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Hanka Venselaar is affiliated with Radboud University in the Netherlands and focuses their research on Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields, notably Molecular Biology, Genetics, Surgery, Cell Biology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The researcher's major topics include Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Genomics and Rare Diseases, Retinal Development and Disorders, Advanced Biosensing and Bioanalysis Techniques, Pancreatic Function and Diabetes, RNA and Protein Synthesis Mechanisms, and RNA Modifications and Cancer.

Venselaar has published extensively in various scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • Genetics in Medicine
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids
  • Journal of Medical Genetics

Notable recent papers authored by Venselaar and collaborators are listed below:

  • Antisense oligonucleotide-based treatment of retinitis pigmentosa caused by USH2A exon 13 mutations, 2021, Molecular Therapy
  • De Novo Variants in CNOT1, a Central Component of the CCR4-NOT Complex Involved in Gene Expression and RNA and Protein Stability, Cause Neurodevelopmental Delay, 2020, The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • Loss of TNR causes a nonprogressive neurodevelopmental disorder with spasticity and transient opisthotonus, 2020, Genetics in Medicine
  • Neutropenia and intellectual disability are hallmarks of biallelic and de novo CLPB deficiency, 2021, Genetics in Medicine
  • Inherited variants in CHD3 show variable expressivity in Snijders Blok-Campeau syndrome, 2022, Genetics in Medicine

Venselaar frequently collaborates with several researchers in the field. Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Lisenka E.L.M. Vissers
  • Tjitske Kleefstra
  • Erwin van Wijk
  • Han G. Brunner
  • Christian Gilissen

Best Publications

  • Protein structure analysis of mutations causing inheritable diseases. An e-Science approach with life scientist friendly interfaces

    Hanka Venselaar;Tim A H Te Beek;Remko K P Kuipers;Maarten L Hekkelman

  • Human Dectin-1 Deficiency and Mucocutaneous Fungal Infections

    Bart Ferwerda;Gerben Ferwerda;Theo S. Plantinga;Janet A. Willment

  • Mutations in SMAD3 cause a syndromic form of aortic aneurysms and dissections with early-onset osteoarthritis

    Ingrid M B H van de Laar;Rogier A Oldenburg;Gerard Pals;Jolien W Roos-Hesselink

  • Mutations in DDX3X are a common cause of unexplained intellectual disability with gender-specific effects on wnt signaling

    Lot Snijders Blok;Erik Madsen;Jane Juusola;Christian Gilissen

  • Mutations in a TGF-β ligand, TGFB3, cause syndromic aortic aneurysms and dissections.

    Aida M. Bertoli-Avella;Elisabeth Gillis;Hiroko Morisaki;Judith M A Verhagen

  • Further clinical and molecular delineation of the 9q Subtelomeric Deletion Syndrome supports a major contribution of EHMT1 haploinsufficiency to the core phenotype

    T Kleefstra;W A van Zelst-Stams;W M Nillesen;V Cormier-Daire

  • Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase 9 Is Required for the Biogenesis of Oxidative Phosphorylation Complex I

    Jessica Nouws;Leo Nijtmans;Sander M. Houten;Mariël van den Brand

  • Mutations in NDUFAF3 (C3ORF60), encoding an NDUFAF4 (C6ORF66)-interacting complex I assembly protein, cause fatal neonatal mitochondrial disease.

    Ann Saada;Rutger O. Vogel;Saskia J. Hoefs;Mariël A. van den Brand

  • Dominant missense mutations in ABCC9 cause Cantú syndrome

    Magdalena Harakalova;Jeske J T van Harssel;Paulien A Terhal;Stef van Lieshout

  • Overview of the mutation spectrum in familial exudative vitreoretinopathy and Norrie disease with identification of 21 novel variants in FZD4, LRP5, and NDP.

    Konstantinos Nikopoulos;Hanka Venselaar;Rob W. J. Collin;Rosa Riveiro-Alvarez

  • Mutations of ESRRB Encoding Estrogen-Related Receptor Beta Cause Autosomal-Recessive Nonsyndromic Hearing Impairment DFNB35

    Rob W.J. Collin;Ersan Kalay;Ersan Kalay;Muhammad Tariq;Theo Peters

  • The alpha-kinase family: an exceptional branch on the protein kinase tree

    Jeroen Middelbeek;Kristopher Clark;Hanka Venselaar;Martijn A. Huynen

  • Mutations in SELENBP1, encoding a novel human methanethiol oxidase, cause extraoral halitosis.

    Arjan Pol;G. Herma Renkema;Albert Tangerman;Edwin G. Winkel

  • Chondrodysplasia and abnormal joint development associated with mutations in IMPAD1, encoding the Golgi-resident nucleotide phosphatase, gPAPP.

    Lisenka E.L.M. Vissers;Ekkehart Lausch;Sheila Unger;Ana Belinda Campos-Xavier

  • Germline Mutations in the Spindle Assembly Checkpoint Genes BUB1 and BUB3 Are Risk Factors for Colorectal Cancer

    Richarda M. de Voer;Ad Geurts van Kessel;Robbert D. A. Weren;Marjolijn J. L. Ligtenberg

  • CAD mutations and uridine-responsive epileptic encephalopathy.

    Johannes Koch;Johannes A Mayr;Bader Alhaddad;Christian Rauscher

  • Gene structure and mutant alleles of PCDH15: nonsyndromic deafness DFNB23 and type 1 Usher syndrome.

    Zubair M. Ahmed;Saima Riazuddin;Sandar Aye;Rana A. Ali

  • Whole-exome sequencing reveals LRP5 mutations and canonical Wnt signaling associated with hepatic cystogenesis.

    Wybrich R. Cnossen;René H. M. te Morsche;Alexander Hoischen;Christian Gilissen

  • Mutations in the Epithelial Cadherin-p120-Catenin Complex Cause Mendelian Non-Syndromic Cleft Lip with or without Cleft Palate

    Liza L. Cox;Liza L. Cox;Liza L. Cox;Timothy C. Cox;Timothy C. Cox;Timothy C. Cox;Lina M. Moreno Uribe;Ying Zhu

  • Spatial Clustering of de Novo Missense Mutations Identifies Candidate Neurodevelopmental Disorder-Associated Genes.

    Stefan H. Lelieveld;Laurens Wiel;Hanka Venselaar;Rolph Pfundt

Frequent Co-Authors

Han G. Brunner
Han G. Brunner Radboud University
Christian Gilissen
Christian Gilissen Radboud University
Hannie Kremer
Hannie Kremer Radboud University
Frans P.M. Cremers
Frans P.M. Cremers Radboud University
Joris A. Veltman
Joris A. Veltman University of Edinburgh
David J. Amor
David J. Amor Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Rolph Pfundt
Rolph Pfundt Radboud University
Tjitske Kleefstra
Tjitske Kleefstra Erasmus University Rotterdam
Alexander Hoischen
Alexander Hoischen Radboud University
Arjan P.M. de Brouwer
Arjan P.M. de Brouwer Radboud University

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