BL/6 mice.

    David Hallengärd;Maria Kakoulidou;Aleksei Lulla;Beate M. Kümmerer

  • Molecular diagnostics of viral hemorrhagic fevers

    Christian Drosten;Beate M Kümmerer;Herbert Schmitz;Stephan Günther

  • Infection fatality rate of SARS-CoV2 in a super-spreading event in Germany.

    Hendrik Streeck;Bianca Schulte;Beate M. Kümmerer;Enrico Richter

  • Evidence for a Pathophysiological Role of Keratinocyte-Derived Type III Interferon (IFNλ) in Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus

    Sabine Zahn;Claudia Rehkämper;Beate M. Kümmerer;Sandra Ferring-Schmidt

  • Assay optimization for molecular detection of Zika virus.

    Victor M Corman;Andrea Rasche;Cecile Baronti;Souhaib Aldabbagh

  • The green tea catechin, epigallocatechin gallate inhibits chikungunya virus infection

    Christopher Weber;Katja Sliva;Christine von Rhein;Beate M. Kümmerer

  • Mapping of chikungunya virus interactions with host proteins identified nsp2 as a highly connected viral component

    Mehdi Bouraï;Marianne Lucas-Hourani;Hans Henrik Gad;Christian Drosten

  • A Novel Poxvirus-based Vaccine (MVA-CHIKV) is Highly Immunogenic and Protects Mice against Chikungunya Infection

    Juan García-Arriaza;Victoria Cepeda;David Hallengärd;Carlos Óscar S. Sorzano

  • The conserved macrodomains of the non-structural proteins of Chikungunya virus and other pathogenic positive strand RNA viruses function as mono-ADP-ribosylhydrolases.

    Laura Eckei;Sarah Krieg;Mareike Bütepage;Anne Lehmann

  • A Global Interactome Map of the Dengue Virus NS1 Identifies Virus Restriction and Dependency Host Factors

    Mohamed Lamine Hafirassou;Laurent Meertens;Claudia Umaña-Diaz;Athena Labeau

  • Correlation between a quantitative anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG ELISA and neutralization activity.

    Ramona Dolscheid-Pommerich;Eva Bartok;Marcel Renn;Beate M Kümmerer

  • Diagnostic reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction kit for filoviruses based on the strain collections of all European biosafety level 4 laboratories

    Marcus Panning;Thomas Laue;Stephan Ölschlager;Markus Eickmann

  • Attenuated and vectored vaccines protect nonhuman primates against Chikungunya virus

    Pierre Roques;Karl Ljungberg;Beate M. Kümmerer;Leslie Gosse

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Drosten
Christian Drosten Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Jan Felix Drexler
Jan Felix Drexler Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Marc Lecuit
Marc Lecuit Institut Pasteur
Gunther Hartmann
Gunther Hartmann University Hospital Bonn
Xavier de Lamballerie
Xavier de Lamballerie Aix-Marseille University
Peter Liljeström
Peter Liljeström Karolinska Institute
Andres Merits
Andres Merits University of Tartu
Pierre-Olivier Vidalain
Pierre-Olivier Vidalain Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Pierre Roques
Pierre Roques University of Paris-Saclay
Anna Maria Eis-Hübinger
Anna Maria Eis-Hübinger University of Bonn

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