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Ruth E. Ley

Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology ORCID

326

Works

182,389

Citations

93

h-index

163

i10-index

Research Topics

Gut microbiota and health Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research Diet and metabolism studies

Affiliations

Max Planck Society2023–2023

University of Colorado Boulder2001–2008

Washington University in St. Louis2005–2012

Cornell University2009–2021

University of Colorado System2001–2001

Top Works

QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data

J. Gregory Caporaso,Justin Kuczynski,et al.

201035,668 citations

Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2

Evan Bolyen,Jai Ram Rideout,et al.

201922,996 citations

An obesity-associated gut microbiome with increased capacity for energy harvest

Peter J. Turnbaugh,Ruth E. Ley,et al.

200612,279 citations

Human gut microbes associated with obesity

Ruth E. Ley,Peter J. Turnbaugh,et al.

20068,681 citations

A core gut microbiome in obese and lean twins

Peter J. Turnbaugh,Micah Hamady,et al.

20087,836 citations

Obesity alters gut microbial ecology

Ruth E. Ley,Fredrik Bäckhed,et al.

20056,098 citations

The Human Microbiome Project

Peter J. Turnbaugh,Ruth E. Ley,et al.

20076,025 citations

Host-Bacterial Mutualism in the Human Intestine

Fredrik Bäckhed,Ruth E. Ley,et al.

20055,234 citations

Evolution of Mammals and Their Gut Microbes

Ruth E. Ley,Micah Hamady,et al.

20083,767 citations