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James German is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with focused contributions in Genetics, Surgery, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, as well as Statistics and Probability.

The scientist's work addresses a variety of academic topics including Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Health, Environment and Cognitive Aging, Cleft Lip and Palate Research, Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments, Diabetes Treatment and Management, Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes, and Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health.

James German has published scientific articles in several notable venues. Frequent publication sources include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, Nature Genetics, International Journal of Epidemiology, and Nature Medicine.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by James German demonstrate a strong focus on genetics and epidemiology with an emphasis on medical applications. Selected recent papers include:

  • Data Resource Profile: Nationwide registry data for high-throughput epidemiology and machine learning (2023, International Journal of Epidemiology)
  • High incidence and geographic distribution of cleft palate in Finland are associated with the IRF6 gene (2024, Nature Communications)
  • Association between plausible genetic factors and weight loss from GLP1-RA and bariatric surgery (2025, Nature Medicine)
  • MSGene: a multistate model using genetic risk and the electronic health record applied to lifetime risk of coronary artery disease (2024, Nature Communications)
  • N-Glycan profile of the cell membrane as a probe for lipopolysaccharide-induced microglial neuroinflammation uncovers the effects of common fatty acid supplementation (2024, Food & Function)

Collaborations form a significant component of their work. Among frequent coauthors are Andrea Ganna, Sarah Urbut, Pradeep Natarajan, Pekka Vartiainen, and Zoltán Kutalik. These partnerships reflect interdisciplinary research efforts across genetics and epidemiological modeling.

Best Publications

  • The Bloom's syndrome gene product is homologous to RecQ helicases

    Nathan A. Ellis;Joanna Groden;Tian Zhang Ye;Joel Straughen

  • A Manyfold Increase in Sister Chromatid Exchanges in Bloom's Syndrome Lymphocytes

    R. S. K. Chaganti;S. Schonberg;James German

  • Bloom syndrome: a mendelian prototype of somatic mutational disease.

    James German

  • EVIDENCE THAT XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM CELLS DO NOT PERFORM THE FIRST STEP IN THE REPAIR OF ULTRAVIOLET DAMAGE TO THEIR DNA

    R. B. Setlow;James D. Regan;James German

  • Bloom’s Syndrome

    James German

  • CHROMOSOMAL BREAKAGE IN A RARE AND PROBABLY GENETICALLY DETERMINED SYNDROME OF MAN.

    James German;Reginald Archibald;David Bloom

  • Bloom's syndrome. XX. The first 100 cancers.

    James German

  • Bloom's syndrome. I. Genetical and clinical observations in the first twenty-seven patients.

    J German

  • Enhanced tumor formation in mice heterozygous for Blm mutation.

    Kathleen Heppner Goss;Mary A. Risinger;Jennifer J. Kordich;Maureen M. Sanz

  • A retarded rate of DNA chain growth in Bloom's syndrome

    Roger Hand;James German

  • Binding and melting of D-loops by the Bloom syndrome helicase.

    A. J. Van Brabant;T. Ye;M. Sanz;J. L. German

  • Evidence for increased in vivo mutation and somatic recombination in Bloom's syndrome.

    Richard G. Langlois;William L. Bigbee;Ronald H. Jensen;James German

  • Molecular genetics of Bloom's syndrome

    Nathan A. Ellis;James German

  • Syndrome-causing mutations of the BLM gene in persons in the Bloom's Syndrome Registry.

    James German;Maureen M. Sanz;Maureen M. Sanz;Susan Ciocci;Tian Z. Ye

  • Altered DNA ligase I activity in Bloom's syndrome cells

    John Y. H. Chan;Frederick F. Becker;James German;James H. Ray

  • Association and regulation of the BLM helicase by the telomere proteins TRF1 and TRF2

    Kate Lillard-Wetherell;Amrita Machwe;Gregory T. Langland;Kelly A. Combs

  • Bloom's syndrome. III. Analysis of the chromosome aberration characteristic of this disorder.

    James German;Luisella P. Crippa;David Bloom

  • Trimethadione and human teratogenesis

    James German;Areta Kowal;Kathryn H. Ehlers

  • Somatic intragenic recombination within the mutated locus BLM can correct the high sister-chromatid exchange phenotype of Bloom syndrome cells.

    N. A. Ellis;D. J. Lennon;M. Proytcheva;Becky Alhadeff

  • Bloom's syndrome. XVIII. Hypermutability at a tandem-repeat locus.

    Joanna Groden;James German

Frequent Co-Authors

Nathan A. Ellis
Nathan A. Ellis University of Arizona
Joanna Groden
Joanna Groden University of Illinois at Chicago
Maria I. New
Maria I. New Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
James E. Cleaver
James E. Cleaver University of California, San Francisco
David E. Bloom
David E. Bloom Harvard University
R. S. K. Chaganti
R. S. K. Chaganti Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Peter C. Nowell
Peter C. Nowell University of Pennsylvania
Mark Leppert
Mark Leppert University of Utah
Robert J. Desnick
Robert J. Desnick Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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