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Genetics and Molecular Biology
Austria
2024

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Genetics

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101
Citations
43138
World Ranking
722
National Ranking
1

Molecular Biology

D-Index
101
Citations
43138
World Ranking
507
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in Austria Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in Austria Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Austria Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Austria Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Austria Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Austria Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Austria Leader Award

Overview

Christoph Bock is affiliated with the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Austria. Their research spans multiple interconnected fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine; and Immunology and Microbiology. The primary subfields in which they publish include Molecular Biology, Immunology, Genetics, Cancer Research, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist has contributed extensively to a range of topics with a particular focus on:

  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

Bock's publication record includes numerous papers published across prominent scientific journals. Notable papers include:

  • "Microbiota-Derived Metabolites Suppress Arthritis by Amplifying Aryl-Hydrocarbon Receptor Activation in Regulatory B Cells," 2020, Cell Metabolism
  • "Disturbed mitochondrial dynamics in CD8+ TILs reinforce T cell exhaustion," 2020, Nature Immunology
  • "High-content CRISPR screening," 2022, Nature Reviews Methods Primers
  • "Glioma progression is shaped by genetic evolution and microenvironment interactions," 2022, Cell
  • "Structural cells are key regulators of organ-specific immune responses," 2020, Nature

Frequent collaborators in their research include Thomas Krausgruber, Nikolaus Fortelny, Andreas Bergthaler, Thomas Penz, and Matthias Farlik. This network highlights collaborations across various immunological and molecular research areas.

Bock's publications often appear in a set of frequent venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature

Best Publications

  • Somatic Mutations of Calreticulin in Myeloproliferative Neoplasms

    Thorsten Klampfl;Heinz Gisslinger;Ashot S Harutyunyan;Harini Nivarthi

  • Paternally Induced Transgenerational Environmental Reprogramming of Metabolic Gene Expression in Mammals

    Benjamin R. Carone;Lucas Fauquier;Naomi Habib;Jeremy M. Shea

  • Dnmt3a is essential for hematopoietic stem cell differentiation.

    Grant A. Challen;Deqiang Sun;Mira Jeong;Min Luo

  • Reference Maps of Human ES and iPS Cell Variation Enable High-Throughput Characterization of Pluripotent Cell Lines

    Christoph Bock;Evangelos Kiskinis;Evangelos Kiskinis;Griet Verstappen;Griet Verstappen;Hongcang Gu

  • Pooled CRISPR screening with single-cell transcriptome readout

    Paul Datlinger;André F Rendeiro;Christian Schmidl;Thomas Krausgruber

  • Specification of tissue-resident macrophages during organogenesis

    Elvira Mass;Ivan Ballesteros;Matthias Farlik;Florian Halbritter

  • Preparation of reduced representation bisulfite sequencing libraries for genome-scale DNA methylation profiling

    Hongcang Gu;Zachary D Smith;Zachary D Smith;Christoph Bock;Patrick Boyle

  • Toward understanding and exploiting tumor heterogeneity

    Ash A Alizadeh;Victoria Aranda;Alberto Bardelli;Cedric Blanpain

  • Comparison of sequencing-based methods to profile DNA methylation and identification of monoallelic epigenetic modifications

    R Alan Harris;Ting Wang;Cristian Coarfa;Raman P. Nagarajan

  • BiQ Analyzer: visualization and quality control for DNA methylation data from bisulfite sequencing

    Christoph Bock;Sabine Reither;Thomas Mikeska;Martina Paulsen

  • Comprehensive analysis of DNA methylation data with RnBeads

    Yassen Assenov;Fabian Müller;Pavlo Lutsik;Jörn Walter

  • Analysing and interpreting DNA methylation data

    Christoph Bock

  • Epigenomic Profiling of Young and Aged HSCs Reveals Concerted Changes during Aging that Reinforce Self-Renewal

    Deqiang Sun;Min Luo;Mira Jeong;Benjamin Rodriguez

  • Quantitative comparison of genome-wide DNA methylation mapping technologies

    Christoph Bock;Eleni M Tomazou;Eleni M Tomazou;Arie B Brinkman;Fabian Müller

  • DNA methylation signatures link prenatal famine exposure to growth and metabolism

    Elmar W. Tobi;Jelle J. Goeman;Ramin Monajemi;Hongcang Gu

  • The International Human Epigenome Consortium: A Blueprint for Scientific Collaboration and Discovery

    Hendrik G. Stunnenberg;Martin Hirst

  • Spatiotemporal structure of cell fate decisions in murine neural crest

    Ruslan Soldatov;Marketa Kaucka;Marketa Kaucka;Maria Eleni Kastriti;Maria Eleni Kastriti;Julian Petersen;Julian Petersen

  • Proliferation-Dependent Alterations of the DNA Methylation Landscape Underlie Hematopoietic Stem Cell Aging

    Isabel Eleanor Beerman;Christoph Bock;Christoph Bock;Brian Scott Garrison;Brian Scott Garrison;Zachary D. Smith;Zachary D. Smith

  • ChIPmentation: fast, robust, low-input ChIP-seq for histones and transcription factors

    Christian Schmidl;André F Rendeiro;Nathan C Sheffield;Christoph Bock

  • Genomic distribution and inter-sample variation of non-CpG methylation across human cell types.

    Michael J. Ziller;Fabian Müller;Jing Liao;Jing Liao;Yingying Zhang;Yingying Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander Meissner
Alexander Meissner Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics
Thomas Lengauer
Thomas Lengauer Max Planck Institute for Informatics
Giulio Superti-Furga
Giulio Superti-Furga Medical University of Vienna
Hongcang Gu
Hongcang Gu Hefei Institutes of Physical Science
Jörn Walter
Jörn Walter Saarland University
Keiryn L. Bennett
Keiryn L. Bennett Medical University of Vienna
Manel Esteller
Manel Esteller Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute
Andreas Gnirke
Andreas Gnirke Broad Institute
Johannes Zuber
Johannes Zuber Research Institute of Molecular Pathology
Tibor Harkany
Tibor Harkany Medical University of Vienna

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