Natalie Verstraeten

3.7k total citations
52 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Natalie Verstraeten is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Molecular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Natalie Verstraeten has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Molecular Biology, 28 papers in Genetics and 17 papers in Molecular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Natalie Verstraeten's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (25 papers), Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (17 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (16 papers). Natalie Verstraeten is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (25 papers), Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (17 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (16 papers). Natalie Verstraeten collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, France and Slovakia. Natalie Verstraeten's co-authors include Jan Michiels, Maarten Fauvart, Bram Van den Bergh, Joran Michiels, Cyrielle Kint, Wim Versées, Debkumari Bachaspatimayum, Jan Fransaer, Jan Vermant and Liselot Dewachter and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Natalie Verstraeten

51 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Natalie Verstraeten Belgium 24 1.5k 966 635 500 422 52 2.6k
Hemantha D. Kulasekara United States 22 1.8k 1.2× 782 0.8× 738 1.2× 600 1.2× 301 0.7× 27 2.6k
Tim van Opijnen United States 30 1.7k 1.1× 791 0.8× 429 0.7× 299 0.6× 603 1.4× 61 3.2k
Bradley R. Borlee United States 18 1.7k 1.1× 561 0.6× 409 0.6× 464 0.9× 396 0.9× 41 2.3k
Jacob Biboy United Kingdom 24 1.2k 0.8× 1.0k 1.0× 412 0.6× 444 0.9× 600 1.4× 58 2.4k
Wai‐Leung Ng United States 24 2.1k 1.4× 845 0.9× 418 0.7× 808 1.6× 501 1.2× 35 3.5k
Douglas G. Storey Canada 28 1.8k 1.2× 701 0.7× 626 1.0× 450 0.9× 257 0.6× 62 2.8k
Roger Simm Norway 22 2.2k 1.5× 913 0.9× 492 0.8× 888 1.8× 436 1.0× 50 3.4k
Romé Voulhoux France 25 1.8k 1.2× 1.3k 1.4× 622 1.0× 865 1.7× 451 1.1× 55 2.9k
Judith H. Merritt United States 17 2.0k 1.3× 562 0.6× 352 0.6× 519 1.0× 401 1.0× 17 2.7k
Niilo Kaldalu Estonia 18 1.7k 1.1× 1.6k 1.6× 981 1.5× 712 1.4× 616 1.5× 25 3.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Natalie Verstraeten

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Natalie Verstraeten

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Simoens, Kenneth, et al.. (2025). In silico identification of gene targets to enhance C12 fatty acid production in Escherichia coli. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 109(1). 116–116.
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Maroc, Laetitia, et al.. (2024). The rise and future of CRISPR-based approaches for high-throughput genomics. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 48(5). 7 indexed citations
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Verstraeten, Natalie, et al.. (2023). Strategies to Enhance the Biosynthesis of Monounsaturated Fatty Acids in Escherichia coli. Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering. 28(1). 36–50. 6 indexed citations
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Martin, Charlotte, Tamás Lázár, Liselot Dewachter, et al.. (2023). YbiB: a novel interactor of the GTPase ObgE. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(7). 3420–3435. 2 indexed citations
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Verstraeten, Natalie, et al.. (2023). Environmental, mechanistic and evolutionary landscape of antibiotic persistence. EMBO Reports. 24(8). e57309–e57309. 22 indexed citations
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Michiels, Jan, et al.. (2021). Studying Bacterial Persistence: Established Methods and Current Advances. Methods in molecular biology. 2357. 3–20. 3 indexed citations
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Velde, Greetje Vande, et al.. (2021). Longitudinal Follow-Up of Urinary Tract Infections and Their Treatment in Mice using Bioluminescence Imaging. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 1 indexed citations
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Verstraeten, Natalie, Cyrielle Kint, Bram Van den Bergh, et al.. (2019). Biochemical determinants of ObgE‐mediated persistence. Molecular Microbiology. 112(5). 1593–1608. 11 indexed citations
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Wilmaerts, Dorien, Etthel M. Windels, Natalie Verstraeten, & Jan Michiels. (2019). General Mechanisms Leading to Persister Formation and Awakening. Trends in Genetics. 35(6). 401–411. 129 indexed citations
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Wilmaerts, Dorien, et al.. (2019). HokB Monomerization and Membrane Repolarization Control Persister Awakening. Molecular Cell. 75(5). 1031–1042.e4. 58 indexed citations
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Swings, Toon, David C. Marciano, Chen Wang, et al.. (2018). CRISPR-FRT targets shared sites in a knock-out collection for off-the-shelf genome editing. Nature Communications. 9(1). 2231–2231. 13 indexed citations
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Spincemaille, Pascal, Kaat De Cremer, Katrijn De Brucker, et al.. (2017). Repurposing AM404 for the treatment of oral infections by Porphyromonas gingivalis. Clinical and Experimental Dental Research. 3(2). 69–76. 10 indexed citations
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Vandamme, Katleen, Kaat De Cremer, Katrijn De Brucker, et al.. (2017). In vitro activity of the antiasthmatic drug zafirlukast against the oral pathogens Porphyromonas gingivalis and Streptococcus mutans. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 364(2). fnx005–fnx005. 19 indexed citations
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Swings, Toon, et al.. (2017). Network-Based Identification of Adaptive Pathways in Evolved Ethanol-Tolerant Bacterial Populations. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 34(11). 2927–2943. 15 indexed citations
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Dewachter, Liselot, Natalie Verstraeten, Jacob Biboy, et al.. (2017). A Mutant Isoform of ObgE Causes Cell Death by Interfering with Cell Division. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8. 1193–1193. 14 indexed citations
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Bergh, Bram Van den, Joran Michiels, Tom Wenseleers, et al.. (2016). Frequency of antibiotic application drives rapid evolutionary adaptation of Escherichia coli persistence. Nature Microbiology. 1(5). 16020–16020. 198 indexed citations
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Blommaert, Eline, Alex J. O’Neill, Dries De Maeyer, et al.. (2016). Elucidation of the Mode of Action of a New Antibacterial Compound Active against Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. PLoS ONE. 11(5). e0155139–e0155139. 34 indexed citations
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Verstraeten, Natalie, Wouter Knapen, Maarten Fauvart, & Jan Michiels. (2015). A Historical Perspective on Bacterial Persistence. Methods in molecular biology. 1333. 3–13. 20 indexed citations
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Verstraeten, Natalie, Wouter Knapen, Cyrielle Kint, et al.. (2015). Obg and Membrane Depolarization Are Part of a Microbial Bet-Hedging Strategy that Leads to Antibiotic Tolerance. Molecular Cell. 59(1). 9–21. 233 indexed citations
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Kint, Cyrielle, Natalie Verstraeten, Johan Hofkens, Maarten Fauvart, & Jan Michiels. (2013). Bacterial Obg proteins: GTPases at the nexus of protein and DNA synthesis. Critical Reviews in Microbiology. 40(3). 207–224. 48 indexed citations

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