Trevor D. Lawley

21.8k total citations · 9 hit papers
123 papers, 12.0k citations indexed

About

Trevor D. Lawley is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Trevor D. Lawley has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 12.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Molecular Biology, 61 papers in Infectious Diseases and 20 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Trevor D. Lawley's work include Gut microbiota and health (61 papers), Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (57 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (20 papers). Trevor D. Lawley is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (61 papers), Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (57 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (20 papers). Trevor D. Lawley collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Trevor D. Lawley's co-authors include Samuel C. Forster, Hilary P. Browne, Alan W. Walker, Mark Stares, Nitin Kumar, Bridget A. Neville, Alexandre Almeida, David Goulding, ROBERT FINN and Gordon Dougan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Trevor D. Lawley

122 papers receiving 11.8k citations

Hit Papers

A new genomic blueprint of the human gu... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2019 2016 2019 2012 2012 250 500 750
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  1. A new genomic blueprint of the human gut microbiota
    2019 840 citations Samuel C. Forster, Trevor D. Lawley et al. Nature profile →
  2. Culturing of ‘unculturable’ human microbiota reveals novel taxa and extensive sporulation
    2016 797 citations Hilary P. Browne, Samuel C. Forster et al. Nature profile →
  3. Stunted microbiota and opportunistic pathogen colonization in caesarean-section birth
    2019 671 citations Yan Shao, Samuel C. Forster et al. Nature profile →
  4. Intestinal colonization resistance
    2012 434 citations Trevor D. Lawley, Alan W. Walker profile →
  5. Targeted Restoration of the Intestinal Microbiota with a Simple, Defined Bacteriotherapy Resolves Relapsing Clostridium difficile Disease in Mice
    2012 404 citations Trevor D. Lawley, Simon Clare et al. profile →
  6. Massive expansion of human gut bacteriophage diversity
    2021 363 citations Trevor D. Lawley et al. profile →
  7. A human gut bacterial genome and culture collection for improved metagenomic analyses
    2019 347 citations Samuel C. Forster, Nitin Kumar et al. profile →
  8. Dietary trehalose enhances virulence of epidemic Clostridium difficile
    2018 257 citations James Collins, Catherine D. Robinson et al. Nature profile →
  9. A gut microbial signature for combination immune checkpoint blockade across cancer types
    2024 67 citations Ashray Gunjur, Yan Shao et al. Nature Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Trevor D. Lawley United Kingdom 54 6.7k 4.7k 1.7k 1.7k 1.5k 123 12.0k
Elisabeth M. Bik United States 27 8.7k 1.3× 2.8k 0.6× 2.0k 1.2× 2.4k 1.4× 1.1k 0.7× 45 13.6k
Carles Úbeda Spain 37 5.8k 0.9× 3.3k 0.7× 1.2k 0.7× 1.0k 0.6× 885 0.6× 56 9.3k
Paul B. Eckburg United States 25 8.7k 1.3× 2.9k 0.6× 1.9k 1.1× 2.3k 1.3× 857 0.6× 54 13.1k
Kenshiro Oshima Japan 46 6.7k 1.0× 1.5k 0.3× 1.3k 0.8× 2.0k 1.2× 1.3k 0.9× 159 12.5k
Emma Allen‐Vercoe Canada 42 5.8k 0.9× 2.5k 0.5× 1.1k 0.7× 1.5k 0.9× 518 0.3× 143 10.3k
Jerry M. Wells Netherlands 53 7.2k 1.1× 2.2k 0.5× 1.7k 1.0× 3.7k 2.2× 649 0.4× 167 13.7k
Michael S. Gilmore United States 74 7.5k 1.1× 7.0k 1.5× 1.9k 1.1× 2.8k 1.6× 1.6k 1.1× 236 17.0k
Bärbel Stecher Germany 51 7.8k 1.2× 3.2k 0.7× 815 0.5× 3.3k 1.9× 986 0.7× 102 13.2k
Andrew L. Goodman United States 50 11.2k 1.7× 2.8k 0.6× 1.2k 0.7× 2.1k 1.2× 1.3k 0.8× 97 16.4k
Daniel N. Frank United States 58 10.0k 1.5× 3.3k 0.7× 2.9k 1.7× 1.6k 0.9× 714 0.5× 220 16.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Reyes, Alejandro, Claudio Durán, Deborah Delgado Pugley, et al.. (2025). A Latin American perspective on microbiome research. Nature Communications. 16(1). 10691–10691.
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Suyama, Satoshi, Simon Clare, Amelia T. Soderholm, et al.. (2025). Enterocloster clostridioformis protects against Salmonella pathogenesis and modulates epithelial and mucosal immune function. Microbiome. 13(1). 61–61. 3 indexed citations
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Gunjur, Ashray, Yan Shao, Oliver Klein, et al.. (2024). A gut microbial signature for combination immune checkpoint blockade across cancer types. Nature Medicine. 30(3). 797–809. 67 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kullberg, Robert F. J., Bastiaan W. Haak, Claudio Durán, et al.. (2024). Gut Microbiome in Human Melioidosis: Composition and Resistome Dynamics from Diagnosis to Discovery. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 11(11). ofae654–ofae654. 1 indexed citations
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Shao, Yan, Cristina García-Mauriño, Simon Clare, et al.. (2024). Primary succession of Bifidobacteria drives pathogen resistance in neonatal microbiota assembly. Nature Microbiology. 9(10). 2570–2582. 20 indexed citations
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Suchánek, Ondřej, John R. Ferdinand, Zewen Kelvin Tuong, et al.. (2023). Tissue-resident B cells orchestrate macrophage polarisation and function. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7081–7081. 35 indexed citations
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Mu, Andre & Trevor D. Lawley. (2023). Bacteriophage discovery to advance biotechnology and biotherapeutics. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 21(5). 279–279. 4 indexed citations
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Thorpe, Harry A., Anna K. Pöntinen, Rebecca A. Gladstone, et al.. (2022). Strong pathogen competition in neonatal gut colonisation. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7417–7417. 28 indexed citations
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Gunjur, Ashray, Oliver Klein, Andreas Behren, et al.. (2022). ‘Know thyself’ – host factors influencing cancer response to immune checkpoint inhibitors. The Journal of Pathology. 257(4). 513–525. 10 indexed citations
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Forster, Samuel C., Junyan Liu, Nitin Kumar, et al.. (2022). Strain-level characterization of broad host range mobile genetic elements transferring antibiotic resistance from the human microbiome. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1445–1445. 108 indexed citations
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Hitch, Thomas C. A., Thomas Riedel, Aharon Oren, et al.. (2021). Automated analysis of genomic sequences facilitates high-throughput and comprehensive description of bacteria. ISME Communications. 1(1). 16–16. 121 indexed citations
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Costa, Daniela A., Simon Lévesque, Nitin Kumar, et al.. (2021). Pangenome analysis reveals genetic isolation in Campylobacter hyointestinalis subspecies adapted to different mammalian hosts. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 3431–3431. 10 indexed citations
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Fitzpatrick, Zachary, Gordon L. Frazer, Ashley Ferro, et al.. (2020). Gut-educated IgA plasma cells defend the meningeal venous sinuses. Nature. 587(7834). 472–476. 190 indexed citations
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Schneditz, Georg, Ester Pagano, M. Zaeem Cader, et al.. (2019). GPR35 promotes glycolysis, proliferation, and oncogenic signaling by engaging with the sodium potassium pump. Science Signaling. 12(562). 65 indexed citations
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Henneman, Alex A., Jeroen Corver, Cornelis W. Knetsch, et al.. (2018). Proteomic identification of Axc, a novel beta-lactamase with carbapenemase activity in a meropenem-resistant clinical isolate of Achromobacter xylosoxidans. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 8181–8181. 12 indexed citations
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Collins, James, Catherine D. Robinson, Heather A. Danhof, et al.. (2018). Dietary trehalose enhances virulence of epidemic Clostridium difficile. Nature. 553(7688). 291–294. 257 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cairns, Michelle, Mark D. Preston, Christopher L. Hall, et al.. (2016). Comparative Genome Analysis and Global Phylogeny of the Toxin Variant Clostridium difficile PCR Ribotype 017 Reveals the Evolution of Two Independent Sublineages. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 55(3). 865–876. 44 indexed citations
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Sheridan, Paul O., Jennifer C. Martin, Trevor D. Lawley, et al.. (2015). Polysaccharide utilization loci and nutritional specialization in a dominant group of butyrate-producing human colonic Firmicutes. Microbial Genomics. 2(2). e000043–e000043. 206 indexed citations
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Lawley, Trevor D., Simon Clare, Alan W. Walker, et al.. (2009). Antibiotic Treatment of Clostridium difficile Carrier Mice Triggers a Supershedder State, Spore-Mediated Transmission, and Severe Disease in Immunocompromised Hosts. Infection and Immunity. 77(9). 3661–3669. 281 indexed citations
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Lawley, Trevor D., et al.. (2007). Host Transmission of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Is Controlled by Virulence Factors and Indigenous Intestinal Microbiota. Infection and Immunity. 76(1). 403–416. 233 indexed citations

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