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Gert Zimmer is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to research in medicine, with a primary focus on infectious diseases, epidemiology, molecular biology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and immunology.

Their recent research output includes work on viral infections and immune responses, especially related to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19. Notable papers by Zimmer include:

  • LY6E impairs coronavirus fusion and confers immune control of viral disease, 2020, Nature Microbiology
  • Within-host evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in an immunosuppressed COVID-19 patient as a source of immune escape variants, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Validation of a commercially available SARS-CoV-2 serological immunoassay, 2020, Clinical Microbiology and Infection
  • Rapid Quantification of SARS-CoV-2-Neutralizing Antibodies Using Propagation-Defective Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Pseudotypes, 2020, Vaccines
  • A genome-wide CRISPR screen identifies interactors of the autophagy pathway as conserved coronavirus targets, 2021, PLoS Biology

Zimmer frequently publishes in a range of scientific journals, demonstrating a breadth of investigation within their field. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • EMBO Reports
  • Journal of Virology

The main fields of study span broadly across:

  • Medicine

with subfields focused on:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Epidemiology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Immunology

The main topics covered in Zimmer's research include:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies

Zimmer's collaborative network involves frequent co-authors such as:

  • Volker Thiel
  • Stephanie Pfaender
  • Eike Steinmann
  • Daniel Tödt
  • Artur Summerfield

Best Publications

  • A vesicular stomatitis virus replicon-based bioassay for the rapid and sensitive determination of multi-species type I interferon.

    Marianne Berger Rentsch;Gert Zimmer

  • The Hemagglutinin of Canine Distemper Virus Determines Tropism and Cytopathogenicity

    Veronika von Messling;Gert Zimmer;Georg Herrler;Ludwig Haas

  • Proteolytic Activation of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Fusion Protein CLEAVAGE AT TWO FURIN CONSENSUS SEQUENCES

    Gert Zimmer;Linda Budz;Georg Herrler

  • Chicken Cells Sense Influenza A Virus Infection through MDA5 and CARDIF Signaling Involving LGP2

    Matthias Liniger;Artur Summerfield;Gert Zimmer;Kenneth C. McCullough

  • LY6E impairs coronavirus fusion and confers immune control of viral disease

    Stephanie Pfaender;Katrina B. Mar;Eleftherios Michailidis;Annika Kratzel

  • Within-host evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in an immunosuppressed COVID-19 patient as a source of immune escape variants.

    Sebastian Weigang;Jonas Fuchs;Gert Zimmer;Daniel Schnepf

  • Validation of a commercially available SARS-CoV-2 serological immunoassay.

    Benjamin Meyer;Giulia Torriani;Sabine Yerly;Lena Mazza

  • MHC class II proteins mediate cross-species entry of bat influenza viruses

    Umut Karakus;Thiprampai Thamamongood;Kevin Ciminski;Wei Ran

  • Use of influenza C virus glycoprotein HEF for generation of vesicular stomatitis virus pseudotypes.

    Andrea Hanika;Birthe Larisch;Eike Steinmann;Christel Schwegmann-Weßels

  • Fusion-active glycoprotein G mediates the cytotoxicity of vesicular stomatitis virus M mutants lacking host shut-off activity

    Markus Hoffmann;Yuan-Ju Wu;Markus Gerber;Marianne Berger-Rentsch

  • Use of influenza C virus for detection of 9-O-acetylated sialic acids on immobilized glycoconjugates by esterase activity.

    Gert Zimmer;Gerd Reuter;Roland Schauer

  • Cloning and characterization of gp36, a human mucin-type glycoprotein preferentially expressed in vascular endothelium

    Gert Zimmer;Frank Oeffner;Veronika Von Messling;Thomas Tschernig

  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Fusion Protein Subunit F2, Not Attachment Protein G, Determines the Specificity of RSV Infection

    Jörg Schlender;Gert Zimmer;Georg Herrler;Karl-Klaus Conzelmann

  • N-Glycans of F Protein Differentially Affect Fusion Activity of Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus

    Gert Zimmer;Ina Trotz;Georg Herrler

  • Pseudotyping Vesicular Stomatitis Virus with Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus Glycoproteins Enhances Infectivity for Glioma Cells and Minimizes Neurotropism

    Alexander Muik;Inna Kneiske;Marina Werbizki;Doris Wilflingseder

  • Interferon-driven deletion of antiviral B cells at the onset of chronic infection.

    Benedict Fallet;Kerstin Narr;Yusuf I. Ertuna;Melissa Remy

  • An infectious bat-derived chimeric influenza virus harbouring the entry machinery of an influenza A virus

    Mindaugas Juozapaitis;Étori Aguiar Moreira;Ignacio Mena;Sebastian Giese

  • Formation of bovine viral diarrhea virus E1–E2 heterodimers is essential for virus entry and depends on charged residues in the transmembrane domains

    Saskia Ronecker;Gert Zimmer;Georg Herrler;Irene Greiser-Wilke

  • The Fusion Protein of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Triggers p53-Dependent Apoptosis

    Julia Eckardt-Michel;Markus Lorek;Diane Baxmann;Thomas Grunwald

  • Rapid Quantification of SARS-CoV-2-Neutralizing Antibodies Using Propagation-Defective Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Pseudotypes

    Ferdinand Zettl;Toni Luise Meister;Tanja Vollmer;Bastian Fischer

  • Identification of a 40-kDa Cell Surface Sialoglycoprotein with the Characteristics of a Major Influenza C Virus Receptor in a Madin-Darby Canine Kidney Cell Line

    Gert Zimmer;Hans-Dieter Klenk;Georg Herrler

Frequent Co-Authors

Georg Herrler
Georg Herrler University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Martin Schwemmle
Martin Schwemmle University of Freiburg
Artur Summerfield
Artur Summerfield University of Bern
Eike Steinmann
Eike Steinmann Ruhr University Bochum
Dirk Jan Slotboom
Dirk Jan Slotboom University of Groningen
Adolfo García-Sastre
Adolfo García-Sastre Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Stefan Pöhlmann
Stefan Pöhlmann German Primate Center
Volker Thiel
Volker Thiel University of Bern
Stefan Kunz
Stefan Kunz University of Lausanne
Ronald Dijkman
Ronald Dijkman University of Bern

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