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Charles R. Cantor

Charles R. Cantor

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Genetics

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117
Citations
66149
World Ranking
420
National Ranking
217

Molecular Biology

D-Index
117
Citations
66149
World Ranking
285
National Ranking
169

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2006 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • 1988 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1988 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1981 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1973 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1969 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Charles R. Cantor is affiliated with Boston University in the United States and has a research focus centered on medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans multiple subfields including oncology, cancer research, pediatrics, perinatology, child health, pathology, forensic medicine, and molecular biology.

Their research addresses several main topics such as cancer genomics and diagnostics, genetic factors in colorectal cancer, prenatal screening and diagnostics, cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers, colorectal cancer treatments and studies, colorectal cancer screening and detection, and the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare and education.

Recent publications by Charles R. Cantor include:

  • Efficient detection and post-surgical monitoring of colon cancer with a multi-marker DNA methylation liquid biopsy, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Artificial intelligence, drug repurposing and peer review, 2020, Nature Biotechnology
  • High-resolution DNA size enrichment using a magnetic nano-platform and application in non-invasive prenatal testing, 2020, The Analyst
  • A Graph Curvature-Based Pipeline for Discovering Immune Checkpoint Response Biomarkers, 2024, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • ANERGY TO SYNERGY-THE ENERGY FUELING THE RXCOVEA FRAMEWORK, 2020, International Journal for Multiscale Computational Engineering

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Cantor include:

  • Bud Mishra
  • Urvashi Bahadur
  • Swaraj Basu
  • Nihesh Rathod
  • Divya Vishwanath

The scientist has published extensively in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Analyst
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nature Biotechnology
  • International Journal for Multiscale Computational Engineering

Charles R. Cantor has received several awards and fellowships throughout their career, including being a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors since 2013, a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) since 2006, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a Member of the National Academy of Sciences since 1988. Earlier recognitions include fellowships from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1981, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1973, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1969.

Best Publications

  • Construction of a genetic toggle switch in Escherichia coli

    Timothy S. Gardner;Charles R. Cantor;James J. Collins

  • Separation of yeast chromosome-sized DNAs by pulsed field gradient gel electrophoresis

    David C. Schwartz;Charles R. Cantor

  • The ENCODE (ENCyclopedia of DNA elements) Project

    E. A. Feingold;P. J. Good;M. S. Guyer;S. Kamholz

  • Noise in eukaryotic gene expression

    William J. Blake;Mads KÆrn;Charles R. Cantor;J. J. Collins

  • Noninvasive prenatal diagnosis of fetal chromosomal aneuploidy by massively parallel genomic sequencing of DNA in maternal plasma.

    Rossa W. K. Chiu;K. C. Allen Chan;Yuan Gao;Virginia Y. M. Lau

  • Maternal plasma DNA sequencing reveals the genome-wide genetic and mutational profile of the fetus

    Y. M. Dennis Lo;K. C. Allen Chan;Hao Sun;Eric Z. Chen

  • A common language for physical mapping of the human genome

    Maynard Olson;Leroy E. Hood;Charles R. Cantor;David Botstein

  • Immuno-PCR: very sensitive antigen detection by means of specific antibody-DNA conjugates.

    Takeshi Sano;Cassandra L. Smith;Charles R. Cantor

  • Turbidimetric studies of the in vitro assembly and disassembly of porcine neurotubules.

    Felicia Gaskin;Charles R. Cantor;Michael L. Shelanski

  • Quantitative high-throughput analysis of DNA methylation patterns by base-specific cleavage and mass spectrometry

    Mathias Ehrich;Matthew R. Nelson;Patrick Stanssens;Marc Zabeau

  • Programmable cells: Interfacing natural and engineered gene networks

    Hideki Kobayashi;Mads Kærn;Michihiro Araki;Kristy Chung

  • High-throughput development and characterization of a genomewide collection of gene-based single nucleotide polymorphism markers by chip-based matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry.

    Kenneth H. Buetow;Michael Edmonson;Richard MacDonald;Robert Clifford

  • Bacterial charity work leads to population-wide resistance

    Henry H. Lee;Michael N. Molla;Michael N. Molla;Charles R. Cantor;James J. Collins;James J. Collins;James J. Collins

  • Phenotypic consequences of promoter-mediated transcriptional noise.

    William J. Blake;Gábor Balázsi;Michael A. Kohanski;Farren J. Isaacs

  • Physicochemical studies on polydeoxyribonucleotides containing defined repeating nucleotide sequences

    R.D. Wells;J.E. Larson;R.C. Grant;B.E. Shortle

  • Engineered riboregulators enable post-transcriptional control of gene expression

    Farren J Isaacs;Daniel J Dwyer;Chunming Ding;Dmitri D Pervouchine

  • Digital PCR for the molecular detection of fetal chromosomal aneuploidy

    Y. M. Dennis Lo;Fiona M. F. Lun;K. C. Allen Chan;Nancy B. Y. Tsui

  • Plasma placental RNA allelic ratio permits noninvasive prenatal chromosomal aneuploidy detection

    Y M Dennis Lo;Nancy B Y Tsui;Rossa W K Chiu;Tze K Lau

  • Oligonucleotide-directed self-assembly of proteins: semisynthetic DNA—streptavidin hybrid molecules as connectors for the generation of macroscopic arrays and the construction of supramolecular bioconjugates

    Christof M. Niemeyer;Takeshi Sano;Cassandra L. Smith;Charles R. Cantor

  • Positional sequencing by hybridization

    Charles R. Cantor;Marek Przetakiewicz;Takeshi Sano;Cassandra L. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Cassandra L. Smith
Cassandra L. Smith Boston University
Hubert Köster
Hubert Köster Sequenom (United States)
Dirk van den Boom
Dirk van den Boom Sequenom (United States)
Robert F. Murphy
Robert F. Murphy Carnegie Mellon University
Simon Kasif
Simon Kasif Boston University
Richard Axel
Richard Axel Columbia University
Sandor Vajda
Sandor Vajda Boston University
Matthew R. Nelson
Matthew R. Nelson GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom)
David C. Schwartz
David C. Schwartz University of Wisconsin–Madison

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