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Markus Fischer

Markus Fischer

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Chemistry

D-Index
64
Citations
14694
World Ranking
8040
National Ranking
573

Overview

Markus Fischer is affiliated with Universität Hamburg in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong emphasis on Molecular Biology, Analytical Chemistry, Plant Science, Biomedical Engineering, and Food Science as subfields.

The main topics of Fischer's work include Identification and Quantification in Food, Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies, Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses, Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Fermentation and Sensory Analysis, and Nuts composition and effects.

Fischer has contributed numerous publications, particularly frequenting the following venues:

  • Lebensmittelchemie (41 publications)
  • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (12 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (10 publications)
  • Food Control (9 publications)
  • Foods (7 publications)

Among recent papers, some notable examples include:

  • Food authentication in real life: How to link nontargeted approaches with routine analytics? (2020), Electrophoresis
  • Fourier-transform near-infrared spectroscopy as a fast screening tool for the verification of the geographical origin of grain maize (Zea mays L.) (2022), Food Control
  • Determination of the geographical origin of hazelnuts (Corylus avellana L.) by Near-Infrared spectroscopy (NIR) and a Low-Level Fusion with nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) (2021), Microchemical Journal
  • Comparison of different sample preparation techniques for NIR screening and their influence on the geographical origin determination of almonds (Prunus dulcis MILL.) (2020), Food Control
  • Food Authentication: Species and Origin Determination of Truffles (Tuber spp.) by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry and Chemometrics (2020), Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Fischer collaborates frequently with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Marina Creydt
  • Boris Illarionov
  • Stephan Seifert
  • L. Cvancar
  • Marie-Sophie Müller

In addition to journal articles, Markus Fischer has authored a book titled Einführung in die Integrative Körperpsychotherapie IBP (Integrative Body Psychotherapy), published in 2024 by Hogrefe AG eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Anatomy of lipase binding sites: the scissile fatty acid binding site

    Jürgen Pleiss;Markus Fischer;Rolf D Schmid

  • Molecular basis for the herbicide resistance of Roundup Ready crops.

    Todd Funke;Huijong Han;Martha L. Healy-Fried;Markus Fischer

  • Biosynthesis of vitamin b2 (riboflavin).

    A. Bacher;S. Eberhardt;M. Fischer;K. Kis

  • Cold-induced conversion of cholesterol to bile acids in mice shapes the gut microbiome and promotes adaptive thermogenesis.

    Anna Worthmann;Clara John;Malte Christoph Rühlemann;Miriam Baguhl

  • Highly Emissive Self‐Trapped Excitons in Fully Inorganic Zero‐Dimensional Tin Halides

    Bogdan M. Benin;Bogdan M. Benin;Dmitry N. Dirin;Dmitry N. Dirin;Viktoriia Morad;Viktoriia Morad;Michael Wörle

  • X-ray structure analysis and crystallographic refinement of lumazine synthase from the hyperthermophile Aquifex aeolicus at 1.6 A resolution: determinants of thermostability revealed from structural comparisons.

    Xiaofeng Zhang;Winfried Meining;Winfried Meining;Markus Fischer;Adelbert Bacher

  • The Lipase Engineering Database – a navigation and analysis tool for protein families

    Markus Fischer;Jürgen Pleiss

  • Lipase engineering database: Understanding and exploiting sequence–structure–function relationships

    Jürgen Pleiss;Markus Fischer;Marcus Peiker;Claudia Thiele

  • Cytoskeletal polymer networks: The molecular structure of cross-linkers determines macroscopic properties

    B. Wagner;R. Tharmann;I. Haase;M. Fischer

  • Biosynthesis of flavocoenzymes

    Markus Fischer;Adelbert Bacher

  • Biosynthesis of riboflavin.

    Adelbert Bacher;Sabine Eberhardt;Wolfgang Eisenreich;Markus Fischer

  • First screening method for the simultaneous detection of seven allergens by liquid chromatography mass spectrometry.

    J. Heick;M. Fischer;B. Pöpping

  • Biochemical, Serological, and Virulence Characterization of Clinical and Oyster Vibrio parahaemolyticus Isolates

    Jessica L. Jones;Catharina H. M. Lüdeke;John C. Bowers;Nancy Garrett

  • A Metastable Prerequisite for the Growth of Lumazine Synthase Crystals

    Olga Gliko;Nikolaus Neumaier;Weichun Pan;Ilka Haase

  • Rational evolution of a medium chain-specific cytochrome P-450 BM-3 variant.

    Qing-Shan Li;Ulrich Schwaneberg;Markus Fischer;Jutta Schmitt

  • On the reaction mechanism of adduct formation in LOV domains of the plant blue-light receptor phototropin.

    Erik Schleicher;Radoslaw M. Kowalczyk;Christopher W. M. Kay;Peter Hegemann

  • Zinc plays a key role in human and bacterial GTP cyclohydrolase I

    Günter Auerbach;Anja Herrmann;Andreas Bracher;Gerd Bader

  • Blue Light Perception in Plants DETECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A LIGHT-INDUCED NEUTRAL FLAVIN RADICAL IN A C450A MUTANT OF PHOTOTROPIN

    Christopher W.M. Kay;Erik Schleicher;Erik Schleicher;Andreas Kuppig;Heidi Hofner

  • Biosynthesis of terpenoids: 4-diphosphocytidyl-2-C-methyl-D-erythritol kinase from tomato.

    Felix Rohdich;Juraithip Wungsintaweekul;Holger Lüttgen;Markus Fischer

  • Active site topology and reaction mechanism of GTP cyclohydrolase I

    Herbert Nar;Robert Huber;Gunter Auerbach;Markus Fischer

  • Biosynthesis of riboflavin: characterization of the bifunctional deaminase-reductase of Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis.

    G Richter;M Fischer;C Krieger;S Eberhardt

  • Structural relationships among proteins with different global topologies and their implications for function annotation strategies

    Donald Petrey;Markus Fischer;Barry Honig

  • Folate synthesis in plants: The first step of the pterin branch is mediated by a unique bimodular GTP cyclohydrolase I

    Gilles Basset;Eoin P. Quinlivan;Michael J. Ziemak;Rocío Díaz de la Garza

  • Preparation of polyfunctional arynes via 2-magnesiated diaryl sulfonates.

    Ioannis Sapountzis;Wenwei Lin;Markus Fischer;Paul Knochel

  • Metal-Free Organic Dyes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: From Structure: Property Relationships to Design Rules.

    Amaresh Mishra;Markus K. R. Fischer;Peter Baeuerle

Frequent Co-Authors

Adelbert Bacher
Adelbert Bacher Technical University of Munich
Mark Cushman
Mark Cushman Purdue University West Lafayette
Wolfgang Eisenreich
Wolfgang Eisenreich Technical University of Munich
Robert Huber
Robert Huber University of Duisburg-Essen
Rudolf Ladenstein
Rudolf Ladenstein Karolinska Institute
Felix Rohdich
Felix Rohdich Technical University of Munich
Joerg Heeren
Joerg Heeren Universität Hamburg
Andreas Bracher
Andreas Bracher Max Planck Society
Paul Knochel
Paul Knochel Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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