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2026
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Microbiology
Australia
2026

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
100
Citations
39554
World Ranking
19
National Ranking
3

Microbiology

D-Index
100
Citations
39542
World Ranking
401
National Ranking
10

Genetics

D-Index
95
Citations
33532
World Ranking
897
National Ranking
25

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Australia Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in Australia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Australia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in Australia Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Australia Leader Award
  • 2021 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

Overview

Robin B. Gasser is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on immunology and microbiology, with a considerable emphasis on parasitology.

The scientist has published extensively across several main and subfields of study. These include parasitology, ecology, molecular biology, small animals, and infectious diseases. Their work spans multiple related topics of research, such as parasite biology and host interactions, parasites and host interactions, helminth infection and control, parasitic infections and diagnostics, parasitic diseases research and treatment, vector-borne infectious diseases, and dermatological diseases and infestations.

Key publication venues for Robin B. Gasser include:

  • Parasites & Vectors
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Advances in Parasitology/Advances in parasitology
  • Pathogens
  • PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Frequent co-authors working with Robin B. Gasser are:

  • Neil D. Young
  • Tao Wang
  • Aya C. Taki
  • Pasi K. Korhonen
  • Anson V. Koehler

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Robin B. Gasser include:

  • SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence worldwide: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2020, Clinical Microbiology and Infection
  • Gene content evolution in the arthropods, 2020, Genome Biology
  • Global prevalence of latent toxoplasmosis in pregnant women: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2020, Clinical Microbiology and Infection
  • Bovine ticks harbour a diverse array of microorganisms in Pakistan, 2020, Parasites & Vectors
  • Global prevalence of Toxocara infection in dogs, 2020, Advances in Parasitology/Advances in parasitology

Robin B. Gasser was recognized as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Clonorchiasis: a key foodborne zoonosis in China

    Zhao-Rong Lun;Robin B Gasser;De-Hua Lai;An-Xing Li

  • Rapid sequencing of rDNA from single worms and eggs of parasitic helminths

    Robin B. Gasser;Neil B. Chilton;Hervé Hoste;Ian Beveridge

  • Whole-genome sequence of Schistosoma haematobium

    Neil D Young;Aaron R Jex;Bo Li;Shiping Liu

  • Impact of gastrointestinal parasitic nematodes of sheep, and the role of advanced molecular tools for exploring epidemiology and drug resistance - an Australian perspective.

    Florian Roeber;Aaron R Jex;Robin B Gasser

  • A hitchhiker's guide to expressed sequence tag (EST) analysis

    Shivashankar H. Nagaraj;Robin B. Gasser;Shoba Ranganathan

  • SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence worldwide: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Ali Rostami;Mahdi Sepidarkish;Mariska M.G. Leeflang;Seyed Mohammad Riahi

  • Characterisation of anisakid nematodes with zoonotic potential by nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences.

    Xingquan Zhu;Robin B Gasser;Magdalena Podolska;Neil B Chilton

  • Differences in a ribosomal DNA sequence of morphologically indistinguishable species within the Hypodontus macropi complex (Nematoda: Strongyloidea)

    Neil B. Chilton;Robin B. Gasser;Ian Beveridge

  • Ascaris suum draft genome

    Aaron R. Jex;Shiping Liu;Bo Li;Neil D. Young

  • Single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) for the analysis of genetic variation

    Robin B Gasser;Min Hu;Neil B Chilton;Bronwyn E Campbell

  • Molecular tools--advances, opportunities and prospects.

    Robin B. Gasser

  • The prevalence and epidemiology of gastrointestinal parasites of horses in Victoria, Australia.

    D.G. Bucknell;R.B. Gasser;I. Beveridge

  • Geographic distribution and prevalence.

    J. Eckert;P. M. Schantz;R. B. Gasser;P. R. Torgerson

  • The genome and developmental transcriptome of the strongylid nematode Haemonchus contortus

    Erich M Schwarz;Erich M Schwarz;Erich M Schwarz;Pasi K Korhonen;Bronwyn E Campbell;Neil S Young

  • Tick-borne diseases of bovines in Pakistan: major scope for future research and improved control

    Abdul Jabbar;Tariq Abbas;Zia-ud-Din Sandhu;Hafiz A Saddiqi

  • Ascaroside Signaling Is Widely Conserved among Nematodes

    Andrea Choe;Stephan H. von Reuss;Dima Kogan;Robin B. Gasser

  • Gene Content Evolution in the Arthropods

    Gregg W.C. Thomas;Elias Dohmen;Elias Dohmen;Daniel S.T. Hughes;Daniel S.T. Hughes;Shwetha C. Murali;Shwetha C. Murali

  • Mitochondrial genomes of parasitic nematodes--progress and perspectives.

    Min Hu;Robin B. Gasser;Robin B. Gasser

  • Molecular and phylogenetic characterisation of Cryptosporidium from birds

    Una M. Morgan;Paul T. Monis;Lihua Xiao;Josef Limor

  • Genome of the human hookworm Necator americanus

    Yat T Tang;Xin Gao;Bruce A Rosa;Sahar Abubucker

  • Assessing sequence variation in the internal transcribed spacers of ribosomal DNA within and among members of the Contracaecum osculatum complex (Nematoda: Ascaridoidea: Anisakidae).

    Xingquan Zhu;Stefano D'Amelio;Lia Paggi;Robin B. Gasser

  • Differentiation of Haemonchus placei from H. contortus (Nematoda: Trichostrongylidae) by the ribosomal DNA second internal transcribed spacer.

    Lisa A. Stevenson;Neil B. Chilton;Robin B. Gasser

  • PCR-based methods for identification of potentially zoonotic ascaridoid parasites of the dog, fox and cat.

    Dennis E Jacobs;Xingquan Zhu;Robin B Gasser;Neil B Chilton

  • Characterisation of Ascaris from human and pig hosts by nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences.

    Xingquan Zhu;Neil B. Chilton;Dennis E. Jacobs;Jaap Boes

Frequent Co-Authors

Aaron R. Jex
Aaron R. Jex Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Andreas Hofmann
Andreas Hofmann University of Melbourne
Neil B. Chilton
Neil B. Chilton University of Saskatchewan
Abdul Jabbar
Abdul Jabbar University of Melbourne
Ian Beveridge
Ian Beveridge University of Melbourne
Anson V. Koehler
Anson V. Koehler University of Melbourne
Bronwyn E. Campbell
Bronwyn E. Campbell RMIT University
Cinzia Cantacessi
Cinzia Cantacessi University of Cambridge
Paul W. Sternberg
Paul W. Sternberg California Institute of Technology
Alex Loukas
Alex Loukas James Cook University

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