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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 1996 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

James F. Wilson is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine with a significant focus on Genetics and Molecular Biology as subfields. Additional areas of specialization include Immunology, Epidemiology, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The scientist's research topics are diverse and cover multiple important areas in biomedical science. These include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Galectins and Cancer Biology, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research, Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks, and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research.

Wilson has been involved in publishing papers in several reputed venues. The frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • UNC Libraries
  • Communications Biology
  • Human Molecular Genetics

Among recent publications are:

  • Genome-wide characterization of circulating metabolic biomarkers, 2024, Nature
  • Genetics of circulating inflammatory proteins identifies drivers of immune-mediated disease risk and therapeutic targets, 2023, Nature Immunology
  • Genetic mechanisms of critical illness in COVID-19, 2020, Nature
  • Genomic and drug target evaluation of 90 cardiovascular proteins in 30,931 individuals, 2020, Nature Metabolism
  • Genetic mechanisms of critical illness in Covid-19, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Wilson has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including Caroline Hayward, Lucija Klarić, Peter K. Joshi, Ozren Polašek, and Igor Rudan. The collaboration counts range notably, with the highest being 63 joint works with Caroline Hayward.

In addition to articles, Wilson has authored a book titled Failure, Fascism, and Teachers in American Theatre, published in 2023 under Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history.

The scientist was recognized as a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1996.

Best Publications

  • Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

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  • Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids

    Tanya M. Teslovich;Kiran Musunuru;Albert V. Smith;Andrew C. Edmondson

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Cristen J. Willer;Sonja I. Berndt;Keri L. Monda

  • A reference panel of 64,976 haplotypes for genotype imputation

    Shane McCarthy;Sayantan Das;Warren Kretzschmar;Olivier Delaneau

  • Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels

    Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso

  • Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals

    James J. Lee;Robbee Wedow;Aysu Okbay;Edward Kong

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk

    Josée Dupuis;Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena;Richa Saxena

  • Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals

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  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    Hana Lango Allen;Karol Estrada;Guillaume Lettre;Sonja I. Berndt

  • Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk

    Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Patricia B. Munroe;Kenneth M. Rice;Murielle Bochud

  • Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

    Andrew R. Wood;Tonu Esko;Jian Yang;Sailaja Vedantam

  • Twelve type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci identified through large-scale association analysis

    Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Laura J. Scott;Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir;Andrew P. Morris

  • Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes

    Andrew P Morris;Benjamin F Voight;Benjamin F Voight;Tanya M Teslovich;Teresa Ferreira

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

  • Genetic analysis of over 1 million people identifies 535 new loci associated with blood pressure traits.

    Evangelos Evangelou;Evangelos Evangelou;Helen R. Warren;Helen R. Warren;David Mosen-Ansorena;Borbala Mifsud

  • Genetic mechanisms of critical illness in Covid-19.

    E. Pairo-Castineira;E. Pairo-Castineira;S. Clohisey;L. Klaric;A. D. Bretherick

  • Analysis of immune-related loci identifies 48 new susceptibility variants for multiple sclerosis

    Ashley H. Beecham;Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos;Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos;Dionysia K. Xifara;Mary F. Davis

  • Runs of Homozygosity in European Populations

    Ruth McQuillan;Anne-Louise Leutenegger;Rehab Abdel-Rahman;Rehab Abdel-Rahman;Christopher S. Franklin

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 56 bone mineral density loci and reveals 14 loci associated with risk of fracture

    Karol Estrada;Unnur Styrkarsdottir;Evangelos Evangelou;Yi-Hsiang Hsu

  • Modulation of genetic associations with serum urate levels by body-mass-index in humans

    Jennifer E. Huffman;Eva Albrecht;Alexander Teumer;Massimo Mangino

Frequent Co-Authors

Igor Rudan
Igor Rudan University of Edinburgh
Caroline Hayward
Caroline Hayward University of Edinburgh
Harry Campbell
Harry Campbell University of Edinburgh
Ozren Polasek
Ozren Polasek University of Split
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam
Veronique Vitart
Veronique Vitart University of Edinburgh
Albert Hofman
Albert Hofman Harvard University
Tim D. Spector
Tim D. Spector King's College London
Tonu Esko
Tonu Esko University of Tartu
Albert V. Smith
Albert V. Smith University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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