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Dr Thomas Hopf

Overview

Dr Thomas Hopf is a scientific consultant and PhD-trained computational biologist with expertise in data science, method development, and software development. He is passionate about understanding biology through large dataset analysis to improve diagnostics and therapies for human diseases.

Career

Dr Hopf has a strong background in data science and software development, with a focus on computational biology and bioinformatics. He has worked with world-renowned scientists at the forefront of computational biology since 2011, contributing to research published in leading journals such as Nature Biotechnology, Cell, and eLIFE.

He currently works as a scientific consultant, offering research consultation, performing research, and developing scientific software for clients in the life and data sciences.

Research and Publications

Dr Hopf's research interests include protein interactions, genetic variation, deep mutational scanning, and structure prediction. He has co-authored several publications in prestigious journals, including:

Education

Although his exact educational background is unclear, Dr Hopf's affiliation with Harvard Medical School and the Department of Systems Biology indicates a strong educational foundation in the field of computational biology and bioinformatics.

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Protein 3D structure computed from evolutionary sequence variation DS Marks, LJ Colwell, R Sheridan, TA Hopf, A Pagnani, R Zecchina, … PloS one 6 (12), e28766, 2011 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=dK2eepUAAAAJ&citationforview=dK2eepUAAAAJ:u5HHmVD_uO8C

A large-scale evaluation of computational protein function prediction P Radivojac, WT Clark, TR Oron, AM Schnoes, T Wittkop, A Sokolov, … Nature methods 10 (3), 221-227, 2013 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=dK2eepUAAAAJ&citationforview=dK2eepUAAAAJ:qjMakFHDy7sC

Protein structure prediction from sequence variation DS Marks, TA Hopf, C Sander Nature biotechnology 30 (11), 1072-1080, 2012 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=dK2eepUAAAAJ&citationforview=dK2eepUAAAAJ:9yKSN-GCB0IC

Mutation effects predicted from sequence co-variation TA Hopf, JB Ingraham, FJ Poelwijk, CPI Schärfe, M Springer, C Sander, … Nature biotechnology 35 (2), 128-135, 2017 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=dK2eepUAAAAJ&citationforview=dK2eepUAAAAJ:8d8msizDQcsC

A deep proteome and transcriptome abundance atlas of 29 healthy human tissues D Wang, B Eraslan, T Wieland, B Hallström, T Hopf, DP Zolg, J Zecha, … Molecular systems biology 15 (2), e8503, 2019 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=dK2eepUAAAAJ&citationforview=dK2eepUAAAAJ:6ZxmRoH8BuwC

Three-dimensional structures of membrane proteins from genomic sequencing TA Hopf, LJ Colwell, R Sheridan, B Rost, C Sander, DS Marks Cell 149 (7), 1607-1621, 2012 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=dK2eepUAAAAJ&citationforview=dK2eepUAAAAJ:u-x6o8ySG0sC

Sequence co-evolution gives 3D contacts and structures of protein complexes TA Hopf, CPI Schärfe, JP Rodrigues, AG Green, O Kohlbacher, C Sander, … elife 3, e03430, 2014 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=dK2eepUAAAAJ&citationforview=dK2eepUAAAAJ:rmuvC79q63oC

A systematic p53 mutation library links differential functional impact to cancer mutation pattern and evolutionary conservation E Kotler, O Shani, G Goldfeld, M Lotan-Pompan, O Tarcic, A Gershoni, … Molecular cell 71 (1), 178-190. e8, 2018 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=dK2eepUAAAAJ&citationforview=dK2eepUAAAAJ:_5tno0g5mFcC

The EVcouplings Python framework for coevolutionary sequence analysis TA Hopf, AG Green, B Schubert, S Mersmann, CPI Schärfe, JB Ingraham, … Bioinformatics 35 (9), 1582-1584, 2019 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=dK2eepUAAAAJ&citationforview=dK2eepUAAAAJ:sNmaIFBj_lkC

FreeContact: fast and free software for protein contact prediction from residue co-evolution L Kaján, TA Hopf, M Kalaš, DS Marks, B Rost BMC bioinformatics 15, 1-6, 2014 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=dK2eepUAAAAJ&citationforview=dK2eepUAAAAJ:_axFR9aDTf0C

Meltome atlas—thermal proteome stability across the tree of life A Jarzab, N Kurzawa, T Hopf, M Moerch, J Zecha, N Leijten, Y Bian, … Nature methods 17 (5), 495-503, 2020 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=dK2eepUAAAAJ&citationforview=dK2eepUAAAAJ:IRz6iEL74y4C

Structured states of disordered proteins from genomic sequences A Toth-Petroczy, P Palmedo, J Ingraham, TA Hopf, B Berger, C Sander, … Cell 167 (1), 158-170. e12, 2016 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=dK2eepUAAAAJ&citationforview=dK2eepUAAAAJ:_FM0Bhl9EiAC

Amino acid coevolution reveals three-dimensional structure and functional domains of insect odorant receptors TA Hopf, S Morinaga, S Ihara, K Touhara, DS Marks, R Benton Nature communications 6 (1), 6077, 2015 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=dK2eepUAAAAJ&citationforview=dK2eepUAAAAJ:Ri6SYOTghG4C

Structure of the peptidoglycan polymerase RodA resolved by evolutionary coupling analysis M Sjodt, K Brock, G Dobihal, PDA Rohs, AG Green, TA Hopf, AJ Meeske, … Nature 556 (7699), 118-121, 2018 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=dK2eepUAAAAJ&citationforview=dK2eepUAAAAJ:XvxMoLDsR5gC

Protein structure determination by combining sparse NMR data with evolutionary couplings Y Tang, YJ Huang, TA Hopf, C Sander, DS Marks, GT Montelione Nature methods 12 (8), 751-754, 2015 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=dK2eepUAAAAJ&citationforview=dK2eepUAAAAJ:kh2fBNsKQNwC

Quantification and discovery of sequence determinants of protein‐per‐mRNA amount in 29 human tissues B Eraslan, D Wang, M Gusic, H Prokisch, BM Hallström, M Uhlén, … Molecular systems biology 15 (2), e8513, 2019 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=dK2eepUAAAAJ&citationforview=dK2eepUAAAAJ:DUooU5lO8OsC

Homology-based inference sets the bar high for protein function prediction T Hamp, R Kassner, S Seemayer, E Vicedo, C Schaefer, D Achten, F Auer, … BMC bioinformatics 14, 1-10, 2013 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=dK2eepUAAAAJ&citationforview=dK2eepUAAAAJ:UeHWp8X0CEIC

Quantification of the effect of mutations using a global probability model of natural sequence variation TA Hopf, JB Ingraham, FJ Poelwijk, M Springer, C Sander, DS Marks arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.04612, 2015 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=dK2eepUAAAAJ&citationforview=dK2eepUAAAAJ:9pM33mqn1YgC

PDBe-KB: collaboratively defining the biological context of structural data

Nucleic acids research 50 (D1), D534-D542, 2022 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=dK2eepUAAAAJ&citationforview=dK2eepUAAAAJ:OTTXONDVkokC

Evfold. org: Evolutionary couplings and protein 3d structure prediction R Sheridan, RJ Fieldhouse, S Hayat, Y Sun, Y Antipin, L Yang, T Hopf, … biorxiv, 021022, 2015 Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?viewop=viewcitation&hl=en&user=dK2eepUAAAAJ&citationforview=dK2eepUAAAAJ:bz8QjSJIRt4C

Co-authors

Debora Marks googlescholarauthorid deboramarks.md:qFmoeNkAAAAJ

Chris Sander googlescholarauthorid chrissander.md:4R7_wW8AAAAJ

Charlotta Scharfe googlescholarauthorid charlottascharfe.md:fCmpyIYAAAAJ

John Ingraham googlescholarauthorid johningraham.md:qBarioAAAAAJ

Anna G. Green googlescholarauthorid annag._green.md:o9rcausAAAAJ

Burkhard Rost googlescholarauthorid burkhardrost.md:BP3ofxcAAAAJ

Andrea Pagnani googlescholarauthorid andreapagnani.md:EWJYRncAAAAJ

Riccardo Zecchina googlescholarauthorid riccardozecchina.md:fNOReswAAAAJ

Frank Poelwijk googlescholarauthorid frankpoelwijk.md:QeJfCXUAAAAJ

Michael Springer googlescholarauthorid michaelspringer.md:pJrcQwEAAAAJ

Oliver Kohlbacher googlescholarauthorid oliverkohlbacher.md:8sb5XNIAAAAJ

Benjamin Schubert googlescholarauthorid benjaminschubert.md:D2wEjisAAAAJ

Agnes Toth-Petroczy googlescholarauthorid agnestoth-petroczy.md:7KjpSCgAAAAJ

Matúš Kalaš googlescholarauthorid matúškalaš.md:bcEzXSQAAAAJ

Richard Benton googlescholarauthorid richardbenton.md:PlPUMesAAAAJ

Gaetano T Montelione, Constellation… googlescholarauthorid gaetanotmontelione,constellation….md:mrtpF44AAAAJ

Maximilian Hecht googlescholarauthorid maximilianhecht.md:Hk104ucAAAAJ

Peter Hönigschmid googlescholarauthorid peterhönigschmid.md:Y-Z2O0kAAAAJ

Stefan Seemayer googlescholarauthorid stefanseemayer.md:22b2apQAAAAJ

Denis Krompass googlescholarauthorid deniskrompass.md:xEnt2TEAAAAJ

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