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46
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18831
National Ranking
72

Overview

Adaikalavan Ramasamy is affiliated with A*STAR - Agency for Science, Technology and Research in Singapore. Their research spans multiple areas within the biomedical sciences, with a focus on medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The work notably covers molecular biology, neurology, public health, environmental and occupational health, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

Their scientific inquiries include a variety of topics, such as birth, development, and health, RNA modifications and cancer, epigenetics and DNA methylation, metabolomics and mass spectrometry studies, gestational diabetes research and management, neonatal respiratory health research, and congenital diaphragmatic hernia studies.

Ramasamy has contributed to numerous research papers published in prominent academic venues. Some recent works include the following:

  • "IFI16-dependent STING signaling is a crucial regulator of anti-HER2 immune response in HER2+ breast cancer," 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Hypoxia induces HIF1α-dependent epigenetic vulnerability in triple negative breast cancer to confer immune effector dysfunction and resistance to anti-PD-1 immunotherapy," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Trends in Respiratory Virus Infections During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Singapore, 2020," 2021, JAMA Network Open
  • "Dystonia genes functionally converge in specific neurons and share neurobiology with psychiatric disorders," 2020, Brain
  • "Prioritization of Drug Targets for Neurodegenerative Diseases by Integrating Genetic and Proteomic Data From Brain and Blood," 2022, Biological Psychiatry

Frequent collaborators in research include Gokce Oguz, Yap Seng Chong, Mina Ryten, Fabian Yap, and Neerja Karnani. This network suggests active multidisciplinary partnerships across various biomedical fields.

Ramasamy's publications appear regularly in outlets such as UNC Libraries, BMC Medicine, Biological Psychiatry, Scientific Reports, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). These venues reflect a broad engagement with medical and biological sciences research communities.

Best Publications

  • Common genetic variants influence human subcortical brain structures.

    Derrek P. Hibar;Jason L. Stein;Jason L. Stein;Miguel E. Renteria;Alejandro Arias-Vasquez

  • The ENIGMA Consortium: large-scale collaborative analyses of neuroimaging and genetic data

    Paul M. Thompson;Jason L. Stein;Sarah E. Medland;Derrek P. Hibar

  • The transcriptional landscape of age in human peripheral blood

    Marjolein J. Peters;Roby Joehanes;Luke C. Pilling;Claudia Schurmann;Claudia Schurmann

  • Identification of common variants associated with human hippocampal and intracranial volumes

    Jason L Stein;Sarah E Medland;Sarah E Medland;Alejandro Arias Vasquez;Alejandro Arias Vasquez;Derrek P Hibar

  • Genome-wide association study identifies five loci associated with lung function.

    E Repapi;I Sayers;L V Wain;P R Burton

  • Genetic variability in the regulation of gene expression in ten regions of the human brain

    Adaikalavan Ramasamy;Adaikalavan Ramasamy;Daniah Trabzuni;Sebastian Guelfi;Vibin Varghese

  • Key issues in conducting a meta-analysis of gene expression microarray datasets.

    Adaikalavan Ramasamy;Adrian Mondry;Chris C Holmes;Douglas G Altman

  • Multiancestry association study identifies new asthma risk loci that colocalize with immune-cell enhancer marks

    Florence Demenais;Florence Demenais;Patricia Margaritte-Jeannin;Patricia Margaritte-Jeannin;Kathleen C. Barnes;William O.C. Cookson

  • Rare coding variants in the phospholipase D3 gene confer risk for Alzheimer’s disease

    C Cruchaga;CM Karch;SC Jin;BA Benitez

  • Genome-wide association and large-scale follow up identifies 16 new loci influencing lung function

    María Soler Artigas;Daan W. Loth;Louise V. Wain;Sina A. Gharib

  • Novel insights into the genetics of smoking behaviour, lung function, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (UK BiLEVE): a genetic association study in UK Biobank

    Louise V Wain;Nick Shrine;Suzanne Miller;Victoria E Jackson

  • Identification of IL6R and chromosome 11q13.5 as risk loci for asthma

    Manuel A Ferreira;Melanie C Matheson;David L Duffy;Guy B Marks

  • Frontotemporal dementia and its subtypes: a genome-wide association study

    Raffaele Ferrari;Raffaele Ferrari;Dena G Hernandez;Dena G Hernandez;Michael A Nalls;Jonathan D Rohrer

  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies three new risk loci for atopic dermatitis.

    Lavinia Paternoster;Marie Standl;Chih-Mei Chen;Adaikalavan Ramasamy

  • Discovery of estrogen receptor α target genes and response elements in breast tumor cells

    Chin-Yo Lin;Anders M. Strom;Vinsensius Berlian Vega;Say Li Kong

  • Novel genetic loci associated with hippocampal volume

    Derrek Hibar;Hieab H.H. Adams;Neda Jahanshad;Ganesh Chauhan

  • Genome-Wide Association Studies of Asthma in Population-Based Cohorts Confirm Known and Suggested Loci and Identify an Additional Association near HLA

    Adaikalavan Ramasamy;Mikko Kuokkanen;Sailaja Vedantam;Sailaja Vedantam;Zofia K Z Gajdos;Zofia K Z Gajdos

  • Gene expression changes with age in skin, adipose tissue, blood and brain.

    Daniel Glass;Daniel Glass;Ana Viñuela;Matthew N Davies;Adaikalavan Ramasamy

  • Widespread sex differences in gene expression and splicing in the adult human brain.

    Daniah Trabzuni;Adaikalavan Ramasamy;Sabaena Imran;Robert Walker

  • Multiancestry association study identifies new asthma risk loci that colocalize with immune-cell enhancer marks

    Florence Demenais;Patricia Margaritte-Jeannin;Kathleen C. Barnes;William O. C. Cookson

Frequent Co-Authors

Mina Ryten
Mina Ryten University College London
Nicole Probst-Hensch
Nicole Probst-Hensch Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Michael E. Weale
Michael E. Weale King's College London
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin Imperial College London
Deborah Jarvis
Deborah Jarvis Imperial College London
John Hardy
John Hardy University College London
Colin Smith
Colin Smith University of Edinburgh
Joel N. Hirschhorn
Joel N. Hirschhorn Boston Children's Hospital
George T. O'Connor
George T. O'Connor Boston University
Dena G. Hernandez
Dena G. Hernandez National Institutes of Health

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