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2026

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133
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306
National Ranking
14

Genetics

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129
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133
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2019 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Danielle Posthuma is affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily lies within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, encompassing 210 publications. The main subfields include Genetics, Molecular Biology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Physiology.

Their research covers several key topics, such as:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments
  • Genomic Variations and Chromosomal Abnormalities

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Danielle Posthuma include Christiaan de Leeuw, Jeanne E. Savage, Martijn P. van den Heuvel, Marijn Schipper, and Josefin Werme.

The scientist has published extensively in several venues, with the most frequent being:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • UNC Libraries
  • Nature Genetics
  • Nature Communications

Some of their recent papers are:

  • Genome-wide association studies (2021), Nature Reviews Methods Primers
  • An integrated framework for local genetic correlation analysis (2022), Nature Genetics
  • Genome-wide meta-analysis of insomnia prioritizes genes associated with metabolic and psychiatric pathways (2022), Nature Genetics
  • Exome sequencing in bipolar disorder identifies AKAP11 as a risk gene shared with schizophrenia (2022), Nature Genetics
  • Understanding the assumptions underlying Mendelian randomization (2022), European Journal of Human Genetics

Danielle Posthuma received recognition from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2019.

Best Publications

  • Biological insights from 108 schizophrenia-associated genetic loci

    Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Aiden Corvin;James T. R. Walters

  • MAGMA: Generalized Gene-Set Analysis of GWAS Data

    Christiaan A. de Leeuw;Joris M. Mooij;Tom Heskes;Danielle Posthuma

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression

    Naomi R. Wray;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Manuel Mattheisen;MacIej Trzaskowski

  • FUMA: FUNCTIONAL MAPPING AND ANNOTATION OF GENETIC ASSOCIATIONS

    Kyoko Watanabe;Erdogan Taskesen;Arjen van Bochoven;Danielle Posthuma

  • Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals

    James J. Lee;Robbee Wedow;Aysu Okbay;Edward Kong

  • Genome-wide association study identifies five new schizophrenia loci

    Stephan Ripke;Alan R. Sanders;Kenneth S. Kendler;Douglas F. Levinson

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk

    Josée Dupuis;Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena;Richa Saxena

  • Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs

    S. Hong Lee;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Stephen V. Faraone

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies new loci and functional pathways influencing Alzheimer's disease risk.

    Iris E. Jansen;Jeanne E. Savage;Kyoko Watanabe;Julien Bryois

  • Meta-analysis of the heritability of human traits based on fifty years of twin studies

    Tinca J C Polderman;Beben Benyamin;Christiaan A de Leeuw;Patrick F Sullivan

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (vol 42, pg 105, 2010)

    J Dupuis;C Langenberg;I Prokopenko;R Saxena

  • Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

    Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K. Finucane;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters

  • 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

  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies 13 new risk loci for schizophrenia

    Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Colm T. O'Dushlaine;Kimberly D. Chambert;Jennifer L. Moran

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 30 loci associated with bipolar disorder

    Eli A. Stahl;Eli A. Stahl;Gerome Breen;Andreas J. Forstner;Andrew McQuillin

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

  • Modeling Linkage Disequilibrium Increases Accuracy of Polygenic Risk Scores

    Bjarni J. Vilhjálmsson;Jian Yang;Hilary K. Finucane;Alexander Gusev

  • Genome-wide association meta-analysis in 269,867 individuals identifies new genetic and functional links to intelligence

    Jeanne E Savage;Philip R Jansen;Philip R Jansen;Sven Stringer;Kyoko Watanabe

  • Erratum: New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (Nature Genetics (2010) 42 (105-116))

    Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Dorret I. Boomsma
Dorret I. Boomsma Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Patrick F. Sullivan
Patrick F. Sullivan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Tinca J. C. Polderman
Tinca J. C. Polderman Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
E.J.C. de Geus
E.J.C. de Geus Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Stephan Ripke
Stephan Ripke Massachusetts General Hospital
Nicholas G. Martin
Nicholas G. Martin QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Benjamin M. Neale
Benjamin M. Neale Harvard University
Tonu Esko
Tonu Esko University of Tartu
Ole A. Andreassen
Ole A. Andreassen Oslo University Hospital
Gonneke Willemsen
Gonneke Willemsen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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