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Biology and Biochemistry
UK
2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

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148
Citations
84963
World Ranking
197
National Ranking
12

Medicine

D-Index
149
Citations
85443
World Ranking
1196
National Ranking
128

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2019 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Ian Tomlinson is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, conducting research primarily within the field of Medicine. Their work focuses on subfields including Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Cancer Research.

The scientist's research covers several main topics related to colorectal cancer and congenital disorders. These topics include:

  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis
  • Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies
  • Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies
  • Tracheal and airway disorders

Recent publications by Ian Tomlinson include the following papers:

  • Single-cell AI-based detection and prognostic and predictive value of DNA mismatch repair deficiency in colorectal cancer, 2024, Cell Reports Medicine
  • GREMLIN1 disrupts intestinal epithelial-mesenchymal crosstalk to induce a wnt-dependent ectopic stem cell niche via stromal remodelling, 2024, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ian Tomlinson encompass a range of researchers:

  • Owen J. Sansom
  • Marta Nowak
  • Faiz Jabbar
  • Ann-Katrin Rodewald
  • Luciana Gneo

The scientist's works have appeared predominantly in publication venues such as:

  • Cell Reports Medicine
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Ian Tomlinson was awarded the title of Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, in 2019.

Best Publications

  • A serine/threonine kinase gene defective in Peutz–Jeghers syndrome

    A Hemminki;D Markie;I Tomlinson;E Avizienyte

  • Germline mutations in FH predispose to dominantly inherited uterine fibroids, skin leiomyomata and papillary renal cell cancer.

    Tomlinson Ip;Alam Na;Rowan Aj;Barclay E

  • Association analysis identifies 65 new breast cancer risk loci

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Sara Lindström;Sara Lindström;Joe Dennis;Jonathan Beesley

  • Large-scale genotyping identifies 41 new loci associated with breast cancer risk

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Per Hall;Anna Gonzalez-Neira;Maya Ghoussaini

  • Mutations in the SMAD4/DPC4 gene in juvenile polyposis.

    James R. Howe;Stina Roth;John C. Ringold;Robert W. Summers

  • The interleukin-6 receptor as a target for prevention of coronary heart disease: a mendelian randomisation analysis.

    D I Swerdlow;M V Holmes;K B Kuchenbaecker

  • Multiple colorectal adenomas, classic adenomatous polyposis, and germ-line mutations in MYH.

    Oliver M Sieber;Lara Lipton;Michael Crabtree;Karl Heinimann

  • Germline mutations affecting the proofreading domains of POLE and POLD1 predispose to colorectal adenomas and carcinomas

    Claire Palles;Jean-Baptiste Cazier;Kimberley M Howarth;Enric Domingo

  • RAD51B in Familial Breast Cancer

    Liisa M. Pelttari;Sofia Khan;Mikko Vuorela;Johanna I. Kiiski

  • Polygenic Risk Scores for Prediction of Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Subtypes

    Nasim Mavaddat;Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Joe Dennis;Michael Lush

  • A genome-wide association scan of tag SNPs identifies a susceptibility variant for colorectal cancer at 8q24.21.

    Ian Tomlinson;Ian Tomlinson;Emily Webb;Luis Carvajal-Carmona;Peter Broderick

  • Genetic prognostic and predictive markers in colorectal cancer.

    Axel Walther;Elaine Johnstone;Charles Swanton;Charles Swanton;Rachel Midgley

  • Associations of Breast Cancer Risk Factors With Tumor Subtypes: A Pooled Analysis From the Breast Cancer Association Consortium Studies

    Xiaohong R. Yang;Jenny Chang-Claude;Ellen L. Goode;Fergus J. Couch

  • Replication stress links structural and numerical cancer chromosomal instability

    Rebecca A. Burrell;Sarah E. McClelland;David Endesfelder;Petra Groth

  • Breast Cancer Risk Genes - Association Analysis in More than 113,000 Women

    Leila Dorling;Sara Carvalho;Jamie Allen

  • Mitochondrial tumour suppressors: A genetic and biochemical update

    Eyal Gottlieb;Ian P. M. Tomlinson

  • Replication stress links structural and numerical cancer chromosomal instability (vol 494, pg 492, 2013)

    RA Burrell;SE McClelland;D Endesfelder;P Groth

  • Colorectal cancer and genetic alterations in the Wnt pathway.

    S Segditsas;I Tomlinson

  • Genome-wide association scan identifies a colorectal cancer susceptibility locus on 11q23 and replicates risk loci at 8q24 and 18q21.

    Albert Tenesa;Susan M Farrington;James G D Prendergast;Mary E Porteous

  • CCAT2, a novel noncoding RNA mapping to 8q24, underlies metastatic progression and chromosomal instability in colon cancer

    Hui Ling;Riccardo Spizzo;Yaser Atlasi;Milena Nicoloso

Frequent Co-Authors

Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Hiltrud Brauch
Hiltrud Brauch German Cancer Research Center
Roger L. Milne
Roger L. Milne Cancer Council Victoria
Richard S. Houlston
Richard S. Houlston Institute of Cancer Research
Jenny Chang-Claude
Jenny Chang-Claude German Cancer Research Center
Elinor J. Sawyer
Elinor J. Sawyer King's College London
Paul D.P. Pharoah
Paul D.P. Pharoah University of Cambridge
Barbara Burwinkel
Barbara Burwinkel Heidelberg University
Douglas F. Easton
Douglas F. Easton University of Cambridge
Vessela N. Kristensen
Vessela N. Kristensen Oslo University Hospital

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