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Thomas C. Kaufman

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Indiana University

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Established · publishing since 1972
Developmental Biology and Gene RegulationNeurobiology and Insect Physiology ResearchGenetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal AbnormalitiesChromosomal and Genetic VariationsGenomics and Chromatin Dynamics

Publications

218

Citations

27,501

Est. group size

~3

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

55

Publishing since 1972

Research summary
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This researcher studies genetics and developmental biology, primarily using the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster as a model organism to understand how genes control body development and structure. A significant portion of their recent work involves building and maintaining shared genomic databases, such as FlyBase and the Alliance of Genome Resources, that help scientists worldwide access gene and genome data. Their work also touches on how genes shape body segmentation across insects and other invertebrates.

Developmental biology and gene regulationDrosophila (fruit fly) geneticsGenome and model-organism databasesHox genes and body segmentationComparative and invertebrate genomics

Publication activity has been low but steady over the last decade, averaging under two papers per year, with a modest uptick in the most recent year.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

Funding
Public award records

Current awards run through July 2029 — about 3 years of funding on record from today. Awards are often renewed, so this is what is currently public, not a forecast.

  • ActiveNIH P40OD018537through Jul 2029 · $1.2M awarded

    Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center at Indiana University

3 earlier awards
  • NIH T32GM007757Jul 1984 – Jun 1999 · $180k awarded

    GENETICS TRAINING GRANT

  • NIH R01GM024299Aug 1977 – Jul 1994 · $117k awarded

    THE GENETIC CONTROL OF MORPHOGENESIS

  • NIH R01GM032317Aug 1983 – Jul 1986 · $102k awarded

    THE GENETICS OF TUBULIN

Matched to public NIH RePORTER and NSF records by name and institution. Awards from other agencies are not shown, and a match is not always found — this list may be incomplete.

In context
Among 1,724 established Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology PIs within our index
Citations: 27,501cohort median 3,385
h-index: 82cohort median 27
Publications / year (recent): 1.8cohort median 4.6

Typically publishes in teams of ~39 · 23% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 7 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.8/year recently
2017: 2 publications172018: 3 publications3182019: 1 publication192020: 1 publication20212022: 2 publications222023: 2 publications232024: 1 publication242025: 1 publication252026: 3 publications326
Collaborators per year
Distinct co-authors at Indiana University each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.
2017: 7 collaborators at the same institution2018: 0 collaborators at the same institution2019: 0 collaborators at the same institution2020: 0 collaborators at the same institution2021: 0 collaborators at the same institution2022: 0 collaborators at the same institution2023: 5 collaborators at the same institution2024: 0 collaborators at the same institution2025: 5 collaborators at the same institution1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Genetics×4
  • Nucleic Acids Research×3
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×2
  • Lab Animal×1
  • PLoS Genetics×1
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Sep 1, 2026.

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