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Jakob Skou Pedersen

Jakob Skou Pedersen

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Genetics

D-Index
56
Citations
35609
World Ranking
3449
National Ranking
34

Overview

Jakob Skou Pedersen is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark, focusing their research on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their body of work spans multiple subfields, including molecular biology, cancer research, pathology and forensic medicine, surgery, and genetics.

The scientist's research primarily addresses topics such as cancer genomics and diagnostics, cancer-related molecular mechanisms, circular RNAs in diseases, genetic factors in colorectal cancer, microRNA in disease regulation, RNA research and splicing, and bioinformatics and genomic networks.

Jakob Skou Pedersen has published in various scientific venues with repeated contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Genome Medicine
  • eLife
  • Cancer Research

Recent publications by Jakob Skou Pedersen demonstrate an emphasis on multi-omics data integration and cancer pathways, highlighting the following works:

  • Transcriptome-wide profiles of circular RNA and RNA-binding protein interactions reveal effects on circular RNA biogenesis and cancer pathway expression, 2020, Genome Medicine
  • Integrative pathway enrichment analysis of multivariate omics data, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Molecular correlates of cisplatin-based chemotherapy response in muscle invasive bladder cancer by integrated multi-omics analysis, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Cancer LncRNA Census reveals evidence for deep functional conservation of long noncoding RNAs in tumorigenesis, 2020, Communications Biology
  • Passenger Mutations in More Than 2,500 Cancer Genomes: Overall Molecular Functional Impact and Consequences, 2020, Cell

Collaborations have often included several frequent co-authors, with multiple joint publications alongside:

  • Morten Muhlig Nielsen
  • Lars Dyrskjøt
  • Nuno A. Fonseca
  • Lars Feuerbach
  • Randi Istrup Juul

Best Publications

  • Identification and analysis of functional elements in 1% of the human genome by the ENCODE pilot project

    Ewan Birney;John A. Stamatoyannopoulos;Anindya Dutta;Roderic Guigó

  • Evolutionarily conserved elements in vertebrate, insect, worm, and yeast genomes

    Adam Siepel;Gill Bejerano;Jakob Skou Pedersen;Angie S Hinrichs

  • Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes

    Peter J. Campbell;Gad Getz;Jan O. Korbel;Joshua M. Stuart

  • Evolution of genes and genomes on the Drosophila phylogeny.

    Andrew G. Clark;Michael B. Eisen;Michael B. Eisen;Douglas R. Smith;Casey M. Bergman

  • The UCSC Genome Browser Database: update 2006

    A. S. Hinrichs;D. Karolchik;R. Baertsch;G. P. Barber

  • A high-resolution map of human evolutionary constraint using 29 mammals.

    Kerstin Lindblad-Toh;Manuel Garber;Or Zuk;Michael F. Lin;Michael F. Lin

  • An RNA gene expressed during cortical development evolved rapidly in humans

    Katherine S Pollard;Sofie R Salama;Nelle Lambert;Marie-Alexandra Lambot

  • Ancient human genome sequence of an extinct Palaeo-Eskimo

    Morten Rasmussen;Yingrui Li;Stinus Lindgreen;Jakob Skou Pedersen

  • Patterns of somatic structural variation in human cancer genomes

    Yilong Li;Nicola D Roberts;Jeremiah A Wala;Jeremiah A Wala;Ofer Shapira;Ofer Shapira

  • Discovery of functional elements in 12 Drosophila genomes using evolutionary signatures

    Alexander Stark;Michael F Lin;Pouya Kheradpour;Jakob Skou Pedersen;Jakob Skou Pedersen

  • Identification and classification of conserved RNA secondary structures in the human genome

    Jakob Skou Pedersen;Gill Bejerano;Adam C. Siepel;Kate R. Rosenbloom

  • The UCSC Genome Browser Database: 2008 update.

    D. Karolchik;R. M. Kuhn;R. Baertsch;G. P. Barber

  • Forces Shaping the Fastest Evolving Regions in the Human Genome

    Katherine S Pollard;Sofie R Salama;Bryan King;Andrew D Kern

  • Comprehensive Transcriptional Analysis of Early-Stage Urothelial Carcinoma

    Jakob Hedegaard;Philippe Lamy;Iver Nordentoft;Ferran Algaba

  • Posttranscriptional Crossregulation between Drosha and DGCR8

    Jinju Han;Jakob S. Pedersen;S. Chul Kwon;Cassandra D. Belair

  • A Dual Program for Translation Regulation in Cellular Proliferation and Differentiation

    Hila Gingold;Disa Tehler;Nanna R. Christoffersen;Morten M. Nielsen

  • Analysis of circulating tumour DNA to monitor disease burden following colorectal cancer surgery

    Thomas Reinert;Lone V. Schøler;Rune Thomsen;Heidi Tobiasen

  • The UCSC genome browser database: update 2007

    R. M. Kuhn;D. Karolchik;A. S. Zweig;H. Trumbower

  • Next-generation sequencing of RNA and DNA isolated from paired fresh-frozen and formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded samples of human cancer and normal tissue.

    Jakob Hedegaard;Kasper Thorsen;Mette Katrine Lund;Anne-Mette K. Hein

  • Genomic basis for RNA alterations in cancer

    Claudia Calabrese;Natalie R. Davidson;Deniz Demircioğlu;Deniz Demircioğlu;Nuno A. Fonseca

Frequent Co-Authors

Torben F. Ørntoft
Torben F. Ørntoft Aarhus University
David Haussler
David Haussler University of California, Santa Cruz
Adam Siepel
Adam Siepel Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Søren Brunak
Søren Brunak University of Copenhagen
Gad Getz
Gad Getz Broad Institute
Claus L. Andersen
Claus L. Andersen Aarhus University Hospital
Kate R. Rosenbloom
Kate R. Rosenbloom University of California, Santa Cruz
Gill Bejerano
Gill Bejerano Stanford University
Mark Gerstein
Mark Gerstein Yale University

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