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Overview

Jaspal S. Kooner is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to fields intersecting medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans numerous subfields including genetics, molecular biology, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, physiology, and epidemiology.

Their research frequently addresses key topics such as genetic associations and epidemiology, epigenetics and DNA methylation, liver disease diagnosis and treatment, lipid metabolism and disorders, genetic syndromes and imprinting, RNA modifications and cancer, as well as COVID-19 and healthcare impacts.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Kooner include John C. Chambers, Marie Loh, Christian Gieger, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, and Anuradhani Kasturiratne, reflecting ongoing partnerships in related research initiatives.

Regular publication venues for their work demonstrate a focus on high-impact journals and preprint repositories, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • Nature Communications
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature

Several recent papers highlight the scope and direction of their scholarship:

  • Genome-wide characterization of circulating metabolic biomarkers (2024, Nature)
  • Genetic variation influencing DNA methylation provides insights into molecular mechanisms regulating genomic function (2022, Nature Genetics)
  • Landscape of multi-nucleotide variants in 125,748 human exomes and 15,708 genomes (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Genome-wide analysis in over 1 million individuals of European ancestry yields improved polygenic risk scores for blood pressure traits (2024, Nature Genetics)
  • DNA methylation signature of chronic low-grade inflammation and its role in cardio-respiratory diseases (2022, Nature Communications)

Their scientific output includes 63 publications classified under medicine and 53 under biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Subfield work is notably concentrated in genetics, molecular biology, and endocrinology.

Best Publications

  • A global reference for human genetic variation.

    Adam Auton;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David M. Altshuler;Richard M. Durbin

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

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

  • 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

  • Homocysteine and risk of ischemic heart disease and stroke: A meta-analysis

    R. Clarke;R. Collins;S. Lewington;A. Donald

  • A comprehensive 1000 Genomes–based genome-wide association meta-analysis of coronary artery disease

    M Nikpay;A Goel;Won H-H.;L M Hall

  • 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

  • Large-scale association analysis identifies new risk loci for coronary artery disease

    Panos Deloukas;Stavroula Kanoni;Christina Willenborg;Martin Farrall

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

    Adam E. Locke;Bratati Kahali;Sonja I. Berndt;Anne E. Justice

  • Common variants at 30 loci contribute to polygenic dyslipidemia.

    Sekar Kathiresan;Sekar Kathiresan;Sekar Kathiresan;Cristen J. Willer;Gina M. Peloso;Serkalem Demissie

  • 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

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight loci associated with blood pressure

    Christopher Newton-Cheh;Christopher Newton-Cheh;Toby Johnson;Toby Johnson;Vesela Gateva;Martin D. Tobin

  • The genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes

    Christian Fuchsberger;Christian Fuchsberger;Jason A. Flannick;Jason A. Flannick;Tanya M. Teslovich;Anubha Mahajan

  • Novel genetic associations for blood pressure identified via gene-alcohol interaction in up to 570K individuals across multiple ancestries

    Mary F. Feitosa;Aldi T. Kraja;Daniel I. Chasman;Yun J. Sung

  • Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease

    Ron Do;Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta

  • Percutaneous coronary intervention in stable angina (ORBITA): a double-blind, randomised controlled trial.

    Rasha Al-Lamee;Rasha Al-Lamee;David Thompson;David Thompson;Hakim-Moulay Dehbi;Sayan Sen;Sayan Sen

  • A comprehensive 1000 Genomes-based genome-wide association meta-analysis of coronary artery disease

    Majid Nikpay;Anuj Goel;Hong-Hee Won;Leanne M. Hall

  • The UK10K project identifies rare variants in health and disease

    Klaudia Walter;Josine L. Min;Jie Huang;Lucy Crooks

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

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

  • The genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes

    Christian Fuchsberger;Jason Flannick;Tanya M. Teslovich;Anubha Mahajan

Frequent Co-Authors

John C. Chambers
John C. Chambers Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Weihua Zhang
Weihua Zhang Imperial College London
Paul Elliott
Paul Elliott Imperial College London
Nilesh J. Samani
Nilesh J. Samani University of Leicester
Nicholas J. Wareham
Nicholas J. Wareham University of Cambridge
Tonu Esko
Tonu Esko University of Tartu
Ruth J. F. Loos
Ruth J. F. Loos University of Copenhagen
Markus Perola
Markus Perola Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Andrew P. Morris
Andrew P. Morris University of Liverpool

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