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Thomas F. Wienker

Thomas F. Wienker

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Genetics
Germany
2024

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Genetics

D-Index
77
Citations
25020
World Ranking
1763
National Ranking
128

Medicine

D-Index
77
Citations
25481
World Ranking
18328
National Ranking
966

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Thomas F. Wienker is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their research work spans key areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with particular emphasis on genetics and physiology. The scientist's contributions also engage public health, environmental, and occupational health disciplines.

The main topics explored in their research include genetic associations and epidemiology, smoking behavior and cessation, as well as obesity, physical activity, and diet.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Thomas F. Wienker include:

  • Polygenic risk scores for nicotine use and family history of smoking are associated with smoking behaviour, 2024, Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Genome-wide Association Study of Alcohol Dependence, 2020, UNC Libraries

These papers contribute to ongoing discussions on the genetic and behavioral factors influencing substance use and dependence.

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

  • Josef Frank
  • Markus M. Nöthen
  • Rainer Spanagel
  • Falk Kiefer
  • Marcella Rietschel

Publishing venues frequently associated with Wienker's work are:

  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • UNC Libraries

The research profile of Thomas F. Wienker reflects an interdisciplinary approach combining molecular genetics and public health perspectives to investigate genetic predispositions and behavioral outcomes in addiction and metabolic health.

Best Publications

  • Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs

    S. Hong Lee;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Stephen V. Faraone

  • Large-scale genome-wide association analysis of bipolar disorder identifies a new susceptibility locus near ODZ4

    Pamela Sklar;Pamela Sklar;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Laura J. Scott;Ole A. Andreassen

  • Quantitative Analyses of SMN1 and SMN2 Based on Real-Time LightCycler PCR: Fast and Highly Reliable Carrier Testing and Prediction of Severity of Spinal Muscular Atrophy

    Markus Feldkötter;Verena Schwarzer;Radu Wirth;Thomas F. Wienker

  • Psychiatric genome-wide association study analyses implicate neuronal, immune and histone pathways

    Colm O'Dushlaine;Lizzy Rossin;Phil H. Lee;Laramie Duncan;Laramie Duncan

  • Genomewide association studies: history, rationale, and prospects for psychiatric disorders.

    Sven Cichon;Nick Craddock;Mark Daly;Mark Daly;Stephen V. Faraone

  • 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

  • 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

  • Quantitative analysis of survival motor neuron copies: identification of subtle SMN1 mutations in patients with spinal muscular atrophy, genotype-phenotype correlation, and implications for genetic counseling.

    Brunhilde Wirth;M. Herz;A. Wetter;S. Moskau

  • Genome-wide association study of alcohol dependence.

    Jens Treutlein;Sven Cichon;Monika Ridinger;Norbert Wodarz

  • Systemic Complement Activation in Age-Related Macular Degeneration

    Hendrik P N Scholl;Peter Charbel Issa;Maja Walier;Stefanie Janzer

  • Common variants at TRAF3IP2 are associated with susceptibility to psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis.

    Ulrike Hüffmeier;Steffen Uebe;Arif B Ekici;John Bowes

  • Mutations in the gene encoding immunoglobulin mu-binding protein 2 cause spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress type 1.

    Katja Grohmann;Markus Schuelke;Alexander Diers;Katrin Hoffmann

  • Genome-wide meta-analyses of nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate identify six new risk loci

    Kerstin U. Ludwig;Elisabeth Mangold;Stefan Herms;Stefanie Nowak;Stefanie Nowak

  • A major susceptibility locus for atopic dermatitis maps to chromosome 3q21.

    Young-Ae Lee;Ulrich Wahn;Rainer Kehrt;Luigi Tarani

  • VKORC1 haplotypes and their impact on the inter-individual and inter-ethnical variability of oral anticoagulation

    Christof Geisen;Matthias Watzka;Katja Sittinger;Michael Steffens

  • Occupational noise, smoking, and a high body mass index are risk factors for age-related hearing impairment and moderate alcohol consumption is protective: a European population-based multicenter study.

    Erik Fransen;Vedat Topsakal;Jan Jaap Hendrickx;Lut Van Laer

  • Genome-wide Association Study Identifies Genetic Variation in Neurocan as a Susceptibility Factor for Bipolar Disorder

    Sven Cichon;Thomas W. Mühleisen;Franziska A. Degenhardt;Manuel Mattheisen

  • Gender specific differences in levels of DNA methylation at selected loci from human total blood: a tendency toward higher methylation levels in males.

    Osman El-Maarri;Tim Becker;Judith Junen;Syed Saadi Manzoor

  • X-exome sequencing of 405 unresolved families identifies seven novel intellectual disability genes

    H. Hu;S. A. Haas;J. Chelly;J. Chelly;H. Van Esch

  • A neuronal nitric oxide synthase (NOS-I) haplotype associated with schizophrenia modifies prefrontal cortex function

    Reif A;Herterich S;Strobel A;Ehlis Ac

Frequent Co-Authors

Markus M. Nöthen
Markus M. Nöthen University Hospital Bonn
André Reis
André Reis University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Sven Cichon
Sven Cichon University of Basel
Hans-Hilger Ropers
Hans-Hilger Ropers Max Planck Society
Konstantin Strauch
Konstantin Strauch Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Rolf Fimmers
Rolf Fimmers University of Bonn
Peter Propping
Peter Propping University of Bonn
Stefan Herms
Stefan Herms University of Basel
Franz Rüschendorf
Franz Rüschendorf Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Tim Becker
Tim Becker University of Bonn

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