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Cornelius F. Boerkoel

Cornelius F. Boerkoel

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
55
Citations
11808
World Ranking
14980
National Ranking
528

Overview

Cornelius F. Boerkoel is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada and focuses on research in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields including Genetics, Molecular Biology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Cancer Research, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

Their research covers key topics such as:

  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Congenital heart defects research
  • Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics

Boerkoel has published extensively in scientific journals with frequent contributions to:

  • American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A
  • Molecular Genetics and Metabolism
  • Genetics in Medicine
  • Genetics in Medicine Open
  • Journal of Medical Genetics

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Boerkoel include:

  • The GA4GH Phenopacket schema defines a computable representation of clinical data (2022, Nature Biotechnology)
  • Unique variants in CLCN3, encoding an endosomal anion/proton exchanger, underlie a spectrum of neurodevelopmental disorders (2021, The American Journal of Human Genetics)
  • Genome-wide sequencing and the clinical diagnosis of genetic disease: The CAUSES study (2022, Human Genetics and Genomics Advances)
  • Somatic mosaicism detected by genome-wide sequencing in 500 parent-child trios with suspected genetic disease: clinical and genetic counseling implications (2021, Molecular Case Studies)
  • Impact of variation in practice in the prenatal reporting of variants of uncertain significance by commercial laboratories: Need for greater adherence to published guidelines (2022, Prenatal Diagnosis)

Collaborations constitute an important aspect of Boerkoel's work, with frequent co-authors including Hui-Lin Chin, Stephanie Huynh, Nour Gazzaz, Anna Lehman, and Steven J.M. Jones.

Best Publications

  • The Human Phenotype Ontology in 2017

    Sebastian Köhler;Nicole A. Vasilevsky;Mark Engelstad;Erin D. Foster

  • Expansion of the Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO) knowledge base and resources

    Sebastian Köhler;Leigh Carmody;Nicole A. Vasilevsky;Julius O. B. Jacobsen

  • Mutation of TDP1, encoding a topoisomerase I-dependent DNA damage repair enzyme, in spinocerebellar ataxia with axonal neuropathy.

    Hiroshi Takashima;Cornelius F. Boerkoel;Joy John;Gulam Mustafa Saifi

  • Mutations in ALMS1 cause obesity, type 2 diabetes and neurosensory degeneration in Alström syndrome

    Gayle B Collin;Jan D Marshall;Akihiro Ikeda;W Venus So

  • Mutant chromatin remodeling protein SMARCAL1 causes Schimke immuno-osseous dysplasia.

    Cornelius F. Boerkoel;Hiroshi Takashima;Joy John;Jiong Yan

  • Mutations in the neurofilament light chain gene (NEFL) cause early onset severe Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.

    A. Jordanova;P. De Jonghe;C. F. Boerkoel;H. Takashima

  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and related neuropathies: mutation distribution and genotype-phenotype correlation.

    Cornelius F. Boerkoel;Hiroshi Takashima;Carlos A. Garcia;Richard K. Olney

  • The National Institutes of Health Undiagnosed Diseases Program: insights into rare diseases

    William A. Gahl;Thomas C. Markello;Camilo Toro;Karin Fuentes Fajardo

  • GRIN2A mutation and early‐onset epileptic encephalopathy: personalized therapy with memantine

    Tyler Mark Pierson;Hongjie Yuan;Eric D. Marsh;Karin Fuentes-Fajardo

  • NBEAL2 is mutated in Gray Platelet Syndrome and is required for biogenesis of platelet alpha-granules

    Meral Gunay-Aygun;Tzipora C Falik-Zaccai;Thierry Vilboux;Yifat Zivony-Elboum

  • Periaxin Mutations Cause Recessive Dejerine-Sottas Neuropathy

    Cornelius F. Boerkoel;Hiroshi Takashima;Pawel Stankiewicz;Carlos A. Garcia

  • Detecting false-positive signals in exome sequencing†

    Karin V Fuentes Fajardo;David Adams;Nisc Comparative Sequencing Program;Christopher E Mason

  • Manifestations and treatment of Schimke immuno-osseous dysplasia: 14 new cases and a review of the literature

    C. F. Boerkoel;S. O'Neill;J. L. André;P. J. Benke

  • Retroviral mutagenesis of cellular oncogenes: a review with insights into the mechanisms of insertional activation.

    Hsing-Jien Kung;C. Boerkoel;T. H. Carter

  • Spinocerebellar ataxia with axonal neuropathy: consequence of a Tdp1 recessive neomorphic mutation?

    Ryuki Hirano;Heidrun Interthal;Cheng Huang;Tomonori Nakamura

  • Leaky splicing mutation in the acid maltase gene is associated with delayed onset of glycogenosis type II.

    C F Boerkoel;R Exelbert;C Nicastri;R C Nichols

  • Functional analysis of a de novo GRIN2A missense mutation associated with early-onset epileptic encephalopathy

    Hongjie Yuan;Kasper B. Hansen;Jing Zhang;Tyler Mark Pierson

  • Congenital hypomyelinating neuropathy, central dysmyelination, and Waardenburg-Hirschsprung disease: phenotypes linked by SOX10 mutation.

    Ken Inoue;Konstantin Shilo;Cornelius F. Boerkoel;Carol Crowe

  • Rare Copy Number Variants Contribute to Congenital Left-Sided Heart Disease

    Marc-Phillip Hitz;Louis-Philippe Lemieux-Perreault;Christian Marshall;Yassamin Feroz-Zada

  • Periaxin mutations cause a broad spectrum of demyelinating neuropathies

    Hiroshi Takashima;Cornelius F. Boerkoel;Peter De Jonghe;Chantal Ceuterick

Frequent Co-Authors

William A. Gahl
William A. Gahl National Institutes of Health
James R. Lupski
James R. Lupski Baylor College of Medicine
Melissa A. Haendel
Melissa A. Haendel University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
James C. Mullikin
James C. Mullikin National Institutes of Health
Peter N. Robinson
Peter N. Robinson The Jackson Laboratory
Rosanna Weksberg
Rosanna Weksberg University of Toronto
Wendy P. Robinson
Wendy P. Robinson University of British Columbia
Dominique Bonneau
Dominique Bonneau University of Angers
Marco A. Marra
Marco A. Marra University of British Columbia
Steven J.M. Jones
Steven J.M. Jones University of British Columbia

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