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Hans Hoppeler is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland. Their research spans primarily the social sciences, with a strong focus on sociology and political science. Additionally, their work touches on endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, ecology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and ecological modeling.

Research topics associated with Hoppeler include doping in sports, hormonal and reproductive studies, physiological and biochemical adaptations, medical and health sciences research, species distribution and climate change, criminal law and policy, and health and medical studies.

Frequent co-authors of Hoppeler comprise Perikles Simon, Fritz Sörgel, Hellmut Mahler, Gerhard Treutlein, and Finland.

Key publication venues where Hoppeler's work appears include:

  • Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports
  • Journal of Experimental Biology
  • transcript Verlag eBooks
  • KörperKulturen

Recent papers featuring Hoppeler's research include:

  • "Elucidating mechanism is important in forecasting the impact of a changing world on species survival" (2021), Journal of Experimental Biology
  • "Allometry: revealing evolution's engineering principles" (2023), Journal of Experimental Biology
  • "Handing over the reins" (2020), Journal of Experimental Biology
  • "Issue Information" (2020), Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports
  • "Opportunities during challenging times: comparative studies using meta-analytic approaches and new grants to help early-career researchers" (2020), Journal of Experimental Biology

Hoppeler has contributed to book publications with Transcript Verlag, including two editions of "Doping für Deutschland" published in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Endurance training in humans: aerobic capacity and structure of skeletal muscle

    H. Hoppeler;H. Howald;K. Conley;S. L. Lindstedt

  • The ultrastructure of the normal human skeletal muscle. A morphometric analysis on untrained men, women and well-trained orienteers.

    Hans Hoppeler;Pierre Lüthi;Helgard Claassen;Ewald R. Weibel

  • Molecular basis of skeletal muscle plasticity-from gene to form and function

    M. Flück;H. Hoppeler

  • The concept of symmorphosis: a testable hypothesis of structure-function relationship.

    E R Weibel;C R Taylor;H Hoppeler

  • In vivo determination of intra-myocellular lipids in human muscle by means of localized 1H-MR-spectroscopy.

    Chris Boesch;Johannes Slotboom;Hans Hoppeler;Roland Kreis

  • Influences of endurance training on the ultrastructural composition of the different muscle fiber types in humans

    Hans Howald;Hans Hoppeler;Helgard Claassen;Odile Mathieu

  • Muscle tissue adaptations to hypoxia

    Hans Hoppeler;Michael Vogt

  • Impact of working memory training on memory performance in old-old adults.

    Martin Buschkuehl;Susanne M. Jaeggi;Sara Hutchison;Pasqualina Perrig-Chiello

  • Effect of Tendon Release and Delayed Repair on the Structure of the Muscles of the Rotator Cuff: An Experimental Study in Sheep

    C Gerber;D C Meyer;A G Schneeberger;H Hoppeler

  • Response of skeletal muscle mitochondria to hypoxia

    Hans Hoppeler;Michael Vogt;Ewald R. Weibel;Martin Flück

  • Exercise-induced maximal metabolic rate scales with muscle aerobic capacity

    Ewald R. Weibel;Hans Hoppeler

  • Oxidative capacity of muscle and mitochondria: correlation of physiological, biochemical, and morphometric characteristics

    Klaus Schwerzmann;Hans Hoppeler;Susan R. Kayar;Ewald R. Weibel

  • Correlation of atrophy and fatty infiltration on strength and integrity of rotator cuff repairs: a study in thirteen patients

    Christian Gerber;Alberto G. Schneeberger;Hans Hoppeler;Dominik C. Meyer

  • Allometric scaling of maximal metabolic rate in mammals: muscle aerobic capacity as determinant factor

    Ewald R. Weibel;Leonardo D. Bacigalupe;Beat Schmitt;Hans Hoppeler

  • Plasticity of skeletal muscle mitochondria: structure and function.

    Hans Hoppeler;Martin Fluck

  • Exercise training in normobaric hypoxia in endurance runners. III. Muscular adjustments of selected gene transcripts

    Joffrey Zoll;Elodie Ponsot;Stéphane Dufour;Stéphane Doutreleau

  • Measuring error and sampling variation in stereology: comparison of the efficiency of various methods for planar image analysis.

    Odile Mathieu;L. M. Cruz-Orive;H. Hoppeler;E. R. Weibel

  • Quantitation in immunocytochemistry: correlation of immunogold labeling to absolute number of membrane antigens.

    Gareth Griffiths;Hans Hoppeler

  • Design of the mammalian respiratory system. VI Distribution of mitochondria and capillaries in various muscles.

    Hans Hoppeler;Odile Mathieu;Rudolf Krauer;Hlgard Claassen

  • Eccentric ergometry: increases in locomotor muscle size and strength at low training intensities.

    P. C. LaStayo;D. J. Pierotti;J. Pifer;H. Hoppeler

Frequent Co-Authors

Ewald R. Weibel
Ewald R. Weibel University of Bern
Roland Kreis
Roland Kreis University of Bern
Chris Boesch
Chris Boesch University of Bern
Christian Gerber
Christian Gerber University of Zurich
Craig E. Franklin
Craig E. Franklin University of Queensland
John R. Speakman
John R. Speakman University of Aberdeen
Menotti Calvani
Menotti Calvani Sigma-Tau (Switzerland)
Christoph Handschin
Christoph Handschin University of Basel
Stephan Krähenbühl
Stephan Krähenbühl University of Basel
Max Gassmann
Max Gassmann University of Zurich

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