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Biology and Biochemistry
UK
2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
98
Citations
31962
World Ranking
1684
National Ranking
106

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Paul S. Freemont is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a strong focus on molecular biology and infectious diseases.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Within these broad disciplines, their subfields of expertise cover:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Pharmacology
  • Ecology

The scientist's work engages several specialized topics, including:

  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Biosensors and Analytical Detection
  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Paul S. Freemont include:

  • Community transmission and viral load kinetics of the SARS-CoV-2 delta (B.1.617.2) variant in vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals in the UK: a prospective, longitudinal, cohort study, 2021, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • SARS-CoV-2 infection, clinical features and outcome of COVID-19 in United Kingdom nursing homes, 2020, Journal of Infection
  • DNA synthesis technologies to close the gene writing gap, 2023, Nature Reviews Chemistry
  • Cell-free gene expression, 2021, Nature Reviews Methods Primers
  • Multiplexed immunosensors for point-of-care diagnostic applications, 2022, Biosensors and Bioelectronics

Paul S. Freemont frequently collaborates with a range of researchers, with the most frequent co-authors being:

  • Michael A. Crone
  • Marko Storch
  • Simon J. Moore
  • Graham P. Taylor
  • Richard Kelwick

The scientist has a consistent publication history in several research venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • ACS Synthetic Biology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Synthetic Biology

As recognition in their field, Paul S. Freemont holds membership in the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Does this have a familiar RING

    Andrew J. Saurin;Katherine L.B. Borden;Michael N. Boddy;Paul S. Freemont

  • Community transmission and viral load kinetics of the SARS-CoV-2 delta (B.1.617.2) variant in vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals in the UK: a prospective, longitudinal, cohort study.

    Anika Singanayagam;Anika Singanayagam;Anika Singanayagam;Seran Hakki;Jake Dunning;Jake Dunning;Kieran J Madon

  • Ubiquitination: RING for destruction?

    Paul S. Freemont

  • A novel gysteine-rich sequence motif

    Paul S. Freemont;Isabel M. Hanson;John Trowsdale

  • Role of SUMO-1–modified PML in nuclear body formation

    Sue Zhong;Stefan Müller;Stefan Müller;Simona Ronchetti;Simona Ronchetti;Paul S. Freemont;Paul S. Freemont

  • The RING finger domain: a recent example of a sequence—structure family

    Katherine Lb Borden;Paul S Freemont

  • Co-culture systems and technologies: taking synthetic biology to the next level.

    Lisa Goers;Paul Freemont;Karen M. Polizzi

  • Role of Promyelocytic Leukemia (Pml) Sumolation in Nuclear Body Formation, 11s Proteasome Recruitment, and as2O3-Induced Pml or Pml/Retinoic Acid Receptor α Degradation

    Valérie Lallemand-Breitenbach;Jun Zhu;Francine Puvion;Marcel Koken

  • PML protein isoforms and the RBCC/TRIM motif

    Kirsten Jensen;Carol Shiels;Paul S Freemont

  • Characterization of a zinc finger gene disrupted by the t(15;17) in acute promyelocytic leukemia.

    Audrey D. Goddard;Julian Borrow;Paul S. Freemont;Ellen Solomon

  • The RING finger. A novel protein sequence motif related to the zinc finger.

    Paul S. Freemont

  • Structure of the AAA ATPase p97.

    Xiaodong Zhang;Anthony Shaw;Paul A. Bates;Richard H. Newman

  • p47 is a cofactor for p97-mediated membrane fusion

    Hisao Kondo;Catherine Rabouille;Richard Newman;Timothy P. Levine

  • Identification of p8,14 as a highly abundant heterodimeric calcium binding protein complex of myeloid cells.

    J Edgeworth;M Gorman;R Bennett;P Freemont

  • The Disruption of ND10 during Herpes Simplex Virus Infection Correlates with the Vmw110- and Proteasome-Dependent Loss of Several PML Isoforms

    Roger D. Everett;Paul Freemont;Hisato Saitoh;Mary Dasso

  • Identification and preliminary characterization of a protein motif related to the zinc finger.

    Ruth Lovering;Isabel M. Hanson;Katherine L. Borden;Stephen Martin

  • Cocrystal structure of an editing complex of Klenow fragment with DNA

    P S Freemont;J M Friedman;L S Beese;M R Sanderson

  • Genetic and crystallographic studies of the 3',5'-exonucleolytic site of DNA polymerase I

    Victoria Derbyshire;Paul S. Freemont;Mark R. Sanderson;Lorena Beese

  • PIC 1, a novel ubiquitin-like protein which interacts with the PML component of a multiprotein complex that is disrupted in acute promyelocytic leukaemia

    M N Boddy;K Howe;L D Etkin;E Solomon

  • The solution structure of the RING finger domain from the acute promyelocytic leukaemia proto-oncoprotein PML.

    K. L. B. Borden;M. N. Boddy;J. Lally;N. J. O'reilly

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiaodong Zhang
Xiaodong Zhang Imperial College London
Alain Filloux
Alain Filloux Imperial College London
Thomas A. Steitz
Thomas A. Steitz Yale University
Katherine L. B. Borden
Katherine L. B. Borden Northwestern University
Paul A. Bates
Paul A. Bates The Francis Crick Institute
Angelika Gründling
Angelika Gründling Imperial College London
Stephen Matthews
Stephen Matthews Imperial College London
Ellen Solomon
Ellen Solomon King's College London
Guy-Bart Stan
Guy-Bart Stan Imperial College London
Ian D. Hickson
Ian D. Hickson University of Copenhagen

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