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Geert Baggerman

Geert Baggerman

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
51
Citations
10193
World Ranking
17109
National Ranking
286

Overview

Geert Baggerman is affiliated with the University of Antwerp in Belgium and has a research portfolio spanning biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work encompasses a range of topics including mass spectrometry techniques, proteomics, plant science, and oncology.

The scientist has contributed to multiple subfields with a particular focus on molecular biology, plant science, spectroscopy, oncology, and insect science. Their research topics frequently include:

  • Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
  • Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
  • Vaccines and Immunoinformatics Approaches
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Cassava Research and Cyanide

Baggerman's recent publications demonstrate a range of applications from plant biology to cancer proteomics and immunotherapy research. Key papers include:

  • Starch biosynthesis contributes to the maintenance of photosynthesis and leaf growth under drought stress in maize, 2020, Plant Cell & Environment
  • Urinary Protein Biomarker Panel for the Diagnosis of Antibody-Mediated Rejection in Kidney Transplant Recipients, 2020, Kidney International Reports
  • Implementation of MALDI Mass Spectrometry Imaging in Cancer Proteomics Research: Applications and Challenges, 2020, Journal of Personalized Medicine
  • Mass Spectrometry Imaging Reveals Neutrophil Defensins as Additional Biomarkers for Anti-PD-(L)1 Immunotherapy Response in NSCLC Patients, 2020, Cancers
  • Prognostic and Predictive Biomarkers in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients on Immunotherapy-The Role of Liquid Biopsy in Unraveling the Puzzle, 2021, Cancers

The scholar's frequent publication venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Cancers, Plant Cell & Environment, Kidney International Reports, and the Journal of Personalized Medicine.

Collaboration appears integral to their work, with frequent coauthors including Kurt Boonen, Jusal Quanico, Dirk Valkenborg, Inge Mertens, and Elise Pepermans. These collaborations likely span several of the scientist's research topics and contribute to multidisciplinary approaches.

Best Publications

  • Insights into social insects from the genome of the honeybee Apis mellifera

    George M. Weinstock;Gene E. Robinson;Richard A. Gibbs;Kim C. Worley

  • From the Genome to the Proteome: Uncovering Peptides in the Apis Brain

    Amanda B. Hummon;Timothy A. Richmond;Peter Verleyen;Geert Baggerman

  • Peptidomics of the larval Drosophila melanogaster central nervous system.

    Geert Baggerman;Anja Cerstiaens;Arnold De Loof;Liliane Schoofs

  • Identification of the gregarization-associated dark-pigmentotropin in locusts through an albino mutant

    Amer I. Tawfik;Seiji Tanaka;Arnold De Loof;Liliane Schoofs

  • Peptidomic analysis of the larval Drosophila melanogaster central nervous system by two-dimensional capillary liquid chromatography quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry

    Geert Baggerman;Kurt Boonen;Peter Verleyen;Arnold De Loof

  • Liquid biopsies in lung cancer: The new ambrosia of researchers

    Christian Rolfo;Marta Castiglia;David Sanghyun Hong;Riccardo Alessandro

  • Gel-based versus gel-free proteomics: A review

    Geert Baggerman;Evy Vierstraete;Arnold De Loof;Liliane Schoofs

  • Crustacean hyperglycaemic hormone (CHH)-like peptides and CHH-precursor-related peptides from pericardial organ neurosecretory cells in the shore crab, Carcinus maenas, are putatively spliced and modified products of multiple genes.

    H Dircksen;D Böcking;U Heyn;C Mandel

  • A proteomic approach for the analysis of instantly released wound and immune proteins in Drosophila melanogaster hemolymph

    Evy Vierstraete;Peter Verleyen;Geert Baggerman;Wannes D'Hertog

  • Peptidomics of the pars intercerebralis-corpus cardiacum complex of the migratory locust, Locusta migratoria.

    Elke Clynen;Geert Baggerman;Dirk Veelaert;Anja Cerstiaens

  • Defective processing of neuropeptide precursors in Caenorhabditis elegans lacking proprotein convertase 2 (KPC-2/EGL-3): mutant analysis by mass spectrometry.

    Steven J. Husson;Elke Clynen;Geert Baggerman;Tom Janssen

  • Neuropeptidomic analysis of the brain and thoracic ganglion from the Jonah crab, Cancer borealis.

    Jurgen Huybrechts;Michael P Nusbaum;Luc Vanden Bosch;Geert Baggerman

  • Characterization of an orphan G protein-coupled receptor localized in the dorsal root ganglia reveals adenine as a signaling molecule.

    Eckhard Bender;Arjan Buist;Mirek Jurzak;Xavier Langlois

  • Ultrafiltration and size exclusion chromatography combined with asymmetrical-flow field-flow fractionation for the isolation and characterisation of extracellular vesicles from urine

    Eline Oeyen;Eline Oeyen;Kurt Van Mol;Geert Baggerman;Geert Baggerman;Hanny Willems;Hanny Willems

  • Sulfakinins reduce food intake in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria.

    Zhu Wei;Geert Baggerman;Ronald J. Nachman;Graham Goldsworthy

  • Discovering neuropeptides in Caenorhabditis elegans by two dimensional liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry.

    Steven J. Husson;Elke Clynen;Geert Baggerman;Arnold De Loof

  • Gonadotropins in insects: an overview.

    Arnold De Loof;Geert Baggerman;Michael Breuer;Ilse Claeys

  • Newly discovered functions for some myotropic neuropeptides in locusts.

    L. Schoofs;E. Clynen;A. Cerstiaens;G. Baggerman

  • Human white blood cells synthesize morphine: CYP2D6 modulation.

    Wei Zhu;Patrick Cadet;Geert Baggerman;Kirk J. Mantione

  • Proteomics in Drosophila melanogaster: first 2D database of larval hemolymph proteins.

    Evy Vierstraete;Anja Cerstiaens;Geert Baggerman;Gert Van den Bergh

Frequent Co-Authors

Walter Luyten
Walter Luyten KU Leuven
Ronald J. Nachman
Ronald J. Nachman United States Department of Agriculture
George B. Stefano
George B. Stefano Charles University

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