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D-Index
97
Citations
295257
World Ranking
1707
National Ranking
950

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
  • 2012 - Fellow of the International Society for Computational Biology
  • 1995 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Jill P. Mesirov is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, predominantly within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. The scientist's work focuses particularly on molecular biology, genetics, cancer research, oncology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

Their research topics concentrate on areas including glioma diagnosis and treatment, gene expression and cancer classification, cancer genomics and diagnostics, bioinformatics and genomic networks, single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers, as well as genetics, bioinformatics, and biomedical research.

Jill P. Mesirov has coauthored extensively with several colleagues, including:

  • Alexander T. Wenzel (23 collaborations)
  • Robert J. Wechsler-Reya (21 collaborations)
  • Lukas Chávez (21 collaborations)
  • Owen Chapman (18 collaborations)
  • Michael Reich (17 collaborations)

The scientist has contributed to publications in various venues, with the most frequent being:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) - 20 publications
  • Cancer Research - 20 publications
  • Neuro-Oncology - 11 publications
  • Nature Communications - 4 publications
  • Bioinformatics - 2 publications

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Jill P. Mesirov are:

  • "igv.js: an embeddable JavaScript implementation of the Integrative Genomics Viewer (IGV)," 2022, Bioinformatics
  • "Extending support for mouse data in the Molecular Signatures Database (MSigDB)," 2023, Nature Methods
  • "Lymphatic-preserving treatment sequencing with immune checkpoint inhibition unleashes cDC1-dependent antitumor immunity in HNSCC," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "igv.js: an embeddable JavaScript implementation of the Integrative Genomics Viewer (IGV)," 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "The GPCR-Gαs-PKA signaling axis promotes T cell dysfunction and cancer immunotherapy failure," 2023, Nature Immunology

Jill P. Mesirov has been recognized with several fellowships including:

  • Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, 2013
  • Fellow of the International Society for Computational Biology, 2012
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1995 (awarded twice)

Best Publications

  • Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles

    Aravind Subramanian;Pablo Tamayo;Vamsi K. Mootha;Sayan Mukherjee

  • Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome.

    Eric S. Lander;Lauren M. Linton;Bruce Birren;Chad Nusbaum

  • Molecular classification of cancer: class discovery and class prediction by gene expression monitoring.

    T. R. Golub;T. R. Golub;D. K. Slonim;P. Tamayo;C. Huard

  • Integrative genomics viewer

    James T Robinson;Helga Thorvaldsdóttir;Wendy Winckler;Mitchell Guttman

  • Comprehensive molecular portraits of human breast tumours

    Daniel C. Koboldt;Robert S. Fulton;Michael D. McLellan;Heather Schmidt

  • PGC-1alpha-responsive genes involved in oxidative phosphorylation are coordinately downregulated in human diabetes

    Vamsi K Mootha;Cecilia M Lindgren;Cecilia M Lindgren;Karl-Fredrik Eriksson;Aravind Subramanian

  • The Molecular Signatures Database Hallmark Gene Set Collection

    Arthur Liberzon;Chet Birger;Helga Thorvaldsdóttir;Mahmoud Ghandi

  • Integrated Genomic Analysis Identifies Clinically Relevant Subtypes of Glioblastoma Characterized by Abnormalities in PDGFRA, IDH1, EGFR, and NF1

    Roel G. W. Verhaak;Katherine A. Hoadley;Elizabeth Purdom;Victoria Wang

  • Integrative Genomics Viewer (IGV): high-performance genomics data visualization and exploration

    Helga Thorvaldsdóttir;James T. Robinson;Jill P. Mesirov

  • Initial sequencing and comparative analysis of the mouse genome.

    Robert H. Waterston;Kerstin Lindblad-Toh;Ewan Birney;Jane Rogers

  • The Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia enables predictive modelling of anticancer drug sensitivity

    Jordi Barretina;Giordano Caponigro;Nicolas Stransky;Kavitha Venkatesan

  • Comprehensive molecular characterization of human colon and rectal cancer

    Donna M. Muzny;Matthew N. Bainbridge;Kyle Chang;Huyen H. Dinh

  • Comprehensive genomic characterization defines human glioblastoma genes and core pathways

    Roger McLendon;Allan Friedman;Darrell Bigner;Erwin G. Van Meir

  • Molecular signatures database (MSigDB) 3.0

    Arthur Liberzon;Aravind Subramanian;Reid Pinchback;Helga Thorvaldsdóttir

  • Comprehensive molecular profiling of lung adenocarcinoma: The cancer genome atlas research network

    Eric A. Collisson;Joshua D. Campbell;Angela N. Brooks;Angela N. Brooks;Alice H. Berger

  • Interpreting patterns of gene expression with self-organizing maps: Methods and application to hematopoietic differentiation

    Pablo Tamayo;Donna Slonim;Jill Mesirov;Qing Zhu

  • Comprehensive genomic characterization of squamous cell lung cancers

    Peter S. Hammerman;Doug Voet;Michael S. Lawrence;Douglas Voet

  • Systematic RNA interference reveals that oncogenic KRAS-driven cancers require TBK1

    David A. Barbie;Pablo Tamayo;Jesse S. Boehm;So Young Kim

  • Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma outcome prediction by gene-expression profiling and supervised machine learning

    Margaret A. Shipp;Ken N. Ross;Pablo Tamayo;Andrew P. Weng

  • Prediction of central nervous system embryonal tumour outcome based on gene expression

    Scott L. Pomeroy;Pablo Tamayo;Michelle Gaasenbeek;Lisa M. Sturla

Frequent Co-Authors

Pablo Tamayo
Pablo Tamayo University of California, San Diego
Eric S. Lander
Eric S. Lander Broad Institute
Todd R. Golub
Todd R. Golub Harvard University
William C. Hahn
William C. Hahn Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Matthew Meyerson
Matthew Meyerson Harvard University
Levi A. Garraway
Levi A. Garraway Roche (United States)
Gad Getz
Gad Getz Broad Institute
Rameen Beroukhim
Rameen Beroukhim Harvard University
Scott L. Pomeroy
Scott L. Pomeroy Boston Children's Hospital
Aviad Tsherniak
Aviad Tsherniak Broad Institute

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