Samuel Kilcher

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Samuel Kilcher is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Samuel Kilcher has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Ecology, 12 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Samuel Kilcher's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (15 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (5 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (5 papers). Samuel Kilcher is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (15 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (5 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (5 papers). Samuel Kilcher collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States. Samuel Kilcher's co-authors include Martin J. Loessner, Jason Mercer, Manuel Schaffner, André R. Studart, Fergal B. Coulter, Patrick A. Rühs, Jochen Klumpp, Matthew Dunne, Susanne Meile and Patrick Studer and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Samuel Kilcher

25 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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3D printing of bacteria into functional complex materials

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Hiroki Ando Japan

Jianhe Sun China

Jumpei Uchiyama Japan

Linda H.L. Lua Australia

Pratik Singh United States

Kristin N. Parent United States

Seyed Latif Mousavi Gargari Iran

Elena García‐Fruitós Spain

Robert J. Citorik United States

Udi Qimron Israel

Hiroki Ando Japan

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20 of 20 papers shown

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McCallin, Shawna, et al.. (2025). CRISPR-Cas9 enables efficient genome engineering of the strictly lytic, broad-host-range staphylococcal bacteriophage K. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 91(9). e0201424–e0201424. 2 indexed citations

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Kilcher, Samuel, et al.. (2024). Draft genome sequences of two wide-host-range phages of Listeria monocytogenes from food processing environments in the United States. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 13(7). e0035824–e0035824. 1 indexed citations

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Meile, Susanne, Lorenz Leitner, Thomas M. Kessler, et al.. (2023). Enhancing bacteriophage therapeutics through in situ production and release of heterologous antimicrobial effectors. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4337–4337. 39 indexed citations

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Kilcher, Samuel, et al.. (2023). L-form conversion in Gram-positive bacteria enables escape from phage infection. Nature Microbiology. 8(3). 387–399. 27 indexed citations

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Meile, Susanne, et al.. (2023). Genetic Engineering and Rebooting of Bacteriophages in L-Form Bacteria. Methods in molecular biology. 2734. 247–259. 2 indexed citations

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Meile, Susanne, et al.. (2021). Engineering therapeutic phages for enhanced antibacterial efficacy. Current Opinion in Virology. 52. 182–191. 62 indexed citations

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Loessner, Martin J., et al.. (2020). Enhancing phage therapy through synthetic biology and genome engineering. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 68. 151–159. 127 indexed citations

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Osuna, Beatriz A., Shweta Karambelkar, Caroline Mahendra, et al.. (2020). Critical Anti-CRISPR Locus Repression by a Bi-functional Cas9 Inhibitor. Cell Host & Microbe. 28(1). 23–30.e5. 47 indexed citations

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Dunne, Matthew, Patrick Erñst, Yang Shen, et al.. (2019). Reprogramming Bacteriophage Host Range through Structure-Guided Design of Chimeric Receptor Binding Proteins. Cell Reports. 29(5). 1336–1350.e4. 150 indexed citations

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Sumrall, Eric T., Yang Shen, Anja Keller, et al.. (2019). Phage resistance at the cost of virulence: Listeria monocytogenes serovar 4b requires galactosylated teichoic acids for InlB-mediated invasion. PLoS Pathogens. 15(10). e1008032–e1008032. 78 indexed citations

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Yakimovich, Artur, Samuel Kilcher, Glennys V. Reynoso, et al.. (2018). Vaccinia virus hijacks EGFR signalling to enhance virus spread through rapid and directed infected cell motility. Nature Microbiology. 4(2). 216–225. 73 indexed citations

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Kilcher, Samuel & Martin J. Loessner. (2018). Engineering Bacteriophages as Versatile Biologics. Trends in Microbiology. 27(4). 355–367. 122 indexed citations

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Novy, Karel, Samuel Kilcher, Ulrich Omasits, et al.. (2018). Proteotype profiling unmasks a viral signalling network essential for poxvirus assembly and transcriptional competence. Nature Microbiology. 3(5). 588–599. 8 indexed citations

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Kilcher, Samuel & Jason Mercer. (2015). DNA virus uncoating. Virology. 479-480. 578–590. 37 indexed citations

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Balistreri, Giuseppe, Samuel Kilcher, Caroline Martin, et al.. (2015). Vaccinia Virus Infection Requires Maturation of Macropinosomes. Traffic. 16(8). 814–831. 38 indexed citations

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Kilcher, Samuel, Florian I. Schmidt, Christoph Schneider, et al.. (2014). siRNA Screen of Early Poxvirus Genes Identifies the AAA+ ATPase D5 as the Virus Genome-Uncoating Factor. Cell Host & Microbe. 15(1). 103–112. 57 indexed citations

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Wang, I-Hsuan, Maarit Suomalainen, Vardan Andriasyan, et al.. (2013). Tracking Viral Genomes in Host Cells at Single-Molecule Resolution. Cell Host & Microbe. 14(4). 468–480. 128 indexed citations

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Kilcher, Samuel & Jason Mercer. (2013). Next generation approaches to study virus entry and infection. Current Opinion in Virology. 4. 8–14. 16 indexed citations

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Frei, Andreas P., Samuel Kilcher, Hansjoerg Moest, et al.. (2012). Direct identification of ligand-receptor interactions on living cells and tissues. Nature Biotechnology. 30(10). 997–1001. 135 indexed citations

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Kilcher, Samuel, Martin J. Loessner, & Jochen Klumpp. (2010). Brochothrix thermosphactaBacteriophages Feature Heterogeneous and Highly Mosaic Genomes and Utilize Unique Prophage Insertion Sites. Journal of Bacteriology. 192(20). 5441–5453. 38 indexed citations

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