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Thomas S. Becker

Thomas S. Becker

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
51
Citations
9458
World Ranking
17161
National Ranking
489

Overview

Thomas S. Becker is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia. Their research spans multiple fields of study, including Engineering and Medicine, with a focus on several specialized subfields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Automotive Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Gastroenterology.

The main topics of Becker's work revolve around areas such as Air Quality and Health Impacts, Vehicle Emissions and Performance, Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols, Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes, Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment, Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment, and Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods.

Becker's recent academic contributions include papers published between 2020 and 2025, providing insight into environmental health and cancer treatment outcomes. The following list outlines key publications:

  • What are the Impacts on Air Quality of Low Emission Zones in Denmark? (2020), published in Research Portal (King's College London)
  • Impact of adjuvant therapy on outcomes of cancer of the stomach and gastroesophageal junction in the real-world (2025), published in Gastric Cancer
  • The Roman burgus at Trebur-Astheim and its relation to the Schwarzbach/Landgraben watercourse (Hessisches Ried, Germany) based on geophysical and geoarchaeological investigations (2024), published in Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Steen Solvang Jensen
  • Matthias Ketzel
  • Jacob Klenø Nøjgaard
  • S. Heckl
  • Hans-Michael Behrens

Becker's work has appeared in publication venues such as Research Portal (King's College London), Gastric Cancer, and Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie.

Best Publications

  • Obesity accelerates epigenetic aging of human liver

    Steve Horvath;Wiebke Erhart;Mario Brosch;Ole Ammerpohl

  • Genomic regulatory blocks encompass multiple neighboring genes and maintain conserved synteny in vertebrates.

    Hiroshi Kikuta;Mary Laplante;Pavla Navrátilová;Anna Zofia Komisarczuk

  • Insertional mutagenesis and rapid cloning of essential genes in zebrafish

    Nicholas Gaiano;Adam Amsterdam;Koichi Kawakami;Miguel Allende

  • Tumor-associated macrophages exhibit pro- and anti-inflammatory properties by which they impact on pancreatic tumorigenesis.

    Ole Helm;Janka Held-Feindt;Evelin Grage-Griebenow;Norbert Reiling

  • Cryo-EM structure and rRNA model of a translating eukaryotic 80S ribosome at 5.5-A resolution.

    Jean Paul Armache;Alexander Jarasch;Andreas M. Anger;Elizabeth Villa

  • Long-range gene regulation links genomic type 2 diabetes and obesity risk regions to HHEX, SOX4, and IRX3

    Anja Ragvin;Enrico Moro;David Fredman;Pavla Navratilova

  • Genomic regulatory blocks underlie extensive microsynteny conservation in insects

    Pär G. Engström;Shannan J. Ho Sui;Øyvind Drivenes;Thomas S. Becker

  • Insertional mutagenesis in zebrafish identifies two novel genes, pescadillo and dead eye, essential for embryonic development.

    M L Allende;A Amsterdam;T Becker;K Kawakami

  • [S3-guideline exocrine pancreatic cancer].

    T. Seufferlein;M. Porzner;T. Becker;V. Budach

  • Comparison of Gene Expression Patterns Between Mouse Models of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Liver Tissues From Patients.

    Andreas Teufel;Timo Itzel;Wiebke Erhart;Mario Brosch

  • Cancer Cell-Autonomous TRAIL-R Signaling Promotes KRAS-Driven Cancer Progression, Invasion, and Metastasis

    Silvia von Karstedt;Annalisa Conti;Annalisa Conti;Max Nobis;Antonella Montinaro

  • Large-scale enhancer detection in the zebrafish genome.

    Staale Ellingsen;Mary A. Laplante;Melanie König;Hiroshi Kikuta

  • Identification and real-time imaging of a myc-expressing neutrophil population involved in inflammation and mycobacterial granuloma formation in zebrafish.

    Annemarie H. Meijer;Astrid M. van der Sar;Cristiana Cunha;Gerda E.M. Lamers

  • IL-6 trans-signaling is essential for the development of hepatocellular carcinoma in mice

    Juri Bergmann;Miryam Müller;Niklas Baumann;Manuel Reichert

  • Novel Bispecific Antibodies Increase γδ T-Cell Cytotoxicity against Pancreatic Cancer Cells

    Hans-Heinrich Oberg;Matthias Peipp;Christian Kellner;Susanne Sebens

  • miR-9 controls the timing of neurogenesis through the direct inhibition of antagonistic factors.

    Marion Coolen;Denis Thieffry;Øyvind Drivenes;Thomas S. Becker

  • Zebrafish: an integrative system for neurogenomics and neurosciences.

    Silke Rinkwitz;Philippe Mourrain;Philippe Mourrain;Thomas S. Becker

  • Inhibition of IL-6 signaling significantly reduces primary tumor growth and recurrencies in orthotopic xenograft models of pancreatic cancer.

    Freya A. Goumas;Reinhild Holmer;Jan-Hendrik Egberts;Artur Gontarewicz

  • Systematic human/zebrafish comparative identification of cis-regulatory activity around vertebrate developmental transcription factor genes.

    Pavla Navratilova;David Fredman;Thomas A. Hawkins;Katherine Turner

  • Indications for and outcomes after combined lung and liver transplantation: a single-center experience on 13 consecutive cases.

    Gerrit Grannas;Michael Neipp;Marius M. Hoeper;Jens Gottlieb

Frequent Co-Authors

Christoph Röcken
Christoph Röcken Kiel University
Roland Beckmann
Roland Beckmann Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Jochen Hampe
Jochen Hampe TU Dresden
Boris Lenhard
Boris Lenhard Imperial College London
Thorsten Mielke
Thorsten Mielke Max Planck Society
Laure Bally-Cuif
Laure Bally-Cuif Institut Pasteur
Koichi Kawakami
Koichi Kawakami National Institute of Genetics

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