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Overview

John Ziebuhr is affiliated with the University of Giessen in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on infectious diseases and molecular biology.

The scientist's work covers various subfields, including Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, Animal Science and Zoology, Plant Science, and Immunology. This broad range supports their investigation into viral and immune-related processes across species.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Interferon and immune responses
  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Hepatitis C virus research

Ziebuhr has contributed to numerous publications featured in several scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Viruses
  • Nature Microbiology
  • Nature Communications
  • Nucleic Acids Research

Among their recent papers are:

  • The species Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus: classifying 2019-nCoV and naming it SARS-CoV-2 (2020), Nature Microbiology
  • Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus: The species and its viruses - a statement of the Coronavirus Study Group (2020), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Multilevel proteomics reveals host perturbations by SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV (2021), Nature
  • SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Interest and Concern naming scheme conducive for global discourse (2021), Nature Microbiology
  • Coronavirus replication-transcription complex: Vital and selective NMPylation of a conserved site in nsp9 by the NiRAN-RdRp subunit (2021), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Ziebuhr collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Christin Müller
  • Ramakanth Madhugiri
  • Nadja Karl
  • Arnold Grünweller
  • Alexander E. Gorbalenya

Best Publications

  • The species Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus: classifying 2019-nCoV and naming it SARS-CoV-2

    Alexander E. Gorbalenya;Susan C. Baker;Ralph S. Baric;Raoul J. de Groot

  • Coronavirus Main Proteinase (3CLpro) Structure: Basis for Design of Anti-SARS Drugs

    Kanchan Anand;John Ziebuhr;Parvesh Wadhwani;Jeroen R. Mesters

  • Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus: The species and its viruses – a statement of the Coronavirus Study Group

    Alexander E. Gorbalenya;Alexander E. Gorbalenya;Susan C. Baker;Ralph Baric;Raoul J. de Groot

  • Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV): announcement of the Coronavirus Study Group.

    Raoul J. de Groot;Susan C. Baker;Ralph S. Baric;Caroline S. Brown

  • Severe COVID-19 Is Marked by a Dysregulated Myeloid Cell Compartment.

    Jonas Schulte-Schrepping;Nico Reusch;Daniela Paclik;Kevin Baßler

  • Unique and conserved features of genome and proteome of SARS-coronavirus, an early split-off from the coronavirus group 2 lineage.

    Eric J. Snijder;Peter J. Bredenbeek;Jessika C. Dobbe;Volker Thiel

  • Virus-encoded proteinases and proteolytic processing in the Nidovirales.

    John Ziebuhr;Eric J. Snijder;Alexander E. Gorbalenya

  • Nidovirales: Evolving the largest RNA virus genome

    Alexander E. Gorbalenya;Luis Enjuanes;John Ziebuhr;Eric J. Snijder

  • Mechanisms and enzymes involved in SARS coronavirus genome expression.

    Volker Thiel;Konstantin A. Ivanov;Ákos Putics;Tobias Hertzig

  • Ribose 2′-O-methylation provides a molecular signature for the distinction of self and non-self mRNA dependent on the RNA sensor Mda5

    Roland Züst;Roland Züst;Luisa Cervantes-Barragan;Matthias Habjan;Reinhard Maier

  • Design of Wide-Spectrum Inhibitors Targeting Coronavirus Main Proteases

    Haitao Yang;Weiqing Xie;Xiaoyu Xue;Xiaoyu Xue;Kailin Yang;Kailin Yang

  • Multilevel proteomics reveals host perturbations by SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV.

    Alexey Stukalov;Virginie Girault;Vincent Grass;Ozge Karayel

  • Structure of coronavirus main proteinase reveals combination of a chymotrypsin fold with an extra alpha-helical domain.

    Kanchan Anand;Gottfried J. Palm;Jeroen R. Mesters;Stuart G. Siddell

  • Discovery of an RNA virus 3'->5' exoribonuclease that is critically involved in coronavirus RNA synthesis

    Ekaterina Minskaia;Tobias Hertzig;Alexander E. Gorbalenya;Alexander E. Gorbalenya;Valérie Campanacci

  • The Nonstructural Proteins Directing Coronavirus RNA Synthesis and Processing.

    Snijder Ej;Decroly E;Ziebuhr J

  • Multiple Enzymatic Activities Associated with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Helicase

    Konstantin A. Ivanov;Volker Thiel;Jessika C. Dobbe;Yvonne van der Meer

  • The coronavirus replicase.

    John Ziebuhr

  • Major genetic marker of nidoviruses encodes a replicative endoribonuclease

    Konstantin A. Ivanov;Tobias Hertzig;Mikhail Rozanov;Sonja Bayer

  • Conservation of substrate specificities among coronavirus main proteases.

    Annette Hegyi;John Ziebuhr

  • Multi-level proteomics reveals host-perturbation strategies of SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV

    Alexey Stukalov;Virginie Girault;Vincent Grass;Ozge Karayel

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander E. Gorbalenya
Alexander E. Gorbalenya Leiden University
Volker Thiel
Volker Thiel University of Bern
Eric J. Snijder
Eric J. Snijder Leiden University Medical Center
Stephan Pleschka
Stephan Pleschka University of Giessen
Rolf Hilgenfeld
Rolf Hilgenfeld University of Lübeck
Roland K. Hartmann
Roland K. Hartmann Philipp University of Marburg
Stuart G. Siddell
Stuart G. Siddell University of Bristol
Bruno Canard
Bruno Canard Aix-Marseille University
Christian Drosten
Christian Drosten Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Bernhard Kuster
Bernhard Kuster Technical University of Munich

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