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Tobias R. Kollmann

Tobias R. Kollmann

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Immunology

D-Index
62
Citations
14294
World Ranking
3136
National Ranking
76

Overview

Tobias R. Kollmann is affiliated with Dalhousie University in Canada and has a primary research focus in medicine, with significant contributions to immunology and microbiology. Their work spans various subfields, including immunology, infectious diseases, epidemiology, molecular biology, and health.

The scientist's research encompasses several main topics, particularly relating to immune responses and vaccinations, vaccine coverage and hesitancy, and COVID-19 clinical and reproductive impacts. They have also worked on neonatal respiratory health research and diabetes-related disorders.

Representative recent papers include:

  • Immunological mechanisms of vaccine-induced protection against COVID-19 in humans, 2021, Nature reviews. Immunology
  • Interferon-α2b Treatment for COVID-19, 2020, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Lactiplantibacillus plantarum-Nomad and Ideal Probiotic, 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Improving Vaccine-Induced Immunity: Can Baseline Predict Outcome?, 2020, Trends in Immunology
  • The non-specific and sex-differential effects of vaccines, 2020, Nature reviews. Immunology

Kollmann collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Nelly Amenyogbe, Rym Ben-Othman, Casey P. Shannon, Scott J. Tebbutt, and Beate Kampmann. These co-authors have partnered on multiple research projects, indicating sustained collaborative efforts.

The scientist regularly publishes in key venues related to their fields of study. The most frequent publication outlets are Frontiers in Immunology, Vaccine, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Journal of Infectious Diseases, and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In addition to journal articles, Kollmann has contributed to book publications. Notably, one book published by Frontiers Media is titled Impact of Microbiome on Gut Mucosal Immunity in Health and Disease (2022).

Best Publications

  • Early infancy microbial and metabolic alterations affect risk of childhood asthma

    Marie-Claire Arrieta;Leah T. Stiemsma;Pedro A. Dimitriu;Lisa Thorson

  • Innate Immune Function by Toll-like Receptors: Distinct Responses in Newborns and the Elderly

    Tobias R. Kollmann;Ofer Levy;Ruth R. Montgomery;Stanislas Goriely

  • Immunological mechanisms of vaccine-induced protection against COVID-19 in humans.

    Manish Sadarangani;Arnaud Marchant;Tobias R. Kollmann

  • Neonatal Innate TLR-Mediated Responses Are Distinct from Those of Adults

    Tobias R. Kollmann;Juliet Crabtree;Annie Rein-Weston;Darren Blimkie

  • Immunogenicity of 2 doses of HPV vaccine in younger adolescents vs 3 doses in young women: a randomized clinical trial.

    Simon R. M. Dobson;Shelly McNeil;Marc Dionne;Meena Dawar

  • Interferon-α2b Treatment for COVID-19

    Qiong Zhou;Virginia Chen;Casey P. Shannon;Xiao Shan Wei

  • Protecting the Newborn and Young Infant from Infectious Diseases: Lessons from Immune Ontogeny

    Tobias R. Kollmann;Beate Kampmann;Sarkis K. Mazmanian;Arnaud Marchant

  • Harnessing the beneficial heterologous effects of vaccination

    Helen S. Goodridge;S. Sohail Ahmed;Nigel Curtis;Tobias R. Kollmann

  • The Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study: examining developmental origins of allergy and asthma

    Padmaja Subbarao;Sonia S Anand;Allan B Becker;A Dean Befus

  • The Role of Environmental Factors in Modulating Immune Responses in Early Life

    Duncan Malcolm MacGillivray;Tobias R Kollmann

  • Ontogeny of Toll-Like Receptor Mediated Cytokine Responses of Human Blood Mononuclear Cells

    Nathan P. Corbett;Darren Blimkie;Kevin C. Ho;Bing Cai

  • Characterization of flagellin expression and its role in Listeria monocytogenes infection and immunity

    Sing Sing Way;Lucas J. Thompson;Jared E. Lopes;Adeline M. Hajjar

  • Maternal immunisation: collaborating with mother nature.

    Arnaud Marchant;Manish Sadarangani;Manish Sadarangani;Mathieu Garand;Mathieu Garand;Nicolas Dauby

  • Predicting the atopic march: Results from the Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development Study.

    Maxwell M. Tran;Diana L. Lefebvre;Christoffer Dharma;David Dai

  • Uninfected but not unaffected: chronic maternal infections during pregnancy, fetal immunity, and susceptibility to postnatal infections

    Nicolas Dauby;Tessa Goetghebuer;Tobias R Kollmann;Jack Levy

  • Dynamic molecular changes during the first week of human life follow a robust developmental trajectory.

    Ahwon Lee;Casey P Shannon;Nelly Amenyogbe;Nelly Amenyogbe;Tue Tb Bennike;Tue Tb Bennike

  • HIV-exposed uninfected infants are at increased risk for severe infections in the first year of life.

    Amy Slogrove;Amy Slogrove;Brian Reikie;Shalena Naidoo;Corena De Beer

  • Nonspecific effects of neonatal and infant vaccination: public-health, immunological and conceptual challenges.

    Peter Aaby;Tobias R Kollmann;Christine Stabell Benn

  • Modes of Infant Feeding and the Risk of Childhood Asthma: A Prospective Birth Cohort Study.

    Annika Klopp;Lorena Vehling;Allan B. Becker;Padmaja Subbarao

  • Development of immunity in early life

    Anu Goenka;Tobias R. Kollmann

  • GLA-SE, a Synthetic Toll-like Receptor 4 Agonist, Enhances T-Cell Responses to Influenza Vaccine in Older Adults

    Hayedeh Behzad;Anke L. W. Huckriede;Laura Haynes;Beth Gentleman

Frequent Co-Authors

Ofer Levy
Ofer Levy Boston Children's Hospital
Stuart E. Turvey
Stuart E. Turvey University of British Columbia
Arnaud Marchant
Arnaud Marchant Université Libre de Bruxelles
Malcolm R. Sears
Malcolm R. Sears McMaster University
William W. Mohn
William W. Mohn University of British Columbia
Allan B. Becker
Allan B. Becker University of Manitoba
Christopher B. Wilson
Christopher B. Wilson Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
David P. Speert
David P. Speert University of British Columbia
Mel Krajden
Mel Krajden University of British Columbia
Michael S. Kobor
Michael S. Kobor University of British Columbia

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