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Overview

David Torrents is affiliated with the Barcelona Supercomputing Center in Spain. Their research emphasizes areas within Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a significant number of publications also related to Medicine. The more focused subfields include Genetics, Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Neurology.

The scientist's core topics of work span several domains. These include:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

David Torrents has co-authored frequently with several researchers, notably Montserrat Puiggròs, Kadir C. Akdemir, Yilong Li, Peter J. Park, and Isidro Cortés-Ciriano.

Regarding publication venues, their works have appeared mainly in:

  • Nature Genetics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by David Torrents include:

  • Sequence and comparative analysis of the chicken genome provide unique perspectives on vertebrate evolution (2021, Kent Academic Repository, University of Kent)
  • Patterns of somatic structural variation in human cancer genomes (2020, Nature)
  • Comprehensive analysis of chromothripsis in 2,658 human cancers using whole-genome sequencing (2020, Nature Genetics)
  • Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes identifies driver rearrangements promoted by LINE-1 retrotransposition (2020, Nature Genetics)
  • Disruption of chromatin folding domains by somatic genomic rearrangements in human cancer (2020, Nature Genetics)

Best Publications

  • Enterotypes of the human gut microbiome

    Manimozhiyan Arumugam;Jeroen Raes;Eric Pelletier;Denis Le Paslier

  • Initial sequencing and comparative analysis of the mouse genome.

    Robert H. Waterston;Kerstin Lindblad-Toh;Ewan Birney;Jane Rogers

  • The tomato genome sequence provides insights into fleshy fruit evolution

    Shusei Sato;Satoshi Tabata;Hideki Hirakawa;Erika Asamizu

  • PAL2NAL: robust conversion of protein sequence alignments into the corresponding codon alignments

    Mikita Suyama;David Torrents;Peer Bork

  • Sequence and comparative analysis of the chicken genome provide unique perspectives on vertebrate evolution

    Ladeana W. Hillier;Webb Miller;Ewan Birney;Wesley Warren

  • Genome sequence of the Brown Norway rat yields insights into mammalian evolution

    Richard A. Gibbs;George M. Weinstock;Michael L. Metzker;Donna M. Muzny

  • Initial sequence of the chimpanzee genome and comparison with the human genome

    Tarjei S. Mikkelsen;LaDeana W. Hillier

  • Whole-genome sequencing identifies recurrent mutations in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

    Xose S. Puente;Magda Pinyol;Víctor Quesada;Laura Conde

  • Metformin alters the gut microbiome of individuals with treatment-naive type 2 diabetes, contributing to the therapeutic effects of the drug

    Hao Wu;Eduardo Esteve;Eduardo Esteve;Valentina Tremaroli;Muhammad Tanweer Khan

  • Non-coding recurrent mutations in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

    Xose S. Puente;Silvia Beà;Rafael Valdés-Mas;Neus Villamor

  • Patterns of somatic structural variation in human cancer genomes

    Yilong Li;Nicola D Roberts;Jeremiah A Wala;Jeremiah A Wala;Ofer Shapira;Ofer Shapira

  • A genome-wide association study identifies CDHR3 as a susceptibility locus for early childhood asthma with severe exacerbations

    Klaus Bønnelykke;Patrick Sleiman;Kasper Nielsen;Eskil Kreiner-Møller

  • Maternal and fetal genetic effects on birth weight and their relevance to cardio-metabolic risk factors

    Nicole M Warrington;Robin N Beaumont;Momoko Horikoshi;Felix R Day

  • Comparative genome and proteome analysis of Anopheles gambiae and Drosophila melanogaster.

    Evgeny M. Zdobnov;Christian Von Mering;Ivica Letunic;David Torrents

  • Comprehensive analysis of chromothripsis in 2,658 human cancers using whole-genome sequencing

    Isidro Cortés-Ciriano;Jake June-Koo Lee;Ruibin Xi;Dhawal Jain

  • Genome-wide associations for birth weight and correlations with adult disease

    Momoko Horikoshi;Robin N. Beaumont;Felix R. Day;Nicole M. Warrington;Nicole M. Warrington

  • The International Human Epigenome Consortium: A Blueprint for Scientific Collaboration and Discovery

    Hendrik G. Stunnenberg;Martin Hirst

  • Identification and Characterization of a Membrane Protein (y+L Amino Acid Transporter-1) That Associates with 4F2hc to Encode the Amino Acid Transport Activity y+L A CANDIDATE GENE FOR LYSINURIC PROTEIN INTOLERANCE

    David Torrents;Raúl Estévez;Marta Pineda;Esperanza Fernández

  • Identification of a Membrane Protein, LAT-2, That Co-expresses with 4F2 Heavy Chain, an L-type Amino Acid Transport Activity with Broad Specificity for Small and Large Zwitterionic Amino Acids

    Marta Pineda;Esperanza Fernández;David Torrents;Raúl Estévez

  • Non-type I cystinuria caused by mutations in SLC7A9, encoding a subunit (bo,+AT) of rBAT.

    Lídia Feliubadaló;Mariona Font;Jesús Purroy;Ferran Rousaud

Frequent Co-Authors

Josep M. Mercader
Josep M. Mercader Broad Institute
Peer Bork
Peer Bork European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Manuel Palacín
Manuel Palacín Institute for Research in Biomedicine
John Douglas Mcpherson
John Douglas Mcpherson University of California, Davis
Xose S. Puente
Xose S. Puente University of Oviedo
Stephen P. Jackson
Stephen P. Jackson University of Cambridge
Torben Hansen
Torben Hansen University of Copenhagen
Richard Koche
Richard Koche Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Antonio Zorzano
Antonio Zorzano University of Barcelona
Scott A. Armstrong
Scott A. Armstrong Harvard University

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