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Overview

David Craig is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States and has an extensive publication record primarily in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a substantial focus on medicine. Their research work spans several subfields including molecular biology, cancer research, genetics, neurology, and oncology.

Their scientific contributions cover a range of topics, prominently featuring:

  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • RNA regulation and disease
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications

David Craig has published research in various journals and conferences, with frequent contributions to:

  • Cancer Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • Nature Communications
  • Molecular Psychiatry

Their recent papers include:

  • Finding genetically-supported drug targets for Parkinson's disease using Mendelian randomization of the druggable genome, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Identification of Candidate Parkinson Disease Genes by Integrating Genome-Wide Association Study, Expression, and Epigenetic Data Sets, 2021, JAMA Neurology
  • miEAA 2.0: integrating multi-species microRNA enrichment analysis and workflow management systems, 2020, Nucleic Acids Research
  • Spatial Transcriptomic Analysis of a Diverse Patient Cohort Reveals a Conserved Architecture in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer, 2022, Cancer Research
  • Identification of sixteen novel candidate genes for late onset Parkinson's disease, 2021, Molecular Neurodegeneration

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, with notable co-authors including:

  • John D. Carpten
  • Michelle G. Webb
  • Kendall Van Keuren-Jensen
  • Rania Bassiouni
  • Yuxin Jin

Best Publications

  • A global reference for human genetic variation.

    Adam Auton;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David M. Altshuler;Richard M. Durbin

  • Meta-analysis of 74,046 individuals identifies 11 new susceptibility loci for Alzheimer's disease

    Jean-Charles Lambert;Jean-Charles Lambert;Jean-Charles Lambert;Carla A Ibrahim-Verbaas;Denise Harold;Adam C Naj

  • Genome-wide association study identifies variants at CLU and PICALM associated with Alzheimer's disease

    Denise Harold;Richard Abraham;Paul Hollingworth;Rebecca Sims

  • Erratum: Genome-wide association study identifies variants at CLU and PICALM associated with Alzheimer's disease (Nature Genetics (2009) 41 (1088-1093))

    D Harold;R Abraham;P Hollingworth;R Sims

  • 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

  • Identification of novel risk loci, causal insights, and heritable risk for Parkinson's disease: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies

    Mike A Nalls;Cornelis Blauwendraat;Costanza L Vallerga;Karl Heilbron

  • Common variants at ABCA7, MS4A6A/MS4A4E, EPHA1, CD33 and CD2AP are associated with Alzheimer's disease.

    Paul Hollingworth;Denise Harold;Rebecca Sims;Amy Gerrish

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

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

  • Large-scale genome-wide association analysis of bipolar disorder identifies a new susceptibility locus near ODZ4

    Pamela Sklar;Pamela Sklar;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Laura J. Scott;Ole A. Andreassen

  • Gene-wide analysis detects two new susceptibility genes for Alzheimer's disease.

    Valentina Escott-Price;Céline Bellenguez;Li-San Wang;Seung-Hoan Choi

  • Resolving individuals contributing trace amounts of DNA to highly complex mixtures using high-density SNP genotyping microarrays.

    Nils Homer;Nils Homer;Szabolcs Szelinger;Margot Redman;David Duggan

  • Mapping copy number variation by population-scale genome sequencing

    Ryan E. Mills;Klaudia Walter;Chip Stewart;Robert E. Handsaker

  • Rare coding variants in PLCG2, ABI3, and TREM2 implicate microglial-mediated innate immunity in Alzheimer's disease

    Rebecca Sims;Sven J. Van Der Lee;Adam C. Naj;Céline Bellenguez;Céline Bellenguez

  • A global reference for human genetic variation

    Adam Auton;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David M. Altshuler;Richard M. Durbin

  • Genetic evidence implicates the immune system and cholesterol metabolism in the aetiology of Alzheimer's disease.

    Lesley Jones;Peter A. Holmans;Marian L. Hamshere;Denise Harold

  • A high-density whole-genome association study reveals that APOE is the major susceptibility gene for sporadic late-onset Alzheimer's disease

    Keith D. Coon;Amanda J. Myers;David W. Craig;Jennifer A. Webster

  • Detection of Chromosomal Alterations in the Circulation of Cancer Patients with Whole-Genome Sequencing

    Rebecca J. Leary;Mark Sausen;Isaac Kinde;Nickolas Papadopoulos

  • Psychiatric genome-wide association study analyses implicate neuronal, immune and histone pathways

    Colm O'Dushlaine;Lizzy Rossin;Phil H. Lee;Laramie Duncan;Laramie Duncan

  • Translating RNA sequencing into clinical diagnostics: opportunities and challenges

    Sara A. Byron;Kendall R. Van Keuren-Jensen;David M. Engelthaler;John D. Carpten

  • Genome-wide association study identifies variants at CLU and PICALM associated with Alzheimertextquotesingles disease

    Denise Harold;Richard Abraham;Paul Hollingworth;Rebecca Sims

Frequent Co-Authors

John D. Carpten
John D. Carpten University of Southern California
Matthew J. Huentelman
Matthew J. Huentelman Translational Genomics Research Institute
Dietrich A. Stephan
Dietrich A. Stephan NeuBase Therapeutics
John R. Kelsoe
John R. Kelsoe University of California, San Diego
Tatiana Foroud
Tatiana Foroud Indiana University
Nicholas J. Schork
Nicholas J. Schork Translational Genomics Research Institute
Chris D. Nugent
Chris D. Nugent University of Ulster
Elliot S. Gershon
Elliot S. Gershon University of Chicago
Caroline M. Nievergelt
Caroline M. Nievergelt University of California, San Diego
Thomas G. Schulze
Thomas G. Schulze Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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