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  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
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  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Computer Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2015 - Fellow of the International Society for Computational Biology
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Rolf Apweiler is affiliated with the European Bioinformatics Institute in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. They have contributed extensively to the fields of molecular biology, public health, environmental and occupational health, epidemiology, information systems and management, as well as artificial intelligence.

Their recent published papers cover a range of topics related to data sharing, bioinformatics infrastructure, and health crisis responses. Notable works include:

  • Data Sharing Under the General Data Protection Regulation, 2021, published in Hypertension
  • The European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) in 2021, 2021, published in Nucleic Acids Research
  • The COVID-19 Data Portal: accelerating SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research through rapid open access data sharing, 2021, published in Nucleic Acids Research
  • The European Bioinformatics Institute: empowering cooperation in response to a global health crisis, 2020, published in Nucleic Acids Research
  • Data Mining, Quality and Management in the Life Sciences, 2022, published in Methods in molecular biology

Key research topics addressed in these papers include genetics, bioinformatics, biomedical research, data-driven disease surveillance, ethics in clinical research, privacy-preserving technologies in data, artificial intelligence applications in healthcare and education, genomics, phylogenetic studies, and cell image analysis techniques.

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Ewan Birney, Guy Cochrane, Gaia Cantelli, Cath Brooksbank, and Paul Flicek. These collaborations reflect a network of ongoing research partnerships primarily focused on bioinformatics and molecular biology.

Rolf Apweiler has published multiple articles in prominent journals with a notable presence in Nucleic Acids Research. Other publication venues include Frontiers for Young Minds, Hypertension, Methods in molecular biology, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

Their scholarly work is recognized within the scientific community, as indicated by honors such as being named a Fellow of the International Society for Computational Biology in 2015 and membership in the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • UniProt: A hub for protein information

    Alex Bateman;Maria Jesus Martin;Claire O'Donovan;Michele Magrane

  • UniProt: the Universal Protein knowledgebase

    Rolf Apweiler;Amos Bairoch;Cathy H. Wu;Winona C. Barker

  • The Gene Ontology (GO) database and informatics resource.

    Harris Ma;Clark J;Ireland A;Lomax J

  • The SWISS-PROT protein knowledgebase and its supplement TrEMBL in 2003

    Brigitte Boeckmann;Amos Bairoch;Rolf Apweiler;Marie-Claude Blatter

  • The Universal Protein Resource (UniProt)

    Amos Bairoch;Rolf Apweiler;Cathy H. Wu;Winona C. Barker

  • The Transcriptional Landscape of the Mammalian Genome

    P. Carninci;T. Kasukawa;S. Katayama;J. Gough

  • The SWISS-PROT protein sequence data bank and its supplement TrEMBL in 1999.

    Amos Marc Bairoch;Rolf Apweiler

  • The SWISS-PROT protein sequence database and its supplement TrEMBL in 2000

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  • InterProScan--an integration platform for the signature-recognition methods in InterPro.

    Evgeni M. Zdobnov;Rolf Apweiler

  • InterProScan: protein domains identifier.

    Emmanuel Quevillon;Ville Silventoinen;Sharmila Pillai;Nicola Harte

  • ProteomeXchange provides globally coordinated proteomics data submission and dissemination

    Juan A. Vizcaíno;Eric W Deutsch;Rui Wang;Attila Csordas

  • Activities at the Universal Protein Resource (UniProt)

    R Apweiler;A Bateman;MJ Martin;C O'Donovan

  • On the frequency of protein glycosylation, as deduced from analysis of the SWISS-PROT database.

    Rolf Apweiler;Henning Hermjakob;Nathan Sharon

  • InterPro: the integrative protein signature database

    Sarah Hunter;Rolf Apweiler;Teresa K. Attwood;Amos Bairoch

  • Pindel: a pattern growth approach to detect break points of large deletions and medium sized insertions from paired-end short reads

    Kai Ye;Marcel H. Schulz;Quan Long;Rolf Apweiler

  • Comparative Genomics of the Eukaryotes

    Gerald M. Rubin;Mark D. Yandell;Jennifer R. Wortman;George L. Gabor

  • The InterPro Database, 2003 brings increased coverage and new features

    Nicola J Mulder;Rolf Apweiler;Teresa K Attwood;Amos Marc Bairoch

  • Evaluation of methods for the prediction of membrane spanning regions

    Steffen Möller;Michael D. R. Croning;Rolf Apweiler

  • The Universal Protein Resource (UniProt): an expanding universe of protein information

    Cathy H. Wu;Rolf Apweiler;Amos Bairoch;Darren A. Natale

  • The InterPro database, an integrated documentation resource for protein families, domains and functional sites

    Rolf Apweiler;Terri K. Attwood;Amos Bairoch;Alex Bateman

  • The SWISS-PROT protein sequence data bank and its supplement TrEMBL

    Amos Marc Bairoch;Rolf Apweiler

Frequent Co-Authors

Henning Hermjakob
Henning Hermjakob European Bioinformatics Institute
Sandra Orchard
Sandra Orchard European Bioinformatics Institute
Claire O'Donovan
Claire O'Donovan European Bioinformatics Institute
Amos Marc Bairoch
Amos Marc Bairoch Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Nicola Mulder
Nicola Mulder University of Cape Town
Rodrigo Lopez
Rodrigo Lopez European Bioinformatics Institute
Paul Kersey
Paul Kersey European Bioinformatics Institute
Maria Jesus Martin
Maria Jesus Martin European Bioinformatics Institute
Chris F. Taylor
Chris F. Taylor European Bioinformatics Institute
Helmut E. Meyer
Helmut E. Meyer Ruhr University Bochum

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