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Dieter Deforce

Dieter Deforce

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
71
Citations
16999
World Ranking
6694
National Ranking
117

Overview

Dieter Deforce is a researcher affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium with extensive contributions in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their scholarly work spans 167 publications in these main fields, with additional focus on Medicine through 86 publications. The scientist's research expertise includes several subfields such as Molecular Biology, Genetics, Plant Science, Spectroscopy, and Biomedical Engineering.

The thematic focus of Dieter Deforce's research encompasses diverse and specialized topics including:

  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Identification and Quantification in Food

Their scientific output includes notable recent papers such as:

  • "Genetically Modified Micro-Organisms for Industrial Food Enzyme Production: An Overview," 2020, Foods
  • "Integrated multi-omics reveal polycomb repressive complex 2 restricts human trophoblast induction," 2022, Nature Cell Biology
  • "Hatching is modulated by microRNA-378a-3p derived from extracellular vesicles secreted by blastocysts," 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "A comprehensive LFQ benchmark dataset on modern day acquisition strategies in proteomics," 2022, Scientific Data
  • "Removing the Hidden Data Dependency of DIA with Predicted Spectral Libraries," 2020, PROTEOMICS

Dieter Deforce frequently collaborates with other researchers, with prominent coauthors including Filip Van Nieuwerburgh, Maarten Dhaenens, Bart Van Puyvelde, Simon Daled, and Yannick Gansemans. These collaborations have yielded numerous joint publications.

The scientist has contributed to a range of publication venues, favoring repositories and journals such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Frontiers in Physiology
  • Frontiers in Pharmacology

Best Publications

  • The Chara Genome: Secondary Complexity and Implications for Plant Terrestrialization.

    Tomoaki Nishiyama;Hidetoshi Sakayama;Jan de Vries;Jan de Vries;Henrik Buschmann

  • Genome-wide association study of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    S. E. Stewart;D. Yu;J. M. Scharf;B. M. Neale

  • Partitioning the heritability of tourette syndrome and obsessive compulsive disorder reveals differences in genetic architecture

    Lea K. Davis;Dongmei Yu;Clare L. Keenan;Eric R. Gamazon

  • Reduced amounts and abnormal forms of phospholipase C zeta (PLCzeta) in spermatozoa from infertile men.

    E. Heytens;J. Parrington;K. Coward;K. Coward;C. Young

  • Dissection of the phytohormonal regulation of trichome formation and biosynthesis of the antimalarial compound artemisinin in Artemisia annua plants

    Lies Maes;Filip C. W. Van Nieuwerburgh;Yansheng Zhang;Darwin W. Reed

  • Development and evaluation of different normalization strategies for gene expression studies in Candida albicans biofilms by real-time PCR.

    Heleen Nailis;Tom Coenye;Filip Van Nieuwerburgh;Dieter Deforce

  • Ancient dispersal of the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus gattii from the Amazon rainforest

    Ferry Hagen;Paulo C. Ceresini;Itzhack Polacheck;Hansong Ma

  • Real-time PCR expression profiling of genes encoding potential virulence factors in Candida albicans biofilms: identification of model-dependent and -independent gene expression

    Heleen Nailis;Soňa Kucharíková;Soňa Kucharíková;Markéta Řičicová;Patrick Van Dijck

  • Current and New Approaches in GMO Detection: Challenges and Solutions

    Marie-Alice Fraiture;Philippe Herman;Isabel Taverniers;Marc De Loose

  • Liquid chromatography—mass spectrometry in forensic toxicology

    Jan F. Van Bocxlaer;Karine M. Clauwaert;Willy E. Lambert;Dieter L. Deforce

  • A Plant-Derived Ligand Favoring Monomeric Glucocorticoid Receptor Conformation with Impaired Transactivation Potential Attenuates Collagen-Induced Arthritis

    Pieter Dewint;Valerie Gossye;Karolien De Bosscher;Wim Vanden Berghe

  • Simultaneous, quantitative determination of opiates, amphetamines, cocaine and benzoylecgonine in oral fluid by liquid chromatography quadrupole-time-of-flight mass spectrometry.

    Kjell A Mortier;Kristof E Maudens;Willy E Lambert;Karine M Clauwaert

  • Tracking the progression of the human inner cell mass during embryonic stem cell derivation

    Thomas O'Leary;Björn Heindryckx;Sylvie Lierman;David van Bruggen

  • Development and validation of an LC-MS/MS method for the simultaneous determination of deoxynivalenol, zearalenone, T-2-toxin and some masked metabolites in different cereals and cereal-derived food

    M De Boevre;J D Di Mavungu;P Maene;K Audenaert

  • Joint GC–MS and LC–MS platforms for comprehensive plant metabolomics: Repeatability and sample pre-treatment

    Ruben t'Kindt;Kris Morreel;Dieter Deforce;Wout Boerjan

  • Diagnostic value of anti-human citrullinated fibrinogen ELISA and comparison with four other anti-citrullinated protein assays.

    Bert Vander Cruyssen;Tineke Cantaert;Leonor Nogueira;Cyril Clavel

  • TRAPID: an efficient online tool for the functional and comparative analysis of de novo RNA-Seq transcriptomes

    Michiel Van Bel;Sebastian Proost;Sebastian Proost;Christophe Van Neste;Dieter Deforce

  • Mass spectrometry-based proteomics as a tool to identify biological matrices in forensic science

    Katleen Van Steendam;Marlies De Ceuleneer;Maarten Dhaenens;David Van Hoofstat

  • Complete nucleotide sequence of CTX-M-15-plasmids from clinical Escherichia coli isolates: insertional events of transposons and insertion sequences

    Annemieke Smet;Filip Van Nieuwerburgh;Tom T. M. Vandekerckhove;An Martel

  • Erratum: Genome-wide association study of obsessive-compulsive disorder

    S E Stewart;D Yu;J M Scharf;B M Neale

Frequent Co-Authors

Filip Van Nieuwerburgh
Filip Van Nieuwerburgh Ghent University
Dirk Elewaut
Dirk Elewaut Ghent University
Freddy Haesebrouck
Freddy Haesebrouck Ghent University
Damiaan Denys
Damiaan Denys University of Amsterdam
Susana Lopes
Susana Lopes Leiden University Medical Center
Ann Van Soom
Ann Van Soom Ghent University
Carlos Van Peteghem
Carlos Van Peteghem Ghent University
Jo Vandesompele
Jo Vandesompele Ghent University
Frank Pasmans
Frank Pasmans Ghent University
Richard Ducatelle
Richard Ducatelle Ghent University

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