George Christophides

George Christophides

Imperial College London

H-index: 54

Europe-United Kingdom

About George Christophides

George Christophides, With an exceptional h-index of 54 and a recent h-index of 36 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Imperial College London, specializes in the field of Infectious Diseases, Malaria, Vectors, Innate Immunity.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Immune interactions between mosquitoes and microbes during midgut colonization

VEuPathDB: the eukaryotic pathogen, vector and host bioinformatics resource center in 2023

REL2 overexpression in the Anopheles gambiae midgut causes major transcriptional changes but fails to induce an immune response

The first continental population dynamics model of the Asian tiger mosquito driven by climate and environment

Intracellular Plasmodium aquaporin 2 is required for sporozoite production in the mosquito vector and malaria transmission

Reverse genetic screen identifies malaria parasite genes required for gametocyte-to-sporozoite development in its mosquito host

Intracellular Plasmodium aquaporin 2 is important for sporozoite production in the mosquito vector and malaria transmission

A chromosomal reference genome sequence for the malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae, Giles, 1902, Ifakara strain

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Citations(all)

14617

Citations(since 2020)

4389

Cited By

11823

hIndex(all)

54

hIndex(since 2020)

36

i10Index(all)

98

i10Index(since 2020)

82

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George Christophides Skills & Research Interests

Infectious Diseases

Malaria

Vectors

Innate Immunity

Top articles of George Christophides

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Immune interactions between mosquitoes and microbes during midgut colonization

Julia A Cai

George K Christophides

2024/3/27

VEuPathDB: the eukaryotic pathogen, vector and host bioinformatics resource center in 2023

Nucleic acids research

Jorge Alvarez-Jarreta

Beatrice Amos

Cristina Aurrecoechea

Saikou Bah

Matthieu Barba

...

2024/1/5

REL2 overexpression in the Anopheles gambiae midgut causes major transcriptional changes but fails to induce an immune response

bioRxiv

Astrid Hoermann

Paolo Capriotti

Giuseppe Del Corsano

Maria Grazia Inghilterra

Tibebu Habtewold

...

2024

The first continental population dynamics model of the Asian tiger mosquito driven by climate and environment

EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts

Kamil Erguler

Cedric Marsboom

George Zittis

Yiannis Proestos

George Christophides

...

2023/5

Intracellular Plasmodium aquaporin 2 is required for sporozoite production in the mosquito vector and malaria transmission

bioRxiv

Alexander J Bailey

Chiamaka Valerie Ukegbu

Maria Giorgalli

Tanguy Rene Balthazar Besson

George K Christophides

...

2023/3/15

Reverse genetic screen identifies malaria parasite genes required for gametocyte-to-sporozoite development in its mosquito host

bioRxiv

Chiamaka Valerie Ukegbu

Ana Rita Gomes

Maria Giorgalli

Melina Campos

Alexander J Bailey

...

2023/3/14

Intracellular Plasmodium aquaporin 2 is important for sporozoite production in the mosquito vector and malaria transmission

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Alexander J Bailey

Chiamaka Valerie Ukegbu

Maria Giorgalli

Tanguy Rene Balthazar Besson

George K Christophides

...

2023/10/31

A chromosomal reference genome sequence for the malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae, Giles, 1902, Ifakara strain

Wellcome Open Research

Tibebu Habtewold

Martin Wagah

Mgeni Mohamed Tambwe

Sarah Moore

Nikolai Windbichler

...

2023

Climate change and human health in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East: Literature review, research priorities and policy suggestions

Marco Neira

Kamil Erguler

Hesam Ahmady-Birgani

Nisreen DaifAllah Al-Hmoud

Robin Fears

...

2023/1/1

Identification of genes required for Plasmodium gametocyte-to-sporozoite development in the mosquito vector

Cell Host & Microbe

Chiamaka Valerie Ukegbu

Ana Rita Gomes

Maria Giorgalli

Melina Campos

Alexander J Bailey

...

2023/9/13

The circadian clock modulates Anopheles gambiae infection with Plasmodium falciparum

Plos one

Tibebu Habtewold

Sofia Tapanelli

Ellen KG Masters

Nikolai Windbichler

George K Christophides

2022/12/1

Gene drive mosquitoes can aid malaria elimination by retarding Plasmodium sporogonic development

Science Advances

Astrid Hoermann

Tibebu Habtewold

Prashanth Selvaraj

Giuseppe Del Corsano

Paolo Capriotti

...

2022/9/21

Testing non-autonomous antimalarial gene drive effectors using self-eliminating drivers in the African mosquito vector Anopheles gambiae

PLoS Genetics

David A Ellis

George Avraam

Astrid Hoermann

Claudia AS Wyer

Yi Xin Ong

...

2022/6/2

Identification of Three Novel Plasmodium Factors Involved in Ookinete to Oocyst Developmental Transition

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Chiamaka V Ukegbu

George K Christophides

Dina Vlachou

2021/3/15

Analysis of pir gene expression across the Plasmodium life cycle

Malaria Journal

Timothy S Little

Deirdre A Cunningham

Audrey Vandomme

Carlos Talavera Lopez

Sarah Amis

...

2021/12

Plasmodium oocysts respond with dormancy to crowding and nutritional stress

Scientific reports

Tibebu Habtewold

Aayushi A Sharma

Claudia AS Wyer

Ellen KG Masters

Nikolai Windbichler

...

2021/2/4

Anopheles arabiensis hotspots along intermittent rivers drive malaria dynamics in semi-arid areas of Central Ethiopia

Malaria Journal

Kasahun Eba

Tibebu Habtewold

Delenasaw Yewhalaw

George K Christophides

Luc Duchateau

2021/12

Unravelling population structure heterogeneity within the genome of the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae

BMC genomics

Melina Campos

Luisa DP Rona

Katie Willis

George K Christophides

Robert M MacCallum

2021/6/8

Anopheles coluzzii stearoyl-CoA desaturase is essential for adult female survival and reproduction upon blood feeding

PLoS pathogens

Zannatul Ferdous

Silke Fuchs

Volker Behrends

Nikolaos Trasanidis

Robert M Waterhouse

...

2021/5/20

Assessment of Plasmodium falciparum infection and fitness of genetically modified Anopheles gambiae aimed at mosquito population replacement

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases

Sofia Tapanelli

Maria Grazia Inghilterra

Julia Cai

James Philpott

Paolo Capriotti

...

2021/12/14

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Co-Authors

H-index: 94
Frank h. Collins

Frank h. Collins

University of Notre Dame

H-index: 90
Kevin P. White

Kevin P. White

National University of Singapore

H-index: 78
George Dimopoulos

George Dimopoulos

Johns Hopkins University

H-index: 53
Daniel E. Neafsey

Daniel E. Neafsey

Harvard University

H-index: 52
Robert M. Waterhouse

Robert M. Waterhouse

Université de Lausanne

H-index: 29
Nikolai Windbichler

Nikolai Windbichler

Imperial College London

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