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Dominique Soldati-Favre

Dominique Soldati-Favre

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Microbiology

D-Index
64
Citations
11518
World Ranking
2656
National Ranking
64

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • 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

Dominique Soldati-Favre is affiliated with the University of Geneva in Switzerland and conducts research primarily in the fields of Immunology and Microbiology and Medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields, prominently Parasitology, Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology, and Virology.

The main research topics addressed by Soldati-Favre include Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies, Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments, Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics, Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research, Malaria Research and Control, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, and Rabies epidemiology and control.

Notable recent papers authored by Soldati-Favre cover various aspects of parasitology and pathogen-host interactions:

  • Neuroinflammation-Associated Aspecific Manipulation of Mouse Predator Fear by Toxoplasma gondii, 2020, Cell Reports
  • Expansion microscopy provides new insights into the cytoskeleton of malaria parasites including the conservation of a conoid, 2021, PLoS Biology
  • Essential function of the alveolin network in the subpellicular microtubules and conoid assembly in Toxoplasma gondii, 2020, eLife
  • Functional and Computational Genomics Reveal Unprecedented Flexibility in Stage-Specific Toxoplasma Metabolism, 2020, Cell Host & Microbe
  • Biogenesis and discharge of the rhoptries: Key organelles for entry and hijack of host cells by the Apicomplexa, 2020, Molecular Microbiology

Frequent coauthors in Soldati-Favre's research include Bohumil Maco, Nicolas Dos Santos Pacheco, Aarti Krishnan, Joachim Kloehn, and Oscar Vadas.

The scientist frequently publishes in journals such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature, mBio, and PLoS Pathogens.

Among accolades, Dominique Soldati-Favre is a Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Toxoplasma profilin is essential for host cell invasion and TLR11-dependent induction of an interleukin-12 response.

    Fabienne Plattner;Felix Yarovinsky;Stephane Romero;Dominique Didry

  • A Cluster of Interferon-γ-Inducible p65 GTPases Plays a Critical Role in Host Defense against Toxoplasma gondii

    Masahiro Yamamoto;Megumi Okuyama;Ji Su Ma;Taishi Kimura

  • Gliding motility powers invasion and egress in Apicomplexa

    Karine Frénal;Jean-François Dubremetz;Maryse Lebrun;Dominique Soldati-Favre

  • Functional dissection of the apicomplexan glideosome molecular architecture.

    Karine Frénal;Valérie Polonais;Jean-Baptiste Marq;Rolf Stratmann

  • A single polymorphic amino acid on Toxoplasma gondii kinase ROP16 determines the direct and strain-specific activation of Stat3

    Masahiro Yamamoto;Daron M. Standley;Seiji Takashima;Hiroyuki Saiga

  • Endothelial cells are a replicative niche for entry of Toxoplasma gondii to the central nervous system.

    Christoph Konradt;Norikiyo Ueno;David A. Christian;Jonathan H. Delong

  • Metabolic pathways in the apicoplast of apicomplexa.

    Frank Seeber;Dominique Soldati-Favre

  • A multistage antimalarial targets the plasmepsins IX and X essential for invasion and egress

    Paco Pino;Reto Caldelari;Budhaditya Mukherjee;Juha Vahokoski

  • Plasticity and redundancy among AMA–RON pairs ensure host cell entry of Toxoplasma parasites

    Mauld H. Lamarque;Magali Roques;Marie Kong-Hap;Michelle L. Tonkin

  • ATF6β is a host cellular target of the Toxoplasma gondii virulence factor ROP18

    Masahiro Yamamoto;Ji Su Ma;Christina Mueller;Naganori Kamiyama

  • Apicomplexan mitochondrial metabolism: a story of gains, losses and retentions

    Frank Seeber;Julien Limenitakis;Dominique Soldati-Favre

  • Phosphatidic Acid-Mediated Signaling Regulates Microneme Secretion in Toxoplasma

    Hayley E. Bullen;Yonggen Jia;Yoshiki Yamaryo-Botté;Hugo Bisio

  • Dual Targeting of Antioxidant and Metabolic Enzymes to the Mitochondrion and the Apicoplast of Toxoplasma gondii

    Paco Pino;Bernardo Javier Foth;Lai Yu Kwok;Lilach Sheiner

  • Microneme protein 8--a new essential invasion factor in Toxoplasma gondii

    Henning Kessler;Angelika Herm-Götz;Stephan Hegge;Manuel Rauch

  • Hijacking of Host Cellular Functions by the Apicomplexa

    Fabienne Plattner;Dominique Soldati-Favre

  • Host-derived glucose and its transporter in the obligate intracellular pathogen Toxoplasma gondii are dispensable by glutaminolysis

    Martin Blume;Dayana Rodriguez-Contreras;Scott M Landfear;Tobias Fleige

  • Shedding of TRAP by a Rhomboid Protease from the Malaria Sporozoite Surface Is Essential for Gliding Motility and Sporozoite Infectivity

    Ijeoma Ejigiri;Daniel R. T. Ragheb;Paco Pino;Alida Coppi

  • BCKDH: the missing link in apicomplexan mitochondrial metabolism is required for full virulence of Toxoplasma gondii and Plasmodium berghei.

    Rebecca D Oppenheim;Darren John Creek;James Ian MacRae;Katarzyna K Modrzynska

  • Neuroinflammation-Associated Aspecific Manipulation of Mouse Predator Fear by Toxoplasma gondii

    Madlaina Boillat;Pierre-Mehdi Hammoudi;Sunil Kumar Dogga;Stéphane Pagès

  • Expansion microscopy provides new insights into the cytoskeleton of malaria parasites including the conservation of a conoid.

    Eloïse Bertiaux;Aurélia C. Balestra;Lorène Bournonville;Vincent Louvel

  • Myosin-dependent cell-cell communication controls synchronicity of division in acute and chronic stages of Toxoplasma gondii

    Karine Frénal;Damien Jacot;Pierre-Mehdi Hammoudi;Arnault Graindorge

  • An Apicomplexan Actin-Binding Protein Serves as a Connector and Lipid Sensor to Coordinate Motility and Invasion

    Damien Jacot;Nicolò Tosetti;Isa Pires;Jessica Stock

  • The Toxoplasma Protein ARO Mediates the Apical Positioning of Rhoptry Organelles, a Prerequisite for Host Cell Invasion

    Christina Mueller;Natacha Klages;Damien Jacot;Joana M. Santos

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen Matthews
Stephen Matthews Imperial College London
Vassily Hatzimanikatis
Vassily Hatzimanikatis École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Michael J. Blackman
Michael J. Blackman London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Volker Heussler
Volker Heussler University of Bern
Masahiro Yamamoto
Masahiro Yamamoto Osaka University
Oliver Billker
Oliver Billker Umeå University
Ivo Mueller
Ivo Mueller Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Christopher L. King
Christopher L. King Case Western Reserve University
Ten Feizi
Ten Feizi Imperial College London
Julius Lukeš
Julius Lukeš Czech Academy of Sciences

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