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Per Hoffmann is affiliated with the University of Bonn in Germany. Their research spans several primary fields, including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Within these broader disciplines, Hoffmann focuses on subfields such as Genetics, Molecular Biology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The scientist's work covers a variety of topics, prominently featuring Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Bipolar Disorder and Treatment, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting, Genomic Variations and Chromosomal Abnormalities, and Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare.

Hoffmann has contributed to multiple scientific publications and frequent publication venues include Translational Psychiatry, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), European Neuropsychopharmacology, Nature Mental Health, and Scientific Reports.

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Hoffmann are:

  • Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex, 2020, Science
  • Infection fatality rate of SARS-CoV-2 in a super-spreading event in Germany, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Infection fatality rate of SARS-CoV-2 infection in a German community with a super-spreading event, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Genome-wide gene-environment analyses of major depressive disorder and reported lifetime traumatic experiences in UK Biobank, 2020, Molecular Psychiatry

Hoffmann frequently collaborates with other researchers. Regular co-authors include Markus M. Nöthen, Andreas J. Forstner, Stefan Herms, Franziska Degenhardt, and Sven Cichon.

Best Publications

  • Biological insights from 108 schizophrenia-associated genetic loci

    Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Aiden Corvin;James T. R. Walters

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression

    Naomi R. Wray;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Manuel Mattheisen;MacIej Trzaskowski

  • Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

    Andrew R. Wood;Tonu Esko;Jian Yang;Sailaja Vedantam

  • Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

    Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K. Finucane;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters

  • Modeling Linkage Disequilibrium Increases Accuracy of Polygenic Risk Scores

    Bjarni J. Vilhjálmsson;Jian Yang;Hilary K. Finucane;Alexander Gusev

  • Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology

    Niamh Mullins;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Kevin S. O'Connell;Kevin S. O'Connell;Brandon Coombes

  • Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders

    Phil H. Lee;Verneri Anttila;Hyejung Won;Yen-Chen A. Feng

  • Identification of loci associated with schizophrenia by genome-wide association and follow-up

    Michael C. O'Donovan;Nicholas Craddock;Nadine Norton;Hywel Williams

  • Identification of 15 new psoriasis susceptibility loci highlights the role of innate immunity

    Lam C. Tsoi;Sarah L. Spain;Sarah L. Spain;Jo Knight;Eva Ellinghaus;Eva Ellinghaus

  • Rare coding variants in PLCG2, ABI3, and TREM2 implicate microglial-mediated innate immunity in Alzheimer's disease

    Rebecca Sims;Sven J. Van Der Lee;Adam C. Naj;Céline Bellenguez;Céline Bellenguez

  • Genomic Dissection of Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia, Including 28 Subphenotypes

    Douglas M. Ruderfer;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Andrew McQuillin;James Boocock

  • Partitioning heritability of regulatory and cell-type-specific variants across 11 common diseases

    Alexander Gusev;S. Hong Lee;Gosia Trynka;Hilary Finucane

  • Direct Conversion of Fibroblasts into Stably Expandable Neural Stem Cells

    Marc Thier;Philipp Wörsdörfer;Yenal B. Lakes;Raphaela Gorris

  • Disruption of the neurexin 1 gene is associated with schizophrenia

    Dan Rujescu;Andres Ingason;Andres Ingason;Sven Cichon;Olli P.H. Pietiläinen

  • Key susceptibility locus for nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate on chromosome 8q24

    Stefanie Birnbaum;Stefanie Birnbaum;Kerstin U Ludwig;Heiko Reutter;Stefan Herms

  • Mutations in GRIN2A cause idiopathic focal epilepsy with rolandic spikes

    Johannes R Lemke;Dennis Lal;Eva M Reinthaler;Isabelle Steiner

  • Genome-wide association study identifies two susceptibility loci for nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate

    Elisabeth Mangold;Kerstin U. Ludwig;Stefanie Birnbaum;Carlotta Baluardo

  • Coding Variation in ANGPTL4, LPL, and SVEP1 and the Risk of Coronary Disease

    Nathan O. Stitziel;Kathleen E. Stirrups;Nicholas G. D. Masca;Jeanette Erdmann

  • Genome wide meta-analysis identifies genomic relationships, novel loci, and pleiotropic mechanisms across eight psychiatric disorders

    Lee Ph;Anttila;Won H

  • Identification of 15 new psoriasis susceptibility loci highlights the role of innate immunity

    L. C. Tsoi;S. L. Spain;J. Knight;E. Ellinghaus

Frequent Co-Authors

Markus M. Nöthen
Markus M. Nöthen University Hospital Bonn
Stefan Herms
Stefan Herms University of Basel
Sven Cichon
Sven Cichon University of Basel
Bertram Müller-Myhsok
Bertram Müller-Myhsok Max Planck Society
Marcella Rietschel
Marcella Rietschel Heidelberg University
Andreas J. Forstner
Andreas J. Forstner Philipp University of Marburg
Stephan Ripke
Stephan Ripke Massachusetts General Hospital
Stephanie H. Witt
Stephanie H. Witt Heidelberg University
Manuel Mattheisen
Manuel Mattheisen Dalhousie University
Kari Hemminki
Kari Hemminki Charles University

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