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Sjef Boeren is affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. Their research spans multiple disciplines within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions to agricultural and biological sciences.

Their work focuses on several specialized subfields, including molecular biology, nutrition and dietetics, food science, biotechnology, and plant science. The main topics they address include infant nutrition and health, probiotics and fermented foods, protein hydrolysis and bioactive peptides, genomics and phylogenetic studies, microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction, Listeria monocytogenes in food safety, and microbial inactivation methods.

Boeren has published extensively, contributing to a number of respected scientific journals. Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Nature Communications
  • Environmental Microbiology
  • Food Research International

They have several recent notable papers such as:

  • The reductive glycine pathway allows autotrophic growth of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Conversion of dietary inositol into propionate and acetate by commensal Anaerostipes associates with host health, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Akkermansia muciniphila uses human milk oligosaccharides to thrive in the early life conditions in vitro, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Unravelling lactate-acetate and sugar conversion into butyrate by intestinal Anaerobutyricum and Anaerostipes species by comparative proteogenomics, 2020, Environmental Microbiology
  • RAF-like protein kinases mediate a deeply conserved, rapid auxin response, 2023, Cell

Boeren frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Tjakko Abee
  • Kasper Hettinga
  • Eddy J. Smid
  • Richard A. Notebaart
  • Marcel H. Tempelaars

Best Publications

  • Rules for optimization of biocatalysis in organic solvents

    Colja Laane;Sjef Boeren;Kees Vos;Cees Veeger

  • Characterization of MADS-domain transcription factor complexes in Arabidopsis flower development

    Cezary Smaczniak;Richard G. H. Immink;Jose M. Muiño;Robert Blanvillain

  • Pili-like proteins of Akkermansia muciniphila modulate host immune responses and gut barrier function

    Noora Ottman;Noora Ottman;Noora Ottman;Justus Reunanen;Marjolein Meijerink;Taija E. Pietilä

  • The Arabidopsis SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS RECEPTOR-LIKE KINASE1 protein complex includes BRASSINOSTEROID-INSENSITIVE1

    Rumyana Karlova;Sjef Boeren;Eugenia Russinova;José Aker

  • SPEECHLESS integrates brassinosteroid and stomata signalling pathways.

    Gustavo E. Gudesblat;Joanna Schneider-Pizoń;Camilla Betti;Juliane Mayerhofer

  • The Cladosporium fulvum virulence protein Avr2 inhibits host proteases required for basal defense

    H. Peter van Esse;John W. van't Klooster;Melvin D. Bolton;Melvin D. Bolton;Melvin D. Bolton;Koste A. Yadeta

  • Identification of the major constituents of Hypericum perforatum by LC/SPE/NMR and/or LC/MS.

    Evangelos C. Tatsis;Sjef Boeren;Vassiliki Exarchou;Anastassios N. Troganis

  • A bHLH complex controls embryonic vascular tissue establishment and indeterminate growth in Arabidopsis.

    Bert De Rybel;Barbara Möller;Saiko Yoshida;Ilona Grabowicz

  • The Leucine-Rich Repeat Receptor Kinase BIR2 Is a Negative Regulator of BAK1 in Plant Immunity

    Thierry Halter;Julia Imkampe;Sara Mazzotta;Michael Wierzba

  • Regioselectivity of phase II metabolism of luteolin and quercetin by UDP-glucuronosyl transferases.

    Marelle G Boersma;Hester van der Woude;Jan Bogaards;Sjef Boeren

  • The Host Defense Proteome of Human and Bovine Milk

    Kasper Hettinga;Hein van Valenberg;Sacco de Vries;Sjef Boeren

  • Production of butyrate from lysine and the Amadori product fructoselysine by a human gut commensal

    Thi Phuong Nam Bui;Jarmo Ritari;Sjef Boeren;Pieter de Waard

  • MITEs in the promoters of effector genes allow prediction of novel virulence genes in Fusarium oxysporum

    Sarah M. Schmidt;Petra M. Houterman;Ines Schreiver;Ines Schreiver;Lisong Ma

  • Genome-Scale Model and Omics Analysis of Metabolic Capacities of Akkermansia muciniphila Reveal a Preferential Mucin-Degrading Lifestyle.

    Noora Ottman;Mark Davids;Maria Suarez-Diez;Sjef Boeren

  • The reductive glycine pathway allows autotrophic growth of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans

    Irene Sánchez-Andrea;Iame Alves Guedes;Bastian Hornung;Sjef Boeren

  • Synergistic Action of a Metalloprotease and a Serine Protease from Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici Cleaves Chitin-Binding Tomato Chitinases, Reduces Their Antifungal Activity, and Enhances Fungal Virulence

    Mansoor Karimi Jashni;Mansoor Karimi Jashni;Ivo H M Dols;Yuichiro Iida;Yuichiro Iida;Sjef Boeren

  • Structure-activity study on the quinone/quinone methide chemistry of flavonoids.

    H.M. Awad;M.G. Boersma;S. Boeren;P.J. van Bladeren

  • Natural disulfide bond-disrupted mutants of AVR4 of the tomato pathogen Cladosporium fulvum are sensitive to proteolysis, circumvent Cf-4-mediated resistance, but retain their chitin binding ability.

    Harrold A. van den Burg;Nienke Westerink;Kees-Jan Francoijs;Ronelle Roth

  • Myofibrillar protein oxidation affects filament charges, aggregation and water-holding.

    Yulong Bao;Sjef Boeren;Per Ertbjerg

  • POLAR-guided signalling complex assembly and localization drive asymmetric cell division

    Anaxi Houbaert;Cheng Zhang;Manish Tiwari;Kun Wang;Kun Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacques Vervoort
Jacques Vervoort Wageningen University & Research
Ivonne M.C.M. Rietjens
Ivonne M.C.M. Rietjens Wageningen University & Research
Willem M. de Vos
Willem M. de Vos Wageningen University & Research
Alfons J. M. Stams
Alfons J. M. Stams Wageningen University & Research
Just M. Vlak
Just M. Vlak Wageningen University & Research
Sacco C. de Vries
Sacco C. de Vries Wageningen University & Research
Eddy J. Smid
Eddy J. Smid Wageningen University & Research
Tjakko Abee
Tjakko Abee Wageningen University & Research
Cees Veeger
Cees Veeger Wageningen University & Research
Hauke Smidt
Hauke Smidt Wageningen University & Research

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