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Biology and Biochemistry
Switzerland
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
72
Citations
18023
World Ranking
6319
National Ranking
122

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Switzerland Leader Award
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Urs F. Greber is a researcher affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland, focusing on the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with substantial work also intersecting medicine. Their publication record includes 84 works in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology and 54 in medicine, highlighting their interdisciplinary approach to scientific investigation.

Their research covers several subfields, including molecular biology, genetics, oncology, infectious diseases, and epidemiology. This diverse expertise positions their work at the intersection of fundamental biological processes and clinical applications.

Greber's scientific contributions encompass multiple main topics, notably virus-based gene therapy research, CAR-T cell therapy research, viral infectious diseases and gene expression in insects, interferon and immune responses, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, cell image analysis techniques, and bacteriophages and microbial interactions.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Greber include Maarit Suomalainen, Vardan Andriasyan, Michael Bauer, Alfonso Gómez-González, and Anthony Petkidis, reflecting a collaborative network across various projects.

The primary venues where Greber's work has appeared include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Science Advances, FEBS Letters, Nature Communications, and the Journal of Virology. This range of journals indicates publication in both preprint platforms and peer-reviewed scientific journals.

Some recent papers exemplifying Greber's research output are:

  • Adenoviruses - Infection, pathogenesis and therapy (2020, FEBS Letters)
  • The HSV-1 Transcription Factor ICP4 Confers Liquid-Like Properties to Viral Replication Compartments (2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
  • The endoplasmic reticulum unfolded protein response - homeostasis, cell death and evolution in virus infections (2021, FEMS Microbiology Reviews)
  • Neuropilin-1 is a host factor for SARS-CoV-2 infection (2020, Science)
  • Neuropilin-1 is a host factor for SARS-CoV-2 infection (2020, bioRxiv, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Among distinctions, Greber is recognized as a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), indicating engagement with broader scientific communities.

Best Publications

  • Neuropilin-1 is a host factor for SARS-CoV-2 infection.

    James L. Daly;Boris Simonetti;Katja Klein;Kai En Chen

  • Stepwise dismantling of adenovirus 2 during entry into cells

    Urs F. Greber;Melanie Willetts;Paul Webster;Ari Helenius

  • Adenovirus triggers macropinocytosis and endosomal leakage together with its clathrin-mediated uptake

    Oliver Meier;Karin Boucke;Silvija Vig Hammer;Stephan S. Keller

  • Adenovirus endocytosis

    Oliver Meier and;Urs F. Greber

  • Microtubule-dependent Plus- and Minus End–directed Motilities Are Competing Processes for Nuclear Targeting of Adenovirus

    Maarit Suomalainen;Michel Y. Nakano;Stephan Keller;Karin Boucke

  • A superhighway to virus infection.

    Urs F. Greber;Michael Way

  • The role of the adenovirus protease on virus entry into cells.

    Urs F. Greber;Paul Webster;Joseph Weber;Ari Helenius

  • Import of adenovirus DNA involves the nuclear pore complex receptor CAN/Nup214 and histone H1.

    Lloyd C. Trotman;Nicole Mosberger;Maarten Fornerod;Robert P. Stidwill

  • The role of the nuclear pore complex in adenovirus DNA entry

    Urs F. Greber;Maarit Suomalainen;Robert P. Stidwill;Karin Boucke

  • The human membrane cofactor CD46 is a receptor for species B adenovirus serotype 3.

    Dominique Sirena;Benjamin Lilienfeld;Markus Eisenhut;Stefan Kälin

  • Niclosamide is a proton carrier and targets acidic endosomes with broad antiviral effects.

    Andreas Jurgeit;Robert McDowell;Stefan Moese;Eric Meldrum

  • Adenovirus-activated PKA and p38/MAPK pathways boost microtubule-mediated nuclear targeting of virus.

    M. Suomalainen;M.Y. Nakano;M.Y. Nakano;K. Boucke;S. Keller

  • Neuropilin-1 is a host factor for SARS-CoV-2 infection

    James L. Daly;Boris Simonetti;Carlos Antón-Plágaro;Maia Kavanagh Williamson

  • A major glycoprotein of the nuclear pore complex is a membrane-spanning polypeptide with a large lumenal domain and a small cytoplasmic tail.

    U.F. Greber;A. Senior;L. Gerace

  • Enhanced microtubule-dependent trafficking and p53 nuclear accumulation by suppression of microtubule dynamics.

    Paraskevi Giannakakou;Michel Nakano;Kyriacos C. Nicolaou;Aurora O'Brate

  • Depletion of calcium from the lumen of endoplasmic reticulum reversibly inhibits passive diffusion and signal-mediated transport into the nucleus.

    Urs F. Greber;Larry Gerace

  • Kinesin-1-mediated capsid disassembly and disruption of the nuclear pore complex promote virus infection.

    Sten Strunze;Martin F. Engelke;I-Hsuan Wang;Daniel Puntener

  • Signalling in viral entry.

    U. F. Greber

  • Subversion of CtBP1‐controlled macropinocytosis by human adenovirus serotype 3

    Beat Amstutz;Michele Gastaldelli;Stefan Kälin;Nicola Imelli

  • The First Step of Adenovirus Type 2 Disassembly Occurs at the Cell Surface, Independently of Endocytosis and Escape to the Cytosol

    M. Y. Nakano;K. Boucke;M. Suomalainen;R. P. Stidwill

Frequent Co-Authors

Ari Helenius
Ari Helenius ETH Zurich
Michael Bauer
Michael Bauer TU Dresden
Ivo F. Sbalzarini
Ivo F. Sbalzarini Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
Marina A. Freudenberg
Marina A. Freudenberg University of Freiburg
Lucas Pelkmans
Lucas Pelkmans University of Zurich
François-Loïc Cosset
François-Loïc Cosset Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Peter J. M. Rottier
Peter J. M. Rottier Utrecht University
Cornelis A. M. de Haan
Cornelis A. M. de Haan Utrecht University
Menzo J. E. Havenga
Menzo J. E. Havenga Batavia Biosciences (Netherlands)
Timo Hyypiä
Timo Hyypiä University of Turku

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