2026 Gero Steinberg: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	61	11519	10620	879	823	113	11360

Overview

Gero Steinberg is affiliated with the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom and conducts research primarily in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant focus on agricultural and biological sciences.

Their research work spans several subfields, including plant science, molecular biology, cell biology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and genetics.

Main research topics covered by their publications include:

Fungal and yeast genetics research
Plant-microbe interactions and immunity
Plant pathogens and fungal diseases
Wheat and barley genetics and pathology
Plant reproductive biology
Mycorrhizal fungi and plant interactions
Plant pathogens and resistance

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Steinberg include:

Sreedhar Kilaru
Martin Schuster
Sarah J. Gurr
Stuart J Cannon
Thomas M. Chaloner

The scientist has published multiple papers across several notable academic journals, including:

Fungal Genetics and Biology (6 publications)
Nature Communications (4 publications)
Nature Food (2 publications)
PLoS Pathogens (1 publication)
The European Physical Journal E (1 publication)

Key recent publications are:

"Threats to global food security from emerging fungal and oomycete crop pathogens," 2020, Nature Food
"Fungi, fungicide discovery and global food security," 2020, Fungal Genetics and Biology
"A lipophilic cation protects crops against fungal pathogens by multiple modes of action," 2020, Nature Communications
"Asynchronous development of Zymoseptoria tritici infection in wheat," 2020, Fungal Genetics and Biology
"Zymoseptoria tritici white-collar complex integrates light, temperature and plant cues to initiate dimorphism and pathogenesis," 2022, Nature Communications

Best Publications

Insights from the genome of the biotrophic fungal plant pathogen Ustilago maydis

Jörg Kämper;Regine Kahmann;Michael Bölker;Li-Jun Ma

1438
Citations
Threats to global food security from emerging fungal and oomycete crop pathogens

Helen N. Fones;Daniel P. Bebber;Thomas M. Chaloner;William T. Kay

551
Citations
Hyphal Growth: a Tale of Motors, Lipids, and the Spitzenkörper

Gero Steinberg

383
Citations
Septin-Mediated Plant Cell Invasion by the Rice Blast Fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae

Yasin F. Dagdas;Kae Yoshino;Kae Yoshino;Gulay Dagdas;Lauren S. Ryder

378
Citations
A dynein loading zone for retrograde endosome motility at microtubule plus-ends

Jan-Heiko Lenz;Isabel Schuchardt;Anne Straube;Gero Steinberg

257
Citations
A putative endosomal t-SNARE links exo- and endocytosis in the phytopathogenic fungus Ustilago maydis.

Roland Wedlich‐Söldner;Michael Bölker;Regine Kahmann;Gero Steinberg

220
Citations
Kinesin is essential for cell morphogenesis and polarized secretion in Neurospora crassa

Stephan Seiler;Frank E. Nargang;Gero Steinberg;Manfred Schliwa

213
Citations
Regulation of mating and pathogenic development in Ustilago maydis.

Michael Feldbrügge;Jörg Kämper;Gero Steinberg;Regine Kahmann

204
Citations
Transient binding of dynein controls bidirectional long-range motility of early endosomes

Martin Schuster;Reinhard Lipowsky;Marcus Alexander Assmann;Peter Lenz

201
Citations
Heterotrophic flagellates and other protists associated with oceanic detritus throughout the water column in the mid North Atlantic

David J. Patterson;Kari Nygaard;Gero Steinberg;Carol M. Turley

200
Citations
A balance of KIF1A-like kinesin and dynein organizes early endosomes in the fungus Ustilago maydis

Roland Wedlich‐Söldner;Anne Straube;Michael W. Friedrich;Gero Steinberg

186
Citations
Kinesin from the plant pathogenic fungus Ustilago maydis is involved in vacuole formation and cytoplasmic migration

G. Steinberg;M. Schliwa;C. Lehmler;M. Bolker

183
Citations
Endocytosis Is Essential for Pathogenic Development in the Corn Smut Fungus Ustilago maydis

Uta Fuchs;Gerd Hause;Isabel Schuchardt;Gero Steinberg

177
Citations
Microtubules in the fungal pathogen Ustilago maydis are highly dynamic and determine cell polarity.

G. Steinberg;R. Wedlich-Soldner;M. Brill;I. Schulz

176
Citations
Identification of a motor protein required for filamentous growth in Ustilago maydis

Christiane Lehmler;Gero Steinberg;Karen M. Snetselaar;Manfred Schliwa

170
Citations
The Role of the Fungal Cell Wall in the Infection of Plants.

Ivey Geoghegan;Ivey Geoghegan;Gero Steinberg;Sarah Gurr;Sarah Gurr

168
Citations
Hook is an adapter that coordinates kinesin-3 and dynein cargo attachment on early endosomes.

Ewa Bielska;Martin Schuster;Yvonne Roger;Adokiye Berepiki

165
Citations
Polar Localizing Class V Myosin Chitin Synthases Are Essential during Early Plant Infection in the Plant Pathogenic Fungus Ustilago maydis

Isabella Weber;Daniela Aßmann;Eckhard Thines;Gero Steinberg

160
Citations
Ustilago maydis, a new fungal model system for cell biology.

Gero Steinberg;Gero Steinberg;Jose Perez-Martin

160
Citations
Cell Biology of Hyphal Growth

Gero Steinberg;Miguel A. Peñalva;Meritxell Riquelme;Han A. Wösten

122
Citations