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Frederick M. Ausubel

Frederick M. Ausubel

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Genetics
USA
2026

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Genetics

D-Index
150
Citations
79325
World Ranking
137
National Ranking
71

Frederick M. Ausubel publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Frederick M. Ausubel sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 360 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Frederick M. Ausubel D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Frederick M. Ausubel sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 150 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1994 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Frederick M. Ausubel is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these broader fields, their work focuses on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Microbiology, Genetics, and Pharmacology.

The main topics covered in Frederick M. Ausubel's publications include:

  • Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
  • Bacterial Biofilms and Quorum Sensing
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Antimicrobial Agents and Applications

Recent publications include the following papers:

  • The Neutrally Charged Diarylurea Compound PQ401 Kills Antibiotic-Resistant and Antibiotic-Tolerant Staphylococcus aureus, 2020, mBio
  • Characterization of Five Novel Anti-MRSA Compounds Identified Using a Whole-Animal Caenorhabditis elegans/Galleria mellonella Sequential-Screening Approach, 2020, Antibiotics
  • Generation of Fluorinated Amychelin Siderophores against Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections by a Combination of Genome Mining and Mutasynthesis, 2020, Cell Chemical Biology
  • A Methylazanediyl Bisacetamide Derivative Sensitizes Staphylococcus aureus Persisters to a Combination of Gentamicin And Daptomycin, 2023, Advanced Science
  • In the Model Host Caenorhabditis elegans, Sphingosine-1-Phosphate-Mediated Signaling Increases Immunity toward Human Opportunistic Bacteria, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Frederick M. Ausubel include:

  • Eleftherios Mylonakis
  • Wooseong Kim
  • Guijin Zou
  • Huajian Gao
  • Deborah L. McEwan

Their work has been published in several venues repeatedly, with notable frequent publication venues being:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • mBio
  • Advanced Science
  • mSystems
  • Antibiotics

Frederick M. Ausubel has been recognized with several honors including being named a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1994 and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2003.

Best Publications

  • MAP kinase signalling cascade in Arabidopsis innate immunity

    Tsuneaki Asai;Guillaume Tena;Joulia Plotnikova;Matthew R. Willmann

  • A procedure for mapping Arabidopsis mutations using co‐dominant ecotype‐specific PCR‐based markers

    Andrzej Konieczny;Frederick M. Ausubel

  • Short Protocols In Molecular Biology

    Download Here;Frederick M. Ausubel

  • Common virulence factors for bacterial pathogenicity in plants and animals

    Laurence G. Rahme;Emily J. Stevens;Sean F. Wolfort;Jing Shao

  • Molecular genetics of plant disease resistance

    Brian J. Staskawicz;Frederick M. Ausubel;Barbara J. Baker;Jeffrey G. Ellis

  • Are innate immune signaling pathways in plants and animals conserved

    Frederick M Ausubel

  • Physical and genetic characterization of symbiotic and auxotrophic mutants of Rhizobium meliloti induced by transposon Tn5 mutagenesis

    H M Meade;S R Long;G B Ruvkun;S E Brown

  • Killing of Caenorhabditis elegans by Pseudomonas aeruginosa used to model mammalian bacterial pathogenesis

    Man-Wah Tan;Shalina Mahajan-Miklos;Frederick M. Ausubel

  • An ordered, nonredundant library of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain PA14 transposon insertion mutants

    Nicole T. Liberati;Jonathan M. Urbach;Sachiko Miyata;Daniel G. Lee

  • Molecular mechanisms of bacterial virulence elucidated using a Pseudomonas aeruginosa-Caenorhabditis elegans pathogenesis model.

    Shalina Mahajan-Miklos;Man-Wah Tan;Laurence G. Rahme;Frederick M. Ausubel

  • Construction of a broad host range cosmid cloning vector and its use in the genetic analysis of Rhizobium mutants

    Alan M. Friedman;Sharon R. Long;Susan E. Brown;William J. Buikema

  • Isolation of a higher eukaryotic telomere from Arabidopsis thaliana

    Eric J. Richards;Frederick M. Ausubel

  • The A. thaliana disease resistance gene RPS2 encodes a protein containing a nucleotide-binding site and leucine-rich repeats

    Michael Mindrinos;Fumiaki Katagiri;Guo Liang Yu;Frederick M. Ausubel

  • A Conserved p38 MAP Kinase Pathway in Caenorhabditis elegans Innate Immunity

    Dennis H. Kim;Rhonda Feinbaum;Geneviève Alloing;Fred E. Emerson

  • Programmed cell death in plants : a pathogen-triggered response activated coordinately with multiple defense functions

    Jean T. Greenberg;Allan Guo;Daniel F. Klessig;Daniel F. Klessig;Frederick M. Ausubel;Frederick M. Ausubel

  • p38 MAPK regulates expression of immune response genes and contributes to longevity in C. elegans.

    Emily R. Troemel;Stephanie W. L. Chu;Valerie Reinke;Siu Sylvia Lee

  • A general method for site-directed mutagenesis in prokaryotes.

    Gary B. Ruvkun;Frederick M. Ausubel

  • Overview of Next-Generation Sequencing Technologies.

    Barton E. Slatko;Andrew F. Gardner;Frederick M. Ausubel

  • Arabidopsis thaliana PAD4 encodes a lipase-like gene that is important for salicylic acid signaling.

    Jirage D;Tootle Tl;Reuber Tl;Reuber Tl;Frost Ln

  • Isolation of Arabidopsis Mutants With Enhanced Disease Susceptibility by Direct Screening

    Jane Glazebrook;Elizabeth E. Rogers;Frederick M. Ausubel

Frequent Co-Authors

Eleftherios Mylonakis
Eleftherios Mylonakis Houston Methodist
Stephen B. Calderwood
Stephen B. Calderwood Massachusetts General Hospital
Dennis L. Kasper
Dennis L. Kasper Harvard University
Gary Ruvkun
Gary Ruvkun Harvard University
Michael N. Mindrinos
Michael N. Mindrinos Stanford University
Fumiaki Katagiri
Fumiaki Katagiri University of Minnesota
Laurence G. Rahme
Laurence G. Rahme Harvard University
Jane Glazebrook
Jane Glazebrook University of Minnesota
Costi D. Sifri
Costi D. Sifri University of Virginia
Brian J. Staskawicz
Brian J. Staskawicz University of California, Berkeley

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