Falk Ponath

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 670 citations indexed

About

Falk Ponath is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Falk Ponath has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 670 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Ecology and 2 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Falk Ponath's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (6 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (5 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (4 papers). Falk Ponath is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (6 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (5 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (4 papers). Falk Ponath collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Canada and United Kingdom. Falk Ponath's co-authors include Jörg Vogel, Asaf Sol, Ravid Straussman, Naseem Maalouf, Deborah Nejman, Aviram Nissan, Tanya Fainsod-Levi, Jawad Abed, Judith Sandbank and Einav Yehuda‐Shnaidman and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Falk Ponath

11 papers receiving 663 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Breast cancer colonization by Fusobacterium nucleatum accelerates tumor growth and metastatic progression

2020 471 citations Asaf Sol, Deborah Nejman et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Falk Ponath Germany	9	411	180	128	97	78	13	670
Kaitlyn D. LaCourse United States	6	422 1.0×	249 1.4×	156 1.2×	40 0.4×	46 0.6×	10	720
Amalie Grenov Israel	8	497 1.2×	218 1.2×	95 0.7×	24 0.2×	115 1.5×	8	787
Erle S. Robertson United States	6	419 1.0×	225 1.3×	72 0.6×	28 0.3×	45 0.6×	7	634
Songhe Guo China	14	535 1.3×	213 1.2×	81 0.6×	13 0.1×	110 1.4×	17	740
Jian-qiu Sheng China	7	631 1.5×	266 1.5×	38 0.3×	140 1.4×	196 2.5×	15	878
Jennifer Raisch France	8	655 1.6×	193 1.1×	73 0.6×	34 0.4×	121 1.6×	12	908
Klaas Vandenbroucke Belgium	7	403 1.0×	33 0.2×	112 0.9×	62 0.6×	124 1.6×	9	709
Samira Jahangiri Iran	7	260 0.6×	129 0.7×	42 0.3×	8 0.1×	43 0.6×	10	436
Amélie Lopès France	5	450 1.1×	292 1.6×	75 0.6×	12 0.1×	107 1.4×	8	661
Raj Kumar Verma India	16	258 0.6×	116 0.6×	15 0.1×	13 0.1×	93 1.2×	36	731

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Falk Ponath

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13 of 13 papers shown

Ponath, Falk, et al.. (2025). An antisense oligomer conjugate with unpredicted bactericidal activity against Fusobacterium nucleatum. mBio. 16(6). e0052425–e0052425.

Zepeda‐Rivera, Martha A., Falk Ponath, Kaitlyn N. Lewis, et al.. (2025). Genome sequences of eight Fusobacterium watanabei sp. isolates. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 14(8). e0013225–e0013225.

Amend, Lena, et al.. (2024). The RNA landscape of the human commensal Segatella copri reveals a small RNA essential for gut colonization. Cell Host & Microbe. 32(11). 1910–1926.e6. 6 indexed citations

Zhu, Yan, et al.. (2024). A global survey of small RNA interactors identifies KhpA and KhpB as major RNA-binding proteins in Fusobacterium nucleatum. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(7). 3950–3970. 9 indexed citations

Ponath, Falk, Yan Zhu, & Jörg Vogel. (2024). Transcriptome fine-mapping in Fusobacterium nucleatum reveals FoxJ, a new σ ^E -dependent small RNA with unusual mRNA activation activity. mBio. 15(4). e0353623–e0353623. 1 indexed citations

Ponath, Falk, Jens Hör, & Jörg Vogel. (2022). An overview of gene regulation in bacteria by small RNAs derived from mRNA 3′ ends. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 46(5). 43 indexed citations

Ponath, Falk, et al.. (2022). Expanding the genetic toolkit helps dissect a global stress response in the early-branching species Fusobacterium nucleatum. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(40). e2201460119–e2201460119. 22 indexed citations

Fuchs, Manuela, Falk Ponath, Joseph A. Kirk, et al.. (2021). An RNA-centric global view of Clostridioides difficile reveals broad activity of Hfq in a clinically important gram-positive bacterium. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(25). 36 indexed citations

Hoffmann, Torsten, Jens‐Ulrich Rahfeld, Falk Ponath, et al.. (2021). Combination of the Glutaminyl Cyclase Inhibitor PQ912 (Varoglutamstat) and the Murine Monoclonal Antibody PBD-C06 (m6) Shows Additive Effects on Brain Aβ Pathology in Transgenic Mice. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(21). 11791–11791. 15 indexed citations

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Ponath, Falk, et al.. (2021). Scanning mutagenesis of RNA-binding protein ProQ reveals a quality control role for the Lon protease. RNA. 27(12). 1512–1527. 10 indexed citations

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Ponath, Falk, et al.. (2021). RNA landscape of the emerging cancer-associated microbe Fusobacterium nucleatum. Nature Microbiology. 6(8). 1007–1020. 35 indexed citations

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Sol, Asaf, Deborah Nejman, Amjad Shhadeh, et al.. (2020). Breast cancer colonization by Fusobacterium nucleatum accelerates tumor growth and metastatic progression. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3259–3259. 471 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ponath, Falk, et al.. (2020). Introducing differential RNA-seq mapping to track the early infection phase forPseudomonasphage ɸKZ. RNA Biology. 18(8). 1099–1110. 22 indexed citations

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