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Geert Huys

Geert Huys

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Microbiology

D-Index
80
Citations
21709
World Ranking
1172
National Ranking
33

Overview

Geert Huys is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their research spans a variety of subfields, notably molecular biology, nephrology, food science, infectious diseases, and physiology. The scientist's work primarily focuses on topics such as gut microbiota and health, dialysis and renal disease management, probiotics and fermented foods, Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research, single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, gene regulatory network analysis, and pharmacological effects and toxicity studies.

Key publication venues for Geert Huys include the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Journal of Crohn's and Colitis, Cell, Nature Reviews Nephrology, and the Journal of Personalized Medicine. These venues reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their research, combining molecular insights with clinical and therapeutic applications.

Frequent collaborators in their research encompass a group of coauthors with whom multiple papers have been published. These include Jeroen Raes, S Deleu, Kaline Arnauts, Lowie Deprez, and Séverine Vermeire.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Geert Huys are:

  • Isolation and Quantification of Uremic Toxin Precursor-Generating Gut Bacteria in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Single-cell approaches in human microbiome research, 2022, Cell
  • Gut microbiome studies in CKD: opportunities, pitfalls and therapeutic potential, 2022, Nature Reviews Nephrology
  • High Acetate Concentration Protects Intestinal Barrier and Exerts Anti-Inflammatory Effects in Organoid-Derived Epithelial Monolayer Cultures from Patients with Ulcerative Colitis, 2023, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Gut Microbiome Profiling Uncovers a Lower Abundance of Butyricicoccus in Advanced Stages of Chronic Kidney Disease, 2021, Journal of Personalized Medicine

Best Publications

  • Dysbiosis of the faecal microbiota in patients with Crohn's disease and their unaffected relatives

    Marie Joossens;Geert Huys;Margo Cnockaert;Vicky De Preter

  • Food fermentations: Microorganisms with technological beneficial use

    François Bourdichon;Serge Casaregola;Choreh Farrokh;Jens Christian Frisvad

  • Safety assessment of probiotics for human use

    Mary Ellen Sanders;Louis M A Akkermans;Dirk Haller;Cathy Hammerman

  • Applicability of rep-PCR fingerprinting for identification of Lactobacillus species.

    Dirk Gevers;Geert Huys;Jean Swings

  • Evaluation of the DNA fingerprinting method AFLP as a new tool in bacterial taxonomy

    Paul Janssen;Renata Coopman;Geert Huys;Jean Swings

  • Identification and antibiotic susceptibility of bacterial isolates from probiotic products.

    Robin Temmerman;Bruno Pot;Geert Huys;Jean Swings

  • Distribution of Oxytetracycline Resistance Plasmids between Aeromonads in Hospital and Aquaculture Environments: Implication of Tn1721 in Dissemination of the Tetracycline Resistance Determinant Tet A

    Glenn Rhodes;Geert Huys;Jean Swings;Patrick Mcgann

  • Microbial ecology of sourdough fermentations: diverse or uniform ?

    L De Vuyst;S Van Kerrebroeck;H Harth;Geert Huys

  • Antimicrobial susceptibilities of Lactobacillus, Pediococcus and Lactococcus human isolates and cultures intended for probiotic or nutritional use

    Ingo Klare;Carola Konstabel;Guido Werner;Geert Huys

  • Mycobacteria in drinking water distribution systems: ecology and significance for human health.

    Mario J.M. Vaerewijck;Geert Huys;Juan Carlos Palomino;Jean Swings

  • Evaluation of new broth media for microdilution antibiotic susceptibility testing of Lactobacilli, Pediococci, Lactococci, and Bifidobacteria.

    Ingo Klare;Carola Konstabel;Sibylle Müller-Bertling;Rolf Reissbrodt

  • Molecular Characterization of tet(M) Genes in Lactobacillus Isolates from Different Types of Fermented Dry Sausage

    Dirk Gevers;Morten Danielsen;Geert Huys;Jean Swings

  • Culture-dependent and culture-independent qualitative analysis of probiotic products claimed to contain bifidobacteria.

    L. Masco;G. Huys;E. De Brandt;R. Temmerman

  • Temporal stability analysis of the microbiota in human feces by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis using universal and group-specific 16S rRNA gene primers

    Tom Vanhoutte;Geert Huys;Evie De Brandt;Jean Swings

  • Prevalence and molecular characterization of tetracycline resistance in Enterococcus isolates from food.

    Geert Huys;Klaas D'Haene;Jean-Marc Collard;Jean Swings

  • Culture-independent analysis of probiotic products by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis.

    Robin Temmerman;Ilse Scheirlinck;Geert Huys;Jean Swings

  • High-Resolution Genotypic Analysis of the Genus Aeromonas by AFLP Fingerprinting

    Geert Huys;Renata Coopman;Paul Janssen;Karel Kersters

  • Escherichia albertii sp. nov., a diarrhoeagenic species isolated from stool specimens of Bangladeshi children

    Geert Huys;Margo Cnockaert;J. Michael Janda;Jean Swings

  • Population dynamics and metabolite target analysis of lactic acid bacteria during laboratory fermentations of wheat and spelt sourdoughs.

    Roel Van der Meulen;Ilse Scheirlinck;Ann Van Schoor;Geert Huys

  • Identification and Characterization of Pathogenic Aeromonas veronii Biovar Sobria Associated with Epizootic Ulcerative Syndrome in Fish in Bangladesh

    Mokhlasur Rahman;Patricia Colque-Navarro;Inger Kühn;Geert Huys

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean Swings
Jean Swings Ghent University
Peter Vandamme
Peter Vandamme Ghent University
Marc Vancanneyt
Marc Vancanneyt Ghent University
Luc De Vuyst
Luc De Vuyst Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Karel Kersters
Karel Kersters Ghent University
Herman Goossens
Herman Goossens University of Antwerp
Dirk Gevers
Dirk Gevers Johnson & Johnson (United States)
Paul De Vos
Paul De Vos Ghent University

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