2026 Trevor Lithgow: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	89	2606	2392	59	58	304	24546

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Australia Leader Award
2010 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

Overview

Trevor Lithgow is affiliated with Monash University in Australia and specializes in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a prolific focus in Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine, Ecology, Genetics, and Microbiology. Their research contributions span a significant body of work within these scientific domains.

Their research emphasizes several key topics, including:

Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing

Trevor Lithgow has collaborated frequently with several scientists, notably:

Rhys A. Dunstan
Rebecca S. Bamert
Christopher J. Stubenrauch
Jiahui Li
Jonathan J. Wilksch

Their work appears regularly in various scientific venues, with notable frequent publications in:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nucleic Acids Research
mBio
eLife
Microbiology Spectrum

Among the recent papers authored by Trevor Lithgow are:

"Bacteriophage-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii are resensitized to antimicrobials" (2021), published in Nature Microbiology
"Formation and function of bacterial organelles" (2020), published in Nature Reviews Microbiology
"DeepVF: a deep learning-based hybrid framework for identifying virulence factors using the stacking strategy" (2020), published in Briefings in Bioinformatics
"Targeting bacterial outer-membrane remodelling to impact antimicrobial drug resistance" (2021), published in Trends in Microbiology
"Mechanistic Insights into the Capsule-Targeting Depolymerase from a Klebsiella pneumoniae Bacteriophage" (2021), published in Microbiology Spectrum

In recognition of their contributions, Trevor Lithgow was awarded the title of Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2010.

Best Publications

Importing Mitochondrial Proteins: Machineries and Mechanisms

Agnieszka Chacinska;Carla M Koehler;Dusanka Milenkovic;Trevor James Lithgow

1582
Citations
Evolution of the molecular machines for protein import into mitochondria.

Pavel Dolezal;Vladimir A Likic;Jan Tachezy;Trevor James Lithgow

641
Citations
The J‐protein family: modulating protein assembly, disassembly and translocation

Peter Walsh;Dejan Bursac;Yin Chern Law;Douglas Cyr

612
Citations
Structural insight into the biogenesis of β-barrel membrane proteins

Nicholas Noinaj;Adam J Kuszak;James C Gumbart;Petra Lukacik

460
Citations
The Omp85 family of proteins is essential for outer membrane biogenesis in mitochondria and bacteria

Ian Edward Gentle;Kipros Gabriel;Peter Beech;Ross F. Waller

448
Citations
A protein complex containing Tho2, Hpr1, Mft1 and a novel protein, Thp2, connects transcription elongation with mitotic recombination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Sebastian Chavez;Traude Beilharz;Ana G Rondon;Hediye Erdjument-Bromage

385
Citations
Emerging rules for effective antimicrobial coatings

Mario Salwiczek;Mario Salwiczek;Yue Qu;James Gardiner;Richard Anthony Strugnell

358
Citations
The protein product of the oncogene bcl-2 is a component of the nuclear envelope, the endoplasmic reticulum, and the outer mitochondrial membrane

T Lithgow;T Lithgow;R van Driel;JF Bertram;A Strasser

349
Citations
PUF proteins: repression, activation and mRNA localization

Tara L Quenault;Trevor J Lithgow;Ana Traven

332
Citations
Bacteriophage Transcytosis Provides a Mechanism To Cross Epithelial Cell Layers.

Sophie Nguyen;Kristi Baker;Benjamin S. Padman;Ruzeen Patwa

286
Citations
MrkH, a Novel c-di-GMP-Dependent Transcriptional Activator, Controls Klebsiella pneumoniae Biofilm Formation by Regulating Type 3 Fimbriae Expression

Jonathan J. Wilksch;Ji Yang;Abigail Clements;Jacinta L. Gabbe

281
Citations
Molecular architecture and function of the Omp85 family of proteins.

Ian E Gentle;Lena Burri;Trevor James Lithgow

270
Citations
RAC, a stable ribosome-associated complex in yeast formed by the DnaK-DnaJ homologs Ssz1p and zuotin

Matthias Gautschi;Hauke Lilie;Ursula Funfschilling;Andrej Mun

267
Citations
Discovery of an archetypal protein transport system in bacterial outer membranes

Joel Selkrig;Khedidja Mosbahi;Chaille T Webb;Matthew J Belousoff

265
Citations
Functional cooperation of mitochondrial protein import receptors in yeast.

L. Ramage;T. Junne;K. Hahne;T. Lithgow

259
Citations
Role for yeast inhibitor of apoptosis (IAP)-like proteins in cell division

A. G. Uren;T. Beilharz;M. J. O'connell;S. J. Bugg

258
Citations
Assembling the mitochondrial outer membrane

Nikolaus Pfanner;Nils Wiedemann;Chris Meisinger;Trevor James Lithgow

255
Citations
Targeting of C‐Terminal (Tail)‐Anchored Proteins: Understanding how Cytoplasmic Activities are Anchored to Intracellular Membranes

Binks Wattenberg;Trevor James Lithgow

236
Citations
Mitochondrial FtsZ in a chromophyte alga.

P L Beech;Thao Nheu;Thomas Schultz;Shane Herbert

227
Citations
The Protein Product of the Oncogene bcl-2 Is a Component of the Nuclear Envelope, the Endoplasmic Reticulum, and the Outer

Trevor Lithgow;Rosemary van Driel;John F. Bertram;Andreas Strasser

0
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