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65
Citations
14852
World Ranking
2703
National Ranking
91

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1958 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1943 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1931 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Charles J. Thompson is a researcher affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their work primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a focus on Pharmacology, Epidemiology, Surgery, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Small Animals as subfields of study.

Their research topics cover several specific areas including:

  • Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy
  • Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism
  • Pharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds
  • Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
  • Infectious Diseases and Mycology
  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research

Among their recent publications are several papers published between 2021 and 2025. Notable works include:

  • "Repurposing Avermectins and Milbemycins against Mycobacteroides abscessus and Other Nontuberculous Mycobacteria" (2021) in Antibiotics
  • "Combinations of Cannabinoids with Silver Salts or Silver Nanoparticles for Synergistic Antibiotic Effects against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus" (2024) in Antibiotics
  • "Controlled and localized antibiotics delivery using magnetic-responsive beads for synergistic treatment of orthopedic infection" (2022) in Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A
  • "Sanfetrinem, an oral β-lactam antibiotic repurposed for the treatment of tuberculosis" (2025) in Drug Resistance Updates
  • "Sanfetrinem, an oral β-lactam antibiotic repurposed for the treatment of tuberculosis" (2024) in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequently collaborating coauthors include Santiago Ramón-García, Rubén González del Río, María Pilar Arenaz-Callao, Helena I. Boshoff, and Joaquín Rullás.

Charles J. Thompson's contributions have been published across several venues, with multiple papers in Antibiotics, as well as publications in Drug Resistance Updates, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and arXiv (Cornell University).

They have been honored with the distinction of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) on multiple occasions, dating back to the 1930s through 2012.

Best Publications

  • Engineering herbicide resistance in plants by expression of a detoxifying enzyme.

    M. De Block;J. Botterman;M. Vandewiele;J. Dockx

  • Characterization of the herbicide-resistance gene bar from Streptomyces hygroscopicus.

    Charles J. Thompson;N. Rao Movva;Richard Tizard;Reto Crameri

  • Cloning and Expression of the Tyrosinase Gene from Streptomyces antibioticus in Streptomyces lividans

    Eedward Katz;Charles J. Thompson;David A. Hopwood

  • Protein Kinase G from Pathogenic Mycobacteria Promotes Survival Within Macrophages

    Anne Walburger;Anil Koul;Giorgio Ferrari;Liem Nguyen

  • Genetically engineered plant cells and plants exhibiting resistance to glutamine synthetase inhibitors, DNA fragments and recombinants for use in the production of said cells and plants

    Jan Leemans;Johan Botterman;Marc De Block;Charles Thompson

  • pIJ101, a multi-copy broad host-range Streptomyces plasmid: Functional analysis and development of DNA cloning vectors

    Tobias Kieser;David A. Hopwood;Helen M. Wright;Charles J. Thompson

  • The bialaphos biosynthetic genes of Streptomyces hygroscopicus: Molecular cloning and characterization of the gene cluster

    Takeshi Murakami;Hiroyuki Anzai;Satoshi Imai;Atsuyuki Satoh

  • Intergeneric conjugation between Escherichia coli and Streptomyces species.

    P Mazodier;R Petter;C Thompson

  • Ancestral antibiotic resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

    Rowan P. Morris;Liem Nguyen;John Gatfield;Kevin Visconti

  • Gene cloning in Streptomyces.

    K F Chater;D A Hopwood;T Kieser;C J Thompson

  • DNA cloning in Streptomyces : resistance genes from antibiotic-producing species

    C. J. Thompson;J. M. Ward;D. A. Hopwood

  • Streptogramin-based gene regulation systems for mammalian cells.

    Martin Fussenegger;Rowan P. Morris;Cornelia Fux;Markus Rimann

  • Evolution of the glutamine synthetase gene, one of the oldest existing and functioning genes

    Y Kumada;D R Benson;D Hillemann;T J Hosted

  • Cloning of antibiotic resistance and nutritional genes in streptomycetes.

    C J Thompson;J M Ward;D A Hopwood

  • Physical analysis of antibiotic-resistance genes from Streptomyces and their use in vector construction

    C.J. Thompson;T. Kieser;J.M. Ward;D.A. Hopwood

  • Thiostrepton-induced gene expression in Streptomyces lividans.

    T Murakami;T G Holt;C J Thompson

  • Foundations of antibiotic resistance in bacterial physiology: the mycobacterial paradigm

    Liem Nguyen;Charles J. Thompson

  • Nucleotide sequence of a streptomycete aminoglycoside phosphotransferase gene and its relationship to phosphotransferases encoded by resistance plasmids

    Charles J. Thompson;Gary S. Gray

  • Synergistic Drug Combinations for Tuberculosis Therapy Identified by a Novel High-Throughput Screen

    Santiago Ramón-García;Carol Ng;Hilary Anderson;Joseph D. Chao

  • Construction of a series of pSAM2-based integrative vectors for use in actinomycetes

    Tamara Smokvina;Philippe Mazodier;Frédéric Boccard;Charles J. Thompson

Frequent Co-Authors

Julian Davies
Julian Davies University of British Columbia
David A. Hopwood
David A. Hopwood John Innes Centre
Martin Fussenegger
Martin Fussenegger University of Basel
Eriko Takano
Eriko Takano University of Manchester
Jean Pieters
Jean Pieters University of Basel
Gary S. Gray
Gary S. Gray Harvard University
Carlos Martín
Carlos Martín Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Stephan Grzesiek
Stephan Grzesiek University of Basel
Wolfgang Wohlleben
Wolfgang Wohlleben University of Tübingen
Mark J. Buttner
Mark J. Buttner Norwich Research Park

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