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Biology and Biochemistry
Netherlands
2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

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113
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Medicine

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  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Joyce B. J. van Meurs is affiliated with Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Molecular Biology, Rheumatology, Surgery, Genetics, and Physiology.

The scientist's work covers a number of main topics, including:

  • Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Hip disorders and treatments
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty

Their recent publications illustrate the scope and impact of their research. Notable papers include:

  • Large-scale cis- and trans-eQTL analyses identify thousands of genetic loci and polygenic scores that regulate blood gene expression, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Deciphering osteoarthritis genetics across 826,690 individuals from 9 populations, 2021, Cell
  • Gut microbiome-wide association study of depressive symptoms, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Genome-wide characterization of circulating metabolic biomarkers, 2024, Nature
  • Diversity, compositional and functional differences between gut microbiota of children and adults, 2020, Scientific Reports

Joyce B. J. van Meurs has frequently published in these venues:

  • Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • Nature Communications
  • Osteoarthritis Imaging

The scientist has collaborated extensively with a number of other researchers, most frequently with:

  • Cindy G. Boer
  • André G. Uitterlinden
  • Sita Bierma-Zeinstra
  • Mohsen Ghanbari
  • P. Eline Slagboom

Best Publications

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Cristen J. Willer;Sonja I. Berndt;Keri L. Monda

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    Hana Lango Allen;Karol Estrada;Guillaume Lettre;Sonja I. Berndt

  • Common genetic determinants of vitamin D insufficiency: a genome-wide association study

    Thomas J. Wang;Feng Zhang;J. Brent Richards;Bryan Kestenbaum

  • Large-scale cis- and trans-eQTL analyses identify thousands of genetic loci and polygenic scores that regulate blood gene expression

    Urmo Võsa;Annique Claringbould;Annique Claringbould;Harm-Jan Westra;Marc Jan Bonder

  • Systematic identification of trans eQTLs as putative drivers of known disease associations

    Harm-Jan Westra;Marjolein J Peters;Tõnu Esko;Hanieh Yaghootkar

  • Genetics and biology of vitamin D receptor polymorphisms.

    André G. Uitterlinden;Yue Fang;Joyce B.J. van Meurs;Huibert A.P. Pols

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 56 bone mineral density loci and reveals 14 loci associated with risk of fracture

    Karol Estrada;Unnur Styrkarsdottir;Evangelos Evangelou;Yi-Hsiang Hsu

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    E. K. Speliotes;C. J. Willer;S. I. Berndt;K. L. Monda

  • DNA methylation-based measures of biological age: meta-analysis predicting time to death

    Brian H. Chen;Riccardo E. Marioni;Riccardo E. Marioni;Elena Colicino;Marjolein J. Peters

  • Epigenetic Signatures of Cigarette Smoking

    Roby Joehanes;Allan C. Just;Riccardo E. Marioni;Luke C. Pilling

  • DNA Methylation in Newborns and Maternal Smoking in Pregnancy: Genome-wide Consortium Meta-analysis

    Bonnie R. Joubert;Janine F. Felix;Paul Yousefi;Kelly M. Bakulski

  • Homocysteine levels and the risk of osteoporotic fracture.

    Joyce B J van Meurs;Rosalie A M Dhonukshe-Rutten;Saskia M F Pluijm;Marjolein van der Klift

  • Epigenome-wide association study of body mass index, and the adverse outcomes of adiposity

    Simone Wahl;Alexander Drong;Benjamin Lehne;Marie Loh;Marie Loh;Marie Loh

  • Bone mineral density, osteoporosis, and osteoporotic fractures : a genome-wide association study

    J.B. Richards;F. Rivadeneira;M. Inouye;T.M. Pastinen

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

    Sonja I Berndt;Stefan Gustafsson;Stefan Gustafsson;Reedik Mägi;Reedik Mägi;Andrea Ganna

  • Twenty bone mineral-density loci identified by large-scale meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies

    Fernando Rivadeneira;Unnur Styrkarsdottir;Karol Estrada;Bjarni V. Halldorsson

  • The transcriptional landscape of age in human peripheral blood

    Marjolein J. Peters;Roby Joehanes;Luke C. Pilling;Claudia Schurmann;Claudia Schurmann

  • Thirty new loci for age at menarche identified by a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies

    Cathy E. Elks;John R B Perry;Patrick Sulem;Daniel I. Chasman

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

    Sonja I. Berndt;Stefan Gustafsson;Reedik Maegi;Andrea Ganna

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    H. Lango Allen;K. Estrada;G. Lettre;S. I. Berndt

Frequent Co-Authors

André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam
Albert Hofman
Albert Hofman Harvard University
Fernando Rivadeneira
Fernando Rivadeneira Erasmus University Rotterdam
Tim D. Spector
Tim D. Spector King's College London
Huibert A. P. Pols
Huibert A. P. Pols Erasmus University Rotterdam
Abbas Dehghan
Abbas Dehghan Imperial College London
Kari Stefansson
Kari Stefansson deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Dorret I. Boomsma
Dorret I. Boomsma Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
P. Eline Slagboom
P. Eline Slagboom Leiden University Medical Center
Tonu Esko
Tonu Esko University of Tartu

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