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Joachim Kopka

Joachim Kopka

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
93
Citations
42594
World Ranking
2061
National Ranking
142

Overview

Joachim Kopka is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and has a research profile focused on agricultural and biological sciences with significant contributions in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans several subfields including molecular biology, plant science, food science, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, as well as renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

Their research topics are diverse and cover various aspects of plant biology and molecular mechanisms. Key topics include photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, plant stress responses and tolerance, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, RNA modifications and cancer, horticultural and viticultural research, plant molecular biology research, and metabolomics and mass spectrometry studies.

Joachim Kopka has multiple frequent coauthors, which indicates active collaboration within their research community. These collaborators include Alexander Erban, Federico Martínez-Seidel, Ellen Zuther, Yogeswari Rajarathinam, and Alexandre Augusto Pereira Firmino.

Their frequent publication venues highlight participation in distinct journals and platforms such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Plant Cell & Environment
  • The Plant Cell

Recent papers by Joachim Kopka and collaborators illustrate the scope of research topics and publication timelines:

  • Carbon flux through photosynthesis and central carbon metabolism show distinct patterns between algae, C3 and C4 plants, 2021, Nature Plants
  • Systematic Review of Plant Ribosome Heterogeneity and Specialization, 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Cell wall modification by the xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolase XTH19 influences freezing tolerance after cold and sub-zero acclimation, 2020, Plant Cell & Environment
  • Multi-omics reveals mechanisms of total resistance to extreme illumination of a desert alga, 2020, Nature Plants
  • Comparative Metabolomics and Molecular Phylogenetics of Melon (Cucumis melo, Cucurbitaceae) Biodiversity, 2020, Metabolites

Best Publications

  • Proposed minimum reporting standards for chemical analysis

    Lloyd W. Sumner;Alexander Amberg;Dave Barrett;Michael H. Beale

  • Metabolite profiling for plant functional genomics.

    Oliver Fiehn;Joachim Kopka;Peter Dörmann;Thomas Altmann

  • Gas chromatography mass spectrometry–based metabolite profiling in plants

    Jan Lisec;Nicolas Schauer;Joachim Kopka;Lothar Willmitzer

  • [email protected]: the Golm Metabolome Database

    Joachim Kopka;Nicolas Schauer;Stephan Krueger;Claudia Birkemeyer

  • Simultaneous analysis of metabolites in potato tuber by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.

    Ute Roessner;Cornelia Wagner;Joachim Kopka;Richard N. Trethewey

  • Exploring the temperature-stress metabolome of Arabidopsis.

    Fatma Kaplan;Joachim Kopka;Dale W. Haskell;Wei Zhao

  • Potential of metabolomics as a functional genomics tool

    Raoul J. Bino;Robert D. Hall;Oliver Fiehn;Joachim Kopka

  • Comprehensive metabolic profiling and phenotyping of interspecific introgression lines for tomato improvement

    Nicolas Schauer;Yaniv Semel;Ute Roessner;Amit Gur

  • GC-MS libraries for the rapid identification of metabolites in complex biological samples

    Nicolas Schauer;Dirk Steinhauser;Sergej Strelkov;Dietmar Schomburg

  • Identification of uncommon plant metabolites based on calculation of elemental compositions using gas chromatography and quadrupole mass spectrometry

    Oliver Fiehn;Joachim Kopka;Richard N. Trethewey;Lothar Willmitzer

  • Transcript and metabolite profiling during cold acclimation of Arabidopsis reveals an intricate relationship of cold-regulated gene expression with modifications in metabolite content.

    Fatma Kaplan;Joachim Kopka;Dong Yul Sung;Wei Zhao

  • Mass appeal: metabolite identification in mass spectrometry-focused untargeted metabolomics

    Warwick B Dunn;Alexander Erban;Ralf J M Weber;Darren John Creek;Darren John Creek

  • TagFinder for the quantitative analysis of gas chromatography—mass spectrometry (GC-MS)-based metabolite profiling experiments

    Alexander Luedemann;Katrin Strassburg;Alexander Erban;Joachim Kopka

  • Metabolomics of temperature stress

    Charles Guy;Fatma Kaplan;Joachim Kopka;Joachim Selbig

  • Priming and memory of stress responses in organisms lacking a nervous system.

    Monika Hilker;Jens Schwachtje;Margarete Baier;Salma Balazadeh

  • Downregulation of Cinnamoyl-Coenzyme A Reductase in Poplar: Multiple-Level Phenotyping Reveals Effects on Cell Wall Polymer Metabolism and Structure

    Jean-Charles Leplé;Jean-Charles Leplé;Jean-Charles Leplé;Rebecca Dauwe;Rebecca Dauwe;Kris Morreel;Kris Morreel;Véronique Storme;Véronique Storme

  • Systems Rebalancing of Metabolism in Response to Sulfur Deprivation, as Revealed by Metabolome Analysis of Arabidopsis Plants

    Victoria J. Nikiforova;Joachim Kopka;Vladimir Tolstikov;Oliver Fiehn

  • Construction and application of a mass spectral and retention time index database generated from plant GC/EI-TOF-MS metabolite profiles

    Cornelia Wagner;Michael Sefkow;Joachim Kopka

  • Parallel analysis of transcript and metabolic profiles: a new approach in systems biology

    Ewa Urbanczyk‐Wochniak;Alexander Luedemann;Joachim Kopka;Joachim Selbig

  • Phosphorus Stress in Common Bean: Root Transcript and Metabolic Responses

    Georgina Hernández;Mario Ramírez;Oswaldo Valdés-López;Mesfin Tesfaye

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander Erban
Alexander Erban Max Planck Society
Dirk K. Hincha
Dirk K. Hincha Max Planck Society
Alisdair R. Fernie
Alisdair R. Fernie Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Martin Hagemann
Martin Hagemann University of Rostock
Lothar Willmitzer
Lothar Willmitzer Max Planck Society
Michael K. Udvardi
Michael K. Udvardi Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Joachim Selbig
Joachim Selbig Max Planck Society
Royston Goodacre
Royston Goodacre University of Liverpool
Rainer Hoefgen
Rainer Hoefgen Max Planck Society
Patrick Giavalisco
Patrick Giavalisco Max Planck Society

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