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91
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1043
National Ranking
86

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Rudi Balling is affiliated with the University of Bonn in Germany. Their research spans several key areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, alongside significant contributions to the medical sciences.

Their primary fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Within these fields, Balling has specialized in several subfields, notably:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Neurology
  • Immunology
  • Physiology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

The main topics of their work cover a range of biomedical research areas, including:

  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Cancer-related Molecular Mechanisms Research
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • COVID-19 Epidemiological Studies

Recent publications showcasing the scope of Balling's research include:

  • "Parkinson's disease-associated alterations of the gut microbiome predict disease-relevant changes in metabolic functions" (2020, BMC Biology)
  • "COVID-19 Disease Map, building a computational repository of SARS-CoV-2 virus-host interaction mechanisms" (2020, Scientific Data)
  • "Evaluating the Use of Circulating MicroRNA Profiles for Lung Cancer Detection in Symptomatic Patients" (2020, JAMA Oncology)
  • "A look into the future of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe: an expert consultation" (2021, Institutional Repository University of Antwerp)
  • "An action plan for pan-European defence against new SARS-CoV-2 variants" (2021, The Lancet)

Balling frequently collaborates with several co-authors across their projects. Notable co-authors include:

  • Rejko Krüger
  • Markus Ollert
  • Feng He
  • Christophe Capelle
  • Enrico Glaab

The scientist's work is published in a variety of venues where they have multiple papers, such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • npj Systems Biology and Applications
  • npj Parkinson's Disease
  • Annual Review of Nutrition
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Rudi Balling is recognized as a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), an affiliation that indicates standing within the molecular biology research community.

Best Publications

  • Immune-responsive gene 1 protein links metabolism to immunity by catalyzing itaconic acid production

    Alessandro Michelucci;Thekla Cordes;Jenny Ghelfi;Arnaud Pailot

  • Pax9-deficient mice lack pharyngeal pouch derivatives and teeth and exhibit craniofacial and limb abnormalities

    Heiko Peters;Annette Neubüser;Klaus Kratochwil;Rudi Balling

  • Waardenburg's syndrome patients have mutations in the human homologue of the Pax-3 paired box gene

    Mayada Tassabehji;Andrew P. Read;Valerie E. Newton;Rodney Harris

  • A family of octamer-specific proteins present during mouse embryogenesis: evidence for germline-specific expression of an Oct factor.

    H. R. Scholer;A. K. Hatzopoulos;Rudi Balling;N. Suzuki

  • Genome-wide, large-scale production of mutant mice by ENU mutagenesis

    M. H. Hrabe de Angelis;H. Flaswinkel;H. Fuchs;B. Rathkolb

  • Oct-4: a germline-specific transcription factor mapping to the mouse t-complex.

    Hans R. Schöler;Gregory R. Dressler;Rudi Balling;Heidi Rohdewohld

  • Antagonistic interactions between FGF and BMP signaling pathways: a mechanism for positioning the sites of tooth formation.

    Annette Neubüser;Heiko Peters;Rudi Balling;Gail R Martin

  • Impaired insulin secretory capacity in mice lacking a functional vitamin D receptor.

    Ute Zeitz;Karin Weber;Desi W. Soegiarto;Eckhard Wolf

  • Teeth: where and how to make them

    Heiko Peters;Rudi Balling

  • Pax: A murine multigene family of paired box-containing genes

    Claudia Walther;Jean-Louis Guenet;Dominique Simon;Urban Deutsch

  • PAX GENES AND ORGANOGENESIS

    Edgar Dahl;Haruhiko Koseki;Rudi Balling

  • Degree of methylation of transgenes is dependent on gamete of origin

    Carmen Sapienza;Alan C. Peterson;Janet Rossant;Rudi Balling

  • From hype to reality: data science enabling personalized medicine

    Holger Fröhlich;Rudi Balling;Niko Beerenwinkel;Oliver Kohlbacher

  • Variations of cervical vertebrae after expression of a Hox-1.1 transgene in mice.

    Michael Kessel;Rudi Balling;Peter Gruss

  • The role of Pax-1 in axial skeleton development

    Johan Wallin;Jörg Wilting;Haruhiko Koseki;Rüdiger Fritsch

  • undulated, a mutation affecting the development of the mouse skeleton, has a point mutation in the paired box of Pax 1.

    Rudi Balling;Urban Deutsch;Peter Gruss

  • Octamer binding proteins confer transcriptional activity in early mouse embryogenesis.

    H. R. Scholer;Rudi Balling;A. K. Hatzopoulos;N. Suzuki

  • Craniofacial abnormalities induced by ectopic expression of the homeobox gene Hox-1.1 in transgenic mice

    Rudi Balling;George Mutter;Peter Gruss;Michael Kessel

  • 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 is a potent suppressor of interferon-γ mediated macrophage activation

    Laura Helming;Jens Böse;Jan Ehrchen;Stefanie Schiebe

  • A role for mel-18, a Polycomb group-related vertebrate gene, during theanteroposterior specification of the axial skeleton.

    Takeshi Akasaka;Masamoto Kanno;Rudi Balling;Marco Antonio Mieza

Frequent Co-Authors

Reinhard Schneider
Reinhard Schneider University of Luxembourg
Peter Gruss
Peter Gruss Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Haruhiko Koseki
Haruhiko Koseki RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences
Nico J. Diederich
Nico J. Diederich Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg
Eckhard Wolf
Eckhard Wolf Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Charles Auffray
Charles Auffray Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Klaus Schughart
Klaus Schughart Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Rejko Krüger
Rejko Krüger University of Luxembourg
Martin Hrabé de Angelis
Martin Hrabé de Angelis Technical University of Munich
Leroy Hood
Leroy Hood University of Washington

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