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Genetics and Molecular Biology
Germany
2024

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Microbiology

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105
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37672
World Ranking
315
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21

Molecular Biology

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104
Citations
36302
World Ranking
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National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Germany Leader Award
  • 1988 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Microbiology and Immunology
  • 1983 - Robert Koch Prize
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • 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

Werner Goebel is affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany. Their research spans several areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a particular focus on medicine and molecular medicine.

Their recent scholarly contributions include the following papers:

  • From the beginning to the present state of molecular microbial pathogenesis-A tribute to Pascale Cossart, 2020, Molecular Microbiology
  • Interactions of SARS-CoV-2 with Human Target Cells-A Metabolic View, 2024, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Substrate usage determines carbon flux via the citrate cycle in Helicobacter pylori, 2021, Molecular Microbiology
  • Persistence of Intracellular Bacterial Pathogens-With a Focus on the Metabolic Perspective, 2021, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • Link Between Antibiotic Persistence and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacterial Pathogens, 2022, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Coauthors who frequently collaborate with Goebel include:

  • Wolfgang Eisenreich
  • Jürgen Heesemann
  • Thomas Rudel
  • Thomas Steiner

Publication venues where Goebel has contributed multiple articles are:

  • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • Molecular Microbiology
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • ACS Chemical Biology

The main topics covered in their research are:

  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Escherichia coli research studies
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies
  • Galectins and Cancer Biology

Within their scientific fields, the subfields of study addressed include:

  • Endocrinology
  • Molecular Medicine
  • Genetics
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Pollution

Werner Goebel's work has been recognized with awards such as the Robert Koch Prize in 1983, membership in the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), and election to the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 1988 for contributions in microbiology and immunology.

Best Publications

  • Listeria pathogenesis and molecular virulence determinants.

    José A. Vázquez-Boland;José A. Vázquez-Boland;Michael Kuhn;Patrick Berche;Trinad Chakraborty

  • Comparative Genomics of Listeria Species

    P Glaser;L Frangeul;C Buchrieser;C Rusniok

  • Molecular determinants of Listeria monocytogenes pathogenesis

    D A Portnoy;T Chakraborty;W Goebel;P Cossart

  • Visualization of tumors and metastases in live animals with bacteria and vaccinia virus encoding light-emitting proteins

    Yong A Yu;Yong A Yu;Shahrokh Shabahang;Tatyana M Timiryasova;Tatyana M Timiryasova;Qian Zhang

  • A novel bacterial virulence gene in Listeria monocytogenes required for host cell microfilament interaction with homology to the proline-rich region of vinculin.

    E Domann;J Wehland;M Rohde;S Pistor

  • Coordinate regulation of virulence genes in Listeria monocytogenes requires the product of the prfA gene.

    T Chakraborty;M Leimeister-Wächter;E Domann;M Hartl

  • Tn916-induced mutations in the hemolysin determinant affecting virulence of Listeria monocytogenes.

    S Kathariou;P Metz;H Hof;W Goebel

  • Carbon metabolism of intracellular bacterial pathogens and possible links to virulence.

    Wolfgang Eisenreich;Thomas Dandekar;Jürgen Heesemann;Werner Goebel;Werner Goebel

  • Deletions of chromosomal regions coding for fimbriae and hemolysins occur in vitro and in vivo in various extraintestinal Escherichia coli isolates.

    Jörg Hacker;Larisa Bender;Manfred Ott;Jochen Wingender

  • Identification of an extracellular protein of Listeria monocytogenes possibly involved in intracellular uptake by mammalian cells.

    M Kuhn;W Goebel

  • Bacteriocin and antibiotic resistance plasmids in Bacillus cereus and Bacillus subtilis.

    K Bernhard;H Schrempf;W Goebel

  • Superior efficacy of secreted over somatic antigen display in recombinant Salmonella vaccine induced protection against listeriosis

    Jurgen Hess;Ivo Gentschev;Diana Miko;Manuela Welzel

  • Identification of a gene that positively regulates expression of listeriolysin, the major virulence factor of listeria monocytogenes.

    Michaela Leimeister-Wachter;Christof Haffner;Eugen Domann;Werner Goebel

  • Identification of Listeria monocytogenes Genes Contributing to Intracellular Replication by Expression Profiling and Mutant Screening

    Biju Joseph;Karin Przybilla;Claudia Stühler;Kristina Schauer

  • Transport of hemolysin across the outer membrane of Escherichia coli requires two functions.

    W Wagner;M Vogel;W Goebel

  • Hpt, a bacterial homolog of the microsomal glucose- 6-phosphate translocase, mediates rapid intracellular proliferation in Listeria

    Isabel Chico-Calero;Mónica Suárez;Bruno González-Zorn;Mariela Scortti

  • Delivery of antigen-encoding plasmid DNA into the cytosol of macrophages by attenuated suicide Listeria monocytogenes

    Guido Dietrich;Andreas Bubert;Ivaylo Gentschev;Zeljka Sokolovic

  • Interaction of Listeria monocytogenes with human brain microvascular endothelial cells: InlB-dependent invasion, long-term intracellular growth, and spread from macrophages to endothelial cells

    Lars Greiffenberg;Werner Goebel;Kwang Sik Kim;Kwang Sik Kim;Inge Weiglein

  • Pathogenicity islands and virulence evolution in Listeria.

    José A. Vázquez-Boland;Gustavo Domínguez-Bernal;Bruno González-Zorn;Jürgen Kreft

  • The iap gene of Listeria monocytogenes is essential for cell viability, and its gene product, p60, has bacteriolytic activity.

    M D Wuenscher;S Köhler;A Bubert;U Gerike

  • Differential expression of

    A. Bubert;Z. Sokolovic;S.-K. Chun;L. Papatheodorou

Frequent Co-Authors

Trinad Chakraborty
Trinad Chakraborty University of Giessen
Stefan H. E. Kaufmann
Stefan H. E. Kaufmann Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology
Wolfgang Eisenreich
Wolfgang Eisenreich Technical University of Munich
Ulf R. Rapp
Ulf R. Rapp Max Planck Society
Roland Benz
Roland Benz Jacobs University
Joerg Hacker
Joerg Hacker University of Würzburg
José A. Vázquez-Boland
José A. Vázquez-Boland University of Edinburgh
Herbert Hof
Herbert Hof Heidelberg University
Jörg Hacker
Jörg Hacker University of Würzburg
Eugen Domann
Eugen Domann University of Giessen

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