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Wolfram Weckwerth

Wolfram Weckwerth

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
87
Citations
29867
World Ranking
2809
National Ranking
18

Overview

Wolfram Weckwerth is affiliated with the University of Vienna in Austria and conducts research primarily within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work spans multiple subfields focused on plant-related biological processes and molecular mechanisms. Their research contributions include topics such as:

  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

Weckwerth has published heavily on plant sciences and related molecular biology topics with numerous papers in well-known venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Plant Biotechnology Journal
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • The Plant Genome

Several recent publications illustrate the focus and scope of their research, including:

  • "PANOMICS meets germplasm" (2020) in Plant Biotechnology Journal
  • "Heat stress response mechanisms in pollen development" (2021) in New Phytologist
  • "Fast-forward breeding for a food-secure world" (2021) in Trends in Genetics

Frequent co-authors in Weckwerth's work include:

  • Palak Chaturvedi
  • Arindam Ghatak
  • Martin Brenner
  • Jana Schwarzerová
  • Rajeev K. Varshney

This collaborative network supports a research output that engages with both molecular biology techniques and applications in agricultural science. The scientist's publications demonstrate an interdisciplinary approach combining metabolomics, genetics, and plant biotechnology.

Best Publications

  • Natural products in drug discovery: advances and opportunities.

    Atanas G Atanasov;Sergey B Zotchev;Verena M Dirsch

  • [email protected]: the Golm Metabolome Database

    Joachim Kopka;Nicolas Schauer;Stephan Krueger;Claudia Birkemeyer

  • 1,135 Genomes Reveal the Global Pattern of Polymorphism in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Carlos Alonso-Blanco;Jorge Andrade;Claude Becker;Felix Bemm

  • Metabolomics in systems biology

    Wolfram Weckwerth

  • Pearl millet genome sequence provides a resource to improve agronomic traits in arid environments

    Rajeev K Varshney;Chengcheng Shi;Mahendar Thudi;Cedric Mariac

  • Process for the integrated extraction, identification and quantification of metabolites, proteins and RNA to reveal their co-regulation in biochemical networks

    Wolfram Weckwerth;Kathrin Wenzel;Oliver Fiehn

  • Differential metabolic networks unravel the effects of silent plant phenotypes

    Wolfram Weckwerth;Marcelo Ehlers Loureiro;Kathrin Wenzel;Oliver Fiehn

  • PhosPhAt: a database of phosphorylation sites in Arabidopsis thaliana and a plant-specific phosphorylation site predictor

    Joshua L. Heazlewood;Pawel Durek;Jan Hummel;Joachim Selbig

  • Methylotrophic methanogenic Thermoplasmata implicated in reduced methane emissions from bovine rumen

    Morten Poulsen;Clarissa Schwab;Bent Borg Jensen;Ricarda M. Engberg

  • Observing and interpreting correlations in metabolomic networks

    Ralph E. Steuer;Jürgen Kurths;Oliver Fiehn;Wolfram Weckwerth

  • Proteome Analysis of Arabidopsis Leaf Peroxisomes Reveals Novel Targeting Peptides, Metabolic Pathways, and Defense Mechanisms

    Sigrun Reumann;Lavanya Babujee;Changle Ma;Stephanie Wienkoop

  • Metabolomics: from pattern recognition to biological interpretation.

    Wolfram Weckwerth;Katja Morgenthal

  • Quantitative phosphoproteomics reveals the role of the AMPK plant ortholog SnRK1 as a metabolic master regulator under energy deprivation

    Ella Nukarinen;Thomas Nägele;Lorenzo Pedrotti;Bernhard Wurzinger

  • Enrichment of phosphorylated proteins and peptides from complex mixtures using metal oxide/hydroxide affinity chromatography (MOAC).

    Florian Wolschin;Stefanie Wienkoop;Wolfram Weckwerth

  • Metabolite profiling in plant biology: platforms and destinations

    Joachim Kopka;Alisdair Fernie;Wolfram Weckwerth;Yves Gibon

  • SnRK1-triggered switch of bZIP63 dimerization mediates the low-energy response in plants

    Andrea Mair;Lorenzo Pedrotti;Bernhard Wurzinger;Dorothea Anrather

  • A Cytosolic Pathway for the Conversion of Hydroxypyruvate to Glycerate during Photorespiration in Arabidopsis

    Stefan Timm;Adriano Nunes-Nesi;Tiit Pärnik;Katja Morgenthal

  • Combination of Hypoglycemia and Metformin Impairs Tumor Metabolic Plasticity and Growth by Modulating the PP2A-GSK3β-MCL-1 Axis

    Mohamed Elgendy;Marco Cirò;Amir Hosseini;Jakob Weiszmann

  • Can we discover novel pathways using metabolomic analysis

    Wolfram Weckwerth;Oliver Fiehn

  • Chronic signaling via the metabolic checkpoint kinase mTORC1 induces macrophage granuloma formation and marks sarcoidosis progression

    Monika Linke;Ha Thi Thanh Pham;Karl Katholnig;Thomas Schnöller

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefanie Wienkoop
Stefanie Wienkoop University of Vienna
Thomas Nägele
Thomas Nägele Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Markus Teige
Markus Teige University of Vienna
Oliver Fiehn
Oliver Fiehn University of California, Davis
Joachim Selbig
Joachim Selbig Max Planck Society
Rajeev K. Varshney
Rajeev K. Varshney Murdoch University
Kristina Gruden
Kristina Gruden National Institute of Biology
Christian Lexer
Christian Lexer University of Vienna
Philipp Franken
Philipp Franken Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Dietmar Schwarz
Dietmar Schwarz Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops

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