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Rolf Apweiler

b. 1963

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About Rolf Apweiler

Born 1963. Rolf Apweiler is a British bioinformatician, biochemist and biologist, known for InterPro, Swiss-Prot and TrEMBL.

Education Apweiler gained his PhD in biochemistry from Heidelberg University.

Research Apweiler has been working on the Swiss-Prot protein sequence database since 1987, and in 1994 he became leader of the Swiss-Prot group. He has been joint head of the Protein and Nucleotide Data (PANDA) Group since 2007. The PANDA group is involved in several international collaborations like the Human Proteome Organization (HUPO) Proteomics Standards Initiative. Apweiler is a member of the Nomenclature Committee of IUBMB, the FlyBase advisory board, the committee of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) and the advisory board of the Human Proteome Resource (HPR).

Apweiler is an editor of the FEBS Journal and a section editor of BMC Bioinformatics and has published more than 200 papers.

Awards and honours Apweiler was elected a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) in 2012, elected a Fellow of the International Society for Computational Biology in 2015 and elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 2022.

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Important facts

Birth century
Occupation
Bioinformatician, biochemist, biologist
Nationality
Known for
InterPro, Swiss-Prot, TrEMBL, UniProt
Education
Heidelberg University, University of Bath, European Bioinformatics Institute
Employers
EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute
Awards
ISCB Fellow; European Molecular Biology Organization; International Society for Computational Biology
Also known as
Apweiler R, R Apweiler

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Rolf Apweiler's

Frequently asked questions

Who is Rolf Apweiler?

Scientist

When was Rolf Apweiler born?

Rolf Apweiler was born on 8 September 1963 in Geilenkirchen.

What is Rolf Apweiler's occupation?

Rolf Apweiler is a bioinformatician, biochemist and biologist.

What is Rolf Apweiler known for?

Rolf Apweiler is known for InterPro, Swiss-Prot, TrEMBL and UniProt.

What nationality is Rolf Apweiler?

Rolf Apweiler is British.

Sources & further reading

Β· Wikipedia: Rolf Apweiler

Β· Wikidata: Q7360689

Β· DBpedia: Rolf Apweiler

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