Tim Schaefer

@aesthetics.mpg.de

Research Sofware Engineer, Department of Cognitive Neuropsychology
Max-Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics

https://researchid.co/timschaefer

EDUCATION

PhD, Bioinformatics. Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology, Multidisciplinary

618

Scholar Citations

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RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

Parsing Autism Heterogeneity: Transcriptomic Subgrouping of Imaging-Derived Phenotypes in Autism
J Leyhausen, C Gurr, LM Berg, H Seelemeyer, B Hermila, T Schfer, ...
Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging 2025

Gender-affirming mastectomy in transmasculine individuals in The Netherlands: a large cohort study on outcomes and trends
WB van der Sluis, L Elfering, P Roijer, NM van Hout, T Schfer, ...
International Journal of Transgender Health 26 (3), 630-639 2025

Evaluating Deep Learning Methods for the Correlation of Motion Artifacts Correction in Structural MRI Scans
B Hermila, H Seelemeyer, J Leyhausen, L Berg, CM Pretzsch, T Schfer, ...
INSAR 2025 2025

Gender-affirming orchiectomy in transgender and non-binary individuals: A large cohort study with middle-to long-term follow-up
WB van der Sluis, JM Smit, T Schfer, MB Bouman
International Journal of Transgender Health 26 (2), 459-463 2025

Bridging the scales: leveraging personalized disease models and deep phenotyping to dissect cognitive impairment in schizophrenia
FJ Raabe, D Popovic, C Vetter, G Hasanaj, B Karslı, LE Fischer, ...
medRxiv, 2025.02. 25.25322779 2025

Chronic exposure to glucocorticoids amplifies inhibitory neuron cell fate during human neurodevelopment in organoids
L Dony, AC Krontira, L Kaspar, R Ahmad, IS Demirel, M Grochowicz, ...
Science advances 11 (7), eadn8631 2025

Decomposing the Brain in Autism: Linking Behavioral Domains to Neuroanatomical Variation and Genomic Underpinnings
H Seelemeyer, C Gurr, J Leyhausen, LM Berg, CM Pretzsch, T Schfer, ...
Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging 2024

Patterns of brain maturation in autism and their molecular associations
CM Pretzsch, M Arenella, JP Lerch, MV Lombardo, C Beckmann, ...
JAMA psychiatry 81 (12), 1253-1264 2024

Systems Neuroscience Computing in Python (SyNCoPy): a python package for large-scale analysis of electrophysiological data
G Mnke, T Schfer, M Parto-Dezfouli, DS Kajal, S Frtinger, JT Schmiedt, ...
Frontiers in Neuroinformatics 18, 1448161 2024

Differences in intrinsic gray matter connectivity and their genomic underpinnings in autism spectrum disorder
J Leyhausen, T Schfer, C Gurr, LM Berg, H Seelemeyer, CM Pretzsch, ...
Biological psychiatry 95 (2), 175-186 2024

Seksuele gezondheid bij transvrouwen: Een onderzoek naar relevante aspecten van seksuele gezondheid en gewenste zorg voor en na de vaginoplastiek
DBA Kroeze, T Schfer, SM Burke
Tijdschrift voor Seksuologie 47 (3), 128-139 2023

The neuroanatomical substrates of autism and ADHD and their link to putative genomic underpinnings
LM Berg, C Gurr, J Leyhausen, H Seelemeyer, A Bletsch, T Schaefer, ...
Molecular autism 14 (1), 36 2023

Enhancing precision in human neuroscience
S Nebe, M Reutter, DH Baker, J Blte, G Domes, M Gamer, A Grtner, ...
Elife 12, e85980 2023

Altered Spatial Patterns of Neuroanatomical Development in Autism
CM Pretzsch, M Arenella, M Lombardo, C Gurr, A Bletsch, T Schfer, ...
INSAR 2023 2023

Associations between Longitudinal Changes in Cortical Thickness and Restricted/Repetitive Behaviours in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
C Gurr, V Bieneck, A Bletsch, T Schfer, H Seelemeyer, CM Pretzsch, ...
INSAR 2023 2023

Symptom Severity in the Two DSM-V Symptom Domains Is Differentially Associated with Neuroanatomical and Genomic Underpinnings of Autism Spectrum Disorder
H Seelemeyer, C Gurr, L Berg, J Leyhausen, A Bletsch, T Schfer, ...
INSAR 2023 2023

Cross-sectional and longitudinal neuroanatomical profiles of distinct clinical (adaptive) outcomes in autism
CM Pretzsch, DL Floris, T Schfer, A Bletsch, C Gurr, MV Lombardo, ...
Molecular Psychiatry 28 (5), 2158-2169 2023

Genital gender-affirming surgery for transgender women
WB van der Sluis, T Schfer, THJ Nijhuis, MB Bouman
Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology 86, 102297 2023

Excitatory/inhibitory imbalance in autism: the role of glutamate and GABA gene-sets in symptoms and cortical brain structure
V Hollestein, G Poelmans, NJ Forde, CF Beckmann, C Ecker, C Mann, ...
Translational Psychiatry 13 (1), 18 2023

Neurobiological correlates of change in adaptive behavior in autism
CM Pretzsch, T Schfer, MV Lombardo, V Warrier, C Mann, A Bletsch, ...
American Journal of Psychiatry 179 (5), 336-349 2022

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

Interindividual differences in cortical thickness and their genomic underpinnings in autism spectrum disorder
C Ecker, CM Pretzsch, A Bletsch, C Mann, T Schaefer, S Ambrosino, ...
American Journal of Psychiatry 179 (3), 242-254 2022
Citations: 68

Enhancing precision in human neuroscience
S Nebe, M Reutter, DH Baker, J Blte, G Domes, M Gamer, A Grtner, ...
Elife 12, e85980 2023
Citations: 63

Neurobiological correlates of change in adaptive behavior in autism
CM Pretzsch, T Schfer, MV Lombardo, V Warrier, C Mann, A Bletsch, ...
American Journal of Psychiatry 179 (5), 336-349 2022
Citations: 37

fsbrain: an R package for the visualization of structural neuroimaging data
T Schfer, C Ecker
Biorxiv, 2020.09. 18.302935 2020
Citations: 37

Genital gender-affirming surgery for transgender women
WB van der Sluis, T Schfer, THJ Nijhuis, MB Bouman
Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology 86, 102297 2023
Citations: 35

Longitudinal changes in cortical thickness in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder and their association with restricted and repetitive behaviors
V Bieneck, A Bletsch, C Mann, T Schfer, H Seelemeyer, N Hery, ...
Genes 12 (12), 2024 2021
Citations: 24

Bioinformatics analysis of whole slide images reveals significant neighborhood preferences of tumor cells in Hodgkin lymphoma
J Hannig, H Schfer, J Ackermann, M Hebel, T Schfer, C Dring, ...
PLoS Computational Biology 16 (1), e1007516 2020
Citations: 21

Protein super-secondary structure and quaternary structure topology: theoretical description and application
I Koch, T Schfer
Current Opinion in Structural Biology 50, 134-143 2018
Citations: 21

CD30 cell graphs of Hodgkin lymphoma are not scale-free—an image analysis approach
H Schfer, T Schfer, J Ackermann, N Dichter, C Dring, S Hartmann, ...
Bioinformatics 32 (1), 122-129 2016
Citations: 21

Evaluation of a gadolinium-based nanoparticle (AGuIX) for contrast-enhanced MRI of the liver in a rat model of hepatic colorectal cancer metastases at 9.4 Tesla
P Fries, D Morr, A Mller, F Lux, O Tillement, A Massmann, R Seidel, ...
RFo-Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Rntgenstrahlen und der bildgebenden 2015
Citations: 19

Atypical measures of diffusion at the gray‐white matter boundary in autism spectrum disorder in adulthood
A Bletsch, T Schfer, C Mann, DS Andrews, E Daly, M Gudbrandsen, ...
Human Brain Mapping 42 (2), 467-484 2021
Citations: 18

Image database analysis of Hodgkin lymphoma
T Schfer, H Schfer, A Schmitz, J Ackermann, N Dichter, C Dring, ...
Computational biology and chemistry 46, 1-7 2013
Citations: 18

A system for traded control teleoperation of manipulation tasks using intent prediction from hand gestures
Y Oh, T Schfer, B Rther, M Toussaint, J Mainprice
2021 30th IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive 2021
Citations: 15

Computation and visualization of protein topology graphs including ligand information
T Schfer, P May, I Koch
German Conference on Bioinformatics 2012, 108-118 2012
Citations: 9

Patterns of brain maturation in autism and their molecular associations
CM Pretzsch, M Arenella, JP Lerch, MV Lombardo, C Beckmann, ...
JAMA psychiatry 81 (12), 1253-1264 2024
Citations: 8