Marcelo D. T. Torres

5.4k total citations · 6 hit papers
94 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Marcelo D. T. Torres is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Microbiology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Marcelo D. T. Torres has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Molecular Biology, 65 papers in Microbiology and 13 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Marcelo D. T. Torres's work include Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (65 papers), Biochemical and Structural Characterization (35 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (18 papers). Marcelo D. T. Torres is often cited by papers focused on Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (65 papers), Biochemical and Structural Characterization (35 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (18 papers). Marcelo D. T. Torres collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Italy. Marcelo D. T. Torres's co-authors include César de la Fuente‐Núñez, Timothy K. Lu, Shanmugapriya Sothiselvam, William R. de Araújo, Vani Xavier Oliveira, Octávio Luiz Franco, Lucas F. de Lima, André L. Ferreira, Cibele Nicolaski Pedron and Marcelo C. R. Melo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Marcelo D. T. Torres

90 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

Peptide Design Principles for Antimicrobial Applications 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 2019 2024 2024 2024 100 200 300
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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.

  1. Peptide Design Principles for Antimicrobial Applications
    2019 337 citations Marcelo D. T. Torres, Timothy K. Lu et al. profile →
  2. Engineering Phage Host-Range and Suppressing Bacterial Resistance through Phage Tail Fiber Mutagenesis
    2019 289 citations Marcelo D. T. Torres, César de la Fuente‐Núñez et al. profile →
  3. Discovery of antimicrobial peptides in the global microbiome with machine learning
    2024 157 citations Marcelo D. T. Torres, César de la Fuente‐Núñez et al. profile →
  4. Deep-learning-enabled antibiotic discovery through molecular de-extinction
    2024 72 citations Fangping Wan, Marcelo D. T. Torres et al. profile →
  5. Mining human microbiomes reveals an untapped source of peptide antibiotics
    2024 61 citations Marcelo D. T. Torres, Angela Cesaro et al. profile →
  6. Low-Cost Biosensor Technologies for Rapid Detection of COVID-19 and Future Pandemics
    2024 50 citations Marcelo D. T. Torres, César de la Fuente‐Núñez et al. ACS Nano profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Marcelo D. T. Torres United States 34 2.4k 2.0k 493 407 325 94 3.8k
Mariagrazia Di Luca Italy 29 1.2k 0.5× 827 0.4× 191 0.4× 419 1.0× 590 1.8× 73 2.5k
Evan F. Haney Canada 32 3.8k 1.6× 4.1k 2.0× 205 0.4× 353 0.9× 210 0.6× 57 5.7k
Ernesto Garcı́a Spain 41 2.0k 0.8× 1.2k 0.6× 208 0.4× 1.1k 2.6× 608 1.9× 140 5.1k
Ana Salomé Veiga Portugal 25 1.6k 0.7× 1.1k 0.5× 170 0.3× 138 0.3× 171 0.5× 59 2.4k
Ankur Gautam India 25 4.1k 1.7× 1.3k 0.6× 92 0.2× 279 0.7× 392 1.2× 47 4.7k
Tanja Schneider Germany 40 2.9k 1.2× 1.7k 0.8× 146 0.3× 516 1.3× 950 2.9× 98 4.7k
Jan A. Hiss Switzerland 28 2.5k 1.0× 1.9k 0.9× 211 0.4× 186 0.5× 61 0.2× 62 3.9k
Marlon H. Cardoso Brazil 29 1.5k 0.6× 1.3k 0.6× 98 0.2× 143 0.4× 169 0.5× 86 2.5k
Manjeet Bains Canada 32 2.6k 1.1× 1.1k 0.6× 152 0.3× 444 1.1× 259 0.8× 46 3.9k
Yue Zheng United States 16 1.5k 0.6× 312 0.2× 394 0.8× 203 0.5× 448 1.4× 33 2.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cesaro, Angela, et al.. (2025). Frog-derived synthetic peptides display anti-infective activity against Gram-negative pathogens. Trends in biotechnology. 43(7). 1642–1667. 2 indexed citations
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Bosso, Andrea, Carla Zannella, Rosa Gaglione, et al.. (2025). Exploring the Antimicrobial and Antiviral Properties of Cryptic Peptides from Human Fibrinogen. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(18). 8914–8914.
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Torres, Marcelo D. T., et al.. (2025). Generative latent diffusion language modeling yields anti-infective synthetic peptides. 1(9). 100183–100183. 1 indexed citations
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Torres, Marcelo D. T., Fangping Wan, & César de la Fuente‐Núñez. (2025). Deep learning reveals antibiotics in the archaeal proteome. Nature Microbiology. 10(9). 2153–2167. 2 indexed citations
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Keener, James E., et al.. (2024). Polyproline peptide targets Klebsiella pneumoniae polysaccharides to collapse biofilms. Cell Reports Physical Science. 5(3). 101869–101869. 7 indexed citations
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Torres, Marcelo D. T., Leandro S. Silva, Antônio Miranda, et al.. (2024). Synthetic angiotensin II peptide derivatives confer protection against cerebral and severe non-cerebral malaria in murine models. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 4682–4682. 1 indexed citations
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Torres, Marcelo D. T., Floriana Cappiello, Katy Jeannot, et al.. (2024). Computational Design of Pore-Forming Peptides with Potent Antimicrobial and Anticancer Activities. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 67(16). 14040–14061. 9 indexed citations
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Murphy, Brendan B., Kateryna Shevchuk, Mark Anayee, et al.. (2023). Stability of Ti3C2Tx MXene Films and Devices under Clinical Sterilization Processes. ACS Nano. 17(10). 9442–9454. 8 indexed citations
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Plachá, Daniela, Marcelo D. T. Torres, César de la Fuente‐Núñez, et al.. (2023). Synergistic Combination of Antimicrobial Peptides and Cationic Polyitaconates in Multifunctional PLA Fibers. ACS Applied Bio Materials. 6(11). 4805–4813. 8 indexed citations
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Arqué, Xavier, et al.. (2022). Autonomous Treatment of Bacterial Infections in Vivo Using Antimicrobial Micro- and Nanomotors. ACS Nano. 16(5). 7547–7558. 91 indexed citations
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Torres, Marcelo D. T. & César de la Fuente‐Núñez. (2022). Molecular tools for probing the microbiome. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 76. 102415–102415. 2 indexed citations
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Cesaro, Angela, Marcelo D. T. Torres, Rosa Gaglione, et al.. (2022). Synthetic Antibiotic Derived from Sequences Encrypted in a Protein from Human Plasma. ACS Nano. 16(2). 1880–1895. 36 indexed citations
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Torres, Marcelo D. T., Sahag Voskian, Paul Brown, et al.. (2021). Coatable and Resistance-Proof Ionic Liquid for Pathogen Eradication. ACS Nano. 15(1). 966–978. 39 indexed citations
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Silva, Osmar Nascimento, Marcelo D. T. Torres, Jicong Cao, et al.. (2020). Repurposing a peptide toxin from wasp venom into antiinfectives with dual antimicrobial and immunomodulatory properties. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(43). 26936–26945. 67 indexed citations
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Cândido, Elizabete de Souza, Marlon H. Cardoso, Lai Yue Chan, et al.. (2019). Short Cationic Peptide Derived from Archaea with Dual Antibacterial Properties and Anti-Infective Potential. ACS Infectious Diseases. 5(7). 1081–1086. 39 indexed citations
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Oshiro, Karen G. N., Elizabete de Souza Cândido, Lai Yue Chan, et al.. (2019). Computer-Aided Design of Mastoparan-like Peptides Enables the Generation of Nontoxic Variants with Extended Antibacterial Properties. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 62(17). 8140–8151. 25 indexed citations
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Fensterseifer, Isabel C. M., Mário R. Felício, E.S.F. Alves, et al.. (2019). Selective antibacterial activity of the cationic peptide PaDBS1R6 against Gram-negative bacteria. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1861(7). 1375–1387. 43 indexed citations
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Boase, Nathan R. B., Marcelo D. T. Torres, Nicholas L. Fletcher, César de la Fuente‐Núñez, & Kathryn E. Fairfull‐Smith. (2018). Polynitroxide copolymers to reduce biofilm fouling on surfaces. Polymer Chemistry. 9(43). 5308–5318. 28 indexed citations
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Silva, Leandro S., et al.. (2017). Angiotensin II-derived constrained peptides with antiplasmodial activity and suppressed vasoconstriction. Nature. 2 indexed citations
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Torres, Marcelo D. T., et al.. (2013). Grabados rupestres en el desierto rojo, Los Colorados (La Rioja, Argentina). 8. 105–130. 3 indexed citations

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