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Julia A. Vorholt

Julia A. Vorholt

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Biology and Biochemistry
Switzerland
2023

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Microbiology

D-Index
86
Citations
30169
World Ranking
831
National Ranking
23

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Switzerland Leader Award
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Julia A. Vorholt is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and focuses their research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans several interconnected subfields including Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Food Science, Genetics, and Immunology.

The scientist's research topics cover diverse areas related to microbial and plant interactions. Key thematic areas include:

  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance

Vorholt has contributed to multiple publications in leading journals and venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 11 publications
  • Nature Microbiology with 8 publications
  • Nature Communications with 8 publications
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) with 5 publications
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry with 4 publications

Some of their recent published papers are:

  • Live-seq enables temporal transcriptomic recording of single cells, 2022, Nature
  • Microbiome manipulation by a soil-borne fungal plant pathogen using effector proteins, 2020, Nature Plants
  • Protective role of the Arabidopsis leaf microbiota against a bacterial pathogen, 2021, Nature Microbiology
  • Sharing and community curation of mass spectrometry data with Global Natural Products Social Molecular Networking, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Metabolic interaction models recapitulate leaf microbiota ecology, 2023, Science

Collaborations are a notable aspect of their research profile. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Wolf-Dietrich Hardt
  • Patrick Kiefer
  • Shinichi Sunagawa
  • Miriam Bortfeld-Miller
  • Bidong D. Nguyen

Julia A. Vorholt has been recognized by being named a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), an affiliation associated with contributions to molecular biology research.

Best Publications

  • Sharing and community curation of mass spectrometry data with Global Natural Products Social Molecular Networking

    Mingxun Wang;Jeremy J Carver;Vanessa V Phelan;Laura M Sanchez

  • Microbial life in the phyllosphere

    Julia A. Vorholt

  • Functional overlap of the Arabidopsis leaf and root microbiota

    Yang Bai;Daniel B. Müller;Girish Srinivas;Ruben Garrido-Oter;Ruben Garrido-Oter

  • Community proteogenomics reveals insights into the physiology of phyllosphere bacteria

    Nathanaël Delmotte;Claudia Knief;Samuel Chaffron;Gerd Innerebner

  • Critical Assessment of Metagenome Interpretation - A benchmark of metagenomics software

    Alexander Sczyrba;Peter Hofmann;Peter Hofmann;Peter Belmann;David Koslicki

  • The Plant Microbiota: Systems-Level Insights and Perspectives

    Daniel B. Müller;Christine Vogel;Yang Bai;Julia A. Vorholt

  • Metaproteogenomic analysis of microbial communities in the phyllosphere and rhizosphere of rice

    Claudia Knief;Nathanaël Delmotte;Samuel Chaffron;Manuel Stark

  • Establishing Causality: Opportunities of Synthetic Communities for Plant Microbiome Research

    Julia A. Vorholt;Christine Vogel;Charlotte I. Carlström;Daniel B. Müller

  • Protection of Arabidopsis thaliana against Leaf-Pathogenic Pseudomonas syringae by Sphingomonas Strains in a Controlled Model System

    Gerd Innerebner;Claudia Knief;Julia A. Vorholt

  • Genomic features of bacterial adaptation to plants.

    Asaf Levy;Isai Salas Gonzalez;Isai Salas Gonzalez;Maximilian Mittelviefhaus;Scott Clingenpeel

  • A Synthetic Community Approach Reveals Plant Genotypes Affecting the Phyllosphere Microbiota

    Natacha Bodenhausen;Miriam Bortfeld-Miller;Martin Ackermann;Julia A. Vorholt

  • Synthetic microbiota reveal priority effects and keystone strains in the Arabidopsis phyllosphere

    Charlotte I. Carlström;Christopher M. Field;Miriam Bortfeld-Miller;Barbara Müller

  • Site and plant species are important determinants of the Methylobacterium community composition in the plant phyllosphere

    Claudia Knief;Claudia Knief;Alban Nicolas Ramette;Lisa Frances;Carlos Alonso-Blanco

  • C1 Transfer Enzymes and Coenzymes Linking Methylotrophic Bacteria and Methanogenic Archaea

    Ludmila Chistoserdova;Julia A. Vorholt;Rudolf K. Thauer;Mary E. Lidstrom

  • Methanol-based industrial biotechnology: current status and future perspectives of methylotrophic bacteria.

    Jens Schrader;Martin Schilling;Dirk Holtmann;Dieter Sell

  • Methylotrophic Metabolism Is Advantageous for Methylobacterium extorquens during Colonization of Medicago truncatula under Competitive Conditions

    Abdoulaye Sy;Antonius C. J. Timmers;Claudia Knief;Julia A. Vorholt

  • Demonstration of the ethylmalonyl-CoA pathway by using 13C metabolomics

    Rémi Peyraud;Patrick Kiefer;Philipp Christen;Stephane Massou

  • Cofactor-dependent pathways of formaldehyde oxidation in methylotrophic bacteria.

    Julia A. Vorholt

  • Methylobacterium Genome Sequences: A Reference Blueprint to Investigate Microbial Metabolism of C1 Compounds from Natural and Industrial Sources

    Stéphane Vuilleumier;Ludmila Chistoserdova;Ming-Chun Lee;Françoise Bringel

  • The molecular basis of phosphate discrimination in arsenate-rich environments

    Mikael Elias;Alon Wellner;Korina Goldin-Azulay;Eric Chabriere

  • Force-controlled manipulation of single cells: from AFM to FluidFM

    Orane Guillaume-Gentil;Eva Potthoff;Dario Ossola;Clemens M. Franz

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Charles Portais
Jean-Charles Portais Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Rudolf K. Thauer
Rudolf K. Thauer Max Planck Society
Mary E. Lidstrom
Mary E. Lidstrom University of Washington
Ludmila Chistoserdova
Ludmila Chistoserdova University of Washington
Daniel B. Müller
Daniel B. Müller Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Jörn Piel
Jörn Piel ETH Zurich
Christopher J. Marx
Christopher J. Marx University of Idaho
Volker F. Wendisch
Volker F. Wendisch Bielefeld University
Bart P. H. J. Thomma
Bart P. H. J. Thomma University of Cologne

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