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42
Citations
9705
World Ranking
5460
National Ranking
590

Overview

John N. Griffin is affiliated with Swansea University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions also in Medicine.

The main subfields in which they have published include Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Cancer Research, along with Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Key topics of Griffin's work encompass:

  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • RNA Research and Splicing

Recent publications by Griffin include:

  • "Origins and impact of extrachromosomal DNA," 2024, Nature
  • "Widespread genomic influences on phenotype in Dravet syndrome, a 'monogenic' condition," 2023, Brain
  • "The genomic landscape of familial glioma," 2023, Science Advances
  • "An intermediate-effect size variant in UMOD confers risk for chronic kidney disease," 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Novel truncating mutations in CTNND1 cause a dominant craniofacial and cardiac syndrome," 2020, Human Molecular Genetics

Griffin frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Nature Communications
  • Human Molecular Genetics
  • Genome Medicine
  • Nature
  • Brain

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Griffin include:

  • R. Bevers
  • Federico Minneci
  • Nirupa Murugaesu
  • Adam Giess
  • Angela Hamblin

Best Publications

  • Biodiversity increases the resistance of ecosystem productivity to climate extremes

    Forest Isbell;Dylan Craven;John Connolly;Michael Loreau

  • Investigating the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality: challenges and solutions

    Jarrett E. K. Byrnes;Lars Gamfeldt;Forest Isbell;Jonathan S. Lefcheck

  • Biodiversity enhances ecosystem multifunctionality across trophic levels and habitats

    Jonathan S. Lefcheck;Jarrett E. K. Byrnes;Forest Isbell;Lars Gamfeldt

  • Multiple facets of biodiversity drive the diversity–stability relationship

    Dylan Craven;Nico Eisenhauer;William D. Pearse;Yann Hautier

  • Linking Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Current Uncertainties and the Necessary Next Steps

    Patricia Balvanera;Ilyas Siddique;Laura Dee;Alain Paquette

  • Marine biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: What's known and what's next?

    Lars Gamfeldt;Jonathan S. Lefcheck;Jarrett E. K. Byrnes;Bradley J. Cardinale

  • Plant diversity effects on grassland productivity are robust to both nutrient enrichment and drought

    Dylan Craven;Forest Isbell;Pete Manning;John Connolly

  • Functional diversity of marine megafauna in the Anthropocene.

    Catalina Pimiento;Catalina Pimiento;F. Leprieur;F. Leprieur;D. Silvestro;D. Silvestro;J. S. Lefcheck

  • Effects of predator richness on prey suppression: a meta-analysis

    John N. Griffin;Jarrett E. K. Byrnes;Bradley J. Cardinale

  • Blue Carbon Storage Capacity of Temperate Eelgrass (Zostera marina) Meadows

    Maria Emilia Röhr;Maria Emilia Röhr;Marianne Holmer;Julia K. Baum;Mats Björk

  • PREDATOR DIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING: DENSITY MODIFIES THE EFFECT OF RESOURCE PARTITIONING

    John N. Griffin;John N. Griffin;Kate L. de la Haye;Kate L. de la Haye;Stephen J. Hawkins;Stephen J. Hawkins;Stephen J. Hawkins;Richard C. Thompson

  • The Pliocene marine megafauna extinction and its impact on functional diversity

    Catalina Pimiento;John N. Griffin;Christopher F. Clements;Daniele Silvestro;Daniele Silvestro

  • Foundation species' overlap enhances biodiversity and multifunctionality from the patch to landscape scale in southeastern United States salt marshes

    Christine Angelini;Tjisse van der Heide;John N. Griffin;Joseph P. Morton

  • A general biodiversity–function relationship is mediated by trophic level

    Mary I. O'Connor;Andrew Gonzalez;Jarrett E.K. Byrnes;Bradley J. Cardinale

  • Functional diversity predicts overyielding effect of species combination on primary productivity

    John N. Griffin;Verónica Méndez;Andrew F. Johnson;Stuart R. Jenkins

  • Livestock grazing alters multiple ecosystem properties and services in salt marshes: a meta-analysis

    Kate E. Davidson;Mike S. Fowler;Martin W. Skov;Stefan H. Doerr

  • Spatial heterogeneity increases the importance of species richness for an ecosystem process

    John N. Griffin;Stuart R. Jenkins;Lars Gamfeldt;Douglas Jones

  • Whole-community facilitation regulates biodiversity on Patagonian rocky shores.

    Brian R. Silliman;Mark D. Bertness;Andrew H. Altieri;John N. Griffin

  • Consumer Fronts, Global Change, and Runaway Collapse in Ecosystems

    Brian R. Silliman;Michael W. McCoy;Christine Angelini;Robert D. Holt

  • A keystone mutualism underpins resilience of a coastal ecosystem to drought

    Christine Angelini;John N. Griffin;Johan van de Koppel;Leon P M Lamers

  • Biodiversity and the stability of ecosystem functioning.

    J. Griffin;E. O’Gorman;Mark Emmerson;S. Jenkins

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian R. Silliman
Brian R. Silliman Duke University
Louis N. Cattafesta
Louis N. Cattafesta Illinois Institute of Technology
Stuart R. Jenkins
Stuart R. Jenkins Bangor University
J. Emmett Duffy
J. Emmett Duffy Smithsonian Institution
Martin W. Skov
Martin W. Skov Bangor University
Forest Isbell
Forest Isbell University of Minnesota
Stephen J. Hawkins
Stephen J. Hawkins University of Southampton
Jonathan S. Lefcheck
Jonathan S. Lefcheck Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Lars Gamfeldt
Lars Gamfeldt University of Gothenburg
Nico Eisenhauer
Nico Eisenhauer Leipzig University

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