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Benedikt M. Kessler

Benedikt M. Kessler

University of Oxford
United Kingdom

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Biology and Biochemistry
UK
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
104
Citations
40290
World Ranking
1253
National Ranking
67

Benedikt M. Kessler publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Benedikt M. Kessler sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 518 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Benedikt M. Kessler D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Benedikt M. Kessler sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 104 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Benedikt M. Kessler is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with notable contributions in various subfields including Molecular Biology, Immunology, Oncology, Surgery, and Cell Biology.

The scientist's work covers significant topics such as:

  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • Interferon and immune responses
  • Peptidase inhibition and analysis
  • Organ transplantation techniques and outcomes
  • Renal transplantation outcomes and treatments
  • Immunotherapy and immune responses
  • Autophagy in disease and therapy

Some of the more frequent publishing venues for Benedikt M. Kessler include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Cancer Research
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Transplantation

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kessler include:

  • Adán Pinto-Fernández
  • Román Fischer
  • Iolanda Vendrell
  • Darragh P. O'Brien
  • Andreas Damianou

Notable recent papers by Benedikt M. Kessler include:

  • "Broad and strong memory CD4+ and CD8+ T cells induced by SARS-CoV-2 in UK convalescent individuals following COVID-19" (2020), Nature Immunology
  • "Supramolecular attack particles are autonomous killing entities released from cytotoxic T cells" (2020), Science
  • "Altered ISGylation drives aberrant macrophage-dependent immune responses during SARS-CoV-2 infection" (2021), Nature Immunology
  • "USP30 sets a trigger threshold for PINK1-PARKIN amplification of mitochondrial ubiquitylation" (2020), Life Science Alliance
  • "Ubiquitomics: An Overview and Future" (2020), Biomolecules

Best Publications

  • Calorie restriction promotes mammalian cell survival by inducing the SIRT1 deacetylase.

    Haim Y. Cohen;Christine Miller;Kevin J. Bitterman;Nathan R. Wall

  • Itaconate is an anti-inflammatory metabolite that activates Nrf2 via alkylation of KEAP1.

    Evanna L Mills;Dylan G Ryan;Hiran A Prag;Dina Dikovskaya

  • Broad and strong memory CD4 + and CD8 + T cells induced by SARS-CoV-2 in UK convalescent individuals following COVID-19.

    Y Peng;A J Mentzer;G Liu;G Liu;X Yao

  • Variant PRC1 Complex-Dependent H2A Ubiquitylation Drives PRC2 Recruitment and Polycomb Domain Formation

    Neil P. Blackledge;Anca M. Farcas;Takashi Kondo;Hamish W. King

  • Acetylation of the C terminus of Ku70 by CBP and PCAF controls Bax-mediated apoptosis.

    Haim Y Cohen;Siva Lavu;Kevin J Bitterman;Brian Hekking

  • Chemistry-Based Functional Proteomics Reveals Novel Members of the Deubiquitinating Enzyme Family

    Anna Borodovsky;Huib Ovaa;Nagamalleswari Kolli;Tudeviin Gan-Erdene

  • Colonic epithelial cell diversity in health and inflammatory bowel disease

    Kaushal Parikh;Kaushal Parikh;Agne Antanaviciute;Agne Antanaviciute;David Fawkner-Corbett;David Fawkner-Corbett;David Fawkner-Corbett;Marta Jagielowicz;Marta Jagielowicz

  • Renal Cyst Formation in Fh1-Deficient Mice Is Independent of the Hif/Phd Pathway: Roles for Fumarate in KEAP1 Succination and Nrf2 Signaling

    Julie Adam;Emine Hatipoglu;Linda O'Flaherty;Nicola Ternette

  • A novel active site-directed probe specific for deubiquitylating enzymes reveals proteasome association of USP14.

    Anna Borodovsky;Benedikt M. Kessler;Rocco Casagrande;Herman S. Overkleeft

  • A Small Molecule Inhibitor of Ubiquitin-Specific Protease-7 Induces Apoptosis in Multiple Myeloma Cells and Overcomes Bortezomib Resistance

    Dharminder Chauhan;Ze Tian;Benjamin Nicholson;K.G. Suresh Kumar

  • Arginine methylation regulates the p53 response

    Martin Jansson;Stephen T. Durant;Er Chieh Cho;Sharon Sheahan

  • KDM2B links the Polycomb Repressive Complex 1 (PRC1) to recognition of CpG islands

    Anca M Farcas;Neil P Blackledge;Ian Sudbery;Hannah K Long;Hannah K Long

  • Jmjd6 catalyses lysyl-hydroxylation of U2AF65, a protein associated with RNA splicing

    Celia J. Webby;Alexander Wolf;Natalia Gromak;Mathias Dreger

  • Loss of autophagy in erythroid cells leads to defective removal of mitochondria and severe anemia in vivo.

    M. Mortensen;D.J.P. Ferguson;M. Edelmann;B. Kessler

  • New mechanism for notch signaling to endothelium at a distance by Delta-like 4 incorporation into exosomes

    Helen Sheldon;Emily Heikamp;Helen Turley;Rebecca Dragovic

  • Neuronal loss and brain atrophy in mice lacking cathepsins B and L.

    Ute Felbor;Benedikt Kessler;Walther Mothes;Hans H. Goebel

  • Molecular basis of USP7 inhibition by selective small-molecule inhibitors

    Andrew P. Turnbull;Stephanos Ioannidis;Wojciech W. Krajewski;Adan Pinto-Fernandez

  • Activity-Based Chemical Proteomics Accelerates Inhibitor Development for Deubiquitylating Enzymes

    Mikael Altun;Holger B. Kramer;Lianne I. Willems;Jeffrey L. McDermott

  • Ancient proteins resolve the evolutionary history of Darwin’s South American ungulates

    Frido Welker;Matthew J. Collins;Jessica A. Thomas;Marc Wadsley

  • Activity probe for in vivo profiling of the specificity of proteasome inhibitor bortezomib

    Celia R Berkers;Martijn Verdoes;Martijn Verdoes;Eben Lichtman;Edda Fiebiger

Frequent Co-Authors

Roman Fischer
Roman Fischer University of Oxford
Hidde L. Ploegh
Hidde L. Ploegh Boston Children's Hospital
Stefan Knapp
Stefan Knapp Goethe University Frankfurt
Christopher J. Schofield
Christopher J. Schofield University of Oxford
Peter J. Ratcliffe
Peter J. Ratcliffe The Francis Crick Institute
Adrian Edwards
Adrian Edwards Cardiff University
Cheryl H. Arrowsmith
Cheryl H. Arrowsmith Structural Genomics Consortium
Rutger J. Ploeg
Rutger J. Ploeg University of Oxford
Christopher W. Pugh
Christopher W. Pugh University of Oxford
Udo Oppermann
Udo Oppermann University of Oxford

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