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63
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16419
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2704
National Ranking
237

Overview

José R. Penadés is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple domains within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions to environmental science.

Their work focuses heavily on bacteriophages and microbial interactions, bacterial genetics and biotechnology, as well as genomics and phylogenetic studies. Additional key topics include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, CRISPR and genetic engineering, microbial infections and disease research, and antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus.

José R. Penadés has published numerous papers in prominent venues. Recent publications include:

  • Development of CRISPR-Cas13a-based antimicrobials capable of sequence-specific killing of target bacteria (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Bacterial chromosomal mobility via lateral transduction exceeds that of classical mobile genetic elements (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Bacteriophages benefit from mobilizing pathogenicity islands encoding immune systems against competitors (2022, Cell)
  • Molecular Basis of Lysis-Lysogeny Decisions in Gram-Positive Phages (2021, Annual Review of Microbiology)
  • Staphylococcal phages and pathogenicity islands drive plasmid evolution (2021, Nature Communications)

Their publications appear frequently in venues such as:

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

In collaboration, José R. Penadés commonly works with several co-authors including Alberto Marina, Alfred Fillol-Salom, John Chen, Nuria Quiles-Puchalt, and Andreas F. Haag.

Their research integrates a substantial number of publications within specialized subfields such as ecology, molecular biology, genetics, microbiology, and infectious diseases.

Best Publications

  • Bap, a Staphylococcus aureus surface protein involved in biofilm formation.

    Carme Cucarella;Cristina Solano;Jaione Valle;Beatriz Amorena

  • The Enterococcal Surface Protein, Esp, Is Involved in Enterococcus faecalis Biofilm Formation

    Alejandro Toledo-Arana;Jaione Valle;Cristina Solano;Marı́a Jesús Arrizubieta

  • SarA and not σB is essential for biofilm development by Staphylococcus aureus

    Jaione Valle;Alejandro Toledo-Arana;Carmen Berasain;Jean-Marc Ghigo

  • Role of Biofilm-Associated Protein Bap in the Pathogenesis of Bovine Staphylococcus aureus

    Carme Cucarella;M. Ángeles Tormo;Carles Úbeda;M. Pilar Trotonda

  • Bap: a family of surface proteins involved in biofilm formation.

    Iñigo Lasa;José R. Penadés

  • The phage-related chromosomal islands of Gram-positive bacteria.

    Richard P. Novick;Gail E. Christie;Jose R. Penadés

  • BapA, a large secreted protein required for biofilm formation and host colonization of Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis

    Cristina Latasa;Agnès Roux;Alejandro Toledo-Arana;Jean-Marc Ghigo

  • Protein A-mediated multicellular behavior in Staphylococcus aureus.

    Nekane Merino;Alejandro Toledo-Arana;Marta Vergara-Irigaray;Jaione Valle

  • β-lactam antibiotics induce the SOS response and horizontal transfer of virulence factors in Staphylococcus aureus

    Elisa Maiques;Carles Úbeda;Susana Campoy;Noelia Salvador

  • Bacteriophage-mediated spread of bacterial virulence genes

    José R Penadés;John Chen;Nuria Quiles-Puchalt;Nuria Carpena

  • Bap-dependent biofilm formation by pathogenic species of Staphylococcus: evidence of horizontal gene transfer?

    M. Ángeles Tormo;Erwin Knecht;Friedrich Götz;Iñigo Lasa

  • Antibiotic-induced SOS response promotes horizontal dissemination of pathogenicity island-encoded virulence factors in staphylococci.

    Carles Úbeda;Elisa Maiques;Erwin Knecht;Íñigo Lasa

  • Genome-wide antisense transcription drives mRNA processing in bacteria

    Iñigo Lasa;Alejandro Toledo-Arana;Alexander Dobin;Maite Villanueva

  • Multiple mechanisms for the activation of human platelet aggregation by Staphylococcus aureus: roles for the clumping factors ClfA and ClfB, the serine-aspartate repeat protein SdrE and protein A.

    Louise O'Brien;Steven W Kerrigan;Gideon Kaw;Michael Hogan

  • Biofilm-associated proteins.

    Cristina Latasa;Cristina Solano;José R. Penadés;Iñigo Lasa

  • Genome hypermobility by lateral transduction.

    John Chen;Nuria Quiles-Puchalt;Yin Ning Chiang;Rodrigo Bacigalupe

  • Staphylococcus aureus Develops an Alternative, ica-Independent Biofilm in the Absence of the arlRS Two-Component System

    Alejandro Toledo-Arana;Nekane Merino;Marta Vergara-Irigaray;Michel Débarbouillé

  • Transfer of Antibiotic Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

    Jakob Haaber;José R. Penadés;Hanne Ingmer

  • SarA Is an Essential Positive Regulator of Staphylococcus epidermidis Biofilm Development

    María Ángeles Tormo;Miguel Martí;Jaione Valle;Adhar C. Manna

  • Relevant Role of Fibronectin-Binding Proteins in Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm-Associated Foreign-Body Infections

    Marta Vergara-Irigaray;Jaione Valle;Nekane Merino;Cristina Latasa

  • Evolutionary genomics of staphylococcus aureus reveals insights into the origin and molecular basis of ruminant host adaptation

    Caitriona M. Guinane;Nouri L. Ben Zakour;Maria A. Tormo-Mas;Lucy A. Weinert

Frequent Co-Authors

Iñigo Lasa
Iñigo Lasa Universidad Publica De Navarra
Richard P. Novick
Richard P. Novick New York University
J. Ross Fitzgerald
J. Ross Fitzgerald University of Edinburgh
Timothy J. Foster
Timothy J. Foster Campden BRI (United Kingdom)
Hanne Ingmer
Hanne Ingmer University of Copenhagen
Jordi Barbé
Jordi Barbé Autonomous University of Barcelona
Ambrose L. Cheung
Ambrose L. Cheung Dartmouth College
Sander Granneman
Sander Granneman University of Edinburgh
Erwin Knecht
Erwin Knecht University of Valencia
Jörgen Wieslander
Jörgen Wieslander Lund University

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