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  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

John L. VandeBerg is affiliated with The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in the United States. Their research spans fields primarily within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Within these domains, they have made contributions across several subfields, including Genetics, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Cancer Research.

The scientist's research topics encompass multiple areas of infectious disease, genetics, and molecular mechanisms. Notably, they have worked on Trypanosoma species research and its implications, Leishmaniasis studies, cancer-related molecular mechanisms, and genetic mapping and diversity in both plants and animals. Their work additionally addresses genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, mosquito-borne diseases and control, and virology and viral diseases.

Frequent coauthors in their collaborations include Laura A. Cox, Deborah E. Newman, Michael Olivier, André Cesar Leandro, and Paul B. Samollow. These partnerships have supported numerous scientific contributions in various journals.

Their recent research output includes publications in a variety of venues. Publication venues with multiple contributions include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Preprints.org. Other venues with work by the scientist include Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs and Scientific Reports.

Representative recent papers authored or coauthored by John L. VandeBerg include:

  • "Emerging agents for the treatment of Chagas disease: what is in the preclinical and clinical development pipeline?" (2020) in Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs
  • "High variation in immune responses and parasite phenotypes in naturally acquired Trypanosoma cruzi infection in a captive non-human primate breeding colony in Texas, USA" (2021) in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
  • "Potential miRNA biomarkers and therapeutic targets for early atherosclerotic lesions" (2023) in Scientific Reports
  • "Origin and Evolution of Marsupial-specific Imprinting Clusters Through Lineage-specific Gene Duplications and Acquisition of Promoter Differential Methylation" (2023) in Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • "Genetic regulatory effects in response to a high-cholesterol, high-fat diet in baboons" (2024) in Cell Genomics

John L. VandeBerg was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2000.

Best Publications

  • Gene expression across mammalian organ development

    Margarida Cardoso-Moreira;Margarida Cardoso-Moreira;Jean Halbert;Delphine Valloton;Britta Velten

  • Genome of the marsupial Monodelphis domestica reveals innovation in non-coding sequences

    Tarjei S. Mikkelsen;Tarjei S. Mikkelsen;Matthew J. Wakefield;Bronwen Aken;Chris T. Amemiya

  • Genetic and environmental contributions to cardiovascular risk factors in Mexican Americans: The San Antonio Family Heart Study

    Braxton D. Mitchell;Candace M. Kammerer;John Blangero;Michael C. Mahaney

  • Chemerin Is Associated with Metabolic Syndrome Phenotypes in a Mexican-American Population

    Kiymet Bozaoglu;David Segal;Katherine A. Shields;Nick Cummings

  • Pedigree analysis by computer simulation

    Jean W. MacCluer;John L. VandeBerg;Bruce Read;Oliver A. Ryder

  • H-2 haplotypes, genes, regions, and antigens: First listing

    Jan Klein;Jan Klein;Lorraine Flaherty;John L. VandeBerg;Donald C. Shreffler

  • Phosphoglycerate kinase polymorphism in kangaroos provides further evidence for paternal X inactivation.

    D. W. Cooper;J. L. Vandeberg;G. B. Sharman;W. E. Poole

  • Conservation of the H19 noncoding RNA and H19-IGF2 imprinting mechanism in therians.

    Guillaume Smits;Andrew J. Mungall;Sam Griffiths-Jones;Paul Smith

  • Care and breeding of the gray, short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica)

    B. H. Fadem;G. L. Trupin;E. Maliniak;J. L. VandeBerg

  • Identification of autoantigens recognized by the 2F5 and 4E10 broadly neutralizing HIV-1 antibodies

    Guang Yang;T. Matt Holl;Yang Liu;Yi Li

  • Rsx is a metatherian RNA with Xist -like properties in X-chromosome inactivation

    Jennifer Grant;Shantha K Mahadevaiah;Pavel Khil;Mahesh N Sangrithi

  • The baboon as a nonhuman primate model for the study of the genetics of obesity

    Anthony G. Comuzzie;Shelley A. Cole;Lisa Martin;K. Dee Carey

  • A microassay for ATPase.

    Richard D. Henkel;John L. VandeBerg;Richard A. Walsh;Richard A. Walsh

  • Identification of Novel Mammalian Caspases Reveals an Important Role of Gene Loss in Shaping the Human Caspase Repertoire

    Leopold Eckhart;Claudia Ballaun;Marcela Hermann;John L. VandeBerg

  • Genes on chromosomes 1 and 13 have significant effects on Ascaris infection.

    Sarah Williams-Blangero;John L. VandeBerg;Janardan Subedi;Mary Jo Aivaliotis

  • Comparative Genome Organization of Vertebrates

    L. Andersson;A. Archibald;M. Ashburner;S. Audun

  • Advantages and limitations of nonhuman primates as animal models in genetic research on complex diseases

    John L. VandeBerg;Sarah Williams-Blangero

  • Baboons as a Model to Study Genetics and Epigenetics of Human Disease

    Laura A. Cox;Anthony G. Comuzzie;Lorena M. Havill;Genesio M. Karere

  • Sex chromosome silencing in the marsupial male germ line.

    Satoshi H. Namekawa;John L. VandeBerg;John R. McCarrey;Jeannie T. Lee

  • Plasma HDL Cholesterol, Triglycerides, and Adiposity A Quantitative Genetic Test of the Conjoint Trait Hypothesis in the San Antonio Family Heart Study

    Michael C. Mahaney;John Blangero;Anthony G. Comuzzie;John L. VandeBerg

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael C. Mahaney
Michael C. Mahaney The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
John Blangero
John Blangero The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Anthony G. Comuzzie
Anthony G. Comuzzie Obesity Society
Jeffrey Rogers
Jeffrey Rogers Baylor College of Medicine
Shelley A. Cole
Shelley A. Cole Texas Biomedical Research Institute
John R. McCarrey
John R. McCarrey The University of Texas at San Antonio
Michael P. Stern
Michael P. Stern The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Laura Almasy
Laura Almasy University of Pennsylvania
Thomas D. Dyer
Thomas D. Dyer The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Katarzyna M. Dziegielewska
Katarzyna M. Dziegielewska University of Melbourne

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