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Marco Groth is affiliated with the Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute in Germany. Their research spans various aspects of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a total of 80 publications in this broad field. Within this domain, they have contributed extensively to molecular biology (54 publications), immunology (12 publications), nature and landscape conservation (11 publications), plant science (10 publications), and ecology (8 publications).

Their main topics of research include RNA research and splicing, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, fish biology, ecology and behavior, epigenetics and DNA methylation, genetics, aging and longevity in model organisms, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, and plant virus research studies, with publication counts ranging from 10 to 14 in each area.

Marco Groth has coauthored frequently with several researchers, including Philipp Koch (17 collaborations), Steve Hoffmann (11 collaborations), Alessandro Cellerino (11 collaborations), Konstantin Riege (8 collaborations), and Arne Sahm (8 collaborations).

Publication venues where Groth has published repeatedly include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 11 papers, Cells (4 papers), Laryngo-Rhino-Otologie (4 papers), Nature Communications (3 papers), and the International Journal of Molecular Sciences (3 papers).

Recent scientific papers by Marco Groth include:

  • Microglia mediate neurocognitive deficits by eliminating C1q-tagged synapses in sepsis-associated encephalopathy, 2023, Science Advances
  • The genome, transcriptome, and proteome of the fish parasite Pomphorhynchus laevis (Acanthocephala), 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Taz protects hematopoietic stem cells from an aging-dependent decrease in PU.1 activity, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Tnfaip2/exoc3-driven lipid metabolism is essential for stem cell differentiation and organ homeostasis, 2020, EMBO Reports
  • CD44 Contributes to the Regulation of MDR1 Protein and Doxorubicin Chemoresistance in Osteosarcoma, 2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Best Publications

  • A physical, genetic and functional sequence assembly of the barley genome

    Klaus F.X. Mayer;Robbie Waugh;Peter Langridge;Timothy J. Close

  • A chromosome conformation capture ordered sequence of the barley genome

    Martin Mascher;Heidrun Gundlach;Axel Himmelbach;Sebastian Beier

  • Pan genome of the phytoplankton Emiliania underpins its global distribution

    Betsy A. Read;Jessica Kegel;Mary J. Klute;Alan Kuo

  • Impaired Insulin/IGF1 Signaling Extends Life Span by Promoting Mitochondrial L-Proline Catabolism to Induce a Transient ROS Signal

    Kim Zarse;Kim Zarse;Sebastian Schmeisser;Sebastian Schmeisser;Marco Groth;Steffen Priebe

  • Insights into Sex Chromosome Evolution and Aging from the Genome of a Short-Lived Fish.

    Kathrin Reichwald;Andreas Petzold;Philipp Koch;Bryan R Downie

  • D -Glucosamine supplementation extends life span of nematodes and of ageing mice

    Sandra Weimer;Josephine Priebs;Doreen Kuhlow;Marco Groth

  • Role of sirtuins in lifespan regulation is linked to methylation of nicotinamide

    Kathrin Schmeisser;Johannes Mansfeld;Johannes Mansfeld;Doreen Kuhlow;Sandra Weimer

  • Comparative and functional genomics provide insights into the pathogenicity of dermatophytic fungi

    Anke Burmester;Anke Burmester;Ekaterina Shelest;Gernot Glöckner;Christoph Heddergott;Christoph Heddergott

  • DNA methylation analysis of chromosome 21 gene promoters at single base pair and single allele resolution

    Yingying Zhang;Christian Rohde;Sascha Tierling;Tomasz P. Jurkowski

  • Construction of a map-based reference genome sequence for barley, Hordeum vulgare L.

    Sebastian Beier;Axel Himmelbach;Christian Colmsee;Xiao Qi Zhang

  • Neuronal ROS signaling rather than AMPK/sirtuin-mediated energy sensing links dietary restriction to lifespan extension.

    Sebastian Schmeisser;Steffen Priebe;Marco Groth;Shamci Monajembashi

  • Mitochondrial hormesis links low-dose arsenite exposure to lifespan extension

    Sebastian Schmeisser;Kathrin Schmeisser;Sandra Weimer;Marco Groth

  • RNA-seq of the aging brain in the short-lived fish N. furzeri – conserved pathways and novel genes associated with neurogenesis

    Mario Baumgart;Marco Groth;Steffen Priebe;Aurora Savino

  • Branched-chain amino acid catabolism is a conserved regulator of physiological ageing

    Johannes Mansfeld;Nadine Urban;Steffen Priebe;Marco Groth

  • Longitudinal RNA-Seq Analysis of Vertebrate Aging Identifies Mitochondrial Complex I as a Small-Molecule-Sensitive Modifier of Lifespan

    Mario Baumgart;Steffen Priebe;Marco Groth;Nils Hartmann

  • Smg6/Est1 licenses embryonic stem cell differentiation via nonsense-mediated mRNA decay.

    Tangliang Li;Yue Shi;Pei Wang;Luis Miguel Guachalla

  • Assisted reproductive technologies do not enhance the variability of DNA methylation imprints in human

    Sascha Tierling;Nicole Y Souren;Jasmin Gries;Christina Loporto

  • Endosymbiotic Gene Transfer and Transcriptional Regulation of Transferred Genes in Paulinella chromatophora

    Eva C.M. Nowack;Eva C.M. Nowack;Heiko Vogel;Marco Groth;Arthur R. Grossman

  • Transcriptomic alterations during ageing reflect the shift from cancer to degenerative diseases in the elderly.

    Peer Aramillo Irizar;Sascha Schäuble;Daniela Esser;Marco Groth

  • MicroRNA miR-29 controls a compensatory response to limit neuronal iron accumulation during adult life and aging

    Roberto Ripa;Luca Dolfi;Marco Terrigno;Luca Pandolfini

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthias Platzer
Matthias Platzer Leibniz Association
Reinhard Guthke
Reinhard Guthke Leibniz Association
Christoph Englert
Christoph Englert Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Stefan Taudien
Stefan Taudien Universitätsmedizin Göttingen
Michael Ristow
Michael Ristow École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Hans A. Kestler
Hans A. Kestler University of Ulm
Gernot Glöckner
Gernot Glöckner University of Cologne
Roland Zell
Roland Zell Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Hynek Burda
Hynek Burda University of Duisburg-Essen
Philip Rosenstiel
Philip Rosenstiel Kiel University

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