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Tobias B. Haack is affiliated with the University of Tübingen in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their research primarily intersects molecular biology and genetics, with notable work in neurology and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The scientist has published extensively with a focus on genomics and rare diseases, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, mitochondrial function and pathology, and genetic neurodegenerative diseases. Additional research interests include RNA regulation and disease, genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities, as well as RNA modifications and cancer.

  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • RNA regulation and disease
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • RNA modifications and cancer

Haack has several recent publications, reflecting a range of topics across genetics and neurology. These include:

  • "GestaltMatcher facilitates rare disease matching using facial phenotype descriptors," 2022, Nature Genetics
  • "Natural History, Phenotypic Spectrum, and Discriminative Features of Multisystemic RFC1 Disease," 2021, Neurology
  • "Delineating MT-ATP6-associated disease," 2020, Neurology Genetics
  • "RAB32 Ser71Arg in autosomal dominant Parkinson's disease: linkage, association, and functional analyses," 2024, The Lancet Neurology
  • "De novo variants in the RNU4-2 snRNA cause a frequent neurodevelopmental syndrome," 2024, Nature

The scientist commonly publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), European Journal of Human Genetics, Brain, Genetics in Medicine, and The American Journal of Human Genetics. These journals represent key outlets in the fields of human genetics and neuroscience where Haack's work frequently appears.

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • European Journal of Human Genetics
  • Brain
  • Genetics in Medicine
  • The American Journal of Human Genetics

Haack has collaborated regularly with several researchers, highlighting a network of frequent co-authors. These collaborators include:

  • Marc Sturm
  • Matthis Synofzik
  • Lüdger Schöls
  • Joohyun Park
  • Stephan Ossowski

The cumulative work of Tobias B. Haack spans over 400 scholarly publications in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, emphasizing genetics, neurodegeneration, and rare disease research. Their contributions encompass both foundational molecular mechanisms and clinical phenotyping, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to understanding complex genetic disorders.

Best Publications

  • Genetic diagnosis of Mendelian disorders via RNA sequencing

    Laura S. Kremer;Daniel M. Bader;Daniel M. Bader;Christian Mertes;Robert Kopajtich

  • Exome Sequencing Reveals De Novo WDR45 Mutations Causing a Phenotypically Distinct, X-Linked Dominant Form of NBIA

    Tobias B. Haack;Penelope Hogarth;Michael C. Kruer;Allison Gregory

  • Exome sequencing identifies ACAD9 mutations as a cause of complex I deficiency.

    Tobias B. Haack;Katharina Danhauser;Birgit Haberberger;Jonathan Hoser

  • Absence of an Orphan Mitochondrial Protein, C19orf12, Causes a Distinct Clinical Subtype of Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation

    Monika B. Hartig;Arcangela Iuso;Tobias Haack;Tomasz Kmiec

  • Beta-propeller protein-associated neurodegeneration: a new X-linked dominant disorder with brain iron accumulation

    Susan J. Hayflick;Michael C. Kruer;Allison Gregory;Tobias B. Haack

  • Loss-of-function mutations in MGME1 impair mtDNA replication and cause multisystemic mitochondrial disease

    Cornelia Kornblum;Thomas J Nicholls;Tobias B Haack;Susanne Schöler

  • Leukoencephalopathy with thalamus and brainstem involvement and high lactate 'LTBL' caused by EARS2 mutations

    Marjan E. Steenweg;Daniele Ghezzi;Tobias Haack;Truus E.M. Abbink

  • Lack of the mitochondrial protein acylglycerol kinase causes Sengers syndrome.

    Johannes A. Mayr;Tobias B. Haack;Elisabeth Graf;Franz A. Zimmermann

  • PNPLA6 mutations cause Boucher-Neuhäuser and Gordon Holmes syndromes as part of a broad neurodegenerative spectrum

    Matthis Synofzik;Michael A. Gonzalez;Charles Marques Lourenco;Marie Coutelier;Marie Coutelier

  • Novel (ovario) leukodystrophy related to AARS2 mutations

    Cristina Dallabona;Daria Diodato;Sietske H. Kevelam;Tobias B. Haack

  • Molecular diagnosis in mitochondrial complex I deficiency using exome sequencing

    Tobias B Haack;Birgit Haberberger;Eva-Maria Frisch;Thomas Wieland

  • Exome Sequence Reveals Mutations in CoA Synthase as a Cause of Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation

    Sabrina Dusi;Lorella Valletta;Tobias B. Haack;Yugo Tsuchiya

  • Mutations of the Mitochondrial-tRNA Modifier MTO1 Cause Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Lactic Acidosis

    Daniele Ghezzi;Enrico Baruffini;Tobias B. Haack;Federica Invernizzi

  • Autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix Saguenay (ARSACS): expanding the genetic, clinical and imaging spectrum

    Matthis Synofzik;Anne S Soehn;Janina Gburek-Augustat;Julia Schicks

  • Haploinsufficiency of KMT2B, Encoding the Lysine-Specific Histone Methyltransferase 2B, Results in Early-Onset Generalized Dystonia.

    Michael Zech;Sylvia Boesch;Esther M. Maier;Ingo Borggraefe

  • ELAC2 Mutations Cause a Mitochondrial RNA Processing Defect Associated with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

    Tobias B. Haack;Robert Kopajtich;Peter Freisinger;Thomas Wieland

  • Mutations in FBXL4, Encoding a Mitochondrial Protein, Cause Early-Onset Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy

    Xiaowu Gai;Daniele Ghezzi;Mark A. Johnson;Caroline A. Biagosch

  • Biallelic Mutations in DNAJC12 Cause Hyperphenylalaninemia, Dystonia, and Intellectual Disability

    Yair Anikster;Yair Anikster;Tobias B. Haack;Thierry Vilboux;Ben Pode-Shakked;Ben Pode-Shakked

  • Mutations in GTPBP3 Cause a Mitochondrial Translation Defect Associated with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Lactic Acidosis, and Encephalopathy

    Robert Kopajtich;Thomas J. Nicholls;Joanna Rorbach;Metodi D. Metodiev

  • Disturbed mitochondrial and peroxisomal dynamics due to loss of MFF causes Leigh-like encephalopathy, optic atrophy and peripheral neuropathy

    Johannes Koch;René G Feichtinger;Peter Freisinger;Mechthild Pies

Frequent Co-Authors

Holger Prokisch
Holger Prokisch Technical University of Munich
Thomas Meitinger
Thomas Meitinger Technical University of Munich
Tim M. Strom
Tim M. Strom Technical University of Munich
Johannes A. Mayr
Johannes A. Mayr Paracelsus Medical University
Wolfgang Sperl
Wolfgang Sperl Paracelsus Medical University
Thomas Klopstock
Thomas Klopstock Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Ludger Schöls
Ludger Schöls University of Tübingen
Robert W. Taylor
Robert W. Taylor Newcastle University
Thomas Wieland
Thomas Wieland Heidelberg University
Richard J. Rodenburg
Richard J. Rodenburg Radboud University

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