PUBLICATION LIST (LAST UPDATE 02.12.2015)
Journal Papers (Herpetological Topics)
Hofmann S, Fritzsche P, Miehe G (in press) First record of Elaphe dione from high altitude in Western
Sichuan reveals high intraspecific differentiation. Salamandra.
Hofmann S, Tillack F, Miehe G (2015) Genetic differentiation among species of the genus Thermophis
Malnate (Serpentes, Colubridae) and comments on T. shangrila. Zootaxa 4028(1): 102–120.
doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4028.1.4
Hofmann S, Kraus S, Dorge T, Nothnagel M, Fritzsche P, Miehe G. Effects of Pleistocene climatic
fluctuations on the phylogeography, demography and population structure of a high-elevation
snake species, Thermophis baileyi, on the Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Biogeography 41: 2162–
2172.
Roitberg ES, Kuranova VN, Bulakhova NA, Orlova VF, Eplanova GV, Zinenko OI, Shamgunova RR,
Hofmann S, Yakovlev VA (2013) Variation of Reproductive Traits and Female Body Size in the Most
Widely-Ranging Terrestrial Reptile: Testing the Effects of Reproductive Mode, Lineage, and
Climate. Evolutionary Biology 40: 420–438.
Hofmann S, Fritzsche P, Dorge T, Solhøy T, Miehe G. (2012) Microsatellites show evidence of sexbiased dispersal in Thermophis baileyi. Herpetologica 68:514–522.
Hofmann S (2012) Population genetic structure and geographic differentiation in the hot spring snake
Thermophis baileyi (Serpentes, Colubridae): indications for glacial refuges in southern-central
Tibet. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 63(2):396–406.
Hofmann S, Dorge T, Solhoy T, Miehe G (2010) Isolation and characterization of microsatellite
markers in the Tibetan hot spring snake (Thermophis baileyi). Molecular Ecology Resources
10:1098–1105.
Hofmann S (2008) Who is sitting next to me? Relatedness between next neighbours in common
lizards. Amphibia-Reptilia 29:19–24.
Dorge T, Hofmann S, Wangdwei M, Sang B, Solhøy T, Miehe G (2008) The ecological specialist,
Thermophis baileyi (WALL, 1907) – new records, distribution and biogeographic conclusions.
Herpetological Bulletin 101:8–12.
Hofmann S, Henle K (2006) Male reproductive success and intrasexual selection in the common lizard
determined by DNA-microsatellites. Journal of Herpetology 40:1–6.
Grosse W-R, Hofmann S, Drews A (2006) Die Lurche und Kriechtiere der Insel Sylt: Historische
Entwicklung, Verbreitung und Ökologie. Zeitschrift für Feldherpetologie, Suppl. 10:203–216.
Hofmann S, Grosse WR, Henle K (2005) Dispersal and population structure of the common lizard
(Zootoca vivipara) in the natural landscape. Zeitschrift für Feldherpetologie 12:177–96.
Hofmann S, Große WR, Berger H (2004) Distribution and genetic diversity of the common lizard
(Zootoca vivipara) in eastern Germany. Tagungsband der Forschungsgruppe für Feldherpetologie
02/2004.
Hofmann S, Henle K, Grosse WR (2003) Effect of Landscape Fragmentation in the Genetic Diversity in
the Common Lizard (Zootoca vivipara). Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie 33:199.
Hofmann S (2002) A simple Method to get blood from Zootoca vivipara. Salamandra 38:145–48.
Under Review
Hofmann S, Fritzsche P, Miehe G. First record of Elaphe dione from high altitude in Western Sichuan
reveals high intraspecific differentiation.
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To be submitted
Hofmann S. First record of Szechwan ratsnake, Euprepiophis perlaceus (Serpentes: Colubridae) from
Mugecuo, Garzê, Sichuan, China provides further mitochondrial evidence on the species phylogenetic
position.
Journal Papers (Non-Herpetological Topics)
Nutsua M, Fischer A, Nebel A, Hofmann S, Schreiber S, Krawczak M, Nothnagel M (2015) Familybased benchmarking of copy number variation detection software. PLoS One. 10(7):e0133465. doi:
10.1371/journal.pone.0133465. eCollection 2015.
Zimmermann A, Zissel G, Müller-Quernheim J, Hofmann S, Schreiber S, Fischer A (2015) Are
bronchoalveolar lavages a good source for microbial profiling? Differences between throat and BAL
microbiome. Journal of Medical Microbiology 64(8):948–51. doi:10.1099/jmm.0.000112.
Fischer A, Ellinghaus D, Nutsua M, Hofmann S, Montgomery CG, Iannuzzi MC, Rybicki BA, Petrek M,
Mrazek F, Pabst S,Grohé C, Grunewald J, Ronninger M, Eklund A, Padyukov L, Mihailovic-Vucinic
V, Jovanovic D, Sterclova M, Homolka J, the GenPhenReSa Consortium, Nöthen MM, Herms S,
Gieger C, Strauch K, Winkelmann J, Boehm BO, Brand A, Büning C, Schürmann M, Ellinghaus E,
Baurecht H, Lieb W, Nebel A, Müller-Quernheim J, Franke A, Schreiber S (2015) Identification of
immune-relevant factors conferring sarcoidosis genetic risk. American Journal of Respiratory and
Critical Care Medicine. 192(6):727–36. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201503-0418OC.
Hofmann S, Fischer A, Nothnagel M, Jacobs G, Schmid B, Wittig M, Franke A, Gaede KI, Schürmann M,
Petrek M, Mrazek F, Pabst S, Grohé C, Grunewald J, Ronninger M, Eklund A, Rosenstiel P, Höhne K,
Zissel G, Müller-Quernheim J, Schreiber S (2013). Genome-wide association analysis reveals
12q13.3-q14.1 as new risk locus for sarcoidosis. European Respiratory Journal 41:888–900.
Fischer A, Schmid B, Ellinghaus D, Nothnagel M, Gaede KI, Schürmann M, Lipinski S, Rosenstiel P,
Zissel G, Höhne K, Petrek M, Kolek V, Pabst S, Grohé C, Grunewald J, Ronninger M, Eklund A,
Padyukov L, Gieger C, Wichmann HE, Nebel A, Franke A, Müller-Quernheim J, Hofmann S,
Schreiber S (2012). A Novel Sarcoidosis Risk Locus for Europeans on Chromosome 11q13.1.
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 186:877–85.
Hunt KA, Smyth DJ, Balschun T, Ban M, Mistry V, Ahmad T, Anand V, Barrett JC, Bhaw-Rosun L,
Bockett NA, Brand OJ, Brouwer E, Concannon P, Cooper JD, Dias KR, van Diemen CC, Dubois PC,
Edkins S, Fölster-Holst R, Fransen K, Glass DN, Heap GA, Hofmann S, Huizinga TW, Hunt S,
Langford C, Lee J, Mansfield J, Marrosu MG, Mathew CG, Mein CA, Müller-Quernheim J, Nutland
S, Onengut-Gumuscu S, Ouwehand W, Pearce K, Prescott NJ, Posthumus MD, Potter S, Rosati G,
Sambrook J, Satsangi J, Schreiber S, Shtir C, Simmonds MJ, Sudman M, Thompson SD, Toes R,
Trynka G, Vyse TJ, Walker NM, Weidinger S, Zhernakova A, Zoledziewska M; Type 1 Diabetes
Genetics Consortium; UK Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Genetics Consortium; Wellcome Trust
Case Control Consortium, Weersma RK, Gough SC, Sawcer S, Wijmenga C, Parkes M, Cucca F,
Franke A, Deloukas P, Rich SS, Todd JA, van Heel DA. (2011). Rare and functional SIAE variants are
not associated with autoimmune disease risk in up to 66,924 individuals of European ancestry.
Nature Genetics 44:3–5.
Hofmann S, Fischer A, Till A, Müller-Quernheim J, Häsler R, Franke A, Gäde KI, Schaarschmidt H;
GenPhenReSa Consortium, Rosenstiel P, Nebel A, Schürmann M, Nothnagel M, Schreiber S (2011)
A genome-wide association study reveals evidence of association with sarcoidosis at 6p12.1.
European Respiratory Journal 38:1127–35.
Keller A, Leidinger P, Bauer A, Elsharawy A, Haas J, Backes C, Wendschlag A, Giese N, Tjaden C, Ott K,
Werner J, Hackert T, Ruprecht K, Huwer H, Huebers J, Jacobs G, Rosenstiel P, Dommisch H,
Schaefer A, Müller-Quernheim J, Wullich B, Keck B, Graf N, Reichrath J, Vogel B, Nebel A, Jager SU,
Staehler P, Amarantos I, Boisguerin V, Staehler C, Beier M, Scheffler M, Büchler MW, Wischhusen
J, Haeusler SF, Dietl J, Hofmann S, Lenhof HP, Schreiber S, Katus HA, Rottbauer W, Meder B,
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Hoheisel JD, Franke A, Meese E (2011) Toward the blood-borne miRNome of human diseases.
Nature Methods 8:841–3.
Fischer A, Nothnagel M, Franke A, Saadati H R, Schürmann M, Müller-Quernheim J, Schreiber S,
Hofmann S. (2010) Association of inflammatory bowel disease risk loci with sarcoidosis, and its
acute and chronic subphenotypes. European Respiratory Journal 37:610-6.
Fischer A, Müller-Quernheim J, Schürmann M, Schreiber S, Nothnagel M, Hofmann S (2010) A
genome-wide linkage analysis in 181 German sarcoidosis families using clustered bi-allelic markers
suggests new candidate genes. Chest 138:151–7.
Müller-Quernheim J, Schürmann M, Hofmann S, Gaede KI, Fischer A, Prasse A, Zissel G, Schreiber S
(2009) Genetics of sarcoidosis: a key to understanding its pathogenesis. Review. Pneumologie
63:166–75.
Hofmann S, Franke A, Jacobs G, Fischer A, Müller-Quernheim J, Schürmann M, Gaede KI, Nothnagel
M, Krawczak M, Rosenstiel P, Schreiber S (2008) Genome-wide association study identifies a new
susceptibility gene for sarcoidosis. Nature Genetics 40:1103–06.
Franke A, Fischer A, Nothnagel M, Becker B, Grabe N, Till A, Müller Quernheim J, Wittig M, Hermann
A, Balschun T, Hofmann S, Hampe J, Nürnberg P, Nikolaus S, Krawczak M, Schürmann M,
Rosenstiel P, Nebel A, Schreiber S (2008) Combined analysis for sarcoidosis and Crohn disease
discovers a common susceptibility locus on chromosome 10p12.2 in a genome-wide 100k SNP
scan. Gastroenterology 135:1207–15.
Müller-Quernheim J, Schürmann M, Hofmann S, Gaede KI, Fischer A, Prasse A, Zissel G, Schreiber S
(2008) Genetics of Sarcoidosis. Review. Clinics in Chest Medicine 29:391–14, viii.
Weinandy R, Hofmann S, Gattermann R (2002) The estrus of female gerbils, Meriones unguiculatus is
indicated by locomotor activity and influenced by male presence. Folia Zoologica 51:145–56.
Weinandy R, Hofmann S, Gattermann R (2001) Mating behaviour during the estrous cycle in
Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus). Mammalian Biology 66:116–20.
Under Review
Nutsua M, Fischer A, Nebel A, Hofmann S, Schreiber S, Krawczak M, Nothnagel M. Family-based
benchmarking of copy number variation detection software.
Fischer A, Ellinghaus D, Nutsua M, Montgomery CG, Iannuzzi MC, Rybicki BA, Petrek M, Mrazek F,
Pabst S, Grohé C, Grunewald J, Ronninger M, Eklund A, Padyukov L, Nöthen MM, Herms S, Gieger
C, Wichmann HE, Winkelmann J, Boehm BO, Schürmann M, Ellinghaus E, Baurecht HJ, Lieb W,
Hofmann S, Nebel A, Müller-Quernheim J, Franke A, Schreiber S. Immunochip analysis reveals
novel sarcoidosis risk loci.
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1 Curriculum Vitae Jonathan Julio Fong School of Biological