Timothy C. Cairns

2.9k total citations
43 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Timothy C. Cairns is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Timothy C. Cairns has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Plant Science and 10 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Timothy C. Cairns's work include Fungal and yeast genetics research (15 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (14 papers) and Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (7 papers). Timothy C. Cairns is often cited by papers focused on Fungal and yeast genetics research (15 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (14 papers) and Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (7 papers). Timothy C. Cairns collaborates with scholars based in Germany, China and United Kingdom. Timothy C. Cairns's co-authors include Vera Meyer, Jibin Sun, Xiaomei Zheng, Elaine Bignell, Ping Zheng, Corrado Nai, Lars Barthel, William C. Nierman, Ken Haynes and Sven Krappmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Timothy C. Cairns

40 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Timothy C. Cairns Germany 23 960 578 390 314 295 43 1.7k
Isabelle Mouyna France 28 1.2k 1.2× 1.1k 1.8× 316 0.8× 245 0.8× 637 2.2× 45 2.1k
Santiago Torres‐Martínez Spain 28 1.1k 1.2× 705 1.2× 435 1.1× 295 0.9× 420 1.4× 41 2.2k
José M. Rodríguez-Peña Spain 24 1.5k 1.5× 870 1.5× 182 0.5× 349 1.1× 286 1.0× 36 1.9k
David A. Widdick United Kingdom 13 971 1.0× 406 0.7× 370 0.9× 108 0.3× 131 0.4× 19 1.5k
Mark Arentshorst Netherlands 28 1.7k 1.8× 873 1.5× 534 1.4× 575 1.8× 178 0.6× 68 2.3k
Marcela Savoldi Brazil 24 1.4k 1.5× 668 1.2× 476 1.2× 342 1.1× 698 2.4× 50 2.2k
Zsuzsanna Hamari Hungary 19 1.2k 1.2× 1.1k 1.9× 395 1.0× 111 0.4× 239 0.8× 47 1.9k
Rosa M. Ruiz‐Vázquez Spain 28 1.2k 1.2× 595 1.0× 322 0.8× 259 0.8× 376 1.3× 39 2.0k
Shaun M. Bowman United States 9 589 0.6× 569 1.0× 167 0.4× 116 0.4× 174 0.6× 10 1.2k
César Roncero Spain 25 1.6k 1.6× 916 1.6× 172 0.4× 387 1.2× 320 1.1× 44 2.0k

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All Works

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Cairns, Timothy C., et al.. (2025). Adjusting Aspergillus niger pellet diameter, population heterogeneity, and core architecture during shake flask cultivation. Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts. 18(1). 62–62.
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Morris, Terry, et al.. (2025). The multipurpose cell factory Aspergillus niger can be engineered to produce hydroxylated collagen. Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts. 18(1). 88–88.
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Barthel, Lars, et al.. (2024). Breaking down barriers: comprehensive functional analysis of the Aspergillus niger chitin synthase repertoire. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 11(1). 3–3. 7 indexed citations
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Zheng, Xiaomei, Timothy C. Cairns, Xiaomei Ni, et al.. (2022). Comprehensively dissecting the hub regulation of PkaC on high‐productivity and pellet macromorphology in citric acid producing Aspergillus niger. Microbial Biotechnology. 15(6). 1867–1882. 28 indexed citations
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Zheng, Xiaomei, Timothy C. Cairns, Ping Zheng, Vera Meyer, & Jibin Sun. (2022). Protocol for gene characterization in Aspergillus niger using 5S rRNA-CRISPR-Cas9-mediated Tet-on inducible promoter exchange. STAR Protocols. 3(4). 101838–101838. 11 indexed citations
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Cairns, Timothy C., et al.. (2022). Quantitative phenotypic screens of Aspergillus niger mutants in solid and liquid culture. STAR Protocols. 3(4). 101883–101883. 3 indexed citations
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Cairns, Timothy C., Lars Barthel, & Vera Meyer. (2021). Something old, something new: challenges and developments in Aspergillus niger biotechnology. Essays in Biochemistry. 65(2). 213–224. 55 indexed citations
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Kwon, Min Jin, Timothy C. Cairns, Jennifer H. Wisecaver, et al.. (2021). Beyond the Biosynthetic Gene Cluster Paradigm: Genome-Wide Coexpression Networks Connect Clustered and Unclustered Transcription Factors to Secondary Metabolic Pathways. Microbiology Spectrum. 9(2). e0089821–e0089821. 33 indexed citations
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Cairns, Timothy C., Xiaomei Zheng, Ping Zheng, Jibin Sun, & Vera Meyer. (2021). Turning Inside Out: Filamentous Fungal Secretion and Its Applications in Biotechnology, Agriculture, and the Clinic. Journal of Fungi. 7(7). 535–535. 31 indexed citations
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Barthel, Lars, et al.. (2021). Filamentous fungal applications in biotechnology: a combined bibliometric and patentometric assessment. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(1). 23–23. 17 indexed citations
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Meyer, Vera, Timothy C. Cairns, Lars Barthel, et al.. (2021). Understanding and controlling filamentous growth of fungal cell factories: novel tools and opportunities for targeted morphology engineering. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(1). 8–8. 51 indexed citations
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Cairns, Timothy C., et al.. (2019). Functional exploration of co-expression networks identifies a nexus for modulating protein and citric acid titres in Aspergillus niger submerged culture. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(1). 18–18. 20 indexed citations
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Cairns, Timothy C., Xiaomei Zheng, Ping Zheng, Jibin Sun, & Vera Meyer. (2019). Moulding the mould: understanding and reprogramming filamentous fungal growth and morphogenesis for next generation cell factories. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 12(1). 77–77. 109 indexed citations
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Cairns, Timothy C., Graham H. Thomas, Michael Csukai, et al.. (2019). The Zymoseptoria tritici ORFeome: A Functional Genomics Community Resource. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 32(12). 1564–1570.
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Fiedler, Markus, Timothy C. Cairns, Oliver Koch, Christin Kubisch, & Vera Meyer. (2018). Conditional Expression of the Small GTPase ArfA Impacts Secretion, Morphology, Growth, and Actin Ring Position in Aspergillus niger. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 878–878. 38 indexed citations
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Cairns, Timothy C., et al.. (2010). The host-infecting fungal transcriptome. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 307(1). 1–11. 31 indexed citations
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Fedorova, Natalie D., Jonathan Crabtree, Yan Yu, et al.. (2008). Sub-Telomere Directed Gene Expression during Initiation of Invasive Aspergillosis. PLoS Pathogens. 4(9). e1000154–e1000154. 202 indexed citations

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