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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 1987 - Sonnenwirth Award for Leadership in Clinical Microbiology, American Society for Microbiology

Overview

David Schlessinger is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Immunology, and Hematology.

The scientist's recent research papers cover a range of topics in genetics and molecular biology. Notable publications include:

  • Complex genetic signatures in immune cells underlie autoimmunity and inform therapy, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Genetic history from the Middle Neolithic to present on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Loss-of-function genomic variants highlight potential therapeutic targets for cardiovascular disease, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Mitochondrial genetic variation is enriched in G-quadruplex regions that stall DNA synthesis in vitro, 2020, Human Molecular Genetics
  • Genome-wide meta-analysis of iron status biomarkers and the effect of iron on all-cause mortality in HUNT, 2022, Communications Biology

Their collaborative network includes frequent coauthors such as:

  • Francesco Cucca
  • Edoardo Fiorillo
  • Michele Marongiu
  • Carlo Sidore
  • Maristella Steri

Schlessinger's work has been published repeatedly in venues including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Genetics
  • Nature Communications
  • Human Molecular Genetics
  • Graefe s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

The main topics explored in their research include:

  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases

In 1987, David Schlessinger received the Sonnenwirth Award for Leadership in Clinical Microbiology from the American Society for Microbiology.

Best Publications

  • Next-generation genotype imputation service and methods.

    Sayantan Das;Lukas Forer;Sebastian Schönherr;Carlo Sidore;Carlo Sidore

  • Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids

    Tanya M. Teslovich;Kiran Musunuru;Albert V. Smith;Andrew C. Edmondson

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Cristen J. Willer;Sonja I. Berndt;Keri L. Monda

  • A reference panel of 64,976 haplotypes for genotype imputation

    Shane McCarthy;Sayantan Das;Warren Kretzschmar;Olivier Delaneau

  • 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

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    Hana Lango Allen;Karol Estrada;Guillaume Lettre;Sonja I. Berndt

  • Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

    Andrew R. Wood;Tonu Esko;Jian Yang;Sailaja Vedantam

  • 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

  • Six new loci associated with body mass index highlight a neuronal influence on body weight regulation

    Cristen J. Willer;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Ruth J. F. Loos;Shengxu Li

  • Genome-wide association scan shows genetic variants in the FTO gene are associated with obesity-related traits.

    Angelo Scuteri;Serena Sanna;Wei-Min Chen;Manuela Uda

  • Newly identified loci that influence lipid concentrations and risk of coronary artery disease

    Cristen J. Willer;Serena Sanna;Anne U. Jackson;Angelo Scuteri

  • 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

  • Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

    Adam E. Locke;Bratati Kahali;Sonja I. Berndt;Anne E. Justice

  • Common variants at 30 loci contribute to polygenic dyslipidemia.

    Sekar Kathiresan;Sekar Kathiresan;Sekar Kathiresan;Cristen J. Willer;Gina M. Peloso;Serkalem Demissie

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

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

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight loci associated with blood pressure

    Christopher Newton-Cheh;Christopher Newton-Cheh;Toby Johnson;Toby Johnson;Vesela Gateva;Martin D. Tobin

  • The DNA sequence of the human X chromosome

    Mark T Ross;Darren V Grafham;Alison J Coffey;Steven Scherer

  • 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

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    H. Lango Allen;K. Estrada;G. Lettre;S. I. Berndt

Frequent Co-Authors

Gonçalo R. Abecasis
Gonçalo R. Abecasis University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Serena Sanna
Serena Sanna National Research Council (CNR)
Francesco Cucca
Francesco Cucca University of Sassari
Tim D. Spector
Tim D. Spector King's College London
Igor Rudan
Igor Rudan University of Edinburgh
Manuela Uda
Manuela Uda National Research Council (CNR)
Kari Stefansson
Kari Stefansson deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin Imperial College London
Andres Metspalu
Andres Metspalu University of Tartu

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