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Robert A. Heinzen is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine, and Immunology and Microbiology. Their work covers several subfields including Parasitology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Infectious Diseases.

Their research focuses significantly on vector-borne infectious diseases, particularly mosquito-borne diseases and control, as well as viral infections and vectors. Additional topics of work include Legionella and Acanthamoeba research, Yersinia bacterium and plague studies, bacterial genetics and biotechnology, and Toxoplasma gondii research.

The scientist's recent publications include the following papers:

  • β-Barrel proteins tether the outer membrane in many Gram-negative bacteria, 2020, Nature Microbiology
  • Contributions of lipopolysaccharide and the type IVB secretion system to Coxiella burnetii vaccine efficacy and reactogenicity, 2021, npj Vaccines
  • The endogenous Coxiella burnetii plasmid encodes a functional toxin-antitoxin system, 2022, Molecular Microbiology
  • Coxiella burnetii Sterol-Modifying Protein Stmp1 Regulates Cholesterol in the Intracellular Niche, 2022, mBio
  • Identification of Type 4B Secretion System Substrates That Are Conserved among Coxiella burnetii Genomes and Promote Intracellular Growth, 2023, Microbiology Spectrum

Frequent coauthors of Heinzen include:

  • Paul A. Beare (14 collaborations)
  • Carrie M. Long (8 collaborations)
  • Diane C. Cockrell (8 collaborations)
  • C. L. Larson (6 collaborations)
  • Mahelat Tesfamariam (5 collaborations)

Preferred publication venues for this researcher are diverse and include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, mBio, Nature Microbiology, and npj Vaccines.

The scientist's contributions intersect a breadth of disciplines, highlighting a multidisciplinary approach to infectious disease research and molecular biology. Their focus on bacterial and viral pathogens, host-pathogen interactions, and vaccine-related studies reflects an active engagement with contemporary challenges in microbiology and immunology.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Lounging in a lysosome: the intracellular lifestyle of Coxiella burnetii.

    Daniel E. Voth;Robert A. Heinzen

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Complete genome sequence of the Q-fever pathogen Coxiella burnetii

    Rekha Seshadri;Ian T. Paulsen;Ian T. Paulsen;Jonathan A. Eisen;Jonathan A. Eisen;Timothy D. Read

  • Differential interaction with endocytic and exocytic pathways distinguish parasitophorous vacuoles of Coxiella burnetii and Chlamydia trachomatis.

    R A Heinzen;M A Scidmore;D D Rockey;T Hackstadt

  • Host cell-free growth of the Q fever bacterium Coxiella burnetii.

    Anders Omsland;Diane C. Cockrell;Dale Howe;Elizabeth R. Fischer

  • Chlamydia trachomatis interrupts an exocytic pathway to acquire endogenously synthesized sphingomyelin in transit from the Golgi apparatus to the plasma membrane.

    T. Hackstadt;D. D. Rockey;R. A. Heinzen;M. A. Scidmore

  • Temporal Analysis of Coxiella burnetii Morphological Differentiation

    Sherry A. Coleman;Elizabeth R. Fischer;Dale Howe;David J. Mead

  • Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Comparative Genomics Reveal Extensive Transposon-Mediated Genomic Plasticity and Diversity among Potential Effector Proteins within the Genus Coxiella

    Paul A. Beare;Nathan Unsworth;Masako Andoh;Daniel E. Voth

  • Developmental biology of Coxiella burnetii

    Robert A Heinzen;Ted Hackstadt;James E Samuel

  • Cloning and characterization of a Chlamydia psittaci gene coding for a protein localized in the inclusion membrane of infected cells

    Daniel D. Rockey;Robert A. Heinzen;T. Hackstadt

  • Dot/Icm Type IVB Secretion System Requirements for Coxiella burnetii Growth in Human Macrophages

    Paul A. Beare;Stacey D. Gilk;Charles L. Larson;Joshua Hill

  • Isolation from Animal Tissue and Genetic Transformation of Coxiella burnetii Are Facilitated by an Improved Axenic Growth Medium

    Anders Omsland;Paul A. Beare;Joshua Hill;Diane C. Cockrell

  • Vesicular interactions of the Chlamydia trachomatis inclusion are determined by chlamydial early protein synthesis rather than route of entry.

    M A Scidmore;D D Rockey;E R Fischer;R A Heinzen

  • The Chlamydia trachomatis Plasmid Is a Transcriptional Regulator of Chromosomal Genes and a Virulence Factor

    John H. Carlson;William M. Whitmire;Deborah D. Crane;Luke Wicke

  • Coxiella burnetii Phase I and II Variants Replicate with Similar Kinetics in Degradative Phagolysosome-Like Compartments of Human Macrophages

    Dale Howe;Jeffrey G. Shannon;Seth Winfree;David W. Dorward

  • The Coxiella burnetii Cryptic Plasmid Is Enriched in Genes Encoding Type IV Secretion System Substrates

    Daniel E. Voth;Paul A. Beare;Dale Howe;Uma M. Sharma

  • A Rickettsia WASP-like protein activates the Arp2/3 complex and mediates actin-based motility.

    Robert L. Jeng;Erin D. Goley;Joseph A. D’Alessio;Oleg Y. Chaga

  • Genetic diversity of the Q fever agent, Coxiella burnetii, assessed by microarray-based whole-genome comparisons

    Paul A. Beare;James E. Samuel;Dale Howe;Kimmo Virtaneva

Frequent Co-Authors

James E. Samuel
James E. Samuel Texas A&M University
Evelina Gatti
Evelina Gatti Aix-Marseille University
Daniel E. Sturdevant
Daniel E. Sturdevant National Institutes of Health
Ian G. Mills
Ian G. Mills University of Oxford
Sam Gandy
Sam Gandy Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Leonidas C. Platanias
Leonidas C. Platanias Northwestern University
Hsing Jien Kung
Hsing Jien Kung Taipei Medical University
Maurizio Molinari
Maurizio Molinari Universita della Svizzera Italiana
Elizabeth R. Fischer
Elizabeth R. Fischer National Institutes of Health
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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