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Daniel E. Weeks is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work broadly addresses topics in genetics, molecular biology, physiology, pediatrics, perinatology, and obstetrics and gynecology.

Their research contributions include studies focused on genetic associations and epidemiology, epigenetics and DNA methylation, bioinformatics and genomic networks, birth, development, and health, genomics and rare diseases, pregnancy and preeclampsia, as well as adipose tissue and metabolism.

Frequent publication venues for their research include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), UNC Libraries, Epigenetics Communications, Nature, and PLoS ONE.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Daniel E. Weeks include:

  • Inherited causes of clonal haematopoiesis in 97,691 whole genomes, 2020, Nature
  • Dynamic incorporation of multiple in silico functional annotations empowers rare variant association analysis of large whole-genome sequencing studies at scale, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Deep-learning-based prediction of late age-related macular degeneration progression, 2020, Nature Machine Intelligence
  • A framework for detecting noncoding rare-variant associations of large-scale whole-genome sequencing studies, 2022, Nature Methods
  • Mendelian randomization supports bidirectional causality between telomere length and clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential, 2022, Science Advances

Daniel E. Weeks frequently collaborates with other researchers including Stephen T. McGarvey, Nicola L. Hawley, Ryan L. Minster, Muagututi'a Sefuiva Reupena, and Take Naseri.

Best Publications

  • PedCheck: A Program for Identification of Genotype Incompatibilities in Linkage Analysis

    Jeffrey R. O'Connell;Daniel E. Weeks;Daniel E. Weeks

  • Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program.

    Daniel Taliun;Daniel N. Harris;Michael D. Kessler;Jedidiah Carlson;Jedidiah Carlson

  • Mapping autism risk loci using genetic linkage and chromosomal rearrangements

    Peter Szatmari;Andrew D. Paterson;Lonnie Zwaigenbaum;Wendy Roberts

  • A large genome-wide association study of age-related macular degeneration highlights contributions of rare and common variants

    Lars G. Fritsche;Wilmar Igl;Jessica N.Cooke Bailey;Felix Grassmann

  • Localization of an ataxia-telangiectasia gene to chromosome 11q22–23

    Richard A. Gatti;Izzet Berkel;Elena Boder;Gary Braedt

  • Seven new loci associated with age-related macular degeneration

    Lars G. Fritsche;Lars G. Fritsche;Wei Chen;Wei Chen;Matthew Schu;Brian L. Yaspan

  • A full genome screen for autism with evidence for linkage to a region on chromosome 7q International Molecular Genetic Study of Autism Consortium

    Anthony Bailey;Amaia Hervas;Nicola Matthews;Sarah Palferman

  • Programs for pedigree analysis: Mendel, Fisher, and dGene

    Kenneth Lange;Daniel Weeks;Michael Boehnke;Jean. W. MacCluer

  • Inherited causes of clonal haematopoiesis in 97,691 whole genomes.

    Alexander G Bick;Joshua S Weinstock;Satish K Nandakumar;Satish K Nandakumar;Charles P Fulco;Charles P Fulco

  • SUSCEPTIBILITY GENES FOR AGE-RELATED MACULOPATHY (ARM) ON CHROMOSOME 10q26

    Michael B. Gorin;Daniel E. Weeks;Yvette P. Conley;Robert Ferrell

  • The affected-pedigree-member method of linkage analysis.

    D E Weeks;K Lange

  • The VITESSE algorithm for rapid exact multilocus linkage analysis via genotype set–recoding and fuzzy inheritance

    Jeffrey R. O'Connell;Daniel E. Weeks;Daniel E. Weeks

  • Genetic variants near TIMP3 and high-density lipoprotein–associated loci influence susceptibility to age-related macular degeneration

    Wei Chen;Dwight Stambolian;Albert O. Edwards;Kari E. Branham

  • Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program

    Daniel Taliun;Daniel N. Harris;Michael D. Kessler;Jedidiah Carlson;Jedidiah Carlson

  • Chromosome 18 DNA markers and manic-depressive illness: evidence for a susceptibility gene

    Wade H. Berrettini;Thomas N. Ferraro;Lynn R. Goldin;Daniel E. Weeks

  • A genomewide screen for autism: strong evidence for linkage to chromosomes 2q, 7q and 16p

    Le, Couteur, A;TP Kelly;T Berney;HR McConachie

  • A quantitative-trait locus on chromosome 6p influences different aspects of developmental dyslexia.

    Simon E. Fisher;Angela J. Marlow;Janine Lamb;Elena Maestrini

  • Whole-Genome Screening in Ankylosing Spondylitis: Evidence of Non-MHC Genetic-Susceptibility Loci

    S. H. Laval;A. Timms;S. Edwards;L. Bradbury

  • Similarity of DNA Fingerprints Due to Chance and Relatedness

    C.C. Li;D.E. Weeks;A. Chakravarti

  • Meta-analysis of genome scans of age-related macular degeneration

    Sheila A. Fisher;Goncalo R. Abecasis;Beverly M. Yashar;Sepideh Zareparsi

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael B. Gorin
Michael B. Gorin University of California, Los Angeles
Ranjan Deka
Ranjan Deka University of Cincinnati
Susan Redline
Susan Redline Brigham and Women's Hospital
Gonçalo R. Abecasis
Gonçalo R. Abecasis University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Robert E. Ferrell
Robert E. Ferrell University of Pittsburgh
Eleanor Feingold
Eleanor Feingold University of Pittsburgh
Braxton D. Mitchell
Braxton D. Mitchell University of Maryland, Baltimore
Eric Boerwinkle
Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
L. Adrienne Cupples
L. Adrienne Cupples Boston University
Anand Swaroop
Anand Swaroop National Institutes of Health

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