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  • 2015 - Spinoza Prize, Dutch Research Council
  • 2013 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2012 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Cisca Wijmenga is affiliated with the University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands and has a research focus spanning multiple fields including Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work encompasses key subfields such as Molecular Biology, Genetics, Immunology, Epidemiology, and Infectious Diseases.

The researcher's primary topics of study include:

  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Celiac Disease Research and Management
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Cisca Wijmenga are the following:

  • Large-scale cis- and trans-eQTL analyses identify thousands of genetic loci and polygenic scores that regulate blood gene expression, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Large-scale association analyses identify host factors influencing human gut microbiome composition, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Impact of commonly used drugs on the composition and metabolic function of the gut microbiota, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Environmental factors shaping the gut microbiome in a Dutch population, 2022, Nature
  • Long-term dietary patterns are associated with pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory features of the gut microbiome, 2021, Gut

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Lude Franke (65 joint publications)
  • Alexandra Zhernakova (60 joint publications)
  • Jingyuan Fu (54 joint publications)
  • Serena Sanna (46 joint publications)
  • Rinse K. Weersma (46 joint publications)

Cisca Wijmenga publishes often in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 24 publications
  • University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) with 17 publications
  • Nature Communications with 9 publications
  • Scientific Reports with 6 publications
  • Nature Genetics with 5 publications

The scientist has received multiple awards, including:

  • Spinoza Prize, Dutch Research Council, 2015
  • Member of Academia Europaea, 2013
  • Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2012

Best Publications

  • Host-microbe interactions have shaped the genetic architecture of inflammatory bowel disease

    Luke Jostins;Stephan Ripke;Rinse K Weersma;Richard H Duerr

  • A reference panel of 64,976 haplotypes for genotype imputation

    Shane McCarthy;Sayantan Das;Warren Kretzschmar;Olivier Delaneau

  • Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels

    Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis increases to 71 the number of confirmed Crohn's disease susceptibility loci

    Andre Franke;Dermot P B McGovern;Jeffrey C. Barrett;Kai Wang

  • Environment dominates over host genetics in shaping human gut microbiota

    Daphna Rothschild;Omer Weissbrod;Elad Barkan;Alexander Kurilshikov

  • Plasma HDL cholesterol and risk of myocardial infarction: A mendelian randomisation study

    Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Marju Orho-Melander;Ruth Frikke-Schmidt

  • Population-level analysis of gut microbiome variation

    Gwen Falony;Marie Joossens;Marie Joossens;Sara Vieira-Silva;Jun Wang

  • mTOR- and HIF-1α–mediated aerobic glycolysis as metabolic basis for trained immunity

    Shih-Chin Cheng;Jessica Quintin;Robert A. Cramer;Kelly M. Shepardson

  • Twelve type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci identified through large-scale association analysis

    Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Laura J. Scott;Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir;Andrew P. Morris

  • Population-based metagenomics analysis reveals markers for gut microbiome composition and diversity.

    Alexandra Zhernakova;Alexander Kurilshikov;Marc Jan Bonder;Ettje F. Tigchelaar

  • The neuroactive potential of the human gut microbiota in quality of life and depression

    Mireia Valles-Colomer;Mireia Valles-Colomer;Gwen Falony;Gwen Falony;Youssef Darzi;Youssef Darzi;Ettje F Tigchelaar

  • Gut microbiome structure and metabolic activity in inflammatory bowel disease

    Eric A Franzosa;Eric A Franzosa;Alexandra Sirota-Madi;Julian Avila-Pacheco;Nadine Fornelos

  • A genome-wide association search for type 2 diabetes genes in African Americans.

    N D Palmer;C W McDonough;P J Hicks;B H Roh

  • Large-scale association analyses identify host factors influencing human gut microbiome composition

    Alexander Kurilshikov;Carolina Medina-Gomez;Rodrigo Bacigalupe;Djawad Radjabzadeh

  • Epigenetic programming of monocyte-to-macrophage differentiation and trained innate immunity

    Sadia Saeed;Jessica Quintin;Hindrik H. D. Kerstens;Nagesha A. Rao

  • Meta-analysis identifies 29 additional ulcerative colitis risk loci, increasing the number of confirmed associations to 47.

    Carl A. Anderson;Gabrielle Boucher;Charlie W. Lees;Andre Franke

  • Genome-wide association study meta-analysis identifies seven new rheumatoid arthritis risk loci

    Eli A Stahl;Soumya Raychaudhuri;Soumya Raychaudhuri;Elaine F Remmers;Gang Xie

  • Candida albicans Infection Affords Protection against Reinfection via Functional Reprogramming of Monocytes

    Jessica Quintin;Sadia Saeed;Joost H.A. Martens;Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis

  • A variant in CDKAL1 influences insulin response and risk of type 2 diabetes.

    Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir;Gudmar Thorleifsson;Inga Reynisdottir;Rafn Benediktsson

  • Multiple common variants for celiac disease influencing immune gene expression

    Patrick C. A. Dubois;Gosia Trynka;Lude Franke;Lude Franke;Karen A. Hunt

Frequent Co-Authors

Lude Franke
Lude Franke University Medical Center Groningen
Alexandra Zhernakova
Alexandra Zhernakova University Medical Center Groningen
Rinse K. Weersma
Rinse K. Weersma University Medical Center Groningen
Jingyuan Fu
Jingyuan Fu University Medical Center Groningen
Mihai G. Netea
Mihai G. Netea Radboud University
Ramnik J. Xavier
Ramnik J. Xavier Broad Institute
Marten H. Hofker
Marten H. Hofker University Medical Center Groningen
Morris A. Swertz
Morris A. Swertz University Medical Center Groningen
Paul I. W. de Bakker
Paul I. W. de Bakker Vertex Pharmaceuticals (United Kingdom)
Marc Jan Bonder
Marc Jan Bonder University of Groningen

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