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Robert Hoffmann, PhD
Chris Sander's Lab
Computational Biology Center, cBIO.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, MSKCC.
1275 York Avenue. New York, NY 10021.
phone +1 646-735-8081, fax +1646-735-0021
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qualifications
2001   2005   PhD, National Center ofBiotechnology (CNB), Madrid / Institute for Theoretical Chemistry,University of Vienna.
       

Marie Curie Fellowship (4/2004), EuropeanBioinformatics Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

1998 - 1999   MSc, Institute of MolecularPathology, Boehringer Ingelheim, Austria / Institute for TheoreticalChemistry, University of Vienna.
1997 - 1998   Performancescholarship, University of Vienna.
1994 - 1998   Genetics, University ofVienna.
1991 - 1992   Student exchangeprogram, Canada.
1985 - 1993   Grammar school, Vienna.

publications
Implementing the iHOP concept for navigation ofbiomedical literature. Hoffmann, R., Valencia, A. Bioinformatics21(suppl. 2), ii252-ii258 (2005). , PDF, Suppl. Mat., Online Version
Text mining for metabolic pathways, signalingcascades, and protein networks. Hoffmann, R., Krallinger, M., Andres,E, Tamames, J., Blaschke, C., Valencia, A. Sci STKE 283, 21(2005). , PDF
HomoMINT: an inferred human network based onorthology mapping of protein interactions discovered in modelorganisms. Perisco, M., Ceol, A., Gavrila, C., Hoffmann, R., Florio,A., Cesareni, G. BMC Bioinformatics 6 Suppl 4:S21 (2005). , PDF
HCAD, closing the gap between breakpoints andgenes. Hoffmann, R., Dopazo, J., Cigudosa, J.C., Valencia, A. NucleicAcids Research 33, D511-3 (2005). , PDF
A gene network for navigating the literature.Hoffmann, R., Valencia, A. Nature Genetics 36, 664 (2004). , PDF
Protein interaction: same network, differenthubs. Hoffmann, R., Valencia, A. Trends Genet. 19(12),681-683. (2003). , PDF

Life cycles of successful genes. Hoffmann, R.,Valencia, A. Trends Genet. 19(2), 79-81. (2003). , PDF

TIS7 interacts with the mammalian SIN3 histonedeacetylase complex in epithelial cells. Vietor, I., Vadivelu, S. K.,Wick, N., Hoffmann, R., Cotten, M. et al. Embo J 21, 4621-31(2002). , PDF
Extracting information automatically from thebiological literature. Blaschke, C., Hoffmann, R., Oliveros, J.C.and Valencia, A. Comp. Funct. Genom. (2), 310-313. (2001). PDF
The importance of short structural motifs inprotein structure analysis; Diploma thesis at the Institute forTheoretical Chemistry and Molecular Structural Biology, University ofVienna (1999).
 
tutorials
Gene Expression Levels as Traits in GeneticLinkage Analysis. Moeller, S., Hoffmann, R. ISMB (2005).
 
posters
Simultaneous exploration of existing knowledgeand novel experimental data. Hoffmann, R. Sander, C., Valencia, A. ISMB(2005).
iHOP: A gene network for navigating PubMed.Hoffmann, R., Valencia, A. ISMB/ECCB (2004).
Transcriptional control of epithelial cellpolarity and motility by TIS7. Wick, N., Vietor, I., Cotten, M.,Bister, M., Hoffmann, R., Beyer, A., Zatloukal, K., Huber, L. A. Posterat the I.M.P. Recess (2000).
Analysis of TIS7 Effects on Epithelial CellMorphology and Gene Expression. Wick, N., Hoffmann, R., Vietor, I.,Cotten, M., Paiha, K., Huber, L. A. Poster at the I.M.P. Recess (1999).
 
conferences
Implementing the iHOP concept for navigation ofbiomedical literature. Hoffmann, R., Valencia, A. ECCB (2005).
iHOP. E-BioSci/ORIEL Annual Workshop. Cambridge,UK (2004).
Navigating PubMed. E-BioSci/ORIEL AnnualWorkshop. Varenna, Italy (2003).
Text discovery tools. Application to cancerresearch. Leuven, Belgium (2002).
Mining the Biomedical Literature. ISMB tutorial(2001).
 
languages
Fluent in English, German and Spanish.
 
professional development
2005   -   Post-doctoral research fellow,Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York.
2001   2005   PHD program, NationalCenter of Biotechnology (CNB), Madrid, Spain.
        Marie Curie Fellowship (4/2004).Collaboration with the IntAct protein interaction database, EuropeanBioinformatics Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
2000       Independent consultantand software developer, Vienna, Austria.
1999       Software developmentfor the administration and analysis of microarray experiments (Java andC++), Institute of Molecular Pathology, Boehringer Ingelheim, Vienna,Austria.
1998 - 1999   Diploma thesis headedby Dr. Peter Schuster, Institute of Molecular Pathology, BoehringerIngelheim / Institute for Theoretical Chemistry, Vienna, Austria.
1997       Practical training;Development of an application for the management of clones andrestriction maps, Biochemical Institute, Vienna, Austria.

programmingskills    
object orientedlanguages   Java, C++
data exchange   XML, XSL
scripting languages   HTML, JavaScript, Perl
database design   Postgres, Oracle, SQL, jdbc
server-side   JSP, XSP, Tomcat, Cocoon
operating systems   Unix, Linux, win
statistical analysis   R, spss, splus

 

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