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Overview

John Powell is affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans various areas within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. The scientist's work predominantly addresses topics related to Genetics, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Neurology, and Mechanical Engineering.

Their publications cover a broad range of scientific themes, including Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Genomics and Rare Diseases, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Congenital Heart Defects Research, Neurological Diseases and Metabolism, Laser and Thermal Forming Techniques, and Poxvirus Research and Outbreaks.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by John Powell include:

  • Severe Monkeypox in Hospitalized Patients - United States, August 10-October 10, 2022, 2022, MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
  • OX40L Inhibition Suppresses KLH-driven Immune Responses in Healthy Volunteers: A Randomized Controlled Trial Demonstrating Proof-of-Pharmacology for KY1005, 2022, Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
  • Genetic copy number variants, cognition and psychosis: a meta-analysis and a family study, 2020, Molecular Psychiatry
  • A randomized controlled trial with a delayed-type hypersensitivity model using keyhole limpet haemocyanin to evaluate adaptive immune responses in man, 2020, British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
  • Salmon lice in the Pacific Ocean show evidence of evolved resistance to parasiticide treatment, 2022, Scientific Reports

John Powell frequently collaborates with a core group of researchers including Johan H. Thygesen, Behrooz Z. Alizadeh, Benedicto Crespo-Facorro, Jérémy Hall, and Stephen M. Lawrie, each with multiple joint publications.

The scientist's work has appeared regularly in several publication venues, with multiple works published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Scientific Reports, and Optics & Laser Technology. Other venues include MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics.

Best Publications

  • Biological insights from 108 schizophrenia-associated genetic loci

    Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Aiden Corvin;James T. R. Walters

  • Meta-analysis of 74,046 individuals identifies 11 new susceptibility loci for Alzheimer's disease

    Jean-Charles Lambert;Jean-Charles Lambert;Jean-Charles Lambert;Carla A Ibrahim-Verbaas;Denise Harold;Adam C Naj

  • Genome-wide association study identifies variants at CLU and PICALM associated with Alzheimer's disease

    Denise Harold;Richard Abraham;Paul Hollingworth;Rebecca Sims

  • TREM2 Variants in Alzheimer's Disease

    Rita Guerreiro;Rita Guerreiro;Aleksandra Wojtas;Jose Bras;Minerva Carrasquillo

  • Erratum: Genome-wide association study identifies variants at CLU and PICALM associated with Alzheimer's disease (Nature Genetics (2009) 41 (1088-1093))

    D Harold;R Abraham;P Hollingworth;R Sims

  • Common variants at ABCA7, MS4A6A/MS4A4E, EPHA1, CD33 and CD2AP are associated with Alzheimer's disease.

    Paul Hollingworth;Denise Harold;Rebecca Sims;Amy Gerrish

  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies 13 new risk loci for schizophrenia

    Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Colm T. O'Dushlaine;Kimberly D. Chambert;Jennifer L. Moran

  • Common schizophrenia alleles are enriched in mutation-intolerant genes and in regions under strong background selection

    Antonio F. Pardiñas;Peter Holmans;Andrew J. Pocklington;Valentina Escott-Price

  • Gene-wide analysis detects two new susceptibility genes for Alzheimer's disease.

    Valentina Escott-Price;Céline Bellenguez;Li-San Wang;Seung-Hoan Choi

  • Rare coding variants in PLCG2, ABI3, and TREM2 implicate microglial-mediated innate immunity in Alzheimer's disease

    Rebecca Sims;Sven J. Van Der Lee;Adam C. Naj;Céline Bellenguez;Céline Bellenguez

  • Tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive boutons in synaptic contact with identified striatonigral neurons, with particular reference to dendritic spines

    T.F. Freund;J.F. Powell;A.D. Smith

  • Contribution of copy number variants to schizophrenia from a genome-wide study of 41,321 subjects

    Christian R Marshall;Daniel P Howrigan;Daniel P Howrigan;Daniele Merico;Bhooma Thiruvahindrapuram

  • Genetic evidence implicates the immune system and cholesterol metabolism in the aetiology of Alzheimer's disease.

    Lesley Jones;Peter A. Holmans;Marian L. Hamshere;Denise Harold

  • Genomic Dissection of Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia, Including 28 Subphenotypes

    Douglas M. Ruderfer;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Andrew McQuillin;James Boocock

  • Proportion of patients in south London with first-episode psychosis attributable to use of high potency cannabis: a case-control study.

    Marta Di Forti;Arianna Marconi;Elena Carra;Sara Fraietta

  • High-potency cannabis and the risk of psychosis

    Marta Di Forti;Craig Morgan;Paola Dazzan;Carmine Pariante

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify new risk variants and the genetic architecture of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Wouter van Rheenen;Aleksey Shatunov;Annelot M. Dekker;Russell L. McLaughlin

  • Methylomic profiling implicates cortical deregulation of ANK1 in Alzheimer's disease

    Katie Lunnon;Rebecca Smith;Eilis Hannon;Philip L De Jager

  • Proteome-based plasma biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease

    A Hye;Steven Lynham;Madhav Thambisetty;M Causevic

  • Genome-wide association study identifies variants at CLU and PICALM associated with Alzheimertextquotesingles disease

    Denise Harold;Richard Abraham;Paul Hollingworth;Rebecca Sims

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon Lovestone
Simon Lovestone University of Oxford
Julie Williams
Julie Williams Cardiff University
Michael John Owen
Michael John Owen Cardiff University
Robin M. Murray
Robin M. Murray King's College London
Ammar Al-Chalabi
Ammar Al-Chalabi King's College London
Michael Gill
Michael Gill Trinity College Dublin
John Hardy
John Hardy University College London
Michael Conlon O'Donovan
Michael Conlon O'Donovan Cardiff University
Dan Rujescu
Dan Rujescu Medical University of Vienna
Christopher Shaw
Christopher Shaw King's College London

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