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D-Index
55
Citations
14428
World Ranking
3559
National Ranking
1543

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Gene
  • Genetics
  • Mutation

Gholson J. Lyon mainly focuses on Genetics, Exome sequencing, Exome, DNA sequencing and Genomics. Genetics and Enzyme are commonly linked in his work. Gholson J. Lyon combines subjects such as Acetyltransferase, Ogden Syndrome, Hypotonia, X chromosome and Exon with his study of Exome sequencing.

His Exome research incorporates elements of Genome, Whole genome sequencing, Sequence alignment and Indel. His DNA sequencing research incorporates themes from Data mining, Deep sequencing and Word error rate. His Genomics research includes themes of Ontology, Precision medicine, Translational research and Phenotype.

His most cited work include:

  • Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain (726 citations)
  • The Human Phenotype Ontology in 2017 (471 citations)
  • Fatal infantile cardioencephalomyopathy with COX deficiency and mutations in SCO2 , a COX assembly gene (465 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His scientific interests lie mostly in Genetics, Computational biology, Exome sequencing, Genome and Whole genome sequencing. All of his Genetics and DNA sequencing, Copy-number variation, Human genetics, Genomics and Personal genomics investigations are sub-components of the entire Genetics study. His Copy-number variation research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Genome-wide association study and Tourette syndrome.

His study in Exome sequencing is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Hypotonia, Human Phenotype Ontology and Indel. The Genome study combines topics in areas such as Genotyping and Bioinformatics. His research investigates the link between Whole genome sequencing and topics such as Exome that cross with problems in Human genome.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Genetics (62.63%)
  • Computational biology (21.45%)
  • Exome sequencing (27.34%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?

  • Genetics (62.63%)
  • Exome sequencing (27.34%)
  • Tourette syndrome (9.34%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Gholson J. Lyon spends much of his time researching Genetics, Exome sequencing, Tourette syndrome, Phenotype and Human Phenotype Ontology. His study in Copy-number variation, Genomics, Intellectual disability, Human genetics and NAA15 falls within the category of Genetics. His Genomics research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Translational research, Human genome, Computational biology and Candidate gene.

The concepts of his Candidate gene study are interwoven with issues in Indel, Annotation, Molecular Sequence Annotation, INDEL Mutation and DNA sequencing. His work deals with themes such as Missense mutation, Contig, Allele and Bioinformatics, which intersect with Exome sequencing. Gholson J. Lyon has included themes like Clinical psychology, Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Tics and Genetic architecture in his Tourette syndrome study.

Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain (726 citations)
  • The Human Phenotype Ontology in 2017 (471 citations)
  • Long-read sequencing and de novo assembly of a Chinese genome (176 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Gene
  • Genetics
  • Mutation

Gholson J. Lyon mainly investigates Genetics, Tourette syndrome, Computational biology, Genome-wide association study and Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. His work in Exome sequencing, Missense mutation, Shotgun sequencing, Reference genome and Sequence assembly is related to Genetics. His research in Exome sequencing is mostly concerned with Cancer genome sequencing.

His work carried out in the field of Tourette syndrome brings together such families of science as Tics, Proband and Copy-number variation. His studies deal with areas such as Indel, Human genome, Sequencing data and Genomics as well as Computational biology. Gholson J. Lyon interconnects Annotation, INDEL Mutation, DNA sequencing and Candidate gene in the investigation of issues within Genomics.

Best Publications

  • 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

  • The Human Phenotype Ontology in 2017

    Sebastian Köhler;Nicole A. Vasilevsky;Mark Engelstad;Erin D. Foster

  • Lifetime Prevalence, Age of Risk, and Genetic Relationships of Comorbid Psychiatric Disorders in Tourette Syndrome

    Matthew E. Hirschtritt;Paul C. Lee;David L. Pauls;Yves Dion

  • Fatal infantile cardioencephalomyopathy with COX deficiency and mutations in SCO2, a COX assembly gene

    L C Papadopoulou;C M Sue;M M Davidson;K Tanji

  • Low concordance of multiple variant-calling pipelines: practical implications for exome and genome sequencing

    Jason O'Rawe;Jason O'Rawe;Tao Jiang;Guangqing Sun;Yiyang Wu;Yiyang Wu

  • Peptide signaling in Staphylococcus aureus and other Gram-positive bacteria.

    Gholson J. Lyon;Richard P. Novick

  • Genome-wide copy number variation study associates metabotropic glutamate receptor gene networks with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

    Josephine Elia;Joseph T. Glessner;Kai Wang;Nagahide Takahashi

  • An international effort towards developing standards for best practices in analysis, interpretation and reporting of clinical genome sequencing results in the CLARITY Challenge.

    Catherine A. Brownstein;Alan H. Beggs;Nils Homer;Barry Merriman

  • Interrogating the Genetic Determinants of Tourette’s Syndrome and Other Tic Disorders Through Genome-Wide Association Studies

    Dongmei Yu;Jae Hoon Sul;Fotis Tsetsos;Muhammad S Nawaz

  • Rational design of a global inhibitor of the virulence response in Staphylococcus aureus, based in part on localization of the site of inhibition to the receptor-histidine kinase, AgrC

    Gholson J. Lyon;Patricia Mayville;Tom W. Muir;Richard P. Novick

  • Exfoliatin-producing strains define a fourth agr specificity group in Staphylococcus aureus.

    S. Jarraud;G. J. Lyon;G. J. Lyon;A. M. S. Figueiredo;G. Lina

  • SNVer: a statistical tool for variant calling in analysis of pooled or individual next-generation sequencing data

    Zhi-Jian Wei;Wei-wei Wang;Pingzhao Hu;Gholson J Lyon

  • Long-read sequencing and de novo assembly of a Chinese genome

    Lingling Shi;Lingling Shi;Yunfei Guo;Chengliang Dong;John Huddleston

  • Using VAAST to Identify an X-Linked Disorder Resulting in Lethality in Male Infants Due to N-Terminal Acetyltransferase Deficiency

    Alan F. Rope;Kai Wang;Rune Evjenth;Jinchuan Xing

  • Mice deficient for the secreted glycoprotein SPARC/osteonectin/BM40 develop normally but show severe age-onset cataract formation and disruption of the lens.

    Darren T. Gilmour;Gholson J. Lyon;Mark B.L. Carlton;Joshua R. Sanes

  • Key determinants of receptor activation in the agr autoinducing peptides of Staphylococcus aureus.

    Gholson J. Lyon;Jesse S. Wright;Tom W. Muir;Richard P. Novick

  • Accurate de novo and transmitted indel detection in exome-capture data using microassembly

    Giuseppe Narzisi;Jason A O'Rawe;Ivan Iossifov;Han Fang

  • Genome-wide association study of Tourette's syndrome

    J. M. Scharf;J. M. Scharf;D. Yu;C. A. Mathews;B. M. Neale;B. M. Neale

  • Reducing INDEL calling errors in whole genome and exome sequencing data

    Han Fang;Yiyang Wu;Giuseppe Narzisi;Jason A ORawe;Jason A ORawe

  • Chemical Signaling among Bacteria and Its Inhibition

    Gholson J Lyon;Tom W Muir

Frequent Co-Authors

Danielle C. Cath
Danielle C. Cath Utrecht University
Robert A. King
Robert A. King Yale University
Hakon Hakonarson
Hakon Hakonarson Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Benjamin M. Neale
Benjamin M. Neale Harvard University
William M. McMahon
William M. McMahon University of Utah
David L. Pauls
David L. Pauls Harvard University
Nelson B. Freimer
Nelson B. Freimer University of California, Los Angeles
Cathy L. Barr
Cathy L. Barr University Health Network
Mary M. Robertson
Mary M. Robertson University College London
Guy A. Rouleau
Guy A. Rouleau Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital

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