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D-Index
69
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84855
World Ranking
2298
National Ranking
2

Overview

Can Alkan is affiliated with Bilkent University in Turkey and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research portfolio highlights significant work in molecular biology, genetics, artificial intelligence, plant science, and cancer research.

The scientist's publications span major topics such as:

  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Algorithms and Data Compression
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • Machine Learning in Bioinformatics
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics

Can Alkan's frequent co-authors include Onur Mutlu, Mohammed Alser, Can Fırtına, Damla Senol Cali, and Jeremie S. Kim. These collaborations have resulted in a range of research outputs across several well-known publication venues.

The top venues where Can Alkan has published include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Bioinformatics
  • Genome Biology

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Can Alkan are:

  • High-coverage whole-genome sequencing of the expanded 1000 Genomes Project cohort including 602 trios, 2022, Cell
  • A robust benchmark for detection of germline large deletions and insertions, 2020, Nature Biotechnology
  • GenASM: a high-performance, low-power approximate string matching acceleration framework for genome sequence analysis, 2021, Bilkent University Institutional Repository (Bilkent University)
  • Fast characterization of segmental duplication structure in multiple genome assemblies, 2022, Algorithms for Molecular Biology
  • Apollo: a sequencing-technology-independent, scalable and accurate assembly polishing algorithm, 2020, Bioinformatics

Best Publications

  • A global reference for human genetic variation.

    Adam Auton;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David M. Altshuler;Richard M. Durbin

  • An integrated map of genetic variation from 1,092 human genomes

    Goncalo R Abecasis;Adam Auton;Lisa D Brooks

  • Table S2: Trans-factors and trinucleotide repeat instability Trans-factor

    Arturo López Castel;John D Cleary;Christopher E Pearson

  • A hexanucleotide repeat expansion in C9ORF72 is the cause of chromosome 9p21-linked ALS-FTD

    Alan E. Renton;Elisa Majounie;Adrian James Waite;Javier Simón-Sánchez;Javier Simón-Sánchez

  • A Draft Sequence of the Neandertal Genome

    Richard E. Green;Johannes Krause;Adrian W. Briggs;Tomislav Maricic

  • An integrated map of structural variation in 2,504 human genomes

    Peter H. Sudmant;Tobias Rausch;Eugene J. Gardner;Robert E. Handsaker;Robert E. Handsaker

  • Genetic history of an archaic hominin group from Denisova Cave in Siberia

    David Reich;Richard E. Green;Martin Kircher;Johannes Krause

  • A high-coverage genome sequence from an archaic Denisovan individual

    Matthias Meyer;Martin Kircher;Marie Theres Gansauge;Heng Li

  • Genome structural variation discovery and genotyping

    Can Alkan;Bradley P. Coe;Evan E. Eichler;Evan E. Eichler

  • Mapping and sequencing of structural variation from eight human genomes

    Jeffrey M. Kidd;Gregory M. Cooper;William F. Donahue;Hillary S. Hayden

  • Mapping copy number variation by population-scale genome sequencing

    Ryan E. Mills;Klaudia Walter;Chip Stewart;Robert E. Handsaker

  • Great ape genetic diversity and population history

    Javier Prado-Martinez;Peter H. Sudmant;Jeffrey M. Kidd;Jeffrey M. Kidd;Heng Li

  • Personalized copy number and segmental duplication maps using next-generation sequencing

    Can Alkan;Jeffrey M Kidd;Tomas Marques-Bonet;Tomas Marques-Bonet;Gozde Aksay

  • A global reference for human genetic variation

    Adam Auton;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David M. Altshuler;Richard M. Durbin

  • Insights into hominid evolution from the gorilla genome sequence

    Aylwyn Scally;Julien Y. Dutheil;LaDeana W. Hillier;Gregory E. Jordan

  • Limitations of next-generation genome sequence assembly

    Can Alkan;Saba Sajjadian;Evan E Eichler

  • Diversity of Human Copy Number Variation and Multicopy Genes

    Peter H. Sudmant;Jacob O. Kitzman;Francesca Antonacci;Can Alkan

  • Sequence and structural variation in a human genome uncovered by short-read, massively parallel ligation sequencing using two-base encoding

    Kevin Judd McKernan;Heather E. Peckham;Gina L. Costa;Stephen F. McLaughlin

  • Comparative and demographic analysis of orang-utan genomes.

    Devin P. Locke;LaDeana W. Hillier;Wesley C. Warren;Kim C. Worley

  • Genome Sequencing Highlights the Dynamic Early History of Dogs

    Adam H. Freedman;Ilan Gronau;Rena Schweizer;Diego Ortega-Del Vecchyo

Frequent Co-Authors

Evan E. Eichler
Evan E. Eichler University of Washington
Onur Mutlu
Onur Mutlu ETH Zurich
Tomas Marques-Bonet
Tomas Marques-Bonet Pompeu Fabra University
Jeffrey M. Kidd
Jeffrey M. Kidd University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Mario Ventura
Mario Ventura University of Bari Aldo Moro
Richard K. Wilson
Richard K. Wilson Nationwide Children's Hospital
Saugata Ghose
Saugata Ghose University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Carlos Bustamante
Carlos Bustamante Stanford University
Steven A. McCarroll
Steven A. McCarroll Harvard University
James C. Mullikin
James C. Mullikin National Institutes of Health

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