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Overview

Dieter B. Wildenauer is affiliated with the University of Western Australia in Australia. Their research spans multiple fields within the life sciences, with a particular focus on genetics and related medical applications.

The primary fields of study associated with their work include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Within these broader fields, their research engages several subfields such as:

  • Genetics
  • Epidemiology
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

The main topics addressed across their publications highlight a range of genetic and health-related issues. These topics are:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior

The scientist has contributed research articles to several publication venues. The most frequent journals and platforms hosting their work include:

  • Nature Genetics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports

Recent papers by Dieter B. Wildenauer include the following:

  • Improving polygenic prediction in ancestrally diverse populations, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • Multi-trait genome-wide association study of opioid addiction: OPRM1 and beyond, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Author Correction: Improving polygenic prediction in ancestrally diverse populations, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • Multi-trait genome-wide association study of opioid addiction: OPRM1 and Beyond, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Rare schizophrenia risk variant burden is conserved in diverse human populations, 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers in related disciplines. Their regular co-authors include:

  • Sibylle G. Schwab
  • Yunfeng Ruan
  • Kuang Lin
  • Yen-Chen Anne Feng
  • Chia-Yen Chen

Best Publications

  • Biological insights from 108 schizophrenia-associated genetic loci

    Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Aiden Corvin;James T. R. Walters

  • Genome-wide association study identifies five new schizophrenia loci

    Stephan Ripke;Alan R. Sanders;Kenneth S. Kendler;Douglas F. Levinson

  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies 13 new risk loci for schizophrenia

    Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Colm T. O'Dushlaine;Kimberly D. Chambert;Jennifer L. Moran

  • Modeling Linkage Disequilibrium Increases Accuracy of Polygenic Risk Scores

    Bjarni J. Vilhjálmsson;Jian Yang;Hilary K. Finucane;Alexander Gusev

  • Genome Scan Meta-Analysis of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder, Part II: Schizophrenia

    Cathryn M. Lewis;Douglas F. Levinson;Lesley H. Wise;Lynn E. DeLisi

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

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

  • Contribution of copy number variants to schizophrenia from a genome-wide study of 41,321 subjects

    Christian R Marshall;Daniel P Howrigan;Daniel P Howrigan;Daniele Merico;Bhooma Thiruvahindrapuram

  • Genomic Dissection of Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia, Including 28 Subphenotypes

    Douglas M. Ruderfer;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Andrew McQuillin;James Boocock

  • Partitioning heritability of regulatory and cell-type-specific variants across 11 common diseases

    Alexander Gusev;S. Hong Lee;Gosia Trynka;Hilary Finucane

  • Comparative genetic architectures of schizophrenia in East Asian and European populations

    Max Lam;Chia-Yen Chen;Zhiqiang Li;Alicia R. Martin;Alicia R. Martin

  • Support for Association of Schizophrenia with Genetic Variation in the 6p22.3 Gene, Dysbindin, in Sib-Pair Families with Linkage and in an Additional Sample of Triad Families

    Sibylle G. Schwab;Michael Knapp;Stephanie Mondabon;Joachim Hallmayer

  • Meta-analysis of 32 genome-wide linkage studies of schizophrenia

    M Y M Ng;D F Levinson;S Faraone;B K Suarez

  • Evaluation of a susceptibility gene for schizophrenia on chromosome 6p by multipoint affected sib–pair linkage analysis

    Sibylle G. Schwab;Margot Albus;Joachim Hallmayer;Sabine Hönig

  • Serotonin transporter promoter and intron 2 polymorphisms: relationship between allelic variants and gene expression.

    Dubravka Hranilovic;Jasminka Stefulj;Sibylle Schwab;Margitta Borrmann-Hassenbach

  • Complement genes contribute sex-biased vulnerability in diverse disorders

    Nolan Kamitaki;Nolan Kamitaki;Aswin Sekar;Aswin Sekar;Robert E. Handsaker;Robert E. Handsaker;Heather de Rivera;Heather de Rivera

  • Multicenter Linkage Study of Schizophrenia Candidate Regions on Chromosomes 5q, 6q, 10p, and 13q: Schizophrenia Linkage Collaborative Group III

    Douglas F. Levinson;Peter Holmans;Richard E. Straub;Michael J. Owen

  • Additional support for schizophrenia linkage on chromosomes 6 and 8: A multicenter study

    Dieter B. Wildenauer;Sibylle G. Schwab;Margot Albus;Joachim Hallmayer

  • Transmission/disequilibrium tests using multiple tightly linked markers.

    Hongyu Zhao;Shuanglin Zhang;Kathleen R. Merikangas;Matyas Trixler

  • A genome-wide autosomal screen for schizophrenia susceptibility loci in 71 families with affected siblings: Support for loci on chromosome 10p and 6

    S.G. Schwab;J. Hallmayer;M. Albus;B. Lerer

  • Genome wide meta-analysis identifies genomic relationships, novel loci, and pleiotropic mechanisms across eight psychiatric disorders

    Lee Ph;Anttila;Won H

Frequent Co-Authors

Sibylle G. Schwab
Sibylle G. Schwab University of Wollongong
Wolfgang Maier
Wolfgang Maier University of Bonn
Margot Albus
Margot Albus Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Stephan Ripke
Stephan Ripke Massachusetts General Hospital
Pablo V. Gejman
Pablo V. Gejman NorthShore University HealthSystem
Bryan J. Mowry
Bryan J. Mowry University of Queensland
Peter Holmans
Peter Holmans Cardiff University
Jeremy M. Silverman
Jeremy M. Silverman Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Alan R. Sanders
Alan R. Sanders NorthShore University HealthSystem
Michael John Owen
Michael John Owen Cardiff University

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