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Folker Meyer

Essen University Hospital ·
Area of research
Molecular Biology · Ecology
Research interest
Research interests include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Gut microbiota and health, and Gene expression and cancer classification.
h-index
67
citations
40,453
works
196
NIH funding
primary concept
email

Recent publications

A roadmap for equitable reuse of public microbiome data
Nature Microbiology 2025cited by 12position: middledoi
Author Correction: A roadmap for equitable reuse of public microbiome data
Nature Microbiology 2025cited by 0position: middledoi
Long-term mitigation of drought changes the functional potential and life-strategies of the forest soil microbiome involved in organic matter decomposition
Frontiers in Microbiology 2023cited by 16position: middledoi
Metadata harmonization–Standards are the key for a better usage of omics data for integrative microbiome analysis
Environmental Microbiome 2022cited by 51position: middledoi
COVID-19 pandemic reveals the peril of ignoring metadata standards
Scientific Data 2020cited by 101position: middledoi
KBase: The United States Department of Energy Systems Biology Knowledgebase
Nature Biotechnology 2018cited by 1,644position: middledoi
Minimum information about a single amplified genome (MISAG) and a metagenome-assembled genome (MIMAG) of bacteria and archaea
Nature Biotechnology 2017cited by 2,668position: middledoi
MG-RAST version 4—lessons learned from a decade of low-budget ultra-high-throughput metagenome analysis
Briefings in Bioinformatics 2017cited by 146position: firstdoi
Federation in genomics pipelines: techniques and challenges
Briefings in Bioinformatics 2017cited by 29position: middledoi
MG-RAST, a Metagenomics Service for Analysis of Microbial Community Structure and Function
Methods in molecular biology 2016cited by 492position: lastdoi
Spatial scale drives patterns in soil bacterial diversity
Environmental Microbiology 2016cited by 301position: middledoi
The MG-RAST metagenomics database and portal in 2015
Nucleic Acids Research 2015cited by 225position: lastdoi
Divergent responses of viral and bacterial communities in the gut microbiome to dietary disturbances in mice
The ISME Journal 2015cited by 101position: middledoi
A RESTful API for Accessing Microbial Community Data for MG-RAST
PLoS Computational Biology 2015cited by 74position: lastdoi
Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea: Sequencing a Myriad of Type Strains
PLoS Biology 2014cited by 234position: middledoi
The complete genome sequence for putative <scp>H</scp> <sub>2</sub> ‐ and <scp>S</scp> ‐oxidizer <scp> <i>C</i> </scp> <i>andidatus</i> Sulfuricurvum sp., assembled <i>de novo</i> from an aquifer‐derived metagenome
Environmental Microbiology 2014cited by 97position: lastdoi
Genomic Standards Consortium Projects
Standards in Genomic Sciences 2014cited by 41position: middledoi
Bacterial community structure and functional contributions to emergence of health or necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants
Microbiome 2013cited by 171position: middledoi
MIxS-BE: a MIxS extension defining a minimum information standard for sequence data from the built environment
The ISME Journal 2013cited by 120position: middledoi
Multiphasic analysis of the temporal development of the distal gut microbiota in patients following ileal pouch anal anastomosis
Microbiome 2013cited by 45position: middledoi
Rapid quantification of sequence repeats to resolve the size, structure and contents of bacterial genomes
BMC Genomics 2013cited by 38position: middledoi
Metagenomics - a guide from sampling to data analysis
Microbial Informatics and Experimentation 2012cited by 1,036position: lastdoi
The Biological Observation Matrix (BIOM) format or: how I learned to stop worrying and love the ome-ome
GigaScience 2012cited by 945position: middledoi
The M5nr: a novel non-redundant database containing protein sequences and annotations from multiple sources and associated tools
BMC Bioinformatics 2012cited by 331position: lastdoi
Unlocking the potential of metagenomics through replicated experimental design
Nature Biotechnology 2012cited by 288position: middledoi
Structure, fluctuation and magnitude of a natural grassland soil metagenome
The ISME Journal 2012cited by 216position: middledoi
Intestinal Tissues Induce an SNP Mutation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa That Enhances Its Virulence: Possible Role in Anastomotic Leak
PLoS ONE 2012cited by 179position: middledoi
From genomics to metagenomics
Current Opinion in Biotechnology 2012cited by 99position: lastdoi
A Platform-Independent Method for Detecting Errors in Metagenomic Sequencing Data: DRISEE
PLoS Computational Biology 2012cited by 90position: lastdoi
Short-read reading-frame predictors are not created equal: sequence error causes loss of signal
BMC Bioinformatics 2012cited by 53position: lastdoi

Grants

Bilateral NSF/BIO-BBSRC: Collaborative Research: ABI Development: A Metagenomic Exchange - enriching metagenomics analysis by synergistic harmonisation of MG-RAST and the EBI Metag
NSF1645609$1,243,4132016–2019PIRePORTER
EAGER-NEON: Collaborative Research: Formation of a NEON Microbial Metagenomics Data Synthesis Working Group
NSF1550852$173,4512015–2018PIRePORTER
Second Argonne Soils Workshop, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, October 6-8, 2010
NSF1059066$34,9992010–2012PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

Jack A. Gilbert · Scripps Institution of Oceanography10 papers (2012–2016)Andreas Wilke · Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin9 papers (2012–2017)Elizabeth M. Glass · Johns Hopkins University8 papers (2012–2016)W. Trimble · Argonne National Laboratory8 papers (2012–2017)Kevin Keegan · Argonne National Laboratory6 papers (2012–2016)Narayan Desai · Google (United States)5 papers (2012–2015)Travis Harrison · Precision for Medicine (United States)5 papers (2012–2017)Tobias Paczian · University of Chicago4 papers (2014–2017)Rob Knight · University of California San Diego4 papers (2012–2013)Dionysios A. Antonopoulos · Argonne National Laboratory4 papers (2013–2016)Jared Wilkening · Argonne National Laboratory4 papers (2012–2015)Mark D’Souza · University of Chicago3 papers (2012–2015)Ananth Grama · Purdue University West Lafayette3 papers (2015–2017)Eugene B. Chang · University of Illinois Chicago3 papers (2013–2015)Saurabh Bagchi · Purdue University West Lafayette3 papers (2015–2017)Wolfgang Gerlach · Northwestern University3 papers (2015–2017)Somali Chaterji · The University of Texas at Austin3 papers (2015–2017)Dawn Field · European Bioinformatics Institute3 papers (2012–2012)Lynn M. Schriml · Johns Hopkins Medicine2 papers (2013–2020)Jared Bischof · Argonne National Laboratory2 papers (2015–2015)