Kyros Kyrou

3.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
15 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Kyros Kyrou is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Insect Science and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Kyros Kyrou has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Insect Science and 6 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Kyros Kyrou's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (10 papers), Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (9 papers) and Insect Resistance and Genetics (6 papers). Kyros Kyrou is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (10 papers), Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (9 papers) and Insect Resistance and Genetics (6 papers). Kyros Kyrou collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and United States. Kyros Kyrou's co-authors include Andrea Crisanti, Tony Nolan, Roberto Galizi, Andrew Hammond, Austin Burt, Nace Kranjc, Andrea Beaghton, Matthew O. Gribble, Alekos Simoni and Nikolai Windbichler and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Nature Biotechnology and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Kyros Kyrou

14 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

A CRISPR-Cas9 gene drive system targeting female reproduction in the malaria mosquito vector Anopheles gambiae

2015 774 citations Andrew Hammond, Roberto Galizi et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →
A CRISPR–Cas9 gene drive targeting doublesex causes complete population suppression in caged Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes

2018 521 citations Kyros Kyrou, Andrew Hammond et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kyros Kyrou United Kingdom	12	1.6k	1.2k	629	442	265	15	2.1k
Andrew Hammond United Kingdom	14	1.7k 1.1×	1.3k 1.1×	710 1.1×	479 1.1×	278 1.0×	20	2.2k
Roberto Galizi United Kingdom	19	2.0k 1.2×	1.4k 1.2×	790 1.3×	512 1.2×	322 1.2×	35	2.6k
Valentino M. Gantz United States	16	1.5k 1.0×	970 0.8×	471 0.7×	412 0.9×	292 1.1×	22	1.8k
Nikolai Windbichler United Kingdom	24	1.9k 1.2×	1.5k 1.2×	816 1.3×	517 1.2×	255 1.0×	44	2.6k
Alekos Simoni United Kingdom	11	882 0.6×	609 0.5×	351 0.6×	294 0.7×	225 0.8×	15	1.4k
Andrea L. Smidler United States	14	1.2k 0.7×	596 0.5×	372 0.6×	305 0.7×	547 2.1×	19	1.7k
Omar S. Akbari United States	34	2.4k 1.5×	2.1k 1.8×	1.1k 1.8×	688 1.6×	637 2.4×	118	3.5k
Tony Nolan United Kingdom	30	2.7k 1.7×	2.1k 1.8×	1.2k 2.0×	756 1.7×	507 1.9×	60	3.8k
Nijole Jasinskiene United States	29	2.3k 1.5×	2.0k 1.7×	1.2k 2.0×	544 1.2×	381 1.4×	38	3.5k
Vanessa M. Macias United States	8	791 0.5×	577 0.5×	354 0.6×	199 0.5×	122 0.5×	14	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kyros Kyrou

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15 of 15 papers shown

Su, Matthew P., Marta Andrés, Jason Somers, et al.. (2025). Using a female-specific isoform of doublesex to explore male-specific hearing in mosquitoes. iScience. 28(9). 113330–113330.

Taxiarchi, Chrysanthi, Daniel Tonge, Kyros Kyrou, et al.. (2023). Single-cell profiling of Anopheles gambiae spermatogenesis defines the onset of meiotic silencing and premeiotic overexpression of the X chromosome. Communications Biology. 6(1). 850–850. 3 indexed citations

Hammond, Andrew, Paola Pollegioni, Ace North, et al.. (2021). Gene-drive suppression of mosquito populations in large cages as a bridge between lab and field. Nature Communications. 12(1). 4589–4589. 82 indexed citations

Hammond, Andrew, Ioanna Morianou, Kyros Kyrou, et al.. (2021). Regulating the expression of gene drives is key to increasing their invasive potential and the mitigation of resistance. PLoS Genetics. 17(1). e1009321–e1009321. 73 indexed citations

Taxiarchi, Chrysanthi, Andrea Beaghton, Kyros Kyrou, et al.. (2021). A genetically encoded anti-CRISPR protein constrains gene drive spread and prevents population suppression. Nature Communications. 12(1). 3977–3977. 37 indexed citations

Simoni, Alekos, Andrew Hammond, Andrea Beaghton, et al.. (2020). A male-biased sex-distorter gene drive for the human malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. Nature Biotechnology. 38(9). 1054–1060. 136 indexed citations

Simoni, Alekos, Andrew Hammond, Andrea Beaghton, et al.. (2020). Author Correction: A male-biased sex-distorter gene drive for the human malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. Nature Biotechnology. 38(9). 1097–1097. 5 indexed citations

Su, Matthew P., et al.. (2020). Assessing the acoustic behaviour of Anopheles gambiae (s.l.) dsxF mutants: implications for vector control. Parasites & Vectors. 13(1). 507–507. 15 indexed citations

Taxiarchi, Chrysanthi, Nace Kranjc, Kyros Kyrou, et al.. (2019). High-resolution transcriptional profiling of Anopheles gambiae spermatogenesis reveals mechanisms of sex chromosome regulation. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 14841–14841. 22 indexed citations

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Kyrou, Kyros, Andrew Hammond, Roberto Galizi, et al.. (2018). A CRISPR–Cas9 gene drive targeting doublesex causes complete population suppression in caged Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes. Nature Biotechnology. 36(11). 1062–1066. 521 indexed citations breakdown →

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Osman, Guled A., Michael K. Fasseas, Clara L. Essmann, et al.. (2018). Natural Infection of C. elegans by an Oomycete Reveals a New Pathogen-Specific Immune Response. Current Biology. 28(4). 640–648.e5. 40 indexed citations

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Bernardini, Federica, Roberto Galizi, Chrysanthi Taxiarchi, et al.. (2017). Cross-Species Y Chromosome Function Between Malaria Vectors of the Anopheles gambiae Species Complex. Genetics. 207(2). 729–740. 13 indexed citations

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Hammond, Andrew, Kyros Kyrou, Marco Bruttini, et al.. (2017). The creation and selection of mutations resistant to a gene drive over multiple generations in the malaria mosquito. PLoS Genetics. 13(10). e1007039–e1007039. 201 indexed citations

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Galizi, Roberto, Andrew Hammond, Kyros Kyrou, et al.. (2016). A CRISPR-Cas9 sex-ratio distortion system for genetic control. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 31139–31139. 130 indexed citations

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Hammond, Andrew, Roberto Galizi, Kyros Kyrou, et al.. (2015). A CRISPR-Cas9 gene drive system targeting female reproduction in the malaria mosquito vector Anopheles gambiae. Nature Biotechnology. 34(1). 78–83. 774 indexed citations breakdown →

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