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Overview

Ian A. Glass is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology with additional work in medicine. The main subfields of study include molecular biology, genetics, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, surgery, and cancer research.

The scientist's work addresses several key topics, such as:

  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Neonatal respiratory health research
  • Congenital diaphragmatic hernia studies
  • Congenital heart defects research
  • Genomics and rare diseases
  • Retinal development and disorders
  • Cancer cells and metastasis

Frequent publication venues reflect their research interests and include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Developmental Cell
  • Physiology
  • The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • Genetics in Medicine

Recent papers by Ian A. Glass demonstrate a breadth of research topics and publication in high-impact journals:

  • "SARS-CoV-2 Receptor ACE2 Is an Interferon-Stimulated Gene in Human Airway Epithelial Cells and Is Detected in Specific Cell Subsets across Tissues," 2020, Cell
  • "A human cell atlas of fetal gene expression," 2020, Science
  • "A human cell atlas of fetal chromatin accessibility," 2020, Science
  • "Single-Cell Transcriptomic Comparison of Human Fetal Retina, hPSC-Derived Retinal Organoids, and Long-Term Retinal Cultures," 2020, Cell Reports
  • "Targeted long-read sequencing identifies missing disease-causing variation," 2021, The American Journal of Human Genetics

The scientist collaborates with several frequent coauthors, including:

  • Katrina M. Dipple
  • Jason R. Spence
  • Angeline Wu
  • Elizabeth Blue
  • Soula Danopoulos

Best Publications

  • Systematic localization of common disease-associated variation in regulatory DNA.

    Matthew T. Maurano;Richard Humbert;Eric Rynes;Robert E. Thurman

  • SARS-CoV-2 Receptor ACE2 Is an Interferon-Stimulated Gene in Human Airway Epithelial Cells and Is Detected in Specific Cell Subsets across Tissues.

    Carly G.K. Ziegler;Samuel J. Allon;Sarah K. Nyquist;Ian M. Mbano

  • Transcriptional landscape of the prenatal human brain

    Jeremy A. Miller;Song Lin Ding;Susan M. Sunkin;Kimberly A. Smith

  • The centrosomal protein nephrocystin-6 is mutated in Joubert syndrome and activates transcription factor ATF4

    John A. Sayer;John A. Sayer;Edgar A. Otto;John F. O'Toole;Gudrun Nurnberg

  • A human cell atlas of fetal gene expression

    Junyue Cao;Diana R. O’Day;Hannah A. Pliner;Paul D. Kingsley

  • The short stature homeobox gene SHOX is involved in skeletal abnormalities in Turner syndrome

    Mark Clement-Jones;Simone Schiller;Ercole Rao;Rüdiger J. Blaschke

  • Mutations in the gene encoding the basal body protein RPGRIP1L, a nephrocystin-4 interactor, cause Joubert syndrome

    Heleen H Arts;Dan Doherty;Sylvia E C van Beersum;Melissa A Parisi

  • Mutations in the Cilia Gene ARL13B Lead to the Classical Form of Joubert Syndrome

    Vincent Cantagrel;Jennifer L. Silhavy;Stephanie L. Bielas;Dominika Swistun

  • A human cell atlas of fetal chromatin accessibility

    Silvia Domcke;Andrew J. Hill;Riza M. Daza;Junyue Cao

  • Molar Tooth Sign of the Midbrain-Hindbrain Junction: Occurrence in Multiple Distinct Syndromes

    Joseph G. Gleeson;Lesley C. Keeler;Melissa A. Parisi;Sarah E. Marsh

  • The NPHP1 gene deletion associated with juvenile nephronophthisis is present in a subset of individuals with Joubert syndrome.

    Melissa A. Parisi;Craig L. Bennett;Melissa L. Eckert;William B. Dobyns

  • Joubert syndrome: a model for untangling recessive disorders with extreme genetic heterogeneity.

    R Bachmann-Gagescu;J C Dempsey;I G Phelps;B J O'Roak

  • CC2D2A Is Mutated in Joubert Syndrome and Interacts with the Ciliopathy-Associated Basal Body Protein CEP290

    Nicholas T. Gorden;Heleen H. Arts;Melissa A. Parisi;Karlien L.M. Coene

  • Joubert syndrome (and related disorders) (OMIM 213300).

    Melissa A Parisi;Dan Doherty;Phillip F Chance;Ian A Glass

  • Molecular Anatomy of the Developing Human Retina

    Akina Hoshino;Rinki Ratnapriya;Matthew J. Brooks;Vijender Chaitankar

  • Single-Cell Transcriptomic Comparison of Human Fetal Retina, hPSC-Derived Retinal Organoids, and Long-Term Retinal Cultures.

    Akshayalakshmi Sridhar;Akina Hoshino;Connor R. Finkbeiner;Alex Chitsazan

  • A report of dizygous monochorionic twins.

    Vivienne L. Souter;Raj P. Kapur;Dale R. Nyholt;Kristen Skogerboe

  • CEP41 is mutated in Joubert syndrome and is required for tubulin glutamylation at the cilium

    Ji Eun Lee;Jennifer L Silhavy;Maha S Zaki;Jana Schroth

  • Rhombencephalosynapsis: a hindbrain malformation associated with incomplete separation of midbrain and forebrain, hydrocephalus and a broad spectrum of severity

    Gisele E. Ishak;Jennifer C. Dempsey;Dennis W. W. Shaw;Dennis W. W. Shaw;Hannah Tully;Hannah Tully

  • Molar Tooth Sign of the Midbrain-Hindbrain Junction

    Joseph G. Gleeson;Lesley C. Keeler;Melissa A. Parisi;Sarah E. Marsh

Frequent Co-Authors

William B. Dobyns
William B. Dobyns University of Minnesota
Kathleen J. Millen
Kathleen J. Millen Seattle Children's Hospital
Phillip F. Chance
Phillip F. Chance University of Washington
Friedhelm Hildebrandt
Friedhelm Hildebrandt Boston Children's Hospital
Tony Roscioli
Tony Roscioli University of New South Wales
Michael J. Bamshad
Michael J. Bamshad University of Washington
Jason R. Spence
Jason R. Spence University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
William A. Gahl
William A. Gahl National Institutes of Health
Jay Shendure
Jay Shendure University of Washington

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