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David J. Galas is affiliated with the Pacific Northwest Diabetes Research Institute in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, concentrating on molecular biology, genetics, cancer research, computational theory and mathematics, and endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism.

Their recent publications cover a range of topics and include:

  • Phase 2 of extracellular RNA communication consortium charts next-generation approaches for extracellular RNA research, 2022, iScience
  • Children's erythrocyte fatty acids are associated with the risk of islet autoimmunity, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Complex genetic dependencies among growth and neurological phenotypes in healthy children: Towards deciphering developmental mechanisms, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid MicroRNA Changes in Cognitively Normal Veterans With a History of Deployment-Associated Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, 2021, Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Allele Frequency Mismatches and Apparent Mismappings in UK Biobank SNP Data, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The main research topics they focus on include:

  • Bioinformatics and genomic networks
  • Genetic associations and epidemiology
  • Genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals
  • Gene expression and cancer classification
  • MicroRNA in disease regulation
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Gene regulatory network analysis

David J. Galas has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Nikita A. Sakhanenko (11 joint publications)
  • James Kunert-Graf (7 joint publications)
  • Muneesh Tewari (2 joint publications)
  • Iris Erlund (2 joint publications)
  • Lisa Uechi (2 joint publications)

Their work is published in a variety of scientific venues, with multiple papers appearing in:

  • Journal of Computational Biology (2 publications)
  • iScience
  • Scientific Reports
  • PLoS ONE
  • Frontiers in Neuroscience

Best Publications

  • Candidate gene for the chromosome 1 familial Alzheimer's disease locus

    Ephrat Levy-Lahad;Wilma Wasco;Parvoneh Poorkaj;Donna M. Romano

  • Disruption of a new forkhead/winged-helix protein, scurfin, results in the fatal lymphoproliferative disorder of the scurfy mouse.

    Brunkow Me;Jeffery Ew;Hjerrild Ka;Paeper B

  • The MicroRNA Spectrum in 12 Body Fluids

    Jessica A. Weber;David H. Baxter;Shile Zhang;David Y. Huang

  • DNAse footprinting: a simple method for the detection of protein-DNA binding specificity.

    David J. Galas;Albert Schmitz

  • Circulating microRNAs, potential biomarkers for drug-induced liver injury

    Kai Wang;Shile Zhang;Bruz Marzolf;Pamela Troisch

  • Analysis of genetic inheritance in a family quartet by whole-genome sequencing

    Jared C. Roach;Gustavo Glusman;Arian F. A. Smit;Chad D. Huff;Chad D. Huff

  • Export of microRNAs and microRNA-protective protein by mammalian cells

    Kai Wang;Shile Zhang;Jessica Weber;David S Baxter

  • Bone dysplasia sclerosteosis results from loss of the SOST gene product, a novel cystine knot-containing protein

    Mary E. Brunkow;Jessica C. Gardner;Jeff Van Ness;Bryan W. Paeper

  • A simple method for site-directed mutagenesis using the polymerase chain reaction

    Anne Hemsley;Norman Arnheim;Michael Dennis Toney;Gino A Cortopassi

  • Extracellular microRNA: A new source of biomarkers

    Alton Etheridge;Inyoul Lee;Leroy Hood;David Galas

  • Comparing the MicroRNA spectrum between serum and plasma.

    Kai Wang;Yue Yuan;Ji-Hoon Cho;Sara McClarty

  • Isothermal reactions for the amplification of oligonucleotides

    Ness Jeffrey Van;David J. Galas;Ness Lori K. Van;Jeffrey B. Graybill

  • Bacterial insertion sequences.

    D. J. Galas

  • Duplication models for biological networks.

    Fan R. K. Chung;Linyuan Lu;T. Gregory Dewey;David J. Galas

  • The digital code of DNA

    Leroy Hood;David Galas

  • A new five-year plan for the U.S. Human Genome Project

    Francis Collins;David Galas

  • The interaction of RNA polymerase and lac repressor with the lac control region

    Albert Schmitz;David J. Galas

  • Gene expression networks in COPD: microRNA and mRNA regulation.

    Michael E Ezzie;Melissa Crawford;Ji-Hoon Cho;Robert Orellana

  • Complexity of the microRNA repertoire revealed by next-generation sequencing

    Lik Wee Lee;Shile Zhang;Alton Etheridge;Li Ma

  • A 52-kb deletion in the SOST-MEOX1 intergenic region on 17q12-q21 is associated with van Buchem disease in the Dutch population.

    Karen Staehling-Hampton;Sean Proll;Bryan W. Paeper;Lei Zhao

Frequent Co-Authors

Leroy Hood
Leroy Hood University of Washington
Michael Chandler
Michael Chandler Georgetown University Medical Center
Louise C. Laurent
Louise C. Laurent University of California, San Diego
Gwênlyn Glusman
Gwênlyn Glusman Institute for Systems Biology
Paul Wilmes
Paul Wilmes University of Luxembourg
Rudi Balling
Rudi Balling University of Bonn
David J. Erle
David J. Erle University of California, San Francisco
Pascal Gamas
Pascal Gamas Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Muneesh Tewari
Muneesh Tewari University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jane E. Freedman
Jane E. Freedman Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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