Laura V. Flórez

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Laura V. Flórez is a scholar working on Insect Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Laura V. Flórez has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Insect Science, 9 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Laura V. Flórez's work include Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (19 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (8 papers) and Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control (7 papers). Laura V. Flórez is often cited by papers focused on Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (19 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (8 papers) and Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control (7 papers). Laura V. Flórez collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Denmark and United States. Laura V. Flórez's co-authors include Martin Kaltenpoth, Tobias Engl, Peter H. W. Biedermann, Nicole M. Gerardo, Hassan Salem, Christian Hertweck, David Klatzmann, Kirstin Scherlach, André Rodrigues and Daniel Crespy and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Laura V. Flórez

36 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

Defensive symbioses of animals with prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Laura V. Flórez Germany	19	748	473	338	275	217	37	1.8k
Ednildo A. Machado Brazil	25	549 0.7×	543 1.1×	307 0.9×	220 0.8×	124 0.6×	65	1.8k
Roberto A. Barrero Australia	29	262 0.4×	1.2k 2.6×	175 0.5×	88 0.3×	165 0.8×	69	2.4k
Ana Marisa Chudzinski‐Tavassi Brazil	21	239 0.3×	375 0.8×	369 1.1×	142 0.5×	303 1.4×	82	1.2k
Rosario Gil Spain	24	1.4k 1.8×	1.7k 3.6×	667 2.0×	114 0.4×	215 1.0×	76	3.4k
Takahiro Kusakabe Japan	27	440 0.6×	2.0k 4.2×	601 1.8×	414 1.5×	72 0.3×	232	2.9k
Maureen J. Gorman United States	25	824 1.1×	1.0k 2.2×	230 0.7×	952 3.5×	139 0.6×	44	2.1k
Kazuhiro Okano Japan	27	1.0k 1.4×	1.5k 3.2×	518 1.5×	291 1.1×	91 0.4×	67	2.5k
Ricardo J.S. Torquato Brazil	22	276 0.4×	443 0.9×	115 0.3×	152 0.6×	71 0.3×	62	1.2k
Muhammad Zeeshan Majeed Pakistan	21	339 0.5×	547 1.2×	208 0.6×	519 1.9×	104 0.5×	113	1.7k

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Flórez, Laura V., et al.. (2024). Repeated horizontal acquisition of lagriamide-producing symbionts in Lagriinae beetles. The ISME Journal. 18(1). 2 indexed citations

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Kaltenpoth, Martin, et al.. (2023). Colonization dynamics of a defensive insect ectosymbiont. Biology Letters. 19(5). 20230100–20230100. 5 indexed citations

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Deveau, Aurélie, et al.. (2023). The Hyphosphere of Leaf-Cutting Ant Cultivars Is Enriched with Helper Bacteria. Microbial Ecology. 86(3). 1773–1788. 5 indexed citations

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Kaftan, Filip, Sarah P. Niehs, Kirstin Scherlach, et al.. (2022). Bacterial ectosymbionts in cuticular organs chemically protect a beetle during molting stages. The ISME Journal. 16(12). 2691–2701. 28 indexed citations

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Weiß, Benjamin, et al.. (2022). Morphological adaptation for ectosymbiont maintenance and transmission during metamorphosis in Lagria beetles. Frontiers in Physiology. 13. 979200–979200. 6 indexed citations

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Kaltenpoth, Martin, et al.. (2022). How It All Begins: Bacterial Factors Mediating the Colonization of Invertebrate Hosts by Beneficial Symbionts. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews. 86(4). e0012621–e0012621. 21 indexed citations

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Dose, Benjamin, Sarah P. Niehs, Kirstin Scherlach, et al.. (2021). Biosynthesis of Sinapigladioside, an Antifungal Isothiocyanate from Burkholderia Symbionts. ChemBioChem. 22(11). 1920–1924. 23 indexed citations

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Kaltenpoth, Martin, et al.. (2021). Transmission of Bacterial Symbionts With and Without Genome Erosion Between a Beetle Host and the Plant Environment. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 715601–715601. 14 indexed citations

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Niehs, Sarah P., Jana Kumpfmüller, Benjamin Dose, et al.. (2020). Insect‐Associated Bacteria Assemble the Antifungal Butenolide Gladiofungin by Non‐Canonical Polyketide Chain Termination. Angewandte Chemie. 132(51). 23322–23326. 2 indexed citations

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Niehs, Sarah P., Jana Kumpfmüller, Benjamin Dose, et al.. (2020). Insect‐Associated Bacteria Assemble the Antifungal Butenolide Gladiofungin by Non‐Canonical Polyketide Chain Termination. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(51). 23122–23126. 37 indexed citations

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Wang, Edina, Anabel Sorolla, Samuel J. Beck, et al.. (2018). Tumor penetrating peptides inhibiting MYC as a potent targeted therapeutic strategy for triple-negative breast cancers. Oncogene. 38(1). 140–150. 67 indexed citations

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Kumari, Hansi, et al.. (2018). Outer-membrane protein LptD (PA0595) plays a role in the regulation of alginate synthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of Medical Microbiology. 67(8). 1139–1156. 6 indexed citations

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Flórez, Laura V., Kirstin Scherlach, Ian Miller, et al.. (2018). An antifungal polyketide associated with horizontally acquired genes supports symbiont-mediated defense in Lagria villosa beetles. Nature Communications. 9(1). 2478–2478. 85 indexed citations

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Flórez, Laura V., Kirstin Scherlach, Cláudia Ross, et al.. (2017). Antibiotic-producing symbionts dynamically transition between plant pathogenicity and insect-defensive mutualism. Nature Communications. 8(1). 15172–15172. 133 indexed citations

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Kaltenpoth, Martin, et al.. (2017). Infection of Soybean Plants with the Insect Bacterial Symbiont Burkholderia gladioli and Evaluation of Plant Fitness. BIO-PROTOCOL. 7(24). e2663–e2663. 6 indexed citations

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Courau, Tristan, Djamel Nehar-Belaid, Laura V. Flórez, et al.. (2016). TGF-β and VEGF cooperatively control the immunotolerant tumor environment and the efficacy of cancer immunotherapies. JCI Insight. 1(9). e85974–e85974. 101 indexed citations

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Nehar-Belaid, Djamel, Tristan Courau, Nicolas Dérian, et al.. (2015). Regulatory T Cells Orchestrate Similar Immune Evasion of Fetuses and Tumors in Mice. The Journal of Immunology. 196(2). 678–690. 9 indexed citations

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Ruocco, Maria Grazia, G. Chaouat, Laura V. Flórez, Armand Bensussan, & David Klatzmann. (2014). Regulatory T-Cells in Pregnancy: Historical Perspective, State of the Art, and Burning Questions. Frontiers in Immunology. 5. 389–389. 80 indexed citations

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Flórez, Laura V., Christine Herrmann, Christoph P. Hauser, et al.. (2012). How Shape Influences Uptake: Interactions of Anisotropic Polymer Nanoparticles and Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells. Small. 8(14). 2222–2230. 186 indexed citations

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Azmanov, Dimitar N., Veneta Bojinova, Laura V. Flórez, et al.. (2010). Mosaicism of a missenseSCN1Amutation and Dravet syndrome in a Roma/Gypsy family. Epileptic Disorders. 12(2). 117–124. 14 indexed citations

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