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1848

Overview

Max L. Nibert is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of medicine. Their work intersects various subfields including ecology, microbiology, infectious diseases, plant science, and epidemiology.

The scientist's research covers multiple topics, notably:

  • Reproductive tract infections research
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Plant virus research studies
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Environmental DNA in biodiversity studies
  • Plant and fungal interactions research
  • Viral infections and outbreaks research

Max L. Nibert has contributed to several recent papers published in recognized scientific journals. Some of the key publications include:

  • Changes to virus taxonomy and to the International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2021), published in Archives of Virology
  • Changes to virus taxonomy and the Statutes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2020), published in Archives of Virology
  • The new scope of virus taxonomy: partitioning the virosphere into 15 hierarchical ranks (2020), published in Nature Microbiology
  • A Novel Taxon of Monosegmented Double-Stranded RNA Viruses Endemic to Triclad Flatworms (2020), published in Journal of Virology
  • Discovery of a Novel Species of Trichomonasvirus in the Human Parasite Trichomonas vaginalis Using Transcriptome Mining (2022), published in Viruses

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Max L. Nibert include:

  • Peter J. Walker
  • Stuart G. Siddell
  • Elliot J. Lefkowitz
  • Arcady Mushegian
  • Andrew J. Davison

The scientist has published extensively in several venues, with multiple works appearing in Archives of Virology and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), along with publications in Nature Microbiology, Viruses, and the Journal of Virology.

Best Publications

  • Endocytosis by Random Initiation and Stabilization of Clathrin-Coated Pits

    Marcelo Ehrlich;Werner Boll;Antoine van Oijen;Ramesh Hariharan

  • Changes to taxonomy and the International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2017)

    Andrew M. Q. King;Elliot J. Lefkowitz;Arcady R. Mushegian;Michael J. Adams

  • Ratification vote on taxonomic proposals to the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2015).

    M J Adams;E J Lefkowitz;A M Q King;D H Bamford

  • Peroxisomes are signaling platforms for antiviral innate immunity

    Evelyn Dixit;Steeve Boulant;Yijing Zhang;Amy S.Y. Lee

  • 50-plus years of fungal viruses.

    Said A. Ghabrial;José R. Castón;Daohong Jiang;Max L. Nibert

  • Consensus statement: Virus taxonomy in the age of metagenomics

    Peter Simmonds;Mike J. Adams;Mária Benkő;Mya Breitbart

  • Structure of the reovirus core at 3.6?Å resolution

    Karin M. Reinisch;Max L. Nibert;Stephen C. Harrison;Stephen C. Harrison

  • Sigma 1 protein of mammalian reoviruses extends from the surfaces of viral particles.

    D B Furlong;M L Nibert;B N Fields

  • Intracellular digestion of reovirus particles requires a low pH and is an essential step in the viral infectious cycle.

    L J Sturzenbecker;M Nibert;D Furlong;B N Fields

  • RNA Synthesis in a Cage—Structural Studies of Reovirus Polymerase λ3

    Yizhi Tao;Diane L. Farsetta;Max L. Nibert;Stephen C. Harrison

  • Early steps in reovirus infection are associated with dramatic changes in supramolecular structure and protein conformation: analysis of virions and subviral particles by cryoelectron microscopy and image reconstruction.

    KA Dryden;G Wang;M Yeager;ML Nibert

  • Changes to virus taxonomy and the Statutes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2020).

    Peter J. Walker;Stuart G. Siddell;Elliot J. Lefkowitz;Arcady R. Mushegian

  • The New Scope of Virus Taxonomy: Partitioning the Virosphere Into 15 Hierarchical Ranks

    Alexander E. Gorbalenya;Alexander E. Gorbalenya;Mart Krupovic;Arcady Mushegian;Andrew M. Kropinski

  • Taxonomic reorganization of family Partitiviridae and other recent progress in partitivirus research

    Max L. Nibert;Said A. Ghabrial;Edgar Maiss;Till Lesker

  • Structure of the Reovirus Membrane-Penetration Protein, μ1, in a Complex with Its Protector Protein, σ3

    Susanne Liemann;Kartik Chandran;Timothy S. Baker;Max L. Nibert

  • ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Partitiviridae.

    Eeva J. Vainio;Sotaro Chiba;Said A. Ghabrial;Edgar Maiss

  • Reovirus Core Protein μ2 Determines the Filamentous Morphology of Viral Inclusion Bodies by Interacting with and Stabilizing Microtubules

    John S. L. Parker;Teresa J. Broering;Teresa J. Broering;Jonghwa Kim;Jonghwa Kim;Darren E. Higgins

  • Strategy for Nonenveloped Virus Entry: a Hydrophobic Conformer of the Reovirus Membrane Penetration Protein μ1 Mediates Membrane Disruption

    Kartik Chandran;Diane L. Farsetta;Max L. Nibert

  • A carboxy-terminal fragment of protein mu 1/mu 1C is present in infectious subvirion particles of mammalian reoviruses and is proposed to have a role in penetration.

    M L Nibert;B N Fields

  • Proteolytic digestion of reovirus in the intestinal lumens of neonatal mice.

    D K Bodkin;M L Nibert;B N Fields

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy S. Baker
Timothy S. Baker University of California, San Diego
Bernard N. Fields
Bernard N. Fields Harvard University
Stephen C. Harrison
Stephen C. Harrison Harvard University
Said A. Ghabrial
Said A. Ghabrial University of Kentucky
Kartik Chandran
Kartik Chandran Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Sead Sabanadzovic
Sead Sabanadzovic Mississippi State University
Alexander E. Gorbalenya
Alexander E. Gorbalenya Leiden University
Mart Krupovic
Mart Krupovic Université Paris Cité
Elliot J. Lefkowitz
Elliot J. Lefkowitz University of Alabama at Birmingham
Arvind Varsani
Arvind Varsani Arizona State University

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