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Stephane Rombauts

Stephane Rombauts

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D-Index
61
Citations
36656
World Ranking
3012
National Ranking
45

Overview

Stephane Rombauts is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as agricultural and biological sciences. Their work spans several specialized subfields, including molecular biology, plant science, genetics, insect science, and ecology.

Their research topics focus primarily on genomics and phylogenetic studies, protist diversity and phylogeny, allergic rhinitis and sensitization, insect and pesticide research, coffee research and its impacts, plant virus research studies, and insect-plant interactions and control.

Stephane Rombauts has published research in various scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • BMC Genomics
  • BMC Biology
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Insect Molecular Biology

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Rombauts include:

  • "Rapid protein evolution, organellar reductions, and invasive intronic elements in the marine aerobic parasite dinoflagellate Amoebophrya spp" (2021, BMC Biology)
  • "The genome and population genomics of allopolyploid Coffea arabica reveal the diversification history of modern coffee cultivars" (2024, Nature Genetics)
  • "Genome streamlining in a minute herbivore that manipulates its host plant" (2020, eLife)
  • "Virus-host coexistence in phytoplankton through the genomic lens" (2020, Science Advances)
  • "The absence of the caffeine synthase gene is involved in the naturally decaffeinated status of Coffea humblotiana, a wild species from Comoro archipelago" (2021, Scientific Reports)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Rombauts include:

  • Yves Van de Peer
  • Tom Ruttink
  • Nicolas Dauchot
  • José Cristian Vidal-Quist
  • Pedro Hernández-Crespo

Best Publications

  • PlantCARE, a database of plant cis-acting regulatory elements and a portal to tools for in silico analysis of promoter sequences

    Magali Lescot;Patrice Déhais;Gert Thijs;Kathleen Marchal

  • The genome of black cottonwood, Populus trichocarpa (Torr. & Gray)

    G. A. Tuskan;G. A. Tuskan;S. DiFazio;S. DiFazio;S. Jansson;J. Bohlmann

  • The tomato genome sequence provides insights into fleshy fruit evolution

    Shusei Sato;Satoshi Tabata;Hideki Hirakawa;Erika Asamizu

  • The Physcomitrella Genome Reveals Evolutionary Insights into the Conquest of Land by Plants

    Stefan A. Rensing;Daniel Lang;Andreas D. Zimmer;Astrid Terry

  • The Medicago genome provides insight into the evolution of rhizobial symbioses

    Nevin D Young;Frédéric Debellé;Frédéric Debellé;Giles E D Oldroyd;Rene Geurts

  • The genome of Tetranychus urticae reveals herbivorous pest adaptations

    Miodrag Grbić;Miodrag Grbić;Thomas Van Leeuwen;Richard M. Clark;Stephane Rombauts

  • Genome analysis of the smallest free-living eukaryote Ostreococcus tauri unveils many unique features

    Evelyne Derelle;Conchita Ferraz;Stephane Rombauts;Pierre Rouzé

  • Green Evolution and Dynamic Adaptations Revealed by Genomes of the Marine Picoeukaryotes Micromonas

    Alexandra Z. Worden;Jae-Hyeok Lee;Thomas Mock;Pierre Rouzé

  • The tiny eukaryote Ostreococcus provides genomic insights into the paradox of plankton speciation

    Brian Palenik;Jane Grimwood;Andrea Aerts;Pierre Rouzé

  • Genome-Wide Analysis of Core Cell Cycle Genes in Arabidopsis

    Klaas Vandepoele;Jeroen Raes;Jeroen Raes;Lieven De Veylder;Pierre Rouzé

  • PlantCARE, a plant cis-acting regulatory element database

    Stephane Rombauts;Patrice Déhais;Marc Van Montagu;Pierre Rouzé

  • Genome-Wide Analysis of Hydrogen Peroxide-Regulated Gene Expression in Arabidopsis Reveals a High Light-Induced Transcriptional Cluster Involved in Anthocyanin Biosynthesis

    Sandy Vanderauwera;Philip Zimmermann;Stéphane Rombauts;Steven Vandenabeele

  • A Molecular Timetable for Apical Bud Formation and Dormancy Induction in Poplar

    Tom Ruttink;Tom Ruttink;Matthias Arend;Kris Morreel;Kris Morreel;Véronique Storme;Véronique Storme

  • A higher-order background model improves the detection of promoter regulatory elements by Gibbs sampling.

    Gert Thijs;Magali Lescot;Kathleen Marchal;Stephane Rombauts

  • The Chara Genome: Secondary Complexity and Implications for Plant Terrestrialization.

    Tomoaki Nishiyama;Hidetoshi Sakayama;Jan de Vries;Jan de Vries;Henrik Buschmann

  • A Gibbs sampling method to detect overrepresented motifs in the upstream regions of coexpressed genes.

    Gert Thijs;Kathleen Marchal;Magali Lescot;Stephane Rombauts

  • A Gibbs sampling method to detect over-represented motifs in the upstream regions of co-expressed genes

    Gert Thijs;Kathleen Marchal;Magali Lescot;Stephane Rombauts

  • A link between host plant adaptation and pesticide resistance in the polyphagous spider mite Tetranychus urticae.

    Wannes Dermauw;Nicky Wybouw;Stephane Rombauts;Stephane Rombauts;Björn Menten

  • The genome of black cottonwood, Populus trichocarpa (Torr. & Gray) - eScholarship

    G.A. Tuskan;S. DiFazio;S. Jansson;J. Bohlmann

  • Genome of Tetranychus urticae reveals herbivorous pest adaptations

    Stephane Mmg Rombauts

Frequent Co-Authors

Yves Van de Peer
Yves Van de Peer Ghent University
Pierre Rouzé
Pierre Rouzé Ghent University
Dirk Inzé
Dirk Inzé Ghent University
Yves Moreau
Yves Moreau KU Leuven
Kathleen Marchal
Kathleen Marchal Ghent University
Thomas Van Leeuwen
Thomas Van Leeuwen Ghent University
Hervé Moreau
Hervé Moreau Objectif Avenir
Klaas Vandepoele
Klaas Vandepoele Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie
Lieven De Veylder
Lieven De Veylder Ghent University
Bart De Moor
Bart De Moor KU Leuven

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