Rob Lavigne

24.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
349 papers, 15.3k citations indexed

About

Rob Lavigne is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Microbiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rob Lavigne has authored 349 papers receiving a total of 15.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 268 papers in Ecology, 208 papers in Molecular Biology and 91 papers in Microbiology. Recurrent topics in Rob Lavigne's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (263 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (106 papers) and Microbial infections and disease research (74 papers). Rob Lavigne is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (263 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (106 papers) and Microbial infections and disease research (74 papers). Rob Lavigne collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United States and United Kingdom. Rob Lavigne's co-authors include Yves Briers, Andrew M. Kropinski, Pieter‐Jan Ceyssens, Guido Volckaert, Jean‐Paul Noben, Jean‐Paul Pirnay, Jeroen Wagemans, Dieter Vandenheuvel, Maarten Walmagh and Abram Aertsen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Rob Lavigne

343 papers receiving 15.1k 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.

Taxonomic assignment of uncultivated prokaryotic virus genomes is enabled by gene-sharing networks

2019 572 citations Rob Lavigne et al. profile →
Targeting mechanisms of tailed bacteriophages

2018 404 citations Rob Lavigne et al. profile →
Combination of pre-adapted bacteriophage therapy and antibiotics for treatment of fracture-related infection due to pandrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae

2022 194 citations Cédric Lood, Vera van Noort et al. Nature Communications profile →
Bacteriophage therapy for multidrug-resistant infections: current technologies and therapeutic approaches

2025 27 citations Rob Lavigne, Jean‐Paul Pirnay et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rob Lavigne

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Engineering a phi15-based expression system for stringent gene expression in Pseudomonas putida 2025 ·Communications Biology ·(unknown), Daniel C. Volke, (unknown), (unknown), Maarten Boon, Pablo I. Nikel, Rob Lavigne	5
2	Characterisation of four novel bacteriophages targeting carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae and their lytic activity alone and in combination 2025 ·Current Research in Microbial Sciences ·(unknown), (unknown), Novella Cesta, Cesira Giordano, Simona Barnini, М. Marchetti, (unknown), Rob Lavigne, (unknown), Cartesio D’Agostini, Marco Iannetta, Vincenzo Malagnino, Arianna Tavanti, Loredana Sarmati, Mariagrazia Di Luca	0
3	Antibiotic profile classification of Proteus mirabilis using machine learning: An investigation into multidimensional radiomics features 2024 ·Computers in Biology and Medicine ·(unknown), Sharareh Moghim, Jeroen Wagemans, Rob Lavigne, (unknown)	4
4	Endolysin NC5 improves early cloxacillin treatment in a mouse model of Streptococcus uberis mastitis 2024 ·Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ·(unknown), (unknown), Rob Lavigne, Yves Briers, Evelyne Meyer	4
5	Obtaining Detailed Phage Transcriptomes Using ONT-Cappable-Seq 2024 ·Methods in molecular biology ·(unknown), (unknown), Rob Lavigne, Maarten Boon	1
6	Assessing the transcriptional landscape of Pseudomonas phage 201ϕ2‐1: Uncovering the small regulatory details of a giant phage 2024 ·Microbial Biotechnology ·(unknown), (unknown), Maarten Boon, Marjan De Mey, Julie A. Thomas, Rob Lavigne	1
7	Alhagi maurorum extract in combination with lytic phage cocktails: a promising therapeutic approach against biofilms of multi-drug resistant P. mirabilis 2024 ·Frontiers in Pharmacology ·(unknown), Bahram Nasr Esfahani, Mustafa Ghanadian, Jeroen Wagemans, Rob Lavigne, Sharareh Moghim	1
8	Combination of bacteriophages and vancomycin in a co-delivery hydrogel for localized treatment of fracture-related infections 2024 ·npj Biofilms and Microbiomes ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Virginia Post, (unknown), Stephan Zeiter, (unknown), Matteo D’Este, Mercedes González Moreno, Andrej Trampuž, Jeroen Wagemans, Rob Lavigne, Jolien Onsea, R. Geoff Richards, Willem‐Jan Metsemakers, T. Fintan Moriarty	11
9	PlzR regulates type IV pili assembly in Pseudomonas aeruginosa via PilZ binding 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Hanne Hendrix, A. Van Ítterbeek, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Marta Vallino, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jean‐Paul Noben, Maarten Boon, Matthias D. Koch, Vera van Noort, Rob Lavigne	6
10	Assessing the Orthogonality of Phage-Encoded RNA Polymerases for Tailored Synthetic Biology Applications in Pseudomonas Species 2023 ·International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Maarten Boon, Rob Lavigne	6
11	Isolation and molecular characterization of the Salmonella Typhimurium orphan phage Arash 2023 ·BMC Microbiology ·(unknown), Jeroen Wagemans, Seyed Shahram Shekarforoush, Marta Vallino, (unknown), Katharina Höfer, Rob Lavigne, Saeid Hosseinzadeh	6
12	The phage-encoded PIT4 protein affects multiple two-component systems of Pseudomonas aeruginosa 2023 ·Microbiology Spectrum ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Pieter‐Jan Ceyssens, Marta Vallino, Jan Paeshuyse, (unknown), (unknown), Matthias D. Koch, Rob Lavigne	4
13	Impact of phage predation on P. aeruginosa adhered to human airway epithelium: major transcriptomic changes in metabolism and virulence-associated genes 2023 ·RNA Biology ·(unknown), (unknown), Diana P. Pires, Marleen Voet, Jan Paeshuyse, Joana Azeredo, Rob Lavigne	5
14	Rapid and High-Throughput Evaluation of Diverse Configurations of Engineered Lysins Using the VersaTile Technique 2021 ·Antibiotics ·(unknown), Hans Gerstmans, Michiel Stock, Dennis Grimon, Rob Lavigne, Yves Briers	14
15	In Vitro Evaluation of the Therapeutic Potential of Phage VA7 against Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis Infection 2021 ·Viruses ·(unknown), Maya Merabishvili, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jeroen Wagemans, Cédric Lood, (unknown), Mario Vaneechoutte, Rob Lavigne, Jean‐Paul Pirnay, Ivane Abiatari, Ніна Чанішвілі	5
16	The bacteriophage LUZ24 “Igy” peptide inhibits the Pseudomonas DNA gyrase 2021 ·Cell Reports ·Jeroen De Smet, Jeroen Wagemans, Maarten Boon, Pieter‐Jan Ceyssens, Marleen Voet, Jean‐Paul Noben, (unknown), Dmitry Ghilarov, Konstantin Severinov, Rob Lavigne	21
17	Completed Genomic Sequence of Bacillus thuringiensis HER1410 Reveals a Cry -Containing Chromosome, Two Megaplasmids, and an Integrative Plasmidial Prophage 2020 ·G3 Genes Genomes Genetics ·(unknown), Cédric Lood, Margarita Salas, Vera van Noort, Rob Lavigne, Modesto Redrejo‐Rodríguez	17
18	Combining sequencing approaches to fully resolve a carbapenemase-encoding megaplasmid in a Pseudomonas shirazica clinical strain 2019 ·Emerging Microbes & Infections ·João Botelho, Cédric Lood, Sally R. Partridge, Vera van Noort, Rob Lavigne, Filipa Grosso, Luı́sa Peixe	13
19	New Bacteriophages against Emerging Lineages ST23 and ST258 of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Efficacy Assessment in Galleria mellonella Larvae 2019 ·Viruses ·Damien Thiry, Virginie Passet, Katarzyna Danis‐Wlodarczyk, Cédric Lood, Jeroen Wagemans, Luisa De Sordi, Vera van Noort, Nicolas Dufour, Laurent Debarbieux, Jacques Mainil, Sylvain Brisse, Rob Lavigne	38
20	L isteria phage A 511, a model for the contractile tail machineries of SPO 1‐related bacteriophages 2014 ·Molecular Microbiology ·(unknown), P.G. Leiman, Katrien Vandersteegen, An Van den Bossche, Rob Lavigne, Mikhail M. Shneider, (unknown), Marcel R. Eugster, Martin J. Loessner, Jochen Klumpp	57

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