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Thomas Werner is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines primarily within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Werner's work is distributed across several subfields including Insect Science, Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Spectroscopy, and Genetics.

Their research topics notably cover Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection, Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials, Insect behavior and control techniques, Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation.

Werner has published research in various academic venues, with frequent appearances in ACS Applied Bio Materials, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Materials Chemistry B, Sensors and Actuators B Chemical, and Digital Commons - Michigan Tech (Michigan Technological University).

Significant recent papers authored or coauthored by Werner include:

  • DrosoPhyla: Resources for Drosophilid Phylogeny and Systematics (2021), published in Genome Biology and Evolution
  • Butterfly eyespots evolved via cooption of an ancestral gene-regulatory network that also patterns antennae, legs, and wings (2022), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Cell Membrane-Specific Fluorescent Probe Featuring Dual and Aggregation-Induced Emissions (2020), ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Single-fly genome assemblies fill major phylogenomic gaps across the Drosophilidae Tree of Life (2024), PLoS Biology
  • A ratiometric near-infrared fluorescent probe based on a novel reactive cyanine platform for mitochondrial pH detection (2021), Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Werner collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Haiying Liu, Tessa E. Steenwinkel, Rudy L. Luck, Sushil K. Dwivedi, and Dilka Liyana Arachchige, reflecting a broad interdisciplinary research network.

Best Publications

  • MatInspector and beyond: promoter analysis based on transcription factor binding sites

    K. Cartharius;K. Frech;K. Grote;B. Klocke

  • Analysis of 27 mammalian and 9 avian PrPs reveals high conservation of flexible regions of the prion protein.

    Franziska Wopfner;Georg Weidenhöfer;Ralf Schneider;Albrecht von Brunn

  • Highly Specific Localization of Promoter Regions in Large Genomic Sequences by PromoterInspector: A Novel Context Analysis Approach

    Matthias Scherf;Andreas Klingenhoff;Thomas Werner

  • Role of Stat3 in Lipopolysaccharide-Induced IL-10 Gene Expression

    E M Benkhart;M Siedlar;A Wedel;T Werner

  • Models for prediction and recognition of eukaryotic promoters.

    Thomas Werner

  • Control of gene expression during T cell activation: alternate regulation of mRNA transcription and mRNA stability.

    Chris Cheadle;Jinshui Fan;Yoon S Cho-Chung;Thomas Werner

  • Nitric oxide-responsive genes and promoters in Arabidopsis thaliana: a bioinformatics approach

    M. Cristina Palmieri;Simone Sell;Xi Huang;Matthias Scherf

  • Bioinformatics applications for pathway analysis of microarray data.

    Thomas Werner

  • IFN-α Induces the Human IL-10 Gene by Recruiting Both IFN Regulatory Factor 1 and Stat3

    Löms Ziegler-Heitbrock;Mark Lötzerich;Annette Schaefer;Thomas Werner

  • Regulatory context is a crucial part of gene function.

    Sabine Fessele;Holger Maier;Christian Zischek;Peter J Nelson

  • Genomic distribution and transcription of solitary HERV-K LTRs

    Christine Leib-Mösch;Manuela Haltmeier;Thomas Werner;Eva-Maria Geigl

  • Next generation sequencing in functional genomics

    Thomas Werner

  • Comparative promoter analysis allows de novo identification of specialized cell junction-associated proteins.

    Clemens D. Cohen;Andreas Klingenhoff;Anissa Boucherot;Almut Nitsche

  • HIV-1 Nef protein exhibits structural and functional similarity to scorpion peptides interacting with K+ channels.

    Thomas Werner;Stefano Ferroni;Torben Saermark;Ruth Brack-Werner

  • Stability regulation of mRNA and the control of gene expression.

    Chris Cheadle;Jinshui Fan;Yoon S. Cho-Chung;Thomas Werner

  • Computer modeling of promoter organization as a tool to study transcriptional coregulation

    Thomas Werner;Sabine Fessele;Holge Maier;Peter J. Nelson

  • The next generation of literature analysis: integration of genomic analysis into text mining.

    Matthias Scherf;Anton Epple;Thomas Werner

  • Nuclear factor-kappaB motif and interferon-alpha-stimulated response element co-operate in the activation of guanylate-binding protein-1 expression by inflammatory cytokines in endothelial cells.

    Elisabeth Naschberger;Thomas Werner;Ana B Vicente;Eric Guenzi

  • Cluster analysis and promoter modelling as bioinformatics tools for the identification of target genes from expression array data.

    Thomas Werner

  • Podocyte-specific JAK2 overexpression worsens diabetic kidney disease in mice

    Hongyu Zhang;Viji Nair;Jharna Saha;Kevin B. Atkins

Frequent Co-Authors

Adelbert Bacher
Adelbert Bacher Technical University of Munich
David G. McLeod
David G. McLeod Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Shiv Srivastava
Shiv Srivastava Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Jochen Graw
Jochen Graw Technical University of Munich
Matthias Kretzler
Matthias Kretzler University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Isabell A. Sesterhenn
Isabell A. Sesterhenn United States Army Research Laboratory
Zoltan Szallasi
Zoltan Szallasi Boston Children's Hospital
Stefanie M. Hauck
Stefanie M. Hauck Sanofi (France)
Matthew L. Freedman
Matthew L. Freedman Harvard University
Harald Grallert
Harald Grallert Helmholtz Zentrum München

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