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2026
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Netherlands
2026

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Microbiology

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124
Citations
61677
World Ranking
113
National Ranking
4

Genetics

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122
Citations
58290
World Ranking
350
National Ranking
12

Molecular Biology

D-Index
122
Citations
58290
World Ranking
240
National Ranking
8

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2011 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Oscar P. Kuipers is affiliated with the University of Groningen in the Netherlands and has a research focus centered on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans 173 publications within this main field, highlighting significant contributions to molecular biology, microbiology, pharmacology, food science, and genetics.

The scientist's research extensively covers topics related to antimicrobial peptides and activities, biochemical and structural characterization, microbial natural products and biosynthesis, probiotics and fermented foods, genomics and phylogenetic studies, bacterial genetics and biotechnology, and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • ACS Synthetic Biology
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  • Microbiology Resource Announcements

Among the recent research publications associated with Oscar P. Kuipers are:

  • New developments in RiPP discovery, enzymology and engineering (2020), Natural Product Reports
  • Diversity of bet-hedging strategies in microbial communities-Recent cases and insights (2021), WIREs Mechanisms of Disease
  • Antimicrobial activity screening of rhizosphere soil bacteria from tomato and genome-based analysis of their antimicrobial biosynthetic potential (2021), BMC Genomics
  • Outer-membrane-acting peptides and lipid II-targeting antibiotics cooperatively kill Gram-negative pathogens (2021), Communications Biology
  • Biofilm formation displays intrinsic offensive and defensive features of Bacillus cereus (2020), npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Xinghong Zhao
  • Rubén Cebrián
  • Anne de Jong
  • Jhonatan A. Hernandez-Valdes
  • María Victoria Fernández-Cantos

Oscar P. Kuipers was awarded membership in the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptide natural products: Overview and recommendations for a universal nomenclature

    Paul G. Arnison;Mervyn J. Bibb;Gabriele Bierbaum;Albert Alexander Bowers

  • Complete genome sequence of Lactobacillus plantarum WCFS1

    Michiel Kleerebezem;Jos Boekhorst;Richard van Kranenburg;Douwe Molenaar

  • Identification of Differentially Expressed Genes during Bacillus subtilis Spore Outgrowth in High-Salinity Environments Using RNA Sequencing.

    Katja Nagler;Antonina O Krawczyk;Anne De Jong;Kazimierz Madela

  • Bistability, epigenetics, and bet-hedging in bacteria.

    Jan-Willem Veening;Wiep Klaas Smits;Oscar P. Kuipers

  • The Relationship among Tyrosine Decarboxylase and Agmatine Deiminase Pathways in Enterococcus faecalis

    Marta Perez;Victor Ladero;Beatriz del Rio;Begona Redruello

  • Controlled gene expression systems for Lactococcus lactis with the food-grade inducer nisin.

    P.G.G.A. de Ruyter;O.P. Kuipers;W.M. de Vos

  • Quorum sensing by peptide pheromones and two-component signal-transduction systems in Gram-positive bacteria

    Michiel Kleerebezem;Luis E.N. Quadri;Oscar P. Kuipers;Willem M. de Vos

  • Use of the cell wall precursor lipid II by a pore-forming peptide antibiotic

    E. Breukink;I. Wiedemann;C. van Kraaij;O. P. Kuipers

  • BAGEL4: a user-friendly web server to thoroughly mine RiPPs and bacteriocins

    Auke J van Heel;Anne de Jong;Chunxu Song;Jakob H Viel

  • Comparative Transcriptomics of Bacillus mycoides Strains in Response to Potato-Root Exudates Reveals Different Genetic Adaptation of Endophytic and Soil Isolates

    Yanglei Yi;Anne de Jong;Elrike Frenzel;Oscar P. Kuipers

  • Specific binding of nisin to the peptidoglycan precursor lipid II combines pore formation and inhibition of cell wall biosynthesis for potent antibiotic activity

    Wiedemann;E Breukink;C van Kraaij;Oscar Kuipers

  • Minimum Information about a Biosynthetic Gene cluster.

    Marnix H. Medema;Marnix H. Medema;Renzo Kottmann;Pelin Yilmaz;Matthew Cummings

  • Quorum sensing-controlled gene expression in lactic acid bacteria

    Oscar P. Kuipers;Pascalle G.G.A. de Ruyter;Michiel Kleerebezem;Willem M. de Vos

  • The iturin and fengycin families of lipopeptides are key factors in antagonism of Bacillus subtilis toward Podosphaera fusca

    Diego Romero;Antonio de Vicente;Rivo H. Rakotoaly;Samuel E. Dufour

  • Bacteriocins of lactic acid bacteria: extending the family

    Patricia Alvarez-Sieiro;Manuel Montalbán-López;Dongdong Mu;Oscar P. Kuipers

  • LysM, a widely distributed protein motif for binding to (peptido)glycans

    Girbe Buist;Anton Steen;Jan Kok;Oscar P. Kuipers

  • Proteomics of Protein Secretion by Bacillus subtilis: Separating the “Secrets” of the Secretome

    H Tjalsma;H. Antelmann;Jan Jongbloed;Peter Braun

  • New developments in RiPP discovery, enzymology and engineering

    Manuel Montalbán-López;Thomas A Scott;Sangeetha Ramesh;Imran R Rahman

  • Autoregulation of nisin biosynthesis in Lactococcus lactis by signal transduction.

    Oscar P. Kuipers;Marke M. Beerthuyzen;Pascalle G.G.A. de Ruyter;Evert J. Luesink

  • Characterization of the nisin gene cluster nisABTCIPR of Lactococcus lactis. Requirement of expression of the nisA and nisI genes for development of immunity

    Oscar P. Kuipers;Marke M. Beerthuyzen;Roland J. Siezen;Willem M. De Vos

  • Controlled Gene Expression Systems for Lactococcus lactis with the Food-Grade Inducer Nisin

    Pascalle G.G.A. de Ruyter;Oscar P. Kuipers;Willem M. de Vos

  • AcmA of Lactococcus lactis is an N-acetylglucosaminidase with an optimal number of LysM domains for proper functioning

    Anton Steen;Girbe Buist;Gavin J. Horsburgh;Gerard Venema

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Kok
Jan Kok University of Groningen
Willem M. de Vos
Willem M. de Vos Wageningen University & Research
Girbe Buist
Girbe Buist University Medical Center Groningen
Ákos T. Kovács
Ákos T. Kovács Leiden University
Sacha A. F. T. van Hijum
Sacha A. F. T. van Hijum KPMG (Netherlands)
Jan-Willem Veening
Jan-Willem Veening University of Lausanne
Roland J. Siezen
Roland J. Siezen Radboud University
Michiel Kleerebezem
Michiel Kleerebezem Wageningen University & Research
Leendert W. Hamoen
Leendert W. Hamoen University of Amsterdam
Arnold J. M. Driessen
Arnold J. M. Driessen University of Groningen

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