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Thomas C. Kaufman

Thomas C. Kaufman

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Genetics

D-Index
84
Citations
27815
World Ranking
1359
National Ranking
642

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1999 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Thomas C. Kaufman is affiliated with Indiana University in the United States. Their research spans primarily the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. The scientist has made contributions to subfields including Molecular Biology, Insect Science, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Ecological Modeling, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The topics covered in their work include:

  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Insect behavior and control techniques
  • Diptera species taxonomy and behavior
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences

Kaufman has published several recent papers on the genetics and biology of Drosophila and related model organisms, including:

  • "FlyBase: a guided tour of highlighted features," 2022, Genetics
  • "FlyBase: updates to the Drosophila melanogaster knowledge base," 2020, Nucleic Acids Research
  • "FlyBase: updates to the Drosophila genes and genomes database," 2024, Genetics
  • "Harmonizing model organism data in the Alliance of Genome Resources," 2022, Genetics
  • "Assessment of Chemical Toxicity in Adult Drosophila Melanogaster," 2023, Journal of Visualized Experiments

Frequent publication venues for Kaufman include:

  • Genetics
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Journal of Visualized Experiments
  • Environmental Science & Technology

The scientist has collaborated repeatedly with several coauthors including Helen Attrill, Gillian Millburn, L. Sian Gramates, Gilberto dos Santos, and Beverley Matthews.

Kaufman has been recognized with memberships and fellowships in prestigious organizations such as the National Academy of Sciences since 2008 and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1999.

Best Publications

  • Evolution of genes and genomes on the Drosophila phylogeny.

    Andrew G. Clark;Michael B. Eisen;Michael B. Eisen;Douglas R. Smith;Casey M. Bergman

  • The developmental transcriptome of Drosophila melanogaster

    Brenton R. Graveley;Angela N. Brooks;Joseph W. Carlson;Michael O. Duff

  • Identification of Functional Elements and Regulatory Circuits by Drosophila modENCODE

    Sushmita Roy;Jason Ernst;Peter V. Kharchenko;Pouya Kheradpour

  • brahma: a regulator of Drosophila homeotic genes structurally related to the yeast transcriptional activator SNF2/SWI2.

    John W. Tamkun;Renate Deuring;Matthew P. Scott;Mark Kissinger

  • Embryos, genes, and evolution: The developmental-genetic basis of evolutionary change

    Rudolf A. Raff;Thomas C. Kaufman

  • Systematic generation of high-resolution deletion coverage of the Drosophila melanogaster genome

    Annette L Parks;Kevin R Cook;Marcia Belvin;Nicholas A Dompe

  • Diversity and dynamics of the Drosophila transcriptome

    James B. Brown;James B. Brown;Nathan Boley;Robert Eisman;Gemma E. May

  • Discovery of functional elements in 12 Drosophila genomes using evolutionary signatures

    Alexander Stark;Michael F Lin;Pouya Kheradpour;Jakob Skou Pedersen;Jakob Skou Pedersen

  • FlyBase 2.0: the next generation.

    Jim Thurmond;Joshua L Goodman;Victor B Strelets;Helen Attrill

  • Cytogenetic Analysis of Chromosome 3 in DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER: The Homoeotic Gene Complex in Polytene Chromosome Interval 84a-B

    Thomas C. Kaufman;Ricki Lewis;Barbara Wakimoto

  • The anatomy and function of a segment of the X chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster.

    B. H. Judd;M. W. Shen;T. C. Kaufman

  • Molecular and Genetic Organization of The Antennapedia Gene Complex of Drosophila melanogaster

    Thomas C. Kaufman;Mark A. Seeger;Gary Olsen

  • The ribosomal protein genes and Minute loci of Drosophila melanogaster

    Steven J Marygold;John Roote;Gunter Reuter;Andrew Lambertsson

  • The molecular organization of the Antennapedia locus of drosophila

    Matthew P. Scott;Amy J. Weiner;Tulle I. Hazelrigg;Barry A. Polisky

  • Analysis of larval segmentation in lethal genotypes associated with the antennapedia gene complex in Drosophila melanogaster.

    Barbara T. Wakimoto;Thomas C. Kaufman

  • The FlyBase database of the Drosophila genome projects andcommunity literature

    William Gelbart;Leyla Bayraktaroglu;Brian Bettencourt;Kathy Campbell

  • Comparative analysis of the transcriptome across distant species

    Mark B. Gerstein;Joel Rozowsky;Koon Kiu Yan;Daifeng Wang

  • Safeguarding gene drive experiments in the laboratory

    Omar S. Akbari;Hugo J. Bellen;Ethan Bier;Simon L. Bullock

  • The testis-specific β-tubulin subunit in Drosophila melanogaster has multiple functions in spermatogenesis

    Kenneth J. Kemphues;Thomas C. Kaufman;Rudolf A. Raff;Elizabeth C. Raff

  • Defects in embryogenesis in mutants associated with the antennapedia gene complex of Drosophila melanogaster.

    B.T. Wakimoto;F.R. Turner;T.C. Kaufman

Frequent Co-Authors

Norbert Perrimon
Norbert Perrimon Harvard University
Susan E. Celniker
Susan E. Celniker Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Roger A. Hoskins
Roger A. Hoskins Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peter Cherbas
Peter Cherbas Indiana University
Brenton R. Graveley
Brenton R. Graveley University of Connecticut Health Center
Thomas R. Gingeras
Thomas R. Gingeras Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Eric C. Lai
Eric C. Lai Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
David E. Clemmer
David E. Clemmer Indiana University
Li Yang
Li Yang Chinese Academy of Sciences
William M. Gelbart
William M. Gelbart University of California, Los Angeles

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