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Ronald P. de Vries

Ronald P. de Vries

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Biology and Biochemistry
Netherlands
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
80
Citations
30426
World Ranking
4009
National Ranking
97

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Ronald P. de Vries is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their research spans a diverse array of scientific fields and topics with a particular focus on fungal biology and biotechnology.

They have contributed to multiple areas of study including:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Plant Science
  • Oceanography

Their research covers several topics such as:

  • Biofuel production and bioconversion
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Enzyme Production and Characterization
  • Fungal and yeast genetics research

Among their recent publications are:

  • Growing a circular economy with fungal biotechnology: a white paper (2020), published in Fungal Biology and Biotechnology
  • Fusarium: more than a node or a foot-shaped basal cell (2021), published in Studies in Mycology
  • A comparative genomics study of 23 Aspergillus species from section Flavi (2020), published in Nature Communications
  • From lignocellulose to plastics: Knowledge transfer on the degradation approaches by fungi (2021), published in Biotechnology Advances
  • Engineering of primary carbon metabolism in filamentous fungi (2020), published in Biotechnology Advances

Ronald P. de Vries often collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Miia Mäkelä
  • Adrian Tsang
  • María Victoria Aguilar Pontes
  • Mao Peng
  • Mikael Andersen

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Journal of Fungi
  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • New Biotechnology
  • Current Research in Microbial Sciences

Best Publications

  • The paleozoic origin of enzymatic lignin decomposition reconstructed from 31 fungal genomes

    Dimitrios Floudas;Manfred Binder;Robert Riley;Kerrie Barry

  • Insights from the genome of the biotrophic fungal plant pathogen Ustilago maydis

    Jörg Kämper;Regine Kahmann;Michael Bölker;Li-Jun Ma

  • Aspergillus Enzymes Involved in Degradation of Plant Cell Wall Polysaccharides

    Ronald P. de Vries;Jaap Visser

  • Genome sequencing and analysis of the versatile cell factory Aspergillus niger CBS 513.88

    Herman J. Pel;Johannes H. De Winde;Johannes H. De Winde;David B. Archer;Paul S. Dyer

  • Genomic Analysis of the Necrotrophic Fungal Pathogens Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Botrytis cinerea

    Joelle Amselem;Christina A. Cuomo;Jan A. L. van Kan;Muriel Viaud

  • Fungal enzyme sets for plant polysaccharide degradation

    Joost van den Brink;Ronald P. de Vries

  • The Plant Cell Wall–Decomposing Machinery Underlies the Functional Diversity of Forest Fungi

    Daniel C. Eastwood;Dimitrios Floudas;Manfred Binder;Andrzej Majcherczyk

  • Finished Genome of the Fungal Wheat Pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola Reveals Dispensome Structure, Chromosome Plasticity, and Stealth Pathogenesis

    Stephen B. Goodwin;Sarrah Ben M'Barek;Braham Dhillon;Alexander H J Wittenberg

  • Genome sequence of the model mushroom Schizophyllum commune

    Robin A Ohm;Jan F de Jong;Luis G Lugones;Andrea Aerts

  • Comparative genomics reveals high biological diversity and specific adaptations in the industrially and medically important fungal genus Aspergillus

    Ronald P. de Vries;Robert Riley;Ad Wiebenga;Guillermo Aguilar-Osorio

  • Comparative genomic analysis of the thermophilic biomass-degrading fungi Myceliophthora thermophila and Thielavia terrestris

    Randy M. Berka;Igor V. Grigoriev;Robert Otillar;Asaf Salamov

  • Growing a circular economy with fungal biotechnology: a white paper

    Vera Meyer;Evelina Y Basenko;J Philipp Benz;Gerhard H Braus

  • The Amsterdam Declaration on Fungal Nomenclature

    David L. Hawksworth;David L. Hawksworth;Pedro W. Crous;Scott A. Redhead;Don R. Reynolds

  • Plant-Polysaccharide-Degrading Enzymes from Basidiomycetes

    Johanna Rytioja;Kristiina Hildén;Jennifer Yuzon;Annele Hatakka

  • Genome sequence of the necrotrophic plant pathogen Pythium ultimum reveals original pathogenicity mechanisms and effector repertoire

    C. André Lévesque;C. André Lévesque;Henk Brouwer;Liliana Cano;John P Hamilton

  • The transcriptional activator XlnR regulates both xylanolytic and endoglucanase gene expression in Aspergillus niger

    Noël N. M. E. van Peij;Marco M. C. Gielkens;Ronald P. de Vries;Jaap Visser

  • Genome sequence of the button mushroom Agaricus bisporus reveals mechanisms governing adaptation to a humic-rich ecological niche

    Emmanuelle Morin;Annegret Kohler;Adam R. Baker;Marie Foulongne-Oriol

  • The genome sequence of the model ascomycete fungus Podospora anserina

    Eric Espagne;Olivier Lespinet;Fabienne Malagnac;Fabienne Malagnac;Corinne Da Silva

  • Comparative genomics of Ceriporiopsis subvermispora and Phanerochaete chrysosporium provide insight into selective ligninolysis

    Elena Fernandez-Fueyo;Francisco J. Ruiz-Dueñas;Patricia Ferreira;Dimitrios Floudas

  • Synergy between enzymes from Aspergillus involved in the degradation of plant cell wall polysaccharides

    Ronald P. de Vries;Harry C.M. Kester;Charlotte H. Poulsen;Jacques A.E. Benen

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernard Henrissat
Bernard Henrissat Technical University of Denmark
Igor V. Grigoriev
Igor V. Grigoriev Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Jaap Visser
Jaap Visser Utrecht University
Scott E. Baker
Scott E. Baker Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Asaf Salamov
Asaf Salamov Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Anna Lipzen
Anna Lipzen United States Department of Energy
Erika Lindquist
Erika Lindquist United States Department of Energy
Pedro M. Coutinho
Pedro M. Coutinho Aix-Marseille University
Arthur F. J. Ram
Arthur F. J. Ram Leiden University
Kerrie Barry
Kerrie Barry United States Department of Energy

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