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82
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1048
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92

Overview

John P. Quinn was affiliated with AstraZeneca in the United Kingdom. Their research spanned various aspects of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a particular focus on molecular biology, genetics, and neurology. Their work contributed to multiple subfields, including molecular biology, genetics, neurology, plant science, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The scientist's research topics covered several specific areas of study such as:

  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • RNA regulation and disease

John P. Quinn's scholarly output included papers in prominent journals. Some of the recent publications were:

  • "Finding genetically-supported drug targets for Parkinson's disease using Mendelian randomization of the druggable genome" (2021), published in Nature Communications
  • "Identification of Candidate Parkinson Disease Genes by Integrating Genome-Wide Association Study, Expression, and Epigenetic Data Sets" (2021), published in JAMA Neurology
  • "Microbial lag phase can be indicative of, or independent from, cellular stress" (2020), published in Scientific Reports
  • "Identification of sixteen novel candidate genes for late onset Parkinson's disease" (2021), published in Molecular Neurodegeneration
  • "Dystonia genes functionally converge in specific neurons and share neurobiology with psychiatric disorders" (2020), published in Brain

The scientist also contributed to book publications, notably a volume titled Genomic Structural Variants in Nervous System Disorders released by Humana Press in 2022.

Frequent collaborators in their research included:

  • Vivien J. Bubb
  • Sulev Kõks
  • Abigail L. Pfaff
  • Kimberley J. Billingsley
  • Alfredo Iacoangeli

John P. Quinn's work appeared repeatedly in scientific outlets such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Experimental Biology and Medicine
  • Scientific Reports
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Clinical epidemiology of the global expansion of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemases

    L Silvia Munoz-Price;L Silvia Munoz-Price;Laurent Poirel;Robert A Bonomo;Robert A Bonomo;Mitchell J Schwaber

  • Enterobacter bacteremia: clinical features and emergence of antibiotic resistance during therapy

    Joseph W. Chow;Michael J. Fine;David M. Shlaes;John P. Quinn

  • Antibiotic resistance among gram-negative bacilli in US intensive care units: implications for fluoroquinolone use.

    Melinda M. Neuhauser;Robert A. Weinstein;Robert Rydman;Larry H. Danziger

  • Infections due to vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium resistant to linezolid

    Ronald D Gonzales;Paul C Schreckenberger;Mary Beth Graham;Swathi Kelkar

  • Multiple antibiotic-resistant Klebsiella and Escherichia coli in nursing homes.

    Janis Wiener;John P. Quinn;Patricia A. Bradford;Richard V. Goering

  • Genetic Structures at the Origin of Acquisition of the β-Lactamase blaKPC Gene

    Thierry Naas;Gaelle Cuzon;Maria-Virginia Villegas;Marie-Frédérique Lartigue

  • Antimicrobial Resistance among Gram-Negative Bacilli Causing Infections in Intensive Care Unit Patients in the United States between 1993 and 2004

    Shawn R. Lockhart;Murray A. Abramson;Susan E. Beekmann;Gale Gallagher

  • First Identification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates Producing a KPC-Type Carbapenem-Hydrolyzing β-Lactamase

    Maria Virginia Villegas;Karen Lolans;Adriana Correa;Juan Nicolas Kattan

  • Genetic basis for in vivo daptomycin resistance in enterococci

    Cesar A. Arias;Cesar A. Arias;Diana Panesso;Diana Panesso;Danielle M. McGrath;Xiang Qin

  • Acquisition of a natural resistance gene renders a clinical strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus resistant to the synthetic antibiotic linezolid

    Seok Ming Toh;Liqun Xiong;Cesar A. Arias;Cesar A. Arias;Maria V. Villegas

  • Worldwide diversity of Klebsiella pneumoniae that produce beta-lactamase blaKPC-2 gene.

    Gaëlle Cuzon;Thierry Naas;HaVy Truong;Maria-Virginia Villegas

  • First Detection of the Plasmid-Mediated Class A Carbapenemase KPC-2 in Clinical Isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae from South America

    Maria Virginia Villegas;Karen Lolans;Adriana Correa;Carlos Jose Suarez

  • Clindamycin treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in children.

    Arthur L Frank;John F Marcinak;P Daisy Mangat;Joyce T Tjhio

  • Emergence of Resistance to Imipenem During Therapy for Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections

    John P. Quinn;Edward J. Dudek;Cathy A. DiVincenzo;David A. Lucks

  • Ceftazidime-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli Bloodstream Infection: A Case-Control and Molecular Epidemiologic Investigation

    Deborah A. Schiappa;Mary K. Hayden;Marian G. Matushek;Farah N. Hashemi

  • Is there a common water-activity limit for the three domains of life?

    Andrew Stevenson;Jonathan A. Cray;Jim P. Williams;Ricardo Santos

  • Multicity outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates producing the carbapenemase OXA-40

    Karen Lolans;Thomas W. Rice;L. Silvia Munoz-Price;John P. Quinn

  • Development of Daptomycin Resistance In Vivo in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    M. K. Hayden;K. Rezai;R. A. Hayes;K. Lolans

  • Clinical Problems Posed by Multiresistant Nonfermenting Gram-Negative Pathogens

    John P. Quinn

  • Outbreak of Ceftazidime Resistance Due to a Novel Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase in Isolates from Cancer Patients

    Louie Naumovski;John P. Quinn;Deborah Miyashiro;Marlynn Patel

  • Novel plasmid-mediated beta-lactamase (TEM-10) conferring selective resistance to ceftazidime and aztreonam in clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae.

    J P Quinn;D Miyashiro;D Sahm;R Flamm

  • Antimicrobial Resistance Rates Among Aerobic Gram-Negative Bacilli Recovered from Patients in Intensive Care Units: Evaluation of a National Postmarketing Surveillance Program

    Gail S. Itokazu;John P. Quinn;Connie Bell-Dixon;Fred M. Kahan

Frequent Co-Authors

Maria Virginia Villegas
Maria Virginia Villegas El Bosque University
Robert A. Weinstein
Robert A. Weinstein Rush University Medical Center
Karen Bush
Karen Bush Indiana University
Yehuda Carmeli
Yehuda Carmeli Tel Aviv University
Patrice Nordmann
Patrice Nordmann University of Fribourg
Cesar A. Arias
Cesar A. Arias The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
David L. Paterson
David L. Paterson University of Queensland
David M. Livermore
David M. Livermore University of East Anglia
Keith A. Rodvold
Keith A. Rodvold University of Illinois at Chicago
Thierry Naas
Thierry Naas University of Paris-Saclay

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