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63
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10032
National Ranking
4391

Overview

Karsten Zengler is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with notable contributions to medicine as well. The scientist's primary focus includes several specialized subfields such as molecular biology, ecology, plant science, genetics, and biomedical engineering.

Their scholarly work addresses key topics that intersect microbiology, bioinformatics, and metabolic engineering. These topics include gut microbiota and health, microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction, microbial community ecology and physiology, genomics and phylogenetic studies, algal biology and biofuel production, bioinformatics and genomic networks, as well as biofuel production and bioconversion.

Karsten Zengler has frequently published in a variety of venues, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of their research. These include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • mSystems
  • Nature Communications
  • npj Systems Biology and Applications
  • PLoS Computational Biology

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several researchers over time. Frequent coauthors include Cristal Zúñiga, Lívia S. Zaramela, Juan D. Tibocha-Bonilla, Joanna Coker, and Rob Knight. These partnerships highlight a network of active collaboration within systems biology and microbial ecology.

Among the recent papers attributed to Karsten Zengler are:

  • Genome-Scale Metabolic Modeling Enables In-Depth Understanding of Big Data, 2021, Metabolites
  • Interplay of Staphylococcal and Host Proteases Promotes Skin Barrier Disruption in Netherton Syndrome, 2020, Cell Reports
  • The Ubiquitous Human Skin Commensal Staphylococcus hominis Protects against Opportunistic Pathogens, 2022, mBio
  • Synthetic microbial communities of heterotrophs and phototrophs facilitate sustainable growth, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Introducing the Mangrove Microbiome Initiative: Identifying Microbial Research Priorities and Approaches To Better Understand, Protect, and Rehabilitate Mangrove Ecosystems, 2020, mSystems

Best Publications

  • A new model for electron flow during anaerobic digestion: direct interspecies electron transfer to Methanosaeta for the reduction of carbon dioxide to methane

    Amelia-Elena Rotaru;Pravin Malla Shrestha;Fanghua Liu;Minita Shrestha

  • Antimicrobials from human skin commensal bacteria protect against Staphylococcus aureus and are deficient in atopic dermatitis

    Teruaki Nakatsuji;Tiffany H. Chen;Saisindhu Narala;Kimberly A. Chun

  • GABA-modulating bacteria of the human gut microbiota

    Philip Strandwitz;Ki Hyun Kim;Darya Terekhova;Joanne K. Liu

  • Cultivating the uncultured

    Karsten Zengler;Gerardo Toledo;Michael Rappé;James Elkins

  • Methane formation from long-chain alkanes by anaerobic microorganisms.

    Karsten Zengler;Hans H. Richnow;Ramon Rosselló-Mora;Walter Michaelis

  • Establishing microbial composition measurement standards with reference frames

    James T Morton;Clarisse Marotz;Alex Washburne;Justin Silverman

  • The microbiome extends to subepidermal compartments of normal skin

    Teruaki Nakatsuji;Hsin-I Chiang;Hsin-I Chiang;Shangi B Jiang;Harish Nagarajan

  • Tapping into microbial diversity

    Martin Keller;Karsten Zengler

  • A Novel Sparse Compositional Technique Reveals Microbial Perturbations.

    Cameron Martino;James T. Morton;Clarisse A. Marotz;Luke R. Thompson;Luke R. Thompson

  • The social network of microorganisms - how auxotrophies shape complex communities.

    Karsten Zengler;Livia S. Zaramela

  • In silico method for modelling metabolism and gene product expression at genome scale

    Joshua A. Lerman;Daniel R. Hyduke;Haythem Latif;Vasiliy A. Portnoy

  • Adaptive laboratory evolution — harnessing the power of biology for metabolic engineering

    Vasiliy A Portnoy;Daniela Bezdan;Karsten Zengler

  • Supplementation of Saturated Long-Chain Fatty Acids Maintains Intestinal Eubiosis and Reduces Ethanol-induced Liver Injury in Mice

    Peng Chen;Manolito Torralba;Justin Tan;Mallory Embree

  • The Transcription Unit Architecture of the Escherichia Coli Genome

    Byung-Kwan Cho;Karsten Zengler;Yu Qiu;Young Seoub Park

  • Targeted Access to the Genomes of Low-Abundance Organisms in Complex Microbial Communities

    Mircea Podar;Carl B. Abulencia;Marion Walcher;Don Hutchison

  • Anaerobic Oxidation of o -Xylene, m -Xylene, and Homologous Alkylbenzenes by New Types of Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria

    Gerda Harms;Karsten Zengler;Ralf Rabus;Frank Aeckersberg

  • Quorum sensing between bacterial species on the skin protects against epidermal injury in atopic dermatitis

    Michael R. Williams;Stephen K. Costa;Livia S. Zaramela;Shadi Khalil

  • Improving saliva shotgun metagenomics by chemical host DNA depletion

    Clarisse A. Marotz;Jon G. Sanders;Cristal Zuniga;Livia S. Zaramela

  • Networks of energetic and metabolic interactions define dynamics in microbial communities

    Mallory Embree;Joanne K. Liu;Mahmoud M. Al-Bassam;Karsten Zengler

  • Trash to treasure: production of biofuels and commodity chemicals via syngas fermenting microorganisms

    Haythem Latif;Ahmad Zeidan;Alex Toftgaard Nielsen;Karsten Zengler;Karsten Zengler

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernhard O. Palsson
Bernhard O. Palsson University of California, San Diego
Derek R. Lovley
Derek R. Lovley University of Massachusetts Amherst
Rob Knight
Rob Knight University of California, San Diego
Michael J. Betenbaugh
Michael J. Betenbaugh Johns Hopkins University
Byung-Kwan Cho
Byung-Kwan Cho Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
David Gonzalez
David Gonzalez University of California, San Diego
Friedrich Widdel
Friedrich Widdel Max Planck Society
Trent R. Northen
Trent R. Northen Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Adam M. Feist
Adam M. Feist University of California, San Diego
Ralf Rabus
Ralf Rabus Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

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