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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Walsh McDermott Medal, National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 2006 - Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health, National Academy of Medicine
  • 1981 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Jack D. Barchas is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within biology and medicine, with a strong focus on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and psychiatry. Their published work includes contributions to molecular biology, genetics, psychiatry and mental health, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.

The primary research topics associated with Jack D. Barchas include mitochondrial function and pathology, bipolar disorder and treatment, genetic associations and epidemiology, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, advanced MRI techniques and applications, metabolism and genetic disorders, and genomics and rare diseases.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Huda Akil, Alan F. Schatzberg, William E. Bunney, R Myers, and Stanley J. Watson.

Their work has appeared repeatedly in several publication venues, notably:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Translational Psychiatry
  • Nature
  • Complex Psychiatry
  • UNC Libraries

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Jack D. Barchas include:

  • Rare coding variants in ten genes confer substantial risk for schizophrenia, 2022, Nature
  • Mitochondria DNA copy number, mitochondria DNA total somatic deletions, Complex I activity, synapse number, and synaptic mitochondria number are altered in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, 2022, Translational Psychiatry
  • Identification of potential blood biomarkers associated with suicide in major depressive disorder, 2022, Translational Psychiatry
  • Neurotransmission-related gene expression in the frontal pole is altered in subjects with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, 2023, Translational Psychiatry
  • Large Common Mitochondrial DNA Deletions Are Associated with a Mitochondrial SNP T14798C Near the 3' Breakpoints, 2022, Complex Psychiatry

Jack D. Barchas has received several awards, including the Walsh McDermott Medal from the National Academy of Medicine in 2007 and the Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health from the National Academy of Medicine in 2006. They were also inducted as a member of the National Academy of Medicine in 1981.

Best Publications

  • Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs

    S. Hong Lee;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Stephen V. Faraone

  • Amplified RNA synthesized from limited quantities of heterogeneous cDNA.

    R N Van Gelder;M E von Zastrow;A Yool;W C Dement

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 30 loci associated with bipolar disorder

    Eli A. Stahl;Eli A. Stahl;Gerome Breen;Andreas J. Forstner;Andrew McQuillin

  • Large-scale genome-wide association analysis of bipolar disorder identifies a new susceptibility locus near ODZ4

    Pamela Sklar;Pamela Sklar;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Laura J. Scott;Ole A. Andreassen

  • Pancreastatin, a novel pancreatic peptide that inhibits insulin secretion

    Kazuhiko Tatemoto;Saud Efendić;Viktor Mutt;George Makk

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

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

  • Psychiatric genome-wide association study analyses implicate neuronal, immune and histone pathways

    Colm O'Dushlaine;Lizzy Rossin;Phil H. Lee;Laramie Duncan;Laramie Duncan

  • Stress-induced parallel changes in central opioid levels and pain responsiveness in the rat.

    J. Madden;H. Akil;R. L. Patrick;J. D. Barchas

  • Processes for genetic manipulations using promoters

    Russell N. Van Gelder;Mark E. Von Zastrow;Jack D. Barchas;James H. Eberwine

  • Circadian patterns of gene expression in the human brain and disruption in major depressive disorder

    Jun Z. Li;Blynn G. Bunney;Fan Meng;Megan H. Hagenauer

  • Catecholamine secretion as a function of perceived coping self-efficacy.

    A Bandura;C B Taylor;S L Williams;I N Mefford

  • Evidence for two separate opiate peptide neuronal systems

    Stanley J. Watson;Huda Akil;Charles W. Richard;Jack D. Barchas

  • Adrenocorticotropin in rat brain: immunocytochemical localization in cells and axons

    Stanley J. Watson;Charles W. Richard;Jack D. Barchas

  • Behavioral neurochemistry: neuroregulators and behavioral states.

    JD Barchas;H Akil;GR Elliott;RB Holman

  • Genome-wide association and meta-analysis of bipolar disorder in individuals of European ancestry

    Laura J. Scott;Pierandrea Muglia;Pierandrea Muglia;Xiangyang Q. Kong;Weihua Guan

  • Altered expression of glutamate signaling, growth factor, and glia genes in the locus coeruleus of patients with major depression.

    René Bernard;Ilan A. Kerman;Robert C. Thompson;Edward G. Jones

  • Long-term stress-induced analgesia and activation of the opiate system.

    James W. Grau;Richard L. Hyson;Steven F. Maier;John Madden

  • Enkephalin-Like Material Elevated in Ventricular Cerebrospinal Fluid of Pain Patients after Analgetic Focal Stimulation

    H. Akil;D. E. Richardson;J. Hughes;J. D. Barchas

  • Inhibition of Transmethylations of Biogenic Amines by S-Adenosylhomocysteine ENHANCEMENT OF TRANSMETHYLATION BY ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE

    Takeo Deguchi;Jack Barchas

  • BRAIN AMINES: RESPONSE TO PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS.

    Jack D. Barchas;Daniel X. Freedman

Frequent Co-Authors

Huda Akil
Huda Akil University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Kym F. Faull
Kym F. Faull University of California, Los Angeles
Christopher J. Evans
Christopher J. Evans University of California, Los Angeles
Stanley J. Watson
Stanley J. Watson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Alan F. Schatzberg
Alan F. Schatzberg Stanford University
William E. Bunney
William E. Bunney University of California, Irvine
Roland D. Ciaranello
Roland D. Ciaranello Stanford University
Richard M. Myers
Richard M. Myers HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology
Glen R. Elliott
Glen R. Elliott Children's Health Council
Robert C. Thompson
Robert C. Thompson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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