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Plant Science and Agronomy
Switzerland
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
92
Citations
41902
World Ranking
240
National Ranking
7

Molecular Biology

D-Index
89
Citations
40945
World Ranking
747
National Ranking
12

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Switzerland Leader Award
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Cyril Zipfel is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland, where their research focuses primarily on plant science within the broader domains of agricultural and biological sciences, as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work predominantly centers on molecular biology, immunology, cell biology, and microbiology as subfields of study.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms

Zipfel's frequent co-authors include Frank L.H. Menke, Thomas A. DeFalco, Paul Derbyshire, Kyle W. Bender, and Julien Gronnier, reflecting collaborations that span across multiple publications.

Their research has been published extensively in several journals, with a high volume of work appearing in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). Other notable publication venues include Nature Plants, Current Biology, Nature Communications, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • "Molecular mechanisms of early plant pattern-triggered immune signaling," 2021, Molecular Cell
  • "The calcium-permeable channel OSCA1.3 regulates plant stomatal immunity," 2020, Nature
  • "The transcriptional landscape of Arabidopsis thaliana pattern-triggered immunity," 2021, Nature Plants
  • "Ca 2+ signals in plant immunity," 2022, The EMBO Journal
  • "Wheat Pm4 resistance to powdery mildew is controlled by alternative splice variants encoding chimeric proteins," 2021, Nature Plants

Zipfel's contributions to the scientific community include recognition such as membership in the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), reflecting involvement in broader molecular biology initiatives.

Best Publications

  • Perception of the bacterial PAMP EF-Tu by the receptor EFR restricts Agrobacterium-mediated transformation.

    Cyril Zipfel;Gernot Kunze;Delphine Chinchilla;Anne Caniard

  • A flagellin-induced complex of the receptor FLS2 and BAK1 initiates plant defence

    Delphine Chinchilla;Cyril Zipfel;Cyril Zipfel;Silke Robatzek;Birgit Kemmerling

  • Bacterial disease resistance in Arabidopsis through flagellin perception.

    Cyril Zipfel;Silke Robatzek;Silke Robatzek;Lionel Navarro;Edward J. Oakeley

  • Regulation of pattern recognition receptor signalling in plants.

    Daniel Silva Couto;Cyril Zipfel

  • Plant pattern-recognition receptors.

    Cyril Zipfel

  • The N Terminus of Bacterial Elongation Factor Tu Elicits Innate Immunity in Arabidopsis Plants

    Gernot Kunze;Cyril Zipfel;Silke Robatzek;Karsten Niehaus

  • Plant PRRs and the Activation of Innate Immune Signaling

    Alberto P. Macho;Cyril Zipfel

  • Direct regulation of the NADPH oxidase RBOHD by the PRR-associated kinase BIK1 during plant immunity.

    Yasuhiro Kadota;Jan Sklenar;Paul Derbyshire;Lena Stransfeld

  • Structural basis for flg22-induced activation of the Arabidopsis FLS2-BAK1 immune complex.

    Yadong Sun;Lei Li;Alberto P. Macho;Zhifu Han

  • Pattern-recognition receptors in plant innate immunity.

    Cyril Zipfel

  • Function, Discovery, and Exploitation of Plant Pattern Recognition Receptors for Broad-Spectrum Disease Resistance

    Freddy Boutrot;Cyril Zipfel

  • Transgeneration memory of stress in plants

    Jean Molinier;Gerhard Ries;Cyril Zipfel;Cyril Zipfel;Barbara Hohn

  • Plant pattern recognition receptor complexes at the plasma membrane.

    Jacqueline Monaghan;Cyril Zipfel

  • The Arabidopsis Leucine-Rich Repeat Receptor–Like Kinases BAK1/SERK3 and BKK1/SERK4 Are Required for Innate Immunity to Hemibiotrophic and Biotrophic Pathogens

    Milena Roux;Benjamin Schwessinger;Catherine Albrecht;Delphine Chinchilla

  • Plant signalling in symbiosis and immunity

    Cyril Zipfel;Giles E. D. Oldroyd

  • The Transcriptional Innate Immune Response to flg22. Interplay and Overlap with Avr Gene-Dependent Defense Responses and Bacterial Pathogenesis

    Lionel Navarro;Cyril Zipfel;Owen Rowland;Ingo Keller

  • The receptor kinase FER is a RALF-regulated scaffold controlling plant immune signaling

    Martin Stegmann;Jacqueline Monaghan;Elwira Smakowska-Luzan;Hanna Rovenich

  • Early molecular events in PAMP-triggered immunity.

    Cyril Zipfel

  • Interfamily transfer of a plant pattern-recognition receptor confers broad-spectrum bacterial resistance

    Séverine Lacombe;Séverine Lacombe;Alejandra Rougon-Cardoso;Alejandra Rougon-Cardoso;Emma Sherwood;Emma Sherwood;Nemo Peeters

  • Regulation of the NADPH Oxidase RBOHD During Plant Immunity

    Yasuhiro Kadota;Ken Shirasu;Cyril Zipfel

  • Plants and animals: a different taste for microbes?

    Cyril Zipfel;Georg Felix

Frequent Co-Authors

Alberto P. Macho
Alberto P. Macho Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yasuhiro Kadota
Yasuhiro Kadota RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
Benjamin Schwessinger
Benjamin Schwessinger Australian National University
Silke Robatzek
Silke Robatzek Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Frank L.H. Menke
Frank L.H. Menke Sainsbury Laboratory
Jonathan D. G. Jones
Jonathan D. G. Jones University of East Anglia
John P. Rathjen
John P. Rathjen Australian National University
Mahmut Tör
Mahmut Tör University of Worcester
Georg Felix
Georg Felix University of Tübingen
Giles E. D. Oldroyd
Giles E. D. Oldroyd University of Cambridge

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