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Louis Du Pasquier

Louis Du Pasquier

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
66
Citations
11928
World Ranking
2452
National Ranking
61

Louis Du Pasquier publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Louis Du Pasquier sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 165 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Louis Du Pasquier D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Louis Du Pasquier sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Louis Du Pasquier is affiliated with the University of Basel in Switzerland and works primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Immunology and Microbiology. Their research has contributed to multiple subfields, including Immunology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Ecology, and Insect Science.

Their scientific output encompasses topics such as Aquaculture disease management and microbiota, Evolution and Genetic Dynamics, Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms, Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, and Parasite Biology and Host Interactions.

Among recent publications authored or coauthored by Louis Du Pasquier are:

  • "Lymphoid Tissue in Teleost Gills: Variations on a Theme," 2020, Biology
  • "Genome-Wide Association Analysis Identifies a Genetic Basis of Infectivity in a Model Bacterial Pathogen," 2020, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • "Long-term balancing selection for pathogen resistance maintains trans-species polymorphisms in a planktonic crustacean," 2024, Nature Communications
  • "QTL study reveals candidate genes underlying host resistance in a Red Queen model system," 2023, PLoS Genetics
  • "The repertoire of vertebrate STAT transcription factors: Origin and variations in fish," 2020, Developmental & Comparative Immunology

They have frequently published in venues including Developmental & Comparative Immunology, Nature Communications, Biology, Molecular Biology and Evolution, and PLoS Genetics.

Louis Du Pasquier collaborates with several scientists in their research efforts. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Peter D. Fields
  • Dieter Ebert
  • Pierre Boudinot
  • Maridel Fredericksen
  • Luca Cornetti

Best Publications

  • A novel chimeric Ig heavy chain from a teleost fish shares similarities to IgD

    Melanie Wilson;Eva Bengtén;Norman W. Miller;L. William Clem

  • Immunoreceptor tyrosine‐based inhibition motifs: a quest in the past and future

    Marc Daëron;Marc Daëron;Sébastien Jaeger;Sébastien Jaeger;Louis Du Pasquier;Eric Vivier

  • Evolution of innate and adaptive immunity: can we draw a line?

    Martin F. Flajnik;Louis Du Pasquier

  • Heterogeneity of endothelial junctions is reflected by differential expression and specific subcellular localization of the three JAM family members.

    Michel Aurrand-Lions;Caroline Johnson-Leger;Cindy Wong;Louis Du Pasquier

  • Genomic analysis of immunity in a Urochordate and the emergence of the vertebrate immune system: “waiting for Godot”

    Kaoru Azumi;Rosaria De Santis;Anthony De Tomaso;Isidore Rigoutsos

  • Plasticity of Animal Genome Architecture Unmasked by Rapid Evolution of a Pelagic Tunicate

    Simon Henriet;Sutada Mungpakdee;Jean-Marc Aury;Jean-Marc Aury;Jean-Marc Aury

  • Genetics of polyploid Xenopus

    Hans Rudolf Kobel;Louis Du Pasquier

  • The first myriapod genome sequence reveals conservative arthropod gene content and genome organisation in the centipede Strigamia maritima

    Ariel D Chipman;David E. K. Ferrier;Carlo Brena;Jiaxin Qu

  • Expression, Linkage, and Polymorphism of MHC-Related Genes in Rainbow Trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss

    John D. Hansen;Pamela Strassburger;Gary H. Thorgaard;William P. Young

  • Antibody diversity in lower vertebrates--why is it so restricted?

    Louis Du Pasquier

  • Evidence for a Functional Second Thymus in Mice

    Grzegorz Terszowski;Susanna M. Müller;Conrad C. Bleul;Carmen Blum

  • An evolutionarily conserved target motif for immunoglobulin class-switch recombination.

    Ali A Zarrin;Frederick W Alt;Jayanta Chaudhuri;Nicole Stokes

  • The immune system of invertebrates and vertebrates.

    Louis Du Pasquier

  • On the origins of the adaptive immune system: novel insights from invertebrates and cold-blooded vertebrates.

    Masanori Kasahara;Takashi Suzuki;Louis Du Pasquier

  • Is Xenopus IgX an analog of IgA

    Rainer Mußmann;Louis Du Pasquier;Ellen Hsu

  • CTX, a Xenopus thymocyte receptor, defines a molecular family conserved throughout vertebrates

    Isabelle Chrétien;Anne Marcuz;Michèle Courtet;Kaisa Katevuo

  • Origin and Evolution of the Vertebrate Immune System

    Louis du Pasquier;Gary W. Litman

  • The Dscam Homologue of the Crustacean Daphnia Is Diversified by Alternative Splicing Like in Insects

    Daniela Brites;Seanna McTaggart;Krystalynne Morris;Jobriah Anderson

  • Immunoglobulin superfamily receptors in protochordates: before RAG time

    Louis Du Pasquier;Ivana Zucchetti;Rosaria De Santis

  • A novel type of class I gene organization in vertebrates: a large family of non-MHC-linked class I genes is expressed at the RNA level in the amphibian Xenopus.

    M.F. Flajnik;M. Kasahara;B.P. Shum;L. Salter-Cid

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin F. Flajnik
Martin F. Flajnik University of Maryland, Baltimore
Dieter Ebert
Dieter Ebert University of Basel
Jacques Robert
Jacques Robert University of Rochester Medical Center
Pierre Boudinot
Pierre Boudinot Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University
Melanie Wilson
Melanie Wilson University of Mississippi Medical Center
Dietmar Vestweber
Dietmar Vestweber Max Planck Society
James C. Kaufman
James C. Kaufman University of Connecticut
Masaru Nonaka
Masaru Nonaka University of Tokyo
Norman W. Miller
Norman W. Miller University of Mississippi Medical Center
Olivier Jaillon
Olivier Jaillon University of Paris-Saclay

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