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56
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14257
National Ranking
8

Overview

Stefan T. Arold is affiliated with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia. Their research primarily spans Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Plant Science, Infectious Diseases, and Cell Biology.

The scientist's work encompasses a range of topics including Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Genomics and Rare Diseases, Plant Molecular Biology Research, Protein Structure and Dynamics, Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling, Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways, and Enzyme Structure and Function.

Stefan T. Arold has contributed to numerous publications with notable recent papers including:

  • "Rapid single-molecule detection of COVID-19 and MERS antigens via nanobody-functionalized organic electrochemical transistors" (2021, Nature Biomedical Engineering)
  • "Shape-Induced Selective Separation of Ortho-substituted Benzene Isomers Enabled by Cucurbit[7]uril Host Macrocycles" (2020, Chem)
  • "Protein function prediction as approximate semantic entailment" (2024, Nature Machine Intelligence)
  • "Convection Driven Ultrarapid Protein Detection via Nanobody-Functionalized Organic Electrochemical Transistors" (2022, Advanced Materials)
  • "A genetic barcode of SARS-CoV-2 for monitoring global distribution of different clades during the COVID-19 pandemic" (2020, International Journal of Infectious Diseases)

Their frequent co-authors include Francisco J. Guzmán-Vega, Umar F. Shahul Hameed, Afaque A. Momin, Raik Grünberg, and Namik Kaya.

Stefan T. Arold's publications appear regularly in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, and F1000Research.

Best Publications

  • A landscape of driver mutations in melanoma

    Eran Hodis;Ian R. Watson;Ian R. Watson;Gregory V. Kryukov;Gregory V. Kryukov;Gregory V. Kryukov;Stefan T. Arold

  • The genome of Chenopodium quinoa

    David Erwin Jarvis;Yung Shwen Ho;Damien Lightfoot;Sandra M. Schmöckel

  • Rapid single-molecule detection of COVID-19 and MERS antigens via nanobody-functionalized organic electrochemical transistors.

    Keying Guo;Shofarul Wustoni;Anil Koklu;Escarlet Díaz-Galicia

  • A Children's Oncology Group and TARGET initiative exploring the genetic landscape of Wilms tumor.

    Samantha Gadd;Vicki Huff;Amy L. Walz;Ariadne H.A.G. Ooms

  • The crystal structure of HIV-1 Nef protein bound to the Fyn kinase SH3 domain suggests a role for this complex in altered T cell receptor signaling

    Stefan Arold;Peet Franken;Marie-Paule Strub;Francois Hoh

  • ROP18 is a rhoptry kinase controlling the intracellular proliferation of Toxoplasma gondii.

    Hiba El Hajj;Maryse Lebrun;Stefan Theodor Arold;Henri Vial

  • H-NS forms a superhelical protein scaffold for DNA condensation

    Stefan T. Arold;Paul G. Leonard;Gary N. Parkinson;John E. Ladbury;John E. Ladbury

  • Clinical genomics expands the morbid genome of intellectual disability and offers a high diagnostic yield

    S Anazi;S Maddirevula;E Faqeih;H Alsedairy

  • Dynamic Nef and Nef dynamics: how structure could explain the complex activities of this small HIV protein.

    Stefan T Arold;Andreas S Baur

  • T H 17 cells promote microbial killing and innate immune sensing of DNA via interleukin 26

    Stephan Meller;Stephan Meller;Jeremy Di Domizio;Kui Shin Voo;Heike C. Friedrich

  • Phosphatidylinositol‐(4,5)‐bisphosphate enables efficient secretion of HIV‐1 Tat by infected T‐cells

    Fabienne Rayne;Solène Debaisieux;Hocine Yezid;Yea Lih Lin

  • Molecular mechanism by which the nucleoid occlusion factor, SlmA, keeps cytokinesis in check.

    Nam Ky Tonthat;Stefan T Arold;Brian F Pickering;Michael W Van Dyke

  • Structure of PlcR: Insights into virulence regulation and evolution of quorum sensing in Gram-positive bacteria

    Nathalie Declerck;Laurent Bouillaut;Denis Chaix;Nathalie Rugani

  • The structural basis of localization and signaling by the focal adhesion targeting domain

    Stefan T Arold;Maria K Hoellerer;Martin E.M Noble

  • The H-NS dimerization domain defines a new fold contributing to DNA recognition.

    Vanessa Bloch;Yinshan Yang;Emmanuel Margeat;Alain Chavanieu

  • Inhibition of Basal FGF Receptor Signaling by Dimeric Grb2

    Chi Chuan Lin;Chi Chuan Lin;Fernando A. Melo;Ragini Ghosh;Kin M. Suen

  • RT Loop Flexibility Enhances the Specificity of Src Family SH3 Domains for HIV-1 Nef†,‡

    Stefan Theodor Arold;Ronan O'Brien;Peet Franken;Marie Paule Strub

  • Molecular basis for group-specific activation of the virulence regulator PlcR by PapR heptapeptides.

    L. Bouillaut;S. Perchat;S. Arold;S. Zorrilla

  • Searching for specificity in SH domains.

    John Edward Simon Durham Ladbury;Stefan Theodor Arold

  • Expanding the genetic heterogeneity of intellectual disability.

    Shams Anazi;Sateesh Maddirevula;Vincenzo Salpietro;Yasmine T. Asi

Frequent Co-Authors

John E. Ladbury
John E. Ladbury University of Leeds
Fowzan S. Alkuraya
Fowzan S. Alkuraya Alfaisal University
Arnab Pain
Arnab Pain King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Gilles Labesse
Gilles Labesse Grenoble Alpes University
Xin Gao
Xin Gao King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Salim Al-Babili
Salim Al-Babili King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Takashi Gojobori
Takashi Gojobori King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Vladimir B. Bajic
Vladimir B. Bajic King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Martin E.M. Noble
Martin E.M. Noble Newcastle University

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