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Frédéric Bringaud

Frédéric Bringaud

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
57
Citations
14916
World Ranking
13639
National Ranking
517

Frédéric Bringaud 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 Frédéric Bringaud sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 169 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Frédéric Bringaud 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 Frédéric Bringaud sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Frédéric Bringaud is affiliated with the University of Bordeaux in France and has contributed extensively to research in fields spanning Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work frequently intersects epidemiology, molecular biology, public health, physiology, and insect science.

The primary focus of Bringaud's research centers on Trypanosoma species and their broader implications, with a substantial body of work also related to Leishmaniasis, biochemical and molecular research, as well as lysosomal storage disorders. Additional thematic areas include insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, CRISPR and genetic engineering techniques, and ATP synthase and ATPases.

Recent notable publications illustrate the scope of their studies and include:

  • "Carbohydrate metabolism in trypanosomatids: New insights revealing novel complexity, diversity and species-unique features," 2021, Experimental Parasitology
  • "Slow growing behavior in African trypanosomes during adipose tissue colonization," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Fatty acid oxidation participates in resistance to nutrient-depleted environments in the insect stages of Trypanosoma cruzi," 2021, PLoS Pathogens
  • "Procyclic trypanosomes recycle glucose catabolites and TCA cycle intermediates to stimulate growth in the presence of physiological amounts of proline," 2021, PLoS Pathogens
  • "The ASCT/SCS cycle fuels mitochondrial ATP and acetate production in Trypanosoma brucei," 2020, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics

Bringaud frequently collaborates with several researchers, with the most frequent co-authors being:

  • Marc Biran
  • Loïc Rivière
  • Erika Pineda
  • Oriana Villafraz
  • Nicolas Plazolles

Their work has been published in a range of scientific venues, predominantly in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS Pathogens
  • PLoS Biology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Best Publications

  • The Genome of the African Trypanosome Trypanosoma brucei

    Matthew Berriman;Elodie Ghedin;Elodie Ghedin;Christiane Hertz-Fowler;Gaelle Blandin

  • The genome sequence of Trypanosoma cruzi, etiologic agent of Chagas disease

    Najib M. El-Sayed;Peter J. Myler;Peter J. Myler;Daniella C. Bartholomeu;Daniel Nilsson

  • Comparative genomics of trypanosomatid parasitic protozoa.

    Najib M. El-Sayed;Peter J. Myler;Peter J. Myler;Gaëlle Blandin;Matthew Berriman

  • Comparative genomic analysis of three Leishmania species that cause diverse human disease

    Christopher S Peacock;Kathy Seeger;David Harris;Lee Murphy

  • Energy metabolism of trypanosomatids: adaptation to available carbon sources.

    Frédéric Bringaud;Loïc Rivière;Virginie Coustou

  • Metabolic functions of glycosomes in trypanosomatids.

    Paul A.M. Michels;Frédéric Bringaud;Murielle Herman;Véronique Hannaert

  • Proline metabolism in procyclic Trypanosoma brucei is down-regulated in the presence of glucose.

    Nadia Lamour;Loïc Rivière;Virginie Coustou;Graham H. Coombs

  • Evolution of energy metabolism and its compartmentation in Kinetoplastida

    Véronique Hannaert;Frédéric Bringaud;Frederik Opperdoes;Paulus Michels

  • Sequencing of the smallest Apicomplexan genome from the human pathogen Babesia microti

    Emmanuel Cornillot;Kamel Hadj-Kaddour;Amina Dassouli;Benjamin Noel

  • Metabolic aspects of glycosomes in trypanosomatidae - new data and views.

    Paulus Michels;Véronique Hannaert;F Bringaud

  • The genome of the heartworm, Dirofilaria immitis, reveals drug and vaccine targets

    Christelle Godel;Sujai Kumar;Georgios Koutsovoulos;Philipp Ludin

  • Kinetoplastid Phylogenomics Reveals the Evolutionary Innovations Associated with the Origins of Parasitism.

    Andrew P. Jackson;Thomas D. Otto;Martin Aslett;Stuart D. Armstrong

  • Succinate Secreted by Trypanosoma brucei Is Produced by a Novel and Unique Glycosomal Enzyme, NADH-dependent Fumarate Reductase

    Sébastien Besteiro;Marc Biran;Nicolas Biteau;Virginie Coustou

  • Energy generation in insect stages of Trypanosoma brucei: metabolism in flux

    Sébastien Besteiro;Michael P. Barrett;Loïc Rivière;Frédéric Bringaud

  • SUGAR TRANSPORTERS FROM BACTERIA, PARASITES AND MAMMALS: STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIPS

    Adrian R Walmsley;Michael P Barrett;Fredéric Bringaud;Gwyn W Gould

  • Functional and molecular characterization of a glycosomal PPi-dependent enzyme in trypanosomatids: pyruvate, phosphate dikinase.

    Frederic Bringaud;Dominique Baltz;Theo Baltz

  • ATP generation in the Trypanosoma brucei procyclic form: cytosolic substrate level is essential, but not oxidative phosphorylation.

    Virginie Coustou;Sébastien Besteiro;Marc Biran;Philippe Diolez

  • Glucose-induced remodeling of intermediary and energy metabolism in procyclic Trypanosoma brucei.

    Virginie Coustou;Marc Biran;Marc Breton;Fabien Guegan

  • Acetyl:succinate CoA-transferase in procyclic Trypanosoma brucei. Gene identification and role in carbohydrate metabolism.

    Loïc Rivière;Susanne W.H. van Weelden;Patricia Glass;Patricia Vegh

  • Characterization of Trypanozoon isolates using a repeated coding sequence and microsatellite markers.

    N. Biteau;F. Bringaud;W. Gibson;P. Truc

Frequent Co-Authors

Théo Baltz
Théo Baltz Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Michael P. Barrett
Michael P. Barrett University of Glasgow
Michael Boshart
Michael Boshart Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Jean-Charles Portais
Jean-Charles Portais Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Elodie Ghedin
Elodie Ghedin National Institutes of Health
Najib M. El-Sayed
Najib M. El-Sayed University of Maryland, College Park
Paul A. M. Michels
Paul A. M. Michels University of Edinburgh
Matthew Berriman
Matthew Berriman University of Glasgow
Neil Hall
Neil Hall Norwich Research Park
Kenneth Stuart
Kenneth Stuart University of Washington

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