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Urs Jenal publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Urs Jenal sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 168 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Urs Jenal D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Urs Jenal sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 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 Jenal is affiliated with the University of Basel in Switzerland and specializes in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on molecular biology, genetics, ecology, molecular medicine, and microbiology. Their research covers a wide variety of topics related to bacterial genetics and biotechnology, bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, antimicrobial peptides and activities, Vibrio bacteria research studies, and genomics and phylogenetic studies.

The scientist has published extensively in several venues. Frequent publication venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, Nature Microbiology, mBio, and Nature Chemical Biology.

Several recent papers highlight the thematic scope and contribution of Urs Jenal's work. These include:

  • "Surface Sensing and Adaptation in Bacteria," 2020, published in Annual Review of Microbiology
  • "Evolution of Antibiotic Tolerance Shapes Resistance Development in Chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections," 2021, published in mBio
  • "Untargeted metabolomics links glutathione to bacterial cell cycle progression," 2020, published in Nature Metabolism
  • "Precise timing of transcription by c-di-GMP coordinates cell cycle and morphogenesis in Caulobacter," 2020, published in Nature Communications
  • "Combining CRISPRi and metabolomics for functional annotation of compound libraries," 2022, published in Nature Chemical Biology

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Urs Jenal are:

  • Andreas Kaczmarczyk
  • Pablo Manfredi
  • Benoît-Joseph Laventie
  • Alexander Klotz
  • Isabella Santi

In terms of recognition, Urs Jenal is a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Definitions and guidelines for research on antibiotic persistence

    Naomi N.Q. Balaban;Sophie Helaine;Kim Lewis;Martin Ackermann;Martin Ackermann

  • Cyclic di-GMP: second messenger extraordinaire

    Urs Jenal;Alberto Reinders;Christian Lori

  • Mechanisms of Cyclic-di-GMP Signaling in Bacteria

    Urs Jenal;Jacob Malone

  • Cell cycle-dependent dynamic localization of a bacterial response regulator with a novel di-guanylate cyclase output domain

    Ralf Paul;Stefan Weiser;Nicholas C. Amiot;Carmen Chan

  • Identification and Characterization of a Cyclic di-GMP-specific Phosphodiesterase and Its Allosteric Control by GTP

    Matthias Christen;Beat Christen;Marc Folcher;Alexandra Schauerte

  • Structural basis of activity and allosteric control of diguanylate cyclase

    Carmen Chan;Ralf Paul;Dietrich Samoray;Nicolas C. Amiot

  • Structural and mechanistic determinants of c-di-GMP signalling

    Tilman Schirmer;Urs Jenal

  • Second Messenger-Mediated Adjustment of Bacterial Swimming Velocity

    Alex Boehm;Matthias Kaiser;Hui Li;Christian Spangler

  • Allosteric Control of Cyclic di-GMP Signaling

    Beat Christen;Matthias Christen;Ralf Paul;Franziska Schmid

  • Second messenger-mediated spatiotemporal control of protein degradation regulates bacterial cell cycle progression

    Anna Duerig;Sören Abel;Marc Folcher;Micael Nicollier

  • Senescence in a bacterium with asymmetric division.

    Martin Ackermann;Stephen C. Stearns;Urs Jenal

  • An essential protease involved in bacterial cell-cycle control

    Urs Jenal;Thomas Fuchs

  • Role of the GGDEF regulator PleD in polar development of Caulobacter crescentus.

    Phillip Aldridge;Ralf Paul;Patrick Goymer;Paul Rainey

  • Cyclic di-guanosine-monophosphate comes of age: a novel secondary messenger involved in modulating cell surface structures in bacteria?

    Urs Jenal

  • Second messenger signalling governs Escherichia coli biofilm induction upon ribosomal stress.

    Alex Boehm;Samuel Steiner;Franziska Zaehringer;Alain Casanova

  • Structure of BeF3−-Modified Response Regulator PleD: Implications for Diguanylate Cyclase Activation, Catalysis, and Feedback Inhibition

    Paul Wassmann;Carmen Chan;Ralf Paul;Andreas Beck

  • YfiBNR Mediates Cyclic di-GMP Dependent Small Colony Variant Formation and Persistence in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Jacob G. Malone;Tina Jaeger;Christian Spangler;Daniel Ritz

  • DgrA is a member of a new family of cyclic diguanosine monophosphate receptors and controls flagellar motor function in Caulobacter crescentus

    Matthias Christen;Beat Christen;Martin G. Allan;Marc Folcher

  • Activation of the diguanylate cyclase PleD by phosphorylation-mediated dimerization

    Ralf Paul;Sören Abel;Paul Wassmann;Andreas Beck

  • A liquid chromatography-coupled tandem mass spectrometry method for quantitation of cyclic di-guanosine monophosphate.

    Christian Spangler;Alex Böhm;Urs Jenal;Roland Seifert

Frequent Co-Authors

Tilman Schirmer
Tilman Schirmer University of Basel
Volkhard Kaever
Volkhard Kaever Hannover Medical School
Stephan Grzesiek
Stephan Grzesiek University of Basel
Bernd Giese
Bernd Giese University of Fribourg
Leo Meile
Leo Meile ETH Zurich
Lotte Søgaard-Andersen
Lotte Søgaard-Andersen Max Planck Society

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