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Björn Voß

Prof. Dr. rer. nat.

Director of the Department RNA Biology & Bioinformatics
Institute of Biomedical Genetics
RNA Biology & Bioinformatics
[Photo: Björn Voß]

Contact

+49 711 685 65035
+49 711 685 55035

Business card (VCF)

Allmandring 31
70569 Stuttgart
Germany
Room: 01.107

Office Hours

Tuesdays, 11:00 - 12:00 am

Subject

  • RNA Biology
  • Bioinformatics
  • Computational Biology
Bibliography:
  1. 2021

    1. 58. R. A. Schäfer and B. Voß, “RNAnue: efficient data analysis for RNA–RNA interactomics,” Nucleic Acids Research, no. gkab340, Art. no. gkab340, May 2021, doi: 10.1093/nar/gkab340.
    2. 57. J. Huang and B. Voß, “Simulation of Folding Kinetics for Aligned RNAs,” Genes, vol. 12, no. 3, Art. no. 3, Feb. 2021, doi: 10.3390/genes12030347.
    3. 56. P. Märkle et al., “A small RNA is linking CRISPR-Cas and zinc transport,” Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, vol. 8, 2021, doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.640440.
  2. 2020

    1. 55. R. A. Schäfer, S. C. Lott, J. Georg, B. A. Grüning, W. R. Hess, and B. Voß, “GLASSGo in Galaxy: High-Throughput, Reproducible and Easy-to-Integrate Prediction of sRNA Homologs,” Bioinformatics, no. btaa556, Art. no. btaa556, Jun. 2020, doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btaa556.
    2. 54. A. Ankenbauer et al., “Pseudomonas Putida KT2440 Is Naturally Endowed to Withstand Industrial-Scale Stress Conditions,” Microbial Biotechnology, vol. n/a, no. n/a, Art. no. n/a, 2020, doi: 10.1111/1751-7915.13571.
    3. 53. O. S. Alkhnbashi, T. Meier, A. Mitrofanov, R. Backofen, and B. Voß, “CRISPR-Cas Bioinformatics,” Methods, vol. 172, pp. 3–11, Feb. 2020, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymeth.2019.07.013.
  3. 2018

    1. 52. B. Schönberger, C. Schaal, R. Schäfer, and B. Voß, “RNA interactomics: recent advances and remaining challenges,” F1000Research, vol. 7, p. 1824, Nov. 2018, doi: 10.12688/f1000research.16146.1.
    2. 51. S. C. Lott et al., “GLASSgo - Automated and reliable detection of sRNA homologs from a single input sequence,” Frontiers in Genetics, vol. 9, 2018, doi: 10.3389/fgene.2018.00124.
  4. 2017

    1. 50. U. Pfreundt, D. Spungin, S. Hou, B. Voß, I. Berman-Frank, and W. R. Hess, “Genome of a giant bacteriophage from a decaying Trichodesmium bloom,” Marine Genomics, vol. 33, pp. 21–25, 2017, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margen.2017.02.001.
  5. 2016

    1. 49. D. Stazic and B. Voß, “The complexity of bacterial transcriptomes,” Journal of Biotechnology, vol. 232, pp. 69--78, Aug. 2016, doi: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2015.09.041.
    2. 48. D. Álvarez et al., “5’UTR-Mediated Translational Control of Splice Variants of Phytoene Synthase,” Plant Physiol., p. pp.01262.2016, 2016.
    3. 47. R. A. Schäfer and B. Voß, “VisualGraphX: interactive graph visualization within Galaxy,” Bioinformatics, p. btw414, Jul. 2016, doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btw414.
  6. 2015

    1. 46. M. Kopf, S. Klähn, I. Scholz, W. R. Hess, and B. Voß, “Variations in the non-coding transcriptome as a driver of inter-strain divergence and physiological adaptation in bacteria,” Scientific Reports, vol. 5, no. 9560, Art. no. 9560, 2015.
    2. 45. S. C. Lott, B. Voß, W. R. Hess, and C. Steglich, “CoVennTree: a new method for the comparative analysis of large datasets,” Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, vol. 6, p. 43, 2015, doi: 10.3389/fgene.2015.00043.
  7. 2014

    1. 44. M. Kopf et al., “Comparative Genome Analysis of the Closely Related Synechocystis Strains PCC 6714 and PCC 6803,” DNA Research, vol. 21, no. 3, Art. no. 3, Jun. 2014, doi: 10.1093/dnares/dst055.
    2. 43. M. Kopf et al., “Finished Genome Sequence of the Unicellular Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6714,” Genome Announcements, vol. 2, no. 4, Art. no. 4, Aug. 2014, doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00757-14.
    3. 42. B. Voß and W. R. Hess, “The identification of bacterial non-coding RNAs through complementary approaches,” in Handbook of RNA Biochemistry, 2nd ed., vol. 2, in Handbook of RNA Biochemistry, vol. 2. , WILEY-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2014, pp. 787--800.
    4. 41. T. Bischler, M. Kopf, and B. Voß, “Transcript mapping based on dRNA-seq data,” BMC Bioinformatics, vol. 15, no. 1, Art. no. 1, Apr. 2014, doi: 10.1186/1471-2105-15-122.
    5. 40. M. Kopf, S. Klähn, I. Scholz, J. K. F. Matthiessen, W. R. Hess, and B. Voß, “Comparative Analysis of the Primary Transcriptome of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803,” DNA Research, vol. 21, no. 5, Art. no. 5, Jun. 2014, doi: 10.1093/dnares/dsu018.
    6. 39. J. Huang and B. Voß, “Analysing RNA-kinetics based on folding space abstraction,” BMC Bioinformatics, vol. 15, no. 1, Art. no. 1, Feb. 2014, doi: 10.1186/1471-2105-15-60.
    7. 38. K. Voigt et al., “Comparative transcriptomics of two environmentally relevant cyanobacteria reveals unexpected transcriptome diversity,” The ISME Journal, Apr. 2014, doi: 10.1038/ismej.2014.57.
    8. 37. A. Rogato et al., “The diversity of small non-coding RNAs in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum,” BMC Genomics, vol. 15, no. 1, Art. no. 1, Aug. 2014, doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-698.
    9. 36. R. Giegerich and B. Voß, “RNA Secondary Structure Analysis Using Abstract Shapes,” in Handbook of RNA Biochemistry, 2nd ed., vol. 2, in Handbook of RNA Biochemistry, vol. 2. , WILEY-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2014, pp. 579--594.
  8. 2013

    1. 35. S. Hein, I. Scholz, B. Voß, and W. R. Hess, “Adaptation and modification of three CRISPR loci in two closely related cyanobacteria,” RNA Biology, vol. 10, no. 5, Art. no. 5, 2013, [Online]. Available: http://www.landesbioscience.com/journals/rnabiology/article/24160/
    2. 34. B. Voß et al., “Insights into the Physiology and Ecology of the Brackish-Water-Adapted Cyanobacterium Nodularia spumigena CCY9414 Based on a Genome-Transcriptome Analysis,” PLoS ONE, vol. 8, no. 3, Art. no. 3, 2013, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060224.
  9. 2012

    1. 33. G. Gierga, B. Voß, and W. R. Hess, “Non-coding RNAs in marine Synechococcus and their regulation under environmentally relevant stress conditions,” The ISME Journal, vol. 6, no. 8, Art. no. 8, Aug. 2012, doi: 10.1038/ismej.2011.215.
    2. 32. D. Trautmann, B. Voß, A. Wilde, S. Al-Babili, and W. R. Hess, “Microevolution in Cyanobacteria: Re-sequencing a Motile Substrain of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803,” DNA Research, Oct. 2012, doi: 10.1093/dnares/dss024.
    3. 31. R. Madhugiri et al., “Small RNAs of the Bradyrhizobium/Rhodopseudomonas lineage and their analysis,” RNA Biology, vol. 9, no. 1, Art. no. 1, Jan. 2012, doi: 10.4161/rna.9.1.18008.
    4. 30. J. Huang, R. Backofen, and B. Voß, “Abstract folding space analysis based on helices,” RNA, vol. 18, no. 12, Art. no. 12, Dec. 2012, doi: 10.1261/rna.033548.112.
    5. 29. U. Pfreundt, L. J. Stal, B. Voß, and W. R. Hess, “Dinitrogen fixation in a unicellular chlorophyll d-containing cyanobacterium,” ISME J, Jan. 2012, [Online]. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2011.199
  10. 2011

    1. 28. J. Mitschke et al., “An experimentally anchored map of transcriptional start sites in the model cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC6803,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 108, no. 5, Art. no. 5, Feb. 2011, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1015154108.
    2. 27. J. Babski et al., “Bioinformatic prediction and experimental verification of sRNAs in the haloarchaeon Haloferax volcanii,” RNA Biology, vol. 8, no. 5, Art. no. 5, Sep. 2011, doi: 10.4161/rna.8.5.16039.
    3. 26. J. Huang and B. Voß, “RNAHeliCes – Folding space analysis based on position aware structure abstraction,” in Proceedings of the German Conference on Bioinformatics 2011 (GCB 2011), in Proceedings of the German Conference on Bioinformatics 2011 (GCB 2011). Jul. 2011, p. RT--31.
  11. 2010

    1. 25. S. Bogomolov, M. Mann, B. Voß, A. Podelski, and R. Backofen, “Shape-based barrier estimation for RNAs,” in In Proceedings of German Conference on Bioinformatics GCB’10, in In Proceedings of German Conference on Bioinformatics GCB’10, vol. 173. GI, 2010, pp. 42--51.
    2. 24. D. Ionescu, B. Voß, A. Oren, W. R. Hess, and A. M. Muro-Pastor, “Heterocyst-Specific Transcription of NsiR1, a Non-Coding RNA Encoded in a Tandem Array of Direct Repeats in Cyanobacteria,” Journal of Molecular Biology, vol. 398, no. 2, Art. no. 2, Apr. 2010, doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.03.010.
    3. 23. B. Voß, L. Meinecke, T. Kurz, S. Al-Babili, C. F. Beck, and W. R. Hess, “Hemin and Mg-Protoporphyrin IX Induce Global Changes in Gene Expression in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii,” Plant Physiol., p. pp.110.158683, 2010, doi: 10.1104/pp.110.158683.
    4. 22. R. Mohr et al., “A new chlorophyll d-containing cyanobacterium: evidence for niche adaptation in the genus Acaryochloris,” ISME J, vol. 4, no. 11, Art. no. 11, Nov. 2010, [Online]. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2010.67
    5. 21. J. Georg, A. Honsel, B. Voß, H. Rennenberg, and W. R. Hess, “A long antisense RNA in plant chloroplasts,” New Phytologist, vol. 186, no. 3, Art. no. 3, 2010, doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03203.x.
  12. 2009

    1. 20. B. Voß et al., “Expression of small RNAs in Rhizobiales and protection of a small RNA and its degradation products by Hfq in Sinorhizobium meliloti,” Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, vol. 390, no. 2, Art. no. 2, 2009, doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.09.125.
    2. 19. G. Gierga, B. Voß, and W. R. Hess, “The Yfr2 ncRNA family, a group of abundant RNA molecules widely conserved in cyanobacteria,” RNA Biology, vol. 6, no. 3, Art. no. 3, Jul. 2009, doi: 10.4161/rna.6.3.8921.
    3. 18. B. Voß, J. Georg, V. Schon, S. Ude, and W. Hess, “Biocomputational prediction of non-coding RNAs in model cyanobacteria,” BMC Genomics, vol. 10, no. 1, Art. no. 1, 2009, doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-123.
    4. 17. J. Georg, B. Voß, I. Scholz, J. Mitschke, A. Wilde, and W. R. Hess, “Evidence for a major role of antisense RNAs in cyanobacterial gene regulation,” Mol Syst Biol, vol. 5, 2009, doi: 10.1038/msb.2009.63.
    5. 16. J. Soppa et al., “Small RNAs of the halophilic archaeon Haloferax volcanii,” Biochemical Society Transactions, vol. 37, no. Pt 1, Art. no. Pt 1, Feb. 2009, doi: 10.1042/BST0370133.
  13. 2008

    1. 15. C. Steglich, M. E. Futschik, D. Lindell, B. Voß, S. W. Chisholm, and W. R. Hess, “The Challenge of Regulation in a Minimal Photoautotroph: Non-Coding RNAs in Prochlorococcus,” PLoS Genet, vol. 4, no. 8, Art. no. 8, 2008, doi: 10.1371%2Fjournal.pgen.1000173.
  14. 2007

    1. 14. I. Fattash, B. Voß, R. Reski, W. Hess, and W. Frank, “Evidence for the rapid expansion of microRNA-mediated regulation in early land plant evolution,” BMC Plant Biology, vol. 7, no. 1, Art. no. 1, 2007, doi: 10.1186/1471-2229-7-13.
    2. 13. I. M. Axmann, J. Holtzendorff, B. Voß, P. Kensche, and W. R. Hess, “Two distinct types of 6S RNA in Prochlorococcus,” Gene, vol. 406, no. 1–2, Art. no. 1–2, 2007, doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2007.06.011.
    3. 12. X. H. Chen et al., “Comparative analysis of the complete genome sequence of the plant growth-promoting bacterium Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42,” Nat Biotech, vol. 25, no. 9, Art. no. 9, 2007, doi: 10.1038/nbt1325.
    4. 11. B. Voß, G. Gierga, I. Axmann, and W. Hess, “A motif-based search in bacterial genomes identifies the ortholog of the small RNA Yfr1 in all lineages of cyanobacteria,” BMC Genomics, vol. 8, no. 1, Art. no. 1, 2007, doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-8-375.
  15. 2006

    1. 10. M. Talmor-Neiman, R. Stav, W. Frank, B. Voß, and T. Arazi, “Novel micro-RNAs and intermediates of micro-RNA biogenesis from moss,” The Plant Journal, vol. 47, no. 1, Art. no. 1, 2006, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2006.02768.x.
    2. 9. B. Voß, R. Giegerich, and M. Rehmsmeier, “Complete probabilistic analysis of RNA shapes,” BMC Biology, vol. 4, no. 1, Art. no. 1, 2006, doi: 10.1186/1741-7007-4-5.
    3. 8. J. Reeder, M. Höchsmann, M. Rehmsmeier, B. Voß, and R. Giegerich, “Beyond Mfold: Recent advances in RNA bioinformatics,” Journal of Biotechnology, vol. 124, no. 1, Art. no. 1, Jun. 2006, doi: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2006.01.034.
    4. 7. P. Steffen, B. Voß, M. Rehmsmeier, J. Reeder, and R. Giegerich, “RNAshapes: an integrated RNA analysis package based on abstract shapes,” Bioinformatics, vol. 22, no. 4, Art. no. 4, Feb. 2006, doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btk010.
    5. 6. R. Backofen et al., “A Bottom-up approach to Grid-Computing at a University: the Black-Forest-Grid Initiative,” Praxis der Informationsverarbeitung und Kommunikation, vol. 29, no. 2, Art. no. 2, 2006, [Online]. Available: http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/piko.2006.29.issue-2/piko.2006.81/piko.2006.81.xml
    6. 5. B. Voß, “Structural analysis of aligned RNAs,” Nucl. Acids Res., vol. 34, no. 19, Art. no. 19, Nov. 2006, doi: 10.1093/nar/gkl692.
  16. 2005

    1. 4. B. Voß, “Advanced tools for RNA secondary structure analysis,” Universitätsbibliothek Bielefeld, 2005. [Online]. Available: http://bieson.ub.uni-bielefeld.de/volltexte/2005/664/
  17. 2004

    1. 3. M. Höchsmann, B. Voß, and R. Giegerich, “Pure Multiple RNA Secondary Structure Alignments: A Progressive Profile Approach,” IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, vol. 1, no. 1, Art. no. 1, 2004, doi: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/TCBB.2004.11.
    2. 2. R. Giegerich, B. Voß, and M. Rehmsmeier, “Abstract shapes of RNA,” Nucl. Acids Res., vol. 32, no. 16, Art. no. 16, Sep. 2004, doi: 10.1093/nar/gkh779.
    3. 1. B. Voß, C. Meyer, and R. Giegerich, “Evaluating the predictability of conformational switching in RNA,” Bioinformatics, vol. 20, no. 10, Art. no. 10, Jul. 2004, doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/bth129.
  • Biostatistics
  • Analysis of genomic and transcriptomic data
  • Machine Learning in Biology
  • Python Programming in Biology
  • Scientific Methodology I
  • Faculty of Opinions (formerly Faculty of 1000), Bioinformatics, Biomedical Informatics & Computational Biology
  • Section Editor-in-Chief, RNA section of the journal Genes, MDPI
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