Publications

  • The Primary Transcriptome of Barley Chloroplasts: Numerous Noncoding RNAs and the Dominating Role of the Plastid-Encoded RNA Polymerase. Zhelyazkova P, Sharma CM, Förstner KU, Liere K, Vogel J, Börner T. Plant Cell. 2012 Jan 20. Pubmed | Full text at Plant Cell
  • Collaborative platforms for streamlining workflows in Open Science. Konrad U. Förstner, Gregor Hagedorn, Claudia Koltzenburg, M Fabiana Kubke, Daniel Mietchen Proceedings of the 6th Open Knowledge Conference, Berlin, Germany, June 30 & July 1, 2011. Berlin, Germany, June 30 & July 1, 2011. PDF, Wiki page at Species-ID, Nature Precedings
  • Enterotypes of the human gut microbiome. Arumugam M, Raes J, Pelletier E, Le Paslier D, Yamada T, Mende DR, Fernandes GR, Tap J, Bruls T, Batto JM, Bertalan M, Borruel N, Casellas F, Fernandez L, Gautier L, Hansen T, Hattori M, Hayashi T, Kleerebezem M, Kurokawa K, Leclerc M, Levenez F, Manichanh C, Nielsen HB, Nielsen T, Pons N, Poulain J, Qin J, Sicheritz-Ponten T, Tims S, Torrents D, Ugarte E, Zoetendal EG, Wang J, Guarner F, Pedersen O, de Vos WM, Brunak S, Doré J, Consortium M, Weissenbach J, Ehrlich SD, Bork P; MetaHIT Consortium (additional members), Antolín M, Artiguenave F, Blottiere HM, Almeida M, Brechot C, Cara C, Chervaux C, Cultrone A, Delorme C, Denariaz G, Dervyn R, Foerstner KU, Friss C, van de Guchte M, Guedon E, Haimet F, Huber W, van Hylckama-Vlieg J, Jamet A, Juste C, Kaci G, Knol J, Lakhdari O, Layec S, Le Roux K, Maguin E, Mérieux A, Melo Minardi R, M’rini C, Muller J, Oozeer R, Parkhill J, Renault P, Rescigno M, Sanchez N, Sunagawa S, Torrejon A, Turner K, Vandemeulebrouck G, Varela E, Winogradsky Y, Zeller G. Nature. 2011 Apr. 20. Pubmed
  • Wikis in scholarly publishing. Daniel Mietchen, Gregor Hagedorn, Konrad U. Förstner, M Fabiana Kubke, Claudia Koltzenburg, Mark J. Hahnel, Lyubomir Penev. Information Services and Use 31(1-2) : 53–59, PDF file, Wiki page at Species-ID
  • SmashCommunity: A metagenomic annotation and analysis tool.
    Arumugam M, Harrington ED, Foerstner KU, Raes J, Bork P Bioinformatics. 2010 Oct 19. Pubmed | Full text at Bioinformatics
  • Computational analysis of metagenomic data: delineation of compositional features and screens for desirable enzymes. Foerstner KU, my PhD thesis (cumulative dissertation), 2008, PDF file
  • A Nitrile Hydratase in the Eukaryote Monosiga brevicollis. Foerstner KU, Doerks T, Muller J, Raes J, Bork P. PloS ONE 2008;3(12):e3976 Pubmed | Full text at PloS ONE
  • A computational screen for type I polyketide synthases in metagenomics shotgun data. Foerstner KU, Doerks T, Creevey CJ, Doerks A, Bork P PloS ONE 2008;3(10):e3515 Pubmed | Full text at PloS ONE
  • A Molecular Study of Microbe Transfer between Distant Environments. Hooper SD, Raes J, Foerstner KU, Harrington ED, Dalevi D, Bork P PloS ONE 2008 3(7): e2607 Pubmed | Full text at PloS ONE
  • Get the most out of your metagenome: computational analysis of environmental sequence data. Raes J, Foerstner KU, Bork P Curr Opin Microbiol. 2007 Oct 11; Pubmed | Fulltext (shhhh!)
  • Splicing factors stimulate polyadenylation via USEs at non-canonical 3′ end formation signals. Danckwardt S, Kaufmann I, Gentzel M, Foerstner KU, Gantzert AS, Gehring NH, Neu-Yilik G, Bork P, Keller W, Wilm M, Hentze MW, Kulozik AE EMBO J. 2007 Apr 26; Pubmed | Full text at PubMed Central
  • The sigmaB regulon in Staphylococcus aureus and its regulation. Pane-Farre J, Jonas B, Förstner K, Engelmann S, Hecker M Int J Med Microbiol. 2006 Aug ; 296(4-5): 237-58 Pubmed
  • Comparative analysis of environmental sequences: potential and challenges. Foerstner KU, von Mering C, Bork P Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2006 Mar 29; 361(1467): 519-23 Pubmed | Full text at PubMed Central
  • Environments shape the nucleotide composition of genomes. Foerstner KU, von Mering C, Hooper SD, Bork P EMBO Rep. 2005 Dec ; 6(12): 1208-13 PubMed | Full text at PubMed Central