What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
His main research concerns Microbiology, Gene, Toxin, Molecular biology and Escherichia coli.
Clostridium difficile is the focus of his Microbiology research.
Gene is the subject of his research, which falls under Genetics.
His Toxin research integrates issues from Plasmid, Tetanus vaccine, Stereochemistry and Tetanus.
His Molecular biology study incorporates themes from Mutation, Secretion and S-layer.
His Escherichia coli research incorporates elements of Gene product and DNA replication.
His most cited work include:
- The multidrug-resistant human pathogen Clostridium difficile has a highly mobile, mosaic genome (722 citations)
- Antibiotic treatment of Clostridium difficile carrier mice triggers a supershedder state, spore-mediated transmission, and severe disease in immunocompromised hosts. (275 citations)
- Structure of Bordetella pertussis virulence factor P.69 pertactin. (267 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Neil F. Fairweather spends much of his time researching Microbiology, Molecular biology, Clostridium difficile, Toxin and Biochemistry.
Neil F. Fairweather has researched Microbiology in several fields, including Mutant, Virulence, Bordetella pertussis and Virology.
His work in the fields of Bordetella pertussis, such as Bordetella, intersects with other areas such as Pertactin.
His work deals with themes such as Nucleic acid sequence, Gene, Escherichia coli, Clostridium tetani and Molecular cloning, which intersect with Molecular biology.
His Clostridium difficile research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Pathogen, Cell wall, Proteomics and Bacteria.
Neil F. Fairweather has included themes like Tetanus vaccine, Bacterial vaccine, Tetanus and Immunity in his Toxin study.
He most often published in these fields:
- Microbiology (43.55%)
- Molecular biology (30.65%)
- Clostridium difficile (28.23%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2010-2021)?
- Microbiology (43.55%)
- Clostridium difficile (28.23%)
- Biochemistry (19.35%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Neil F. Fairweather focuses on Microbiology, Clostridium difficile, Biochemistry, Virulence and Cell wall.
Neil F. Fairweather combines subjects such as Mutagenesis, Mutant and Regulation of gene expression with his study of Microbiology.
His Mutant research incorporates themes from Secretion and Peptide sequence.
His Clostridium difficile research includes elements of Pathogen, Gene and Virology.
His Virulence research is within the category of Genetics.
His studies deal with areas such as Protein structure and Cell biology as well as Cell wall.
Between 2010 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- The Clostridium difficile spo0A Gene Is a Persistence and Transmission Factor (230 citations)
- Biogenesis and functions of bacterial S-layers (170 citations)
- Clostridium difficile has two parallel and essential Sec secretion systems (166 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Microbiology, Clostridium difficile, Secretion, Mutant and Mutagenesis.
Neil F. Fairweather specializes in Microbiology, namely Spore.
The concepts of his Clostridium difficile study are interwoven with issues in Regulation of gene expression, Gene, Phase variation and Virology.
His work carried out in the field of Secretion brings together such families of science as Gene knockdown, Mutation, Molecular biology, Antisense RNA and S-layer.
His research integrates issues of Transmission and Pathogen in his study of Mutant.
His Mutagenesis research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Human pathogen and Virulence.
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