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Spain
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Genetics

D-Index
122
Citations
59305
World Ranking
349
National Ranking
4

Molecular Biology

D-Index
122
Citations
59305
World Ranking
239
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in Spain Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Spain Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in Spain Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Spain Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Spain Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Spain Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Spain Leader Award
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Luis Serrano is affiliated with the Centre for Genomic Regulation in Spain and has a substantial body of work centered primarily within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research spans 143 publications in this area, with a strong emphasis on several subfields including Molecular Biology, Ecology, Genetics, Microbiology, and Infectious Diseases.

The research topics covered by Luis Serrano include:

  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Microbial infections and disease research
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology

Frequent co-authors in Luis Serrano's research collaborations include:

  • María Lluch-Senar (26 joint publications)
  • Samuel Miravet-Verde (21 joint publications)
  • Damiano Cianferoni (13 joint publications)
  • Javier Delgado (13 joint publications)
  • Xavier Hernandez-Alias (13 joint publications)

Luis Serrano's publications are often featured in notable scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 22 publications
  • Molecular Systems Biology with 11 publications
  • Nature Communications with 7 publications
  • Nucleic Acids Research with 4 publications
  • Bioinformatics with 4 publications

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Luis Serrano include:

  • "Characterization of different alginate lyases for dissolving Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Stepwise emergence of the neuronal gene expression program in early animal evolution," 2023, Cell
  • "Integrating Metabolomics, Genomics, and Disease Pathways in Age-Related Macular Degeneration," 2020, Ophthalmology
  • "Extensive rewiring of the EGFR network in colorectal cancer cells expressing transforming levels of KRASG13D," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Engineered live bacteria suppress Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in mouse lung and dissolve endotracheal-tube biofilms," 2023, Nature Biotechnology

Best Publications

  • The FoldX web server: an online force field

    Joost Schymkowitz;Jesper Borg;Francois Stricher;Robby Nys

  • Correlation of mRNA and protein in complex biological samples

    Tobias Maier;Marc Güell;Luis Serrano

  • Predicting changes in the stability of proteins and protein complexes: a study of more than 1000 mutations.

    Raphael Guerois;Jens Erik Nielsen;Jens Erik Nielsen;Luis Serrano

  • Engineering stability in gene networks by autoregulation

    Attila Becskei;Luis Serrano

  • Prediction of sequence-dependent and mutational effects on the aggregation of peptides and proteins

    Ana-Maria Fernandez-Escamilla;Frederic Rousseau;Joost Schymkowitz;Luis Serrano

  • The folding of an enzyme: I. Theory of protein engineering analysis of stability and pathway of protein folding

    Alan R. Fersht;Andreas T Matouschek;Luis Serrano

  • Mapping the transition state and pathway of protein folding by protein engineering

    Andreas T Matouschek;James T. Kellis;Luis Serrano;Alan R. Fersht

  • Positive feedback in eukaryotic gene networks: cell differentiation by graded to binary response conversion.

    Attila Becskei;Bertrand Séraphin;Luis Serrano

  • Elucidating the folding problem of helical peptides using empirical parameters

    Victor Muñoz;Luis Serrano

  • Exploring the sequence determinants of amyloid structure using position-specific scoring matrices

    Sebastian Maurer-Stroh;Maja Debulpaep;Maja Debulpaep;Nico Kuemmerer;Manuela Lopez de la Paz

  • A short linear peptide that folds into a native stable beta-hairpin in aqueous solution.

    Francisco J. Blanco;Germán Rivas;Luis Serrano

  • Structure-based redesign of the dimerization interface reduces the toxicity of zinc-finger nucleases.

    Michal Szczepek;Vincent Brondani;Janine Büchel;Luis Serrano

  • Elucidating the folding problem of alpha-helices: local motifs, long-range electrostatics, ionic-strength dependence and prediction of NMR parameters.

    Emmanuel Lacroix;Ana Rosa Viguera;Luis Serrano

  • How Protein Stability and New Functions Trade Off

    Nobuhiko Tokuriki;Francois Stricher;Luis Serrano;Dan S. Tawfik

  • Transient folding intermediates characterized by protein engineering

    Andreas T Matouschek;James T. Kellis;Luis Serrano;Mark Bycroft

  • Proteome Organization in a Genome-Reduced Bacterium

    Sebastian Kühner;Vera van Noort;Matthew J. Betts;Alejandra Leo-Macias

  • Sequence determinants of amyloid fibril formation

    Manuela López de la Paz;Luis Serrano

  • Development of the multiple sequence approximation within the AGADIR model of α‐helix formation: Comparison with Zimm‐Bragg and Lifson‐Roig formalisms

    Victor Muñoz;Luis Serrano

  • Strength and co-operativity of contributions of surface salt bridges to protein stability

    Amnon Horovitz;Luis Serrano;Boaz Avron;Mark Bycroft

  • Transcriptome Complexity in a Genome-Reduced Bacterium

    Marc Güell;Vera Van Noort;Eva Yus;Wei Hua Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Jalel Labidi
Jalel Labidi University of the Basque Country
Alan R. Fersht
Alan R. Fersht University of Cambridge
Victor Muñoz
Victor Muñoz University of California, Merced
Afshin Samali
Afshin Samali University of Galway
Francesc X. Avilés
Francesc X. Avilés Autonomous University of Barcelona
Andreas T Matouschek
Andreas T Matouschek The University of Texas at Austin
Pedro Beltrao
Pedro Beltrao European Bioinformatics Institute
Wim J. Quax
Wim J. Quax University of Groningen

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