Nora C. Toussaint

7.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
32 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Nora C. Toussaint is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nora C. Toussaint has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Infectious Diseases and 6 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Nora C. Toussaint's work include Gut microbiota and health (7 papers), Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (6 papers) and vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches (5 papers). Nora C. Toussaint is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (7 papers), Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (6 papers) and vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches (5 papers). Nora C. Toussaint collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Switzerland. Nora C. Toussaint's co-authors include Eric G. Pamer, Lilan Ling, Vanni Bucci, João B. Xavier, Charlie G. Buffie, Richard R. Stein, Chris Sander, Asia Gobourne, Robert R. Jenq and Ying Taur and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Nora C. Toussaint

31 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

Precision microbiome reconstitution restores bile acid mediated resistance to Clostridium difficile

2014 1.3k citations Charlie G. Buffie, Vanni Bucci et al. profile →
Ecological Modeling from Time-Series Inference: Insight into Dynamics and Stability of Intestinal Microbiota

2013 425 citations Vanni Bucci, Nora C. Toussaint et al. PLoS Computational Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nora C. Toussaint United States	21	2.4k	1.5k	489	450	390	32	3.7k
Charlie G. Buffie United States	8	2.5k 1.1×	1.8k 1.2×	561 1.1×	431 1.0×	385 1.0×	11	3.9k
Asia Gobourne United States	9	3.0k 1.3×	2.2k 1.5×	784 1.6×	437 1.0×	372 1.0×	10	4.6k
Joseph P. Zackular United States	18	1.7k 0.7×	670 0.5×	354 0.7×	213 0.5×	275 0.7×	46	2.3k
Georg K. Gerber United States	29	3.3k 1.4×	769 0.5×	353 0.7×	235 0.5×	245 0.6×	56	5.3k
Dirk Repsilber Germany	31	1.7k 0.7×	974 0.7×	716 1.5×	215 0.5×	398 1.0×	103	3.6k
Ilseung Cho United States	15	3.9k 1.6×	1.1k 0.7×	628 1.3×	406 0.9×	455 1.2×	29	5.8k
Cui Hua Liu China	34	3.0k 1.2×	1.8k 1.2×	1.2k 2.4×	220 0.5×	439 1.1×	72	5.2k
David R. Peaper United States	23	2.6k 1.1×	1.2k 0.8×	870 1.8×	183 0.4×	337 0.9×	74	4.7k
Wangxue Chen Canada	42	2.4k 1.0×	1.2k 0.8×	773 1.6×	589 1.3×	511 1.3×	167	5.4k
Jason Lloyd‐Price United States	20	3.0k 1.3×	627 0.4×	332 0.7×	220 0.5×	221 0.6×	43	3.9k

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Mehra, Tarun, Dominik Menges, Nicola Miglino, et al.. (2025). Comparative cost analysis of a diagnostic multi-omics platform for decision support in advanced cancer – results from the Tumor Profiler Melanoma project. npj Precision Oncology. 10(1). 35–35.

Hiltbrunner, Stefanie, Lena Cords, Sandra N. Freiberger, et al.. (2023). Acquired resistance to anti-PD1 therapy in patients with NSCLC associates with immunosuppressive T cell phenotype. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5154–5154. 30 indexed citations

Bolck, Hella Anna, Claudia Corrò, Abdullah Kahraman, et al.. (2019). Tracing Clonal Dynamics Reveals that Two- and Three-dimensional Patient-derived Cell Models Capture Tumor Heterogeneity of Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma. European Urology Focus. 7(1). 152–162. 33 indexed citations

Nobel, Yael R., Erik J. Snider, Daniel E. Freedberg, et al.. (2018). Increasing Dietary Fiber Intake Is Associated with a Distinct Esophageal Microbiome. Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology. 9(10). e199–e199. 48 indexed citations

Snider, Erik J., Daniel E. Freedberg, Marla J. Giddins, et al.. (2018). Barrett's esophagus is associated with a distinct oral microbiome. Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology. 9(3). e135–e135. 55 indexed citations

Singer, Franziska, Anja Irmisch, Nora C. Toussaint, et al.. (2018). SwissMTB: establishing comprehensive molecular cancer diagnostics in Swiss clinics. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. 18(1). 89–89. 12 indexed citations

Singer, Jochen, Anja Irmisch, Hans‐Joachim Ruscheweyh, et al.. (2017). Bioinformatics for precision oncology. Briefings in Bioinformatics. 20(3). 778–788. 49 indexed citations

Zhong, Qing, Tiannan Guo, Nora C. Toussaint, et al.. (2017). Abstract 5565: Multi-omic profiling of prostate cancer evolution in 39 patients. Cancer Research. 77(13_Supplement). 5565–5565. 1 indexed citations

Harlander, Sabine, Désirée Schönenberger, Nora C. Toussaint, et al.. (2017). Combined mutation in Vhl, Trp53 and Rb1 causes clear cell renal cell carcinoma in mice. Nature Medicine. 23(7). 869–877. 101 indexed citations

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Palermo, Laura M, Manik Uppal, Lucy Skrabanek, et al.. (2016). Features of Circulating Parainfluenza Virus Required for Growth in Human Airway. mBio. 7(2). e00235–e00235. 18 indexed citations

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Lewis, Brittany B., Charlie G. Buffie, Rebecca A. Carter, et al.. (2015). Loss of Microbiota-Mediated Colonization Resistance toClostridium difficileInfection With Oral Vancomycin Compared With Metronidazole. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 212(10). 1656–1665. 150 indexed citations

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Lee, John R., Thangamani Muthukumar, Darshana M. Dadhania, et al.. (2015). Gut Microbiota and Tacrolimus Dosing in Kidney Transplantation. PLoS ONE. 10(3). e0122399–e0122399. 146 indexed citations

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Freedberg, Daniel E., Nora C. Toussaint, Sway P. Chen, et al.. (2015). Proton Pump Inhibitors Alter Specific Taxa in the Human Gastrointestinal Microbiome: A Crossover Trial. Gastroenterology. 149(4). 883–885.e9. 238 indexed citations

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Úbeda, Carles, Vanni Bucci, Silvia Caballero, et al.. (2013). Intestinal Microbiota Containing Barnesiella Species Cures Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Colonization. Infection and Immunity. 81(3). 965–973. 344 indexed citations

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Toussaint, Nora C., et al.. (2012). Binding Pocket Optimization by Computational Protein Design. PLoS ONE. 7(12). e52505–e52505. 32 indexed citations

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Toussaint, Nora C., Christian Widmer, Oliver Kohlbacher, & Gunnar Rätsch. (2010). Exploiting physico-chemical properties in string kernels. BMC Bioinformatics. 11(S8). S7–S7. 16 indexed citations

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Hildebrandt, Andreas, Alexander Rurainski, Andreas Bertsch, et al.. (2010). BALL - biochemical algorithms library 1.3. BMC Bioinformatics. 11(1). 531–531. 54 indexed citations

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Widmer, Christian, Nora C. Toussaint, Yasemin Altün, & Gunnar Rätsch. (2010). Inferring latent task structure for Multitask Learning by Multiple Kernel Learning. BMC Bioinformatics. 11(S8). S5–S5. 27 indexed citations

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Toussaint, Nora C. & Oliver Kohlbacher. (2009). OptiTope--a web server for the selection of an optimal set of peptides for epitope-based vaccines. Nucleic Acids Research. 37(Web Server). W617–W622. 30 indexed citations

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Toussaint, Nora C., Pierre Dönnes, & Oliver Kohlbacher. (2008). A Mathematical Framework for the Selection of an Optimal Set of Peptides for Epitope-Based Vaccines. PLoS Computational Biology. 4(12). e1000246–e1000246. 32 indexed citations

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