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Joachim Hallmayer is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the broad field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Genetics, Molecular Biology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Plant Science as subfields of study.

The research topics explored by Hallmayer include Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Genomic Variations and Chromosomal Abnormalities, Congenital Heart Defects Research, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology.

Hallmayer has contributed to multiple publications with notable recent papers that include:

  • Neuronal defects in a human cellular model of 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, 2020, Nature Medicine
  • Integrated functional genomic analyses of Klinefelter and Turner syndromes reveal global network effects of altered X chromosome dosage, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Single-cell multi-cohort dissection of the schizophrenia transcriptome, 2024, Science
  • Statistical and functional convergence of common and rare genetic influences on autism at chromosome 16p, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • A data-driven single-cell and spatial transcriptomic map of the human prefrontal cortex, 2024, Science

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Hallmayer include:

  • Ruth O'Hara (14 joint publications)
  • Alexander E. Urban (14 joint publications)
  • Yi-Ling Huang (13 joint publications)
  • Marcus Ho (11 joint publications)
  • Reenal Pattni (10 joint publications)

The scientist's work is published predominantly in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Science, European Neuropsychopharmacology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and SLEEP.

Best Publications

  • Genetic Heritability and Shared Environmental Factors Among Twin Pairs With Autism

    Joachim Hallmayer;Sue Cleveland;Andrea Torres;Jennifer Phillips

  • Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs

    S. Hong Lee;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Stephen V. Faraone

  • Functional impact of global rare copy number variation in autism spectrum disorders

    Dalila Pinto;Alistair T. Pagnamenta;Lambertus Klei;Richard Anney

  • Mapping autism risk loci using genetic linkage and chromosomal rearrangements

    Peter Szatmari;Andrew D. Paterson;Lonnie Zwaigenbaum;Wendy Roberts

  • Assembly of functionally integrated human forebrain spheroids

    Fikri Birey;Jimena Andersen;Christopher D. Makinson;Saiful Islam

  • Convergence of Genes and Cellular Pathways Dysregulated in Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Dalila Pinto;Elsa Delaby;Elsa Delaby;Elsa Delaby;Daniele Merico;Mafalda Barbosa

  • Whole genome sequencing resource identifies 18 new candidate genes for autism spectrum disorder

    Ryan K C Yuen;Daniele Merico;Matt Bookman;Jennifer L. Howe

  • A genomic screen of autism: evidence for a multilocus etiology.

    Neil Risch;Donna Spiker;Linda Lotspeich;Nassim Nouri

  • A genome-wide linkage and association scan reveals novel loci for autism

    Lauren A. Weiss;Lauren A. Weiss;Dan E. Arking;Mark J. Daly;Mark J. Daly;Aravinda Chakravarti

  • Perinatal factors and the development of autism: a population study.

    Emma J. Glasson;Carol Bower;Beverly Petterson;Nick de Klerk

  • Meta-analysis of GWAS of over 16,000 individuals with autism spectrum disorder highlights a novel locus at 10q24.32 and a significant overlap with schizophrenia

    Richard J.L. Anney;Richard J.L. Anney;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Verneri Anttila;Jakob Grove;Jakob Grove

  • Using induced pluripotent stem cells to investigate cardiac phenotypes in Timothy syndrome

    Masayuki Yazawa;Brian Hsueh;Brian Hsueh;Xiaolin Jia;Xiaolin Jia;Anca M. Pasca;Anca M. Pasca

  • Psychiatric genome-wide association study analyses implicate neuronal, immune and histone pathways

    Colm O'Dushlaine;Lizzy Rossin;Phil H. Lee;Laramie Duncan;Laramie Duncan

  • A genome-wide scan for common alleles affecting risk for autism

    Richard Anney;Lambertus Klei;Dalila Pinto;Regina Regan

  • HPA Axis Reactivity: A Mechanism Underlying the Associations Among 5-HTTLPR, Stress, and Depression

    Ian H. Gotlib;Jutta Joormann;Kelly L. Minor;Joachim Hallmayer

  • Using iPSC-derived neurons to uncover cellular phenotypes associated with Timothy syndrome

    Sergiu P Paşca;Thomas Portmann;Irina Voineagu;Masayuki Yazawa

  • Narcolepsy is strongly associated with the T-cell receptor alpha locus.

    Joachim Hallmayer;Juliette Faraco;Ling Lin;Stephanie Hesselson

  • Continuity and Discontinuity of Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia: Results of a Controlled Family Study

    W Maier;D Lichtermann;J Minges;J Hallmayer

  • SHANK3 and IGF1 restore synaptic deficits in neurons from 22q13 deletion syndrome patients

    Aleksandr Shcheglovitov;Olesya Shcheglovitova;Masayuki Yazawa;Thomas Portmann

  • Convergence of genes and cellular pathways dysregulated in autism spectrum disorders

    Dalila Pinto;Elsa Delaby;Daniele Merico;Mafalda Barbosa

Frequent Co-Authors

Sibylle G. Schwab
Sibylle G. Schwab University of Wollongong
Margot Albus
Margot Albus Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Neil Risch
Neil Risch University of California, San Francisco
Wolfgang Maier
Wolfgang Maier University of Bonn
Dieter B. Wildenauer
Dieter B. Wildenauer University of Western Australia
Catalina Betancur
Catalina Betancur Sorbonne University
Emmanuel Mignot
Emmanuel Mignot Stanford University
Peter Szatmari
Peter Szatmari University of Toronto
Anthony P. Monaco
Anthony P. Monaco Tufts University
Stephen W. Scherer
Stephen W. Scherer University of Toronto

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