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2024
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2024

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2001 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

David J. Porteous is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research spans fields primarily within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Medicine, with a significant focus on Genetics and Molecular Biology. Additional subfields of study include Clinical Psychology, Health, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including:

  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Health Disparities and Outcomes
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Wellcome Open Research
  • UNC Libraries
  • Nature Genetics
  • Nature Communications

Among recent papers associated with David J. Porteous are:

  • "Genetic mechanisms of critical illness in COVID-19", 2020, Nature
  • "Polygenic prediction of educational attainment within and between families from genome-wide association analyses in 3 million individuals", 2022, Nature Genetics
  • "Ultra-High-Throughput Clinical Proteomics Reveals Classifiers of COVID-19 Infection", 2020, Cell Systems
  • "Long COVID burden and risk factors in 10 UK longitudinal studies and electronic health records", 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Mental health before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in two longitudinal UK population cohorts", 2020, The British Journal of Psychiatry

David J. Porteous collaborates regularly with several coauthors, including:

  • Archie Campbell
  • Caroline Hayward
  • Andrew M. McIntosh
  • Riccardo E. Marioni
  • Rosie M. Walker

The scientist has been recognized with multiple awards such as:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2001)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Best Publications

  • 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

  • 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 meta-analysis of depression identifies 102 independent variants and highlights the importance of the prefrontal brain regions

    David M. Howard;Mark J. Adams;Toni Kim Clarke;Jonathan D. Hafferty

  • 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

  • Common schizophrenia alleles are enriched in mutation-intolerant genes and in regions under strong background selection

    Antonio F. Pardiñas;Peter Holmans;Andrew J. Pocklington;Valentina Escott-Price

  • Disruption of two novel genes by a translocation co-segregating with schizophrenia

    J. Kirsty Millar;Julie C. Wilson-Annan;Susan Anderson;Sheila Christie

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

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

  • Genetic mechanisms of critical illness in Covid-19.

    E. Pairo-Castineira;E. Pairo-Castineira;S. Clohisey;L. Klaric;A. D. Bretherick

  • Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders

    Phil H. Lee;Verneri Anttila;Hyejung Won;Yen-Chen A. Feng

  • Novel genetic associations for blood pressure identified via gene-alcohol interaction in up to 570K individuals across multiple ancestries

    Mary F. Feitosa;Aldi T. Kraja;Daniel I. Chasman;Yun J. Sung

  • Schizophrenia and Affective Disorders—Cosegregation with a Translocation at Chromosome 1q42 That Directly Disrupts Brain-Expressed Genes: Clinical and P300 Findings in a Family

    Douglas Blackwood;Douglas Blackwood;A. Fordyce;M. T. Walker;D. M. St Clair

  • The candidate Wilms' tumour gene is involved in genitourinary development

    Kathryn Pritchard-Jones;Stewart Fleming;Duncan Davidson;Wendy Bickmore

  • Serotonin receptor 1A knockout: an animal model of anxiety-related disorder.

    Sylvie Ramboz;Ronald Oosting;Djamel Aït Amara;Hank F. Kung

  • Liposome-mediated CFTR gene transfer to the nasal epithelium of patients with cystic fibrosis.

    Natasha J. Caplen;Eric W.F.W. Alton;Peter G. Mddleton;Julia R. Dorin

  • Timing, rates and spectra of human germline mutation

    Raheleh Rahbari;Arthur Wuster;Sarah J Lindsay;Robert J Hardwick

  • Genome-wide association studies establish that human intelligence is highly heritable and polygenic

    G. Davies;A. Tenesa;A. Tenesa;A. Payton;J. Yang

  • The UK10K project identifies rare variants in health and disease

    Klaudia Walter;Josine L. Min;Jie Huang;Lucy Crooks

  • Genetic mechanisms of critical illness in Covid-19

    Erola Pairo-Castineira;Sara Clohisey;Lucija Klaric;Andrew Bretherick;Andrew Bretherick

  • Insulin resistance: Genetic associations with depression and cognition in population based cohorts

    Sophia Frangou;Masoud Shirali;Mark J. Adams;David M. Howard

  • 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

Andrew M. McIntosh
Andrew M. McIntosh University of Edinburgh
Caroline Hayward
Caroline Hayward University of Edinburgh
Ian J. Deary
Ian J. Deary University of Edinburgh
Archie Campbell
Archie Campbell University of Edinburgh
Blair H. Smith
Blair H. Smith University of Dundee
Riccardo E. Marioni
Riccardo E. Marioni University of Edinburgh
Walter J. Muir
Walter J. Muir University of Edinburgh
Sarah E. Harris
Sarah E. Harris University of Edinburgh
John M. Starr
John M. Starr University of Edinburgh
Ozren Polasek
Ozren Polasek University of Split

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