!!Peer Bork - Selected Publications
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Peer Bork has an  H-factor of 180 (google scholar, Feb 28, 2018) and has co-authored >570 scientific papers with >175.000 citations. >70 of these publications appeared in Nature, Science or Cell. According to ISI, the nominee is among the most highly cited researchers in life sciences (e.g. number 1 in Europe in Molecular Biology and Genetics during 1998-2016 or no. 3 worldwide in Biology/Biochemistry during 2002-2016, based on independent publications). 
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__The following publications reflect different aspects of work:__\\
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1. Lander, ES et al. (2001) Nature 409, 860-921. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome [[article]\\
(21762 citations: first of a series of high profile papers on metazoan genome analysis in which the nominee was heading bioinformatics analysis aspects in large sequencing consortia) \\
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2. Von Mering, C., Krause, R., Snel, B., Oliver, S.G., Fields, S. and Bork, P. (2002) Nature 417, 399-403. Comparative assessment of large-scale datasets of protein interactions [[analysis article]\\
(2443 citations:  This first comparative protein interaction network analysis opened a new field)\\
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3. Ciccarelli, F.D.,* Doerks, T.*, von Mering, C., Creevey, C.J., Snel, B. and Bork, P. (2006) Science 311, 1283-1287. Towards automatic reconstruction of a highly resolved tree of life\\
(1289 citations:  An unbiased, marker gene-based phylogenetic approach that revealed a robust tree of life that has been used as reference in various applications)\\
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4. Campillos, M.*, Kuhn, M.*, Gavin, A.-C., Jensen, L.J. and Bork,P. (2008) Science 321, 263-266. Drug target identification using side-effect similarity\\
(886  citations: A conceptual breakthrough in that molecular drug targets can be predicted from phenotypic side effect data implying new usages for old drugs )\\
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5. Kuehner S.*, van Noort, V.* (21 authors)..Bork, P.* and Gavin, A.C.* Science 326, 1235-1240. Proteome organization in a genome-reduced bacterium [[article]\\
(421 citations: One of a trio of papers in that  issue that describes a multi-group effort, initiated by the nominee, to establish a minimal model  for cellular systems biology revealing unexpected complexity of bacteria)\\
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6. Arumugam, M.*, Raes J.* … (37 authors) ... METAHI consortium, Weissenbach, J., Ehrlich, S.D.# and Bork, P.# (2011) Nature 473, 174-180. Enterotypes of the human gut microbiome [[article]\\
(3296  citations: Discovery of stratification of human microbiota independent of ethnicity, gender, age or body mass index; the concept of community types has later been also shown for other body sites)\\
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7. Schloissnig, S.*, Arumugam, M.*, Sunagawa, S.*, Mitreva, M., Tap, J., Zhu, A., Waller, A., Mende, D.R., Kultima, J.R., Martin, J., Kota, K., Sunyaev, S.R., Weinstock, G.M.# and Bork, P.# (2013) Nature 493, 45-50. Genomic variation landscape of the human gut microbiome [[article]\\
(365 citations: First large-scale metagenome analysis at residue level, proof of principle for strain analysis in microbiomics.\\
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8. Sungawa, S. ... ( 47 authors)... and Bork, P. (2015) Science 348, doi: 10.1126/science.1261359.  Structure and function of the global ocean microbiome [[article]\\
(370 citations:  first large-scale metagenome analysis of bacteria in the ocean as one of 5 research articles in that issue of the TARA oceans expedition, co-coordinated by the nominee)\\
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9. Forslund, K.*, Hildebrand, F. * ...(24 authors)... Bork, P.# and Pedersen, O.# (2015) Nature 528, 262-266. Disentangling type 2 diabetes and metformin treatment signatures in the human gut microbiota.\\
(306 citations: Identification of a drug as confounder of metagenome-disease associations, triggering the inclusion of co-variate analysis in microbiome studies)\\
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10. Li, S.S., Zhu, A., Benes, V., Costea, P.I., Hercog, R., Hildebrand, F., Huerta-Cepas, J., Nieuwdorp, M., Salojärvi, J., Voigt, A.Y., Zeller, .G, Sunagawa, S., de Vos, W.M. and Bork, P. (2016) Science 352, 586-589. Durable coexistence of donor and recipient strains after fecal microbiota transplantation.\\
(140 citations: Strain level analysis reveals insights into neo-colonization of the human gut)\\
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11. Maier, L.*, Pruteano, M.*, Kuhn, M.*, Zeller, G.#, Telzerov, A., Gontao Brochardo, A.R., Fernandez, K.C., Mori, H., Patil, K.#, Bork, P.# and Typas, N.# (2018) Nature 555, 623-628  Extensive impact of non-antibiotic drugs on human gut bacteria [[article]\\
(Quantification of the vast impact of medication on the human gut microbiome, which causes numerous side effects)\\
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12. Schmidt, T.S.B., Raes, J.# and Bork, P.# (2018) Cell 172, 1198-1215. The Human Gut Microbiome: From Association to Modulation.\\
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13. Bahram, M.*, Hildebrandt, F. Forslund, S.K., Anderson, J.L., Soudzilovskaia, N.A., Bodegom, P.M., Bengtsson-Palme, J., Anslan, S., Coelho, L.P., Harend, H., Huerta-Cepas, J., Medema, M.H., Maltz, M.R, Mundra, S., Olsson, P.A., Pent, M., Põlme, S., Sunagawa, S., Ryberg, M., Tedersoo, L.# and Bork, P.# (2018)\\
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Nature 560, 233-23. Structure and function of the global topsoil microbiome.