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Microbiology

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89
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World Ranking
704
National Ranking
328

Genetics

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1146
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Elizabeth A. Winzeler publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Elizabeth A. Winzeler sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 283 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Elizabeth A. Winzeler D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Elizabeth A. Winzeler sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 89 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Elizabeth A. Winzeler is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant focus on infectious diseases and public health.

The scientist's recent publications highlight contributions primarily within malaria research and drug discovery. Key recent papers include:

  • "Antimalarial drug discovery: progress and approaches," 2023, published in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
  • "MalDA, Accelerating Malaria Drug Discovery," 2021, published in Trends in Parasitology
  • "Multistage and transmission-blocking targeted antimalarials discovered from the open-source MMV Pandemic Response Box," 2021, published in Nature Communications
  • "Inhibition of Resistance-Refractory P. falciparum Kinase PKG Delivers Prophylactic, Blood Stage, and Transmission-Blocking Antiplasmodial Activity," 2020, published in Cell chemical biology
  • "Prioritization of Molecular Targets for Antimalarial Drug Discovery," 2021, published in ACS Infectious Diseases

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

  • David A. Fidock
  • Madeline R. Luth
  • Sabine Ottilie
  • Lee M
  • Nimisha Mittal

Publications by Elizabeth A. Winzeler commonly appear in the following journals and venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • ACS Infectious Diseases
  • Cell chemical biology
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Their primary fields of study are Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Specific subfields contributing to their research include Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Computational Theory and Mathematics, and Organic Chemistry.

Main areas of scientific focus encompass:

  • Malaria Research and Control
  • HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Trypanosoma species research and implications

Best Publications

  • Functional profiling of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome.

    Guri Giaever;Angela M. Chu;Li Ni;Carla Connelly

  • Functional Characterization of the S. cerevisiae Genome by Gene Deletion and Parallel Analysis

    Elizabeth A. Winzeler;Daniel D. Shoemaker;Anna Astromoff;Hong Liang

  • A Genome-Wide Transcriptional Analysis of the Mitotic Cell Cycle

    Raymond J. Cho;Michael J. Campbell;Elizabeth A. Winzeler;Lars Steinmetz

  • Genomics, gene expression and DNA arrays.

    David J. Lockhart;Elizabeth A. Winzeler

  • Discovery of Gene Function by Expression Profiling of the Malaria Parasite Life Cycle

    Karine G. Le Roch;Yingyao Zhou;Peter L. Blair;Muni Grainger

  • Spiroindolones, a Potent Compound Class for the Treatment of Malaria

    Matthias Rottmann;Matthias Rottmann;Case McNamara;Bryan K.S. Yeung;Marcus C.S. Lee

  • Replication Dynamics of the Yeast Genome

    M. K. Raghuraman;Elizabeth A. Winzeler;David Collingwood;Sonia Hunt

  • Genomic profiling of drug sensitivities via induced haploinsufficiency.

    Guri Giaever;Daniel D. Shoemaker;Ted W. Jones;Hong Liang

  • Global analysis of transcript and protein levels across the Plasmodium falciparum life cycle

    Karine G. Le Roch;Jeffrey R. Johnson;Laurence Florens;Yingyao Zhou

  • The core meiotic transcriptome in budding yeasts

    Michael Primig;Roy M. Williams;Roy M. Williams;Elizabeth A. Winzeler;Gela G. Tevzadze

  • In silico activity profiling reveals the mechanism of action of antimalarials discovered in a high-throughput screen

    David Plouffe;Achim Brinker;Case McNamara;Kerstin Henson

  • Genomic and Genetic Definition of a Functional Human Centromere

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  • Large-Scale Identification of Single-Feature Polymorphisms in Complex Genomes

    Justin O. Borevitz;David Liang;David Plouffe;Hur-Song Chang

  • Direct allelic variation scanning of the yeast genome.

    Elizabeth A. Winzeler;Dan R. Richards;Andrew R. Conway;Alan L. Goldstein

  • A novel multiple-stage antimalarial agent that inhibits protein synthesis

    Beatriz Baragaña;Irene Hallyburton;Marcus C. S. Lee;Marcus C. S. Lee;Neil R. Norcross

  • Spirotetrahydro β-carbolines (spiroindolones): a new class of potent and orally efficacious compounds for the treatment of malaria.

    Bryan K S Yeung;Bin Zou;Matthias Rottmann;Suresh B Lakshminarayana

  • The activities of current antimalarial drugs on the life cycle stages of Plasmodium: a comparative study with human and rodent parasites.

    Michael J Delves;David Plouffe;Christian Scheurer;Christian Scheurer;Stephan Meister

  • Protein pathway and complex clustering of correlated mRNA and protein expression analyses in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Michael P. Washburn;Antonius Koller;Guy Oshiro;Ryan R. Ulaszek

  • Targeting Plasmodium PI(4)K to eliminate malaria

    Case W McNamara;Marcus Cs Lee;Chek Shik Lim;Siau Hoi Lim

  • Open Source Drug Discovery with the Malaria Box Compound Collection for Neglected Diseases and Beyond.

    Wesley C. Van Voorhis;John H. Adams;Roberto Adelfio;Roberto Adelfio;Vida Ahyong

  • The Plasmodium falciparum sexual development transcriptome: a microarray analysis using ontology-based pattern identification.

    Jason A. Young;Quinton L. Fivelman;Peter L. Blair;Patricia de la Vega

  • A Systematic Map of Genetic Variation in Plasmodium falciparum

    Claire Kidgell;Sarah K Volkman;Johanna Daily;Justin O Borevitz

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Fidock
David A. Fidock Columbia University
Dyann F. Wirth
Dyann F. Wirth Harvard University
Sergio Wittlin
Sergio Wittlin Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Joseph M. Vinetz
Joseph M. Vinetz Yale University
Vicky M. Avery
Vicky M. Avery Griffith University
Karine G. Le Roch
Karine G. Le Roch University of California, Riverside
Ronald W. Davis
Ronald W. Davis Stanford University
Manuel Llinás
Manuel Llinás Pennsylvania State University
Kelly Chibale
Kelly Chibale University of Cape Town
Robert E. Sinden
Robert E. Sinden Imperial College London

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