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Barbara Hutter is affiliated with the German Cancer Research Center in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on the intersection of cancer genomics, molecular biology, and oncology, with significant contributions to understanding the genetics and molecular mechanisms underlying cancer development and progression.

Their main fields of study encompass Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology and Medicine, with detailed work in subfields such as Cancer Research, Molecular Biology, Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Genetics.

The main topics of Barbara Hutter's research include:

  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies
  • Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations

Barbara Hutter has contributed to several recent papers, notable among these are:

  • Patterns of somatic structural variation in human cancer genomes, 2020, Nature
  • Comprehensive analysis of chromothripsis in 2,658 human cancers using whole-genome sequencing, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Accurate and efficient detection of gene fusions from RNA sequencing data, 2021, Genome Research
  • Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes identifies driver rearrangements promoted by LINE-1 retrotransposition, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Disruption of chromatin folding domains by somatic genomic rearrangements in human cancer, 2020, Nature Genetics

The publication venues where Barbara Hutter's work appears most frequently include:

  • Nature Genetics
  • Nature Communications
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cancer Research
  • Annals of Oncology

Frequent co-authors working with Barbara Hutter are:

  • Stefan Fröhling
  • Benedikt Brors
  • Peter Horak
  • Daniel Hübschmann
  • Christoph E. Heilig

Best Publications

  • Signatures of mutational processes in human cancer

    Ludmil B. Alexandrov;Serena Nik-Zainal;Serena Nik-Zainal;David C. Wedge;Samuel A. J. R. Aparicio

  • Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes

    Peter J. Campbell;Gad Getz;Jan O. Korbel;Joshua M. Stuart

  • The landscape of genomic alterations across childhood cancers

    Susanne N. Gröbner;Barbara C. Worst;Joachim Weischenfeldt;Joachim Weischenfeldt;Ivo Buchhalter

  • The whole-genome landscape of medulloblastoma subtypes

    Paul A. Northcott;Paul A. Northcott;Ivo Buchhalter;Ivo Buchhalter;A. Sorana Morrissy;Volker Hovestadt

  • Patterns of somatic structural variation in human cancer genomes

    Yilong Li;Nicola D Roberts;Jeremiah A Wala;Jeremiah A Wala;Ofer Shapira;Ofer Shapira

  • Dissecting the genomic complexity underlying medulloblastoma

    David T. W. Jones;Natalie Jäger;Marcel Kool;Thomas Zichner

  • Recurrent somatic alterations of FGFR1 and NTRK2 in pilocytic astrocytoma

    David T W Jones;Barbara Hutter;Natalie Jäger;Andrey Korshunov;Andrey Korshunov

  • Comprehensive analysis of chromothripsis in 2,658 human cancers using whole-genome sequencing

    Isidro Cortés-Ciriano;Jake June-Koo Lee;Ruibin Xi;Dhawal Jain

  • Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes identifies driver rearrangements promoted by LINE-1 retrotransposition.

    Bernardo Rodriguez-Martin;Bernardo Rodriguez-Martin;Eva G. Alvarez;Eva G. Alvarez;Adrian Baez-Ortega;Jorge Zamora

  • Integrative Genomic Analyses Reveal an Androgen-Driven Somatic Alteration Landscape in Early-Onset Prostate Cancer

    Joachim Weischenfeldt;Ronald Simon;Lars Feuerbach;Karin Schlangen

  • A comprehensive assessment of somatic mutation detection in cancer using whole-genome sequencing

    Tyler S. Alioto;Ivo Buchhalter;Sophia Derdak;Barbara Hutter

  • Next-generation personalised medicine for high-risk paediatric cancer patients – The INFORM pilot study

    Barbara C. Worst;Barbara C. Worst;Cornelis M. van Tilburg;Gnana Prakash Balasubramanian;Petra Fiesel;Petra Fiesel

  • Accurate and efficient detection of gene fusions from RNA sequencing data.

    Sebastian Uhrig;Julia Ellermann;Tatjana Walther;Pauline Burkhardt;Pauline Burkhardt

  • Integrative genomic and transcriptomic analysis of leiomyosarcoma

    Priya Chudasama;Sadaf S. Mughal;Mathijs A. Sanders;Mathijs A. Sanders;Daniel Hübschmann;Daniel Hübschmann

  • Disruption of chromatin folding domains by somatic genomic rearrangements in human cancer

    Kadir C Akdemir;Victoria T Le;Sahaana Chandran;Yilong Li

  • Epigenomic Profiling of Human CD4(+) T Cells Supports a Linear Differentiation Model and Highlights Molecular Regulators of Memory Development

    Pawel Durek;Karl Nordström;Gilles Gasparoni;Abdulrahman Salhab

  • NRG1 Fusions in KRAS Wild-Type Pancreatic Cancer

    Christoph Heining;Peter Horak;Sebastian Uhrig;Paula L Codo

  • Comprehensive Genomic and Transcriptomic Analysis for Guiding Therapeutic Decisions in Patients with Rare Cancers

    Peter Horak;Christoph Heining;Simon Kreutzfeldt;Barbara Hutter

  • Recurrent MET fusion genes represent a drug target in pediatric glioblastoma

    Sebastian Bender;Sebastian Bender;Jan Gronych;Hans-Jörg Warnatz

  • Precision oncology based on omics data: The NCT Heidelberg experience.

    Peter Horak;Barbara Klink;Christoph Heining;Stefan Gröschel

Frequent Co-Authors

Benedikt Brors
Benedikt Brors German Cancer Research Center
Roland Eils
Roland Eils Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Hanno Glimm
Hanno Glimm TU Dresden
Stefan M. Pfister
Stefan M. Pfister German Cancer Research Center
Albrecht Stenzinger
Albrecht Stenzinger Heidelberg University
Matthias Schlesner
Matthias Schlesner University of Augsburg
Peter Lichter
Peter Lichter German Cancer Research Center
Wilko Weichert
Wilko Weichert Technical University of Munich
David T. W. Jones
David T. W. Jones German Cancer Research Center

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