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Biology and Biochemistry
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2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
135
Citations
72150
World Ranking
350
National Ranking
23

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2003 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Franz Hofmann is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their research spans several fields of engineering and physical sciences, with a focus on both theoretical and applied aspects across multiple subfields.

The main fields of study for Hofmann include Engineering and Physics and Astronomy. Within these domains, their work specifically addresses subfields such as Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

The topics of Hofmann's research cover a range of areas tied to vehicular and space sciences. Notable topics include Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs), Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety, Traffic control and management, GNSS positioning and interference, as well as Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics.

One example of Hofmann's recent scholarly output is the publication titled "Station coordinates from LLR analysis as contribution to the next ITRF", published in 2022 in the Institutional Repository of Leibniz Universität Hannover (Leibniz Universität Hannover).

Hofmann collaborates frequently with other researchers, including Florian A. Schiegg, Ignacio Llátser, Hugues Tchouankem, Thomas Frye, and Florian Wildschütte.

In recognition of their academic contributions, Hofmann has been a Member of Academia Europaea since 2003.

  • Station coordinates from LLR analysis as contribution to the next ITRF (2022, Institutional Repository of Leibniz Universität Hannover)

  • Florian A. Schiegg
  • Ignacio Llátser
  • Hugues Tchouankem
  • Thomas Frye
  • Florian Wildschütte

  • Institutional Repository of Leibniz Universität Hannover (Leibniz Universität Hannover)

  • Engineering
  • Physics and Astronomy

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Automotive Engineering
  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics

  • Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs)
  • Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety
  • Traffic control and management
  • GNSS positioning and interference
  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics

Best Publications

  • International Union of Pharmacology: Approaches to the Nomenclature of Voltage-Gated Ion Channels

    W. A. Catterall;K. G. Chandy;D. E. Clapham;G. A. Gutman

  • Melanopsin and rod/cone photoreceptive systems account for all major accessory visual functions in mice.

    S. Hattar;R. J. Lucas;N. Mrosovsky;S. Thompson

  • Nomenclature of voltage-gated sodium channels.

    Alan L. Goldin;Robert L. Barchi;John H. Caldwell;Franz Hofmann

  • Patient-specific induced pluripotent stem-cell models for long-QT syndrome.

    Alessandra Moretti;Milena Bellin;Andrea Welling;Christian Billy Jung

  • A family of hyperpolarization-activated mammalian cation channels

    Andreas Ludwig;Xiangang Zong;Michael Jeglitsch;Franz Hofmann

  • Letter to the EditorNomenclature of Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels

    Eric A. Ertel;Kevin P. Campbell;Michael M. Harpold;Franz Hofmann

  • PRIMARY STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONAL EXPRESSION FROM COMPLEMENTARY DNA OF A BRAIN CALCIUM CHANNEL

    Yasuo Mori;Thomas Friedrich;Man Suk Kim;Atsushi Mikami

  • The roles of the subunits in the function of the calcium channel.

    Dafna Singer;Martin Biel;Ilana Lotan;Veit Flockerzi

  • Lack of an endothelial store-operated Ca2+ current impairs agonist-dependent vasorelaxation in TRP4-/- mice.

    Marc Freichel;Suk Hyo Suh;Alexander Pfeifer;Ulli Schweig

  • Molecular basis for Ca2+ channel diversity.

    Franz Hofmann;Martin Biel;Veit Flockerzi

  • Comparison of adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate-dependent protein kinases from rabbit skeletal and bovine heart muscle.

    F Hofmann;J A Beavo;P J Bechtel;E G Krebs

  • Absence epilepsy and sinus dysrhythmia in mice lacking the pacemaker channel HCN2

    Andreas Ludwig;Thomas Budde;Juliane Stieber;Sven Moosmang

  • Defective smooth muscle regulation in cGMP kinase I‐deficient mice

    Alexander Pfeifer;Peter Klatt;Steffen Massberg;Lars Ny

  • Regulation of intracellular calcium by a signalling complex of IRAG, IP3 receptor and cGMP kinase Ibeta.

    Jens Schlossmann;Aldo Ammendola;Keith Ashman;Xiangang Zong

  • The hyperpolarization-activated channel HCN4 is required for the generation of pacemaker action potentials in the embryonic heart

    Juliane Stieber;Stefan Herrmann;Susanne Feil;Jana Löster

  • Cellular expression and functional characterization of four hyperpolarization-activated pacemaker channels in cardiac and neuronal tissues

    Sven Moosmang;Juliane Stieber;Xiangang Zong;Martin Biel

  • TWO PACEMAKER CHANNELS FROM HUMAN HEART WITH PROFOUNDLY DIFFERENT ACTIVATION KINETICS

    Andreas Ludwig;Xiangang Zong;Juliane Stieber;Roger Hullin

  • Purified dihydropyridine-binding site from skeletal muscle t-tubules is a functional calcium channel.

    Veit Flockerzi;Hans-Jochem Oeken;Franz Hofmann;Dieter Pelzer

  • The naming of voltage-gated calcium channels

    Lutz Birnbaumer;Kevin P. Campbell;William A. Catterall;Michael M. Harpold

  • Primary structure of the beta subunit of the DHP-sensitive calcium channel from skeletal muscle

    Peter Ruth;Axel Röhrkasten;Martin Biel;Eva Bosse

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Feil
Robert Feil University of Tübingen
Martin Biel
Martin Biel Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Veit Flockerzi
Veit Flockerzi Saarland University
Peter Ruth
Peter Ruth University of Tübingen
Alexander Pfeifer
Alexander Pfeifer University of Bonn
Steffen Massberg
Steffen Massberg Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Andreas Ludwig
Andreas Ludwig RWTH Aachen University
Lutz Birnbaumer
Lutz Birnbaumer National Institutes of Health
Marc Freichel
Marc Freichel Heidelberg University
Carsten T. Wotjak
Carsten T. Wotjak Max Planck Society

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