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John Penders is affiliated with Maastricht University in the Netherlands and conducts research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work extensively covers subfields such as Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Oncology, Physiology, and Surgery.

The scientist's research topics focus significantly on Gut microbiota and health, including related subjects such as Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research, Diet and metabolism studies, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria, Oral health in cancer treatment, and Infant Nutrition and Health.

Frequent co-authors working alongside John Penders include Niels van Best, Marjolein L. Smidt, Daisy Jonkers, Janine Ziemons, and Koen Venema. These collaborations indicate ongoing teamwork within a network of researchers specialized in microbiota and related areas.

John Penders has contributed to publications in several notable scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Gut Microbes
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Gastroenterology

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by John Penders are the following:

  • "Gut microbiome stability and resilience: elucidating the response to perturbations in order to modulate gut health" (2020, Gut)
  • "microViz: an R package for microbiome data visualization and statistics" (2021, The Journal of Open Source Software)
  • "Development of the Microbiota and Associations With Birth Mode, Diet, and Atopic Disorders in a Longitudinal Analysis of Stool Samples, Collected From Infancy Through Early Childhood" (2020, Gastroenterology)
  • "Bile acids drive the newborn's gut microbiota maturation" (2020, Nature Communications)
  • "Gut microbiota, dysbiosis and atrial fibrillation. Arrhythmogenic mechanisms and potential clinical implications" (2021, Cardiovascular Research)

Best Publications

  • Factors influencing the composition of the intestinal microbiota in early infancy

    John Penders;Carel Thijs;Carel Thijs;Cornelis Vink;Foekje F. Stelma

  • Dissemination of Antimicrobial Resistance in Microbial Ecosystems through Horizontal Gene Transfer.

    Christian J. H. von Wintersdorff;John Penders;Julius M. van Niekerk;Nathan D. Mills

  • Gut microbiota composition and development of atopic manifestations in infancy: the KOALA Birth Cohort Study

    John Penders;Carel Thijs;Piet A van den Brandt;Ischa Kummeling

  • Towards standards for human fecal sample processing in metagenomic studies

    Paul I. Costea;Georg Zeller;Shinichi Sunagawa;Eric Pelletier;Eric Pelletier

  • Gut microbiome stability and resilience : Elucidating the response to perturbations in order to modulate gut health

    Marina Fassarella;Ellen E Blaak;John Penders;Arjen Nauta

  • The role of the intestinal microbiota in the development of atopic disorders

    J. Penders;E.E. Stobberingh;P.A. van den Brandt;C.T.M. Thijs

  • Mode and place of delivery, gastrointestinal microbiota, and their influence on asthma and atopy

    Frederika A. van Nimwegen;John Penders;Ellen E. Stobberingh;Dirkje S. Postma

  • Dissemination of the mcr-1 colistin resistance gene

    Maris S Arcilla;Jarne M van Hattem;Sebastien Matamoros;Damian C Melles

  • Quantification of Bifidobacterium spp., Escherichia coli and Clostridium difficile in faecal samples of breast-fed and formula-fed infants by real-time PCR.

    John Penders;Cornelis Vink;Christel Driessen;Nancy London

  • Import and spread of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae by international travellers (COMBAT study): a prospective, multicentre cohort study

    Maris S Arcilla;Jarne M van Hattem;Manon R Haverkate;Martin C J Bootsma;Martin C J Bootsma

  • Intestinal Microbiota And Diet in IBS: Causes, Consequences, or Epiphenomena?

    Mirjana Rajilić-Stojanović;Daisy M Jonkers;Anne Salonen;Kurt Hanevik

  • Establishment of the intestinal microbiota and its role for atopic dermatitis in early childhood

    John Penders;John Penders;Kerstin Gerhold;Ellen E. Stobberingh;Carel Thijs

  • The human microbiome as a reservoir of antimicrobial resistance

    John Penders;Ellen E. Stobberingh;Paul H. M. Savelkoul;Petra F. G. Wolffs

  • Development of the Microbiota and Associations With Birth Mode, Diet, and Atopic Disorders in a Longitudinal Analysis of Stool Samples, Collected From Infancy Through Early Childhood

    Gianluca Galazzo;Niels van Best;Niels van Best;Liene Bervoets;Isaac Oteng Dapaah

  • Probiotics in the management of inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review of intervention studies in adult patients

    Daisy Jonkers;John Penders;Ad Masclee;Marieke Pierik

  • Global phylogenetic analysis of Escherichia coli and plasmids carrying the mcr-1 gene indicates bacterial diversity but plasmid restriction.

    Sébastien Matamoros;Jarne M van Hattem;Maris S Arcilla;Niels Willemse

  • Weight gain in anorexia nervosa does not ameliorate the faecal microbiota, branched chain fatty acid profiles, and gastrointestinal complaints.

    Isabelle Mack;Ulrich Cuntz;Claudia Grämer;Sabrina Niedermaier

  • microViz: an R package for microbiome data visualization and statistics

    David J.M. Barnett;Ilja C.W. Arts;John Penders

  • Consumption of organic foods and risk of atopic disease during the first 2 years of life in the Netherlands.

    Ischa Kummeling;Carel Thijs;Machteld Huber;Lucy P. L. van de Vijver

  • The role of the intestinal microbiota in the development of atopic

    J. Penders;E. E. Stobberingh;P. A. van den Brandt;C. Thijs

Frequent Co-Authors

Carel Thijs
Carel Thijs Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Paul H. M. Savelkoul
Paul H. M. Savelkoul Maastricht University
Ellen E. Stobberingh
Ellen E. Stobberingh Maastricht University
Ad A.M. Masclee
Ad A.M. Masclee Maastricht University
Gerard H. Koppelman
Gerard H. Koppelman University Medical Center Groningen
Constance Schultsz
Constance Schultsz University of Amsterdam
Piet A. van den Brandt
Piet A. van den Brandt Maastricht University
Abraham Goorhuis
Abraham Goorhuis University of Amsterdam
Henri A. Verbrugh
Henri A. Verbrugh Erasmus University Rotterdam
Dirkje S. Postma
Dirkje S. Postma University Medical Center Groningen

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