What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
Wieland Meyer mainly focuses on Cryptococcus neoformans, Genetics, Cryptococcus gattii, Microbiology and Cryptococcosis.
His research in Cryptococcus neoformans intersects with topics in RAPD, DNA profiling and Internal transcribed spacer.
His studies in Cryptococcus gattii integrate themes in fields like Ecology, Clade, Phylogenetic tree and Genotype.
The Genotype study combines topics in areas such as Amplified fragment length polymorphism and Virulence.
His Microbiology study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Fungal genetics, Yeast and Restriction fragment length polymorphism, Polymerase chain reaction.
His study in Cryptococcosis is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Molecular epidemiology, Genetic diversity and Virology.
His most cited work include:
- A rare genotype of Cryptococcus gattii caused the cryptococcosis outbreak on Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada) (642 citations)
- Molecular Typing of IberoAmerican Cryptococcus neoformans Isolates (436 citations)
- Hybrid genotypes in the pathogenic yeast Cryptococcus neoformans (346 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His primary areas of study are Microbiology, Cryptococcus neoformans, Genetics, Cryptococcus gattii and Cryptococcosis.
In his study, Gene is inextricably linked to Virology, which falls within the broad field of Microbiology.
His Cryptococcus neoformans study combines topics in areas such as Species complex, Cryptococcus and Molecular epidemiology, Restriction fragment length polymorphism, Genotype.
His work in Typing, Microsatellite, Phylogenetic tree, DNA profiling and Phylogenetics are all subfields of Genetics research.
He works mostly in the field of Cryptococcus gattii, limiting it down to concerns involving Ecology and, occasionally, Biological dispersal.
His Cryptococcosis study incorporates themes from Zoology, Outbreak, Multilocus sequence typing and Mycosis.
He most often published in these fields:
- Microbiology (48.26%)
- Cryptococcus neoformans (36.81%)
- Genetics (36.81%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2018-2021)?
- Multilocus sequence typing (13.89%)
- Cryptococcus gattii (33.68%)
- Cryptococcosis (29.17%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
His main research concerns Multilocus sequence typing, Cryptococcus gattii, Cryptococcosis, Genetics and Whole genome sequencing.
Wieland Meyer has included themes like Typing and Cryptococcus neoformans in his Multilocus sequence typing study.
His work deals with themes such as Molecular epidemiology and Population genetics, which intersect with Cryptococcus gattii.
His Cryptococcosis research is within the category of Microbiology.
His work on Scedosporium aurantiacum as part of his general Microbiology study is frequently connected to Strain, thereby bridging the divide between different branches of science.
Wieland Meyer interconnects Outbreak and Genetic diversity in the investigation of issues within Genetics.
Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Unambiguous identification of fungi: where do we stand and how accurate and precise is fungal DNA barcoding? (30 citations)
- A New Age in Molecular Diagnostics for Invasive Fungal Disease: Are We Ready? (25 citations)
- A New Lineage of Cryptococcus gattii (VGV) Discovered in the Central Zambezian Miombo Woodlands. (23 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
Wieland Meyer spends much of his time researching Population genetics, Cryptococcus gattii, Identification, Computational biology and Metagenomics.
His Population genetics research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Genetics, Lineage, Filobasidiella, Molecular epidemiology and Restriction fragment length polymorphism.
His Restriction fragment length polymorphism research integrates issues from Evolutionary biology and Phylogenetic tree.
His Cryptococcus gattii study is concerned with Cryptococcus neoformans in general.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Microbiome and Genome in addition to Identification.
His Metagenomics study also includes
- Shotgun sequencing which is related to area like Microbiology,
- Molecular diagnostics which is related to area like Drug resistance and Virology.
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