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Biology and Biochemistry
Netherlands
2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
136
Citations
63028
World Ranking
342
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Paul de Vos is affiliated with the University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans several interconnected fields related to medicine, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and agricultural and biological sciences. Within these broad areas, de Vos focuses notably on nutrition and dietetics, surgery, molecular biology, genetics, and food science.

Their work covers a range of main topics that include pancreatic function and diabetes, probiotics and fermented foods, gut microbiota and health, microbial metabolites in food biotechnology, infant nutrition and health, polysaccharides and plant cell walls, as well as diabetes and associated disorders.

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with de Vos include:

  • Henk A. Schols
  • Bart J. de Haan
  • Alexandra M. Smink
  • Marijke M. Faas
  • Marthe T. C. Walvoort

Throughout their career, de Vos has contributed to numerous publications in a range of scientific venues. Most notably, de Vos has appeared repeatedly in:

  • Food & Function
  • Carbohydrate Polymers
  • Molecular Nutrition & Food Research
  • Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Some of the recent published papers include:

  • Impact of Bacterial Metabolites on Gut Barrier Function and Host Immunity: A Focus on Bacterial Metabolism and Its Relevance for Intestinal Inflammation, 2021, Frontiers in Immunology
  • The effects of different dietary fiber pectin structures on the gastrointestinal immune barrier: impact via gut microbiota and direct effects on immune cells, 2020, Experimental & Molecular Medicine
  • Mitochondrial function in immune cells in health and disease, 2020, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease
  • Acetate and Butyrate Improve β-cell Metabolism and Mitochondrial Respiration under Oxidative Stress, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Benefits of bacteria-derived exopolysaccharides on gastrointestinal microbiota, immunity and health, 2020, Journal of Functional Foods

Best Publications

  • Polyphasic taxonomy, a consensus approach to bacterial systematics.

    P Vandamme;B Pot;M Gillis;P de Vos

  • The minimum information about a genome sequence (MIGS) specification.

    Dawn Field;George Garrity;Tanya Gray;Norman Morrison

  • Encapsulation for preservation of functionality and targeted delivery of bioactive food components

    Paul de Vos;Marijke M. Faas;Milica Spasojevic;Jan Sikkema

  • Technology of mammalian cell encapsulation.

    H Uludag;de Paul Vos;PA Tresco

  • Cell encapsulation: promise and progress.

    Gorka Orive;Rosa María Hernández;Alicia R. Gascón;Riccardo Calafiore

  • Ralstonia taiwanensis sp. nov., isolated from root nodules of Mimosa species and sputum of a cystic fibrosis patient.

    W M Chen;S Laevens;T M Lee;T Coenye

  • Alginate-based microcapsules for immunoisolation of pancreatic islets

    Paul de Vos;Marijke M. Faas;Berit Strand;Ricardo Calafiore

  • Introduction to the Proteobacteria

    Karel Kersters;Paul De Vos;Monique Gillis;Jean Swings

  • Butyrate and other short-chain fatty acids as modulators of immunity: what relevance for health?

    Kees Meijer;Paul de Vos;Marion G Priebe

  • Ecological diversification in the Bacillus cereus Group

    Marie-Hélène Guinebretière;Fabiano L. Thompson;Fabiano L. Thompson;Alexei Sorokin;Philippe Normand

  • Proposed minimal standards for describing new taxa of aerobic, endospore-forming bacteria.

    N A Logan;O Berge;A H Bishop;H-J Busse

  • Advantages of multilocus sequence analysis for taxonomic studies: a case study using 10 housekeeping genes in the genus Ensifer (including former Sinorhizobium).

    Miet Martens;Peter Dawyndt;Renata Coopman;Monique Gillis

  • Polyphasic taxonomic revision of the Ralstonia solanacearum species complex: proposal to emend the descriptions of Ralstonia solanacearum and Ralstonia syzygii and reclassify current R. syzygii strains as Ralstonia syzygii subsp. syzygii subsp. nov., R. solanacearum phylotype IV strains as Ralstonia syzygii subsp. indonesiensis subsp. nov., banana blood disease bacterium strains as Ralstonia syzygii subsp. celebesensis subsp. nov. and R. solanacearum phylotype I and III strains as Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum sp. nov.

    Irda Safni;Ilse Cleenwerck;Paul De Vos;Mark Fegan

  • Bioaugmentation of Activated Sludge by an Indigenous 3-Chloroaniline-Degrading Comamonas testosteroni Strain, I2gfp

    Nico Boon;Johan Goris;Paul De Vos;Willy Verstraete

  • Specific inulin-type fructan fibers protect against autoimmune diabetes by modulating gut immunity, barrier function, and microbiota homeostasis

    Kang Chen;Hao Chen;Marijke M Faas;Bart J de Haan

  • Monocytes and Macrophages in Pregnancy and Pre-Eclampsia

    Marijke M. Faas;Floor Spaans;Paul De Vos

  • History, challenges and perspectives of cell microencapsulation

    Gorka Orive;Rose Maria Hernández;Alicia Rodrı́guez Gascón;Riccardo Calafiore

  • Identification of Acinetobacter genomic species by amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis.

    M. Vaneechoutte;L. Dijkshoorn;I. Tjernberg;Abdeslam Elaichouni

  • Burkholderia tuberum sp. nov. and Burkholderia phymatum sp. nov., Nodulate the Roots of Tropical Legumes

    Peter Vandamme;Johan Goris;Wen-Ming Chen;Paul de Vos

  • Cultivation of Denitrifying Bacteria: Optimization of Isolation Conditions and Diversity Study

    Kim Heylen;Bram Vanparys;Lieven Wittebolle;Willy Verstraete

Frequent Co-Authors

Marijke M. Faas
Marijke M. Faas University Medical Center Groningen
Mark V. Boekschoten
Mark V. Boekschoten Wageningen University & Research
Jonathan R. T. Lakey
Jonathan R. T. Lakey University of California, Irvine
Jerry M. Wells
Jerry M. Wells Wageningen University & Research
Hao Zhang
Hao Zhang Jiangnan University
Gorka Orive
Gorka Orive University of the Basque Country
Huub F. J. Savelkoul
Huub F. J. Savelkoul Wageningen University & Research
Henk A. Schols
Henk A. Schols Wageningen University & Research
Clara Belzer
Clara Belzer Wageningen University & Research
Peter A. Bron
Peter A. Bron University of Antwerp

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