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46
Citations
7870
World Ranking
18940
National Ranking
7736

Overview

Paul J. Planet is affiliated with the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to subfields including Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Clinical Biochemistry, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The scientist's work covers several main topics: antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus, bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, bacterial identification and susceptibility testing, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, gut microbiota and health, genomics and phylogenetic studies, and animal virus infections studies.

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Ahmed M. Moustafa
  • Colleen Bianco
  • Andries Feder
  • Susan Coffin
  • Michael A. Silverman

Paul J. Planet has published extensively in various venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
  • Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Notable recent publications include:

  • Lung function and microbiota diversity in cystic fibrosis, 2020, Microbiome
  • Arresting microbiome development limits immune system maturation and resistance to infection in mice, 2023, Cell Host & Microbe
  • Genomic Epidemiology of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) in Latin America: Revisiting The Global VRE Population Structure, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • A multivalent mRNA-LNP vaccine protects against Clostridioides difficile infection, 2024, Science
  • Variable staphyloxanthin production by Staphylococcus aureus drives strain-dependent effects on diabetic wound-healing outcomes, 2023, Cell Reports

Best Publications

  • The tad locus: postcards from the widespread colonization island.

    Mladen Tomich;Paul J. Planet;Paul J. Planet;David H. Figurski

  • The hepatitis C viral NS3 protein is a processive DNA helicase with cofactor enhanced RNA unwinding.

    Phillip S. Pang;Eckhard Jankowsky;Paul J. Planet;Anna Marie Pyle;Anna Marie Pyle

  • Nonspecific adherence by Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans requires genes widespread in bacteria and archaea.

    Scott C. Kachlany;Paul J. Planet;Mrinal K. Bhattacharjee;Evyenia Kollia

  • Bacterial neuraminidase facilitates mucosal infection by participating in biofilm production

    Grace Soong;Amanda Muir;Marisa I. Gomez;Jonathan Waks

  • flp-1, the first representative of a new pilin gene subfamily, is required for non-specific adherence of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans.

    Scott C. Kachlany;Paul J. Planet;Rob DeSalle;Daniel H. Fine

  • Phylogeny of genes for secretion NTPases: Identification of the widespread tadA subfamily and development of a diagnostic key for gene classification

    Paul J. Planet;Scott C. Kachlany;Rob DeSalle;David H. Figurski

  • Lung function and microbiota diversity in cystic fibrosis

    Leah Cuthbertson;Alan W. Walker;Alan W. Walker;Anna E. Oliver;Geraint B. Rogers

  • Transferable Vancomycin Resistance in a Community-Associated MRSA Lineage

    Flávia Rossi;Lorena Diaz;Lorena Diaz;Aye Wollam;Diana Panesso;Diana Panesso

  • Tight-adherence genes of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans are required for virulence in a rat model

    Helen C. Schreiner;Kathy Sinatra;Jeffrey B. Kaplan;David Furgang

  • The NanA Neuraminidase of Streptococcus pneumoniae Is Involved in Biofilm Formation

    Dane Parker;Grace Soong;Paul Planet;Jonathan Brower

  • caos software for use in character-based DNA barcoding.

    Indra Neil Sarkar;Paul J. Planet;Rob Desalle

  • Genes for tight adherence of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans: from plaque to plague to pond scum.

    Scott C. Kachlany;Paul J. Planet;Rob DeSalle;Daniel H. Fine

  • The Widespread Colonization Island of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans.

    Paul J Planet;Scott C Kachlany;Daniel H Fine;Rob DeSalle

  • Emergence of the Epidemic Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strain USA300 Coincides with Horizontal Transfer of the Arginine Catabolic Mobile Element and speG-mediated Adaptations for Survival on Skin

    Paul J. Planet;Paul J. Planet;Samuel J. LaRussa;Ali Dana;Hannah Smith

  • Inerolysin, a Cholesterol-Dependent Cytolysin Produced by Lactobacillus iners

    Ryan Rampersaud;Paul J. Planet;Tara M. Randis;Ritwij Kulkarni

  • Tree disagreement: measuring and testing incongruence in phylogenies

    Paul J. Planet

  • Parallel Epidemics of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 Infection in North and South America

    Paul J. Planet;Paul J. Planet;Lorena Diaz;Sergios Orestis Kolokotronis;Sergios Orestis Kolokotronis;Apurva Narechania

  • An automated phylogenetic key for classifying homeoboxes

    I Neil Sarkar;Joseph W Thornton;Paul J Planet;David H Figurski

  • Cigarette Smoke Increases Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Formation via Oxidative Stress

    Ritwij Kulkarni;Swati Antala;Alice Wang;Fábio E. Amaral

  • A Prospective Cohort Multicenter Study of Molecular Epidemiology and Phylogenomics of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia in Nine Latin American Countries.

    Cesar A. Arias;Cesar A. Arias;Jinnethe Reyes;Lina Paola Carvajal;Sandra Rincon

Frequent Co-Authors

Rob DeSalle
Rob DeSalle American Museum of Natural History
Alice Prince
Alice Prince Columbia University
Cesar A. Arias
Cesar A. Arias The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Barun Mathema
Barun Mathema Columbia University
Daniel H. Fine
Daniel H. Fine Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Barry N. Kreiswirth
Barry N. Kreiswirth Center for Discovery and Innovation
Robert Sebra
Robert Sebra Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
George M. Weinstock
George M. Weinstock The Jackson Laboratory
Joan A. Geoghegan
Joan A. Geoghegan University of Birmingham
Mark E. Siddall
Mark E. Siddall American Museum of Natural History

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