Simon Houston

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Simon Houston is a scholar working on Microbiology, Physiology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Houston has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Microbiology, 17 papers in Physiology and 6 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Simon Houston's work include Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment (17 papers), Reproductive tract infections research (15 papers) and Virology and Viral Diseases (5 papers). Simon Houston is often cited by papers focused on Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment (17 papers), Reproductive tract infections research (15 papers) and Virology and Viral Diseases (5 papers). Simon Houston collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Simon Houston's co-authors include Caroline E. Cameron, Rebecca Hof, Karen Lithgow, Masoud Vedadi, Matthew S. Kimber, David Katzenstein, Ahmed S. Latif, Jean Emmanuel, Mary T. Bassett and Martin J. Boulanger and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Simon Houston

32 papers receiving 981 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

AMPlify: attentive deep learning model for discovery of novel antimicrobial peptides effective against WHO priority pathogens

2022 126 citations Chenkai Li, S. Austin Hammond et al. BMC Genomics profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simon Houston Canada	18	432	372	280	175	126	33	1.0k
Lynn K. Barrett United States	25	221 0.5×	485 1.3×	445 1.6×	499 2.9×	205 1.6×	55	1.6k
Ranjit K. Deka United States	24	548 1.3×	285 0.8×	434 1.6×	165 0.9×	156 1.2×	43	1.4k
Neal R. Chamberlain United States	18	408 0.9×	298 0.8×	279 1.0×	125 0.7×	227 1.8×	34	1.1k
Shu‐ichi Nakayama Japan	21	246 0.6×	1.3k 3.5×	910 3.3×	233 1.3×	113 0.9×	54	1.9k
Guoyun Bai United States	11	735 1.7×	833 2.2×	104 0.4×	657 3.8×	118 0.9×	17	1.6k
Jacqueline T. Balthazar United States	21	298 0.7×	991 2.7×	226 0.8×	327 1.9×	276 2.2×	30	1.5k
Kensuke Shima Japan	18	199 0.5×	180 0.5×	43 0.2×	163 0.9×	191 1.5×	60	920
Matthew McKevitt United States	15	292 0.7×	169 0.5×	202 0.7×	182 1.0×	62 0.5×	18	864
Roman G. Gerlach Germany	23	742 1.7×	52 0.1×	61 0.2×	87 0.5×	248 2.0×	47	1.9k
George Taiaroa Australia	14	251 0.6×	117 0.3×	55 0.2×	163 0.9×	238 1.9×	37	745

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Houston

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20 of 20 papers shown

Houston, Simon, et al.. (2024). Proteomic analysis of the Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum SS14 strain: coverage and comparison with the Nichols strain proteome. Frontiers in Microbiology. 15. 1505893–1505893.

Houston, Simon, et al.. (2024). In-Depth Proteome Coverage of In Vitro-Cultured Treponema pallidum and Quantitative Comparison Analyses with In Vivo-Grown Treponemes. Journal of Proteome Research. 23(5). 1725–1743. 3 indexed citations

Houston, Simon, Azad Eshghi, Derek Smith, et al.. (2023). Deep proteome coverage advances knowledge of Treponema pallidum protein expression profiles during infection. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 18259–18259. 8 indexed citations

Houston, Simon, et al.. (2023). Syphilis and the host: multi-omic analysis of host cellular responses to Treponema pallidum provides novel insight into syphilis pathogenesis. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 1254342–1254342. 9 indexed citations

Houston, Simon, et al.. (2022). Identification and Functional Characterization of Peptides With Antimicrobial Activity From the Syphilis Spirochete, Treponema pallidum. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 888525–888525. 8 indexed citations

Li, Chenkai, S. Austin Hammond, Chen Yang, et al.. (2022). AMPlify: attentive deep learning model for discovery of novel antimicrobial peptides effective against WHO priority pathogens. BMC Genomics. 23(1). 77–77. 126 indexed citations breakdown →

Houston, Simon, et al.. (2019). Structural characterization of Treponema pallidum Tp0225 reveals an unexpected leucine-rich repeat architecture. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Communications. 75(7). 489–495. 5 indexed citations

Helbing, Caren C., S. Austin Hammond, Simon Houston, et al.. (2019). Antimicrobial peptides from Rana [Lithobates] catesbeiana: Gene structure and bioinformatic identification of novel forms from tadpoles. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 1529–1529. 21 indexed citations

Houston, Simon, Karen Lithgow, Kara Osbak, Chris Kenyon, & Caroline E. Cameron. (2018). Functional insights from proteome-wide structural modeling of Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum, the causative agent of syphilis. BMC Structural Biology. 18(1). 7–7. 16 indexed citations

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Lithgow, Karen, et al.. (2017). A defined syphilis vaccine candidate inhibits dissemination of Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum. Nature Communications. 8(1). 14273–14273. 65 indexed citations

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Parker, Michelle, et al.. (2016). The Structure of Treponema pallidum Tp0624 Reveals a Modular Assembly of Divergently Functionalized and Previously Uncharacterized Domains. PLoS ONE. 11(11). e0166274–e0166274. 8 indexed citations

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Parker, Michelle, Simon Houston, Helena Pětrošová, et al.. (2016). The Structure of Treponema pallidum Tp0751 (Pallilysin) Reveals a Non-canonical Lipocalin Fold That Mediates Adhesion to Extracellular Matrix Components and Interactions with Host Cells. PLoS Pathogens. 12(9). e1005919–e1005919. 35 indexed citations

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Osbak, Kara, Simon Houston, Karen Lithgow, et al.. (2016). Characterizing the Syphilis-Causing Treponema pallidum ssp. pallidum Proteome Using Complementary Mass Spectrometry. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 10(9). e0004988–e0004988. 26 indexed citations

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Houston, Simon, et al.. (2012). Activation and Proteolytic Activity of the Treponema pallidum Metalloprotease, Pallilysin. PLoS Pathogens. 8(7). e1002822–e1002822. 34 indexed citations

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Kimber, Matthew S., Fernando A. Martín, Ying‐Jie Lu, et al.. (2004). The Structure of (3R)-Hydroxyacyl-Acyl Carrier Protein Dehydratase (FabZ) from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(50). 52593–52602. 122 indexed citations

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Kimber, Matthew S., François Vallée, Simon Houston, et al.. (2003). Data mining crystallization databases: Knowledge‐based approaches to optimize protein crystal screens. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 51(4). 562–568. 73 indexed citations

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Ramage, Gordon, et al.. (1998). Combined fluorescent in situ hybridisation and immunolabelling of Bacteroides fragilis. Journal of Immunological Methods. 212(2). 139–147. 8 indexed citations

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Behrens, R.H., Hilal Maradit Kremers, Simon Houston, et al.. (1998). Mefloquine to prevent malaria (multiple letters) [5]. 316(7149). 1980–1981. 1 indexed citations

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Houston, Simon, et al.. (1995). Parainfluenza Virus Respiratory Infection After Heart Transplantation: Successful Treatment with Ribavirin. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 21(4). 1040–1040. 17 indexed citations

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Latif, Ahmed S., et al.. (1989). Genital ulcers and transmission of HIV among couples in Zimbabwe. AIDS. 3(8). 519–524. 107 indexed citations

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