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666
National Ranking
70

Microbiology

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181
Citations
162041
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5
National Ranking
1

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178
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48
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Microbiology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2014 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Julian Parkhill is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Their research spans multiple subfields including Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Medicine, and Endocrinology.

Their published work frequently addresses topics such as Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria, Mycobacterium research and diagnosis, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Gut microbiota and health, Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing, and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions.

Parkhill has authored numerous scientific papers, with notable recent publications including:

  • Producing polished prokaryotic pangenomes with the Panaroo pipeline, 2020, Genome Biology
  • A decade of advances in transposon-insertion sequencing, 2020, Nature Reviews Genetics
  • Questioning the fetal microbiome illustrates pitfalls of low-biomass microbial studies, 2023, Nature
  • Lung function and microbiota diversity in cystic fibrosis, 2020, Microbiome
  • Emergence of methicillin resistance predates the clinical use of antibiotics, 2022, Nature

Their collaborations feature several frequent co-authors, including Sharon J. Peacock, Jukka Corander, Andries J. van Tonder, R. Andrés Floto, and Beth Blane.

The University of Cambridge researcher has contributed to a number of journals and publication venues, with the most regular venues being:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Microbial Genomics
  • Nature Microbiology
  • Nature Communications
  • The Lancet Microbe

In addition to articles, Parkhill has published books, including a work titled Genomics released by Oxford University Press in 2020.

Awards recognizing Parkhill's professional standing include being named a Fellow of the Royal Society in the United Kingdom in 2014, membership in the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), and Fellowship in The Academy of Medical Sciences of the United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • A human gut microbial gene catalogue established by metagenomic sequencing

    Junjie Qin;Ruiqiang Li;Jeroen Raes;Manimozhiyan Arumugam

  • Deciphering the biology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from the complete genome sequence

    S. T. Cole;R. Brosch;J. Parkhill;T. Garnier

  • Roary: Rapid large-scale prokaryote pan genome analysis

    Andrew J. Page;Carla A. Cummins;Martin Hunt;Vanessa K. Wong

  • Complete genome sequence of the model actinomycete Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)

    S. D. Bentley;K. F. Chater;A.-M. Cerdeño-Tárraga;G. L. Challis;G. L. Challis

  • Artemis: sequence visualization and annotation.

    Kim Rutherford;Julian Parkhill;James Crook;Terry Horsnell

  • Reagent and laboratory contamination can critically impact sequence-based microbiome analyses

    Susannah J Salter;Michael J Cox;Elena M Turek;Szymon T Calus

  • Rapid phylogenetic analysis of large samples of recombinant bacterial whole genome sequences using Gubbins.

    Nicholas J. Croucher;Andrew J. Page;Thomas R. Connor;Aidan J. Delaney

  • The genome sequence of the food-borne pathogen Campylobacter jejuni reveals hypervariable sequences

    J. Parkhill;B. W. Wren;K. Mungall;J. M. Ketley

  • Massive gene decay in the leprosy bacillus

    S. T. Cole;K. Eiglmeier;J. Parkhill;K. D. James

  • Dominant and diet-responsive groups of bacteria within the human colonic microbiota.

    Alan W Walker;Jennifer Ince;Sylvia H Duncan;Lucy M Webster

  • ACT: the Artemis comparison tool

    Tim J. Carver;Kim M. Rutherford;Matthew Berriman;Marie-Adele Rajandream

  • Genome sequence of Yersinia pestis , the causative agent of plague

    J. Parkhill;B. W. Wren;N. R. Thomson;R. W. Titball

  • Complete genome sequence of a multiple drug resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi CT18

    J. Parkhill;G. Dougan;K. D. James;N. R. Thomson

  • The minimum information about a genome sequence (MIGS) specification.

    Dawn Field;George Garrity;Tanya Gray;Norman Morrison

  • The complete genome sequence of Mycobacterium bovis

    Thierry Garnier;Karin Eiglmeier;Jean-Christophe Camus;Nadine Medina

  • Evolution of MRSA During Hospital Transmission and Intercontinental Spread

    Simon R. Harris;Edward J. Feil;Matthew T. G. Holden;Michael A. Quail

  • Artemis: an integrated platform for visualization and analysis of high-throughput sequence-based experimental data

    Tim Carver;Simon R. Harris;Matthew Berriman;Julian Parkhill

  • Out-of-Africa migration and Neolithic coexpansion of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with modern humans

    Iñaki Comas;Mireia Coscolla;Mireia Coscolla;Tao Luo;Sonia Borrell;Sonia Borrell

  • The genome of the blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni

    Matthew Berriman;Brian J. Haas;Brian J. Haas;Philip T. LoVerde;R. Alan Wilson

  • Producing polished prokaryotic pangenomes with the Panaroo pipeline

    Gerry Tonkin-Hill;Gerry Tonkin-Hill;Neil MacAlasdair;Neil MacAlasdair;Christopher Ruis;Christopher Ruis;Aaron Weimann

  • Complete genomes of two clinical Staphylococcus aureus strains: Evidence for the rapid evolution of virulence and drug resistance

    Matthew T. G. Holden;Edward J. Feil;Jodi A. Lindsay;Sharon J. Peacock

Frequent Co-Authors

Sharon J. Peacock
Sharon J. Peacock University of Cambridge
Stephen D. Bentley
Stephen D. Bentley Wellcome Sanger Institute
Simon R. Harris
Simon R. Harris Wellcome Sanger Institute
Nicholas R. Thomson
Nicholas R. Thomson Wellcome Sanger Institute
Matthew T. G. Holden
Matthew T. G. Holden University of St Andrews
Gordon Dougan
Gordon Dougan University of Cambridge
Michael A. Quail
Michael A. Quail Wellcome Sanger Institute
Jukka Corander
Jukka Corander University of Oslo
Alan W. Walker
Alan W. Walker University of Aberdeen
M. Estée Török
M. Estée Török Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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