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Kathleen H. Burns

Kathleen H. Burns

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
54
Citations
18270
World Ranking
2301
National Ranking
1133

Overview

Kathleen H. Burns is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus also on Medicine.

The main subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Cancer Research, Genetics, and Oncology. Their work covers several key topics such as Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, RNA modifications and cancer, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques.

Their recent publications include:

  • Patterns of somatic structural variation in human cancer genomes, 2020, Nature
  • Comprehensive analysis of chromothripsis in 2,658 human cancers using whole-genome sequencing, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes identifies driver rearrangements promoted by LINE-1 retrotransposition, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Disruption of chromatin folding domains by somatic genomic rearrangements in human cancer, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • The HUSH complex is a gatekeeper of type I interferon through epigenetic regulation of LINE-1s, 2020, Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors in their collaborative research work include:

  • Peter J. Park
  • Kadir C. Akdemir
  • Isidro Cortés-Ciriano
  • Jan O. Korbel
  • Yilong Li

The preferred publication venues reflect the areas of expertise and the type of research conducted. These venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Genetics
  • Nature Communications
  • Cancer Research
  • Mobile DNA

Best Publications

  • Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes

    Peter J. Campbell;Gad Getz;Jan O. Korbel;Joshua M. Stuart

  • Intercellular Communication in the Mammalian Ovary: Oocytes Carry the Conversation

    Martin M. Matzuk;Kathleen H. Burns;Maria M. Viveiros;John J. Eppig

  • Ten things you should know about transposable elements

    Guillaume Bourque;Kathleen H. Burns;Mary Gehring;Vera Gorbunova

  • Patterns of somatic structural variation in human cancer genomes

    Yilong Li;Nicola D Roberts;Jeremiah A Wala;Jeremiah A Wala;Ofer Shapira;Ofer Shapira

  • Comprehensive analysis of chromothripsis in 2,658 human cancers using whole-genome sequencing

    Isidro Cortés-Ciriano;Jake June-Koo Lee;Ruibin Xi;Dhawal Jain

  • Transposable elements in cancer

    Kathleen H. Burns

  • Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes identifies driver rearrangements promoted by LINE-1 retrotransposition.

    Bernardo Rodriguez-Martin;Bernardo Rodriguez-Martin;Eva G. Alvarez;Eva G. Alvarez;Adrian Baez-Ortega;Jorge Zamora

  • Active transposition in genomes

    Cheng Ran Lisa Huang;Kathleen H. Burns;Jef D. Boeke

  • Roles of NPM2 in Chromatin and Nucleolar Organization in Oocytes and Embryos

    Kathleen H. Burns;Maria M. Viveiros;Yongsheng Ren;Pei Wang

  • Human transposon tectonics.

    Kathleen H. Burns;Jef D. Boeke

  • Long interspersed element-1 protein expression is a hallmark of many human cancers

    Nemanja Rodić;Reema Sharma;Rajni Sharma;John Zampella

  • Mobile Interspersed Repeats Are Major Structural Variants in the Human Genome

    Cheng Ran Lisa Huang;Anna M. Schneider;Yunqi Lu;Tejasvi Niranjan

  • Major chromatin remodeling in the germinal vesicle (GV) of mammalian oocytes is dispensable for global transcriptional silencing but required for centromeric heterochromatin function

    Rabindranath De La Fuente;Maria M. Viveiros;Kathleen H. Burns;Eli Y. Adashi

  • Transposable elements in human genetic disease.

    Lindsay M. Payer;Kathleen H. Burns

  • Loss of Zona Pellucida Binding Proteins in the Acrosomal Matrix Disrupts Acrosome Biogenesis and Sperm Morphogenesis

    Yi Nan Lin;Angshumoy Roy;Wei Yan;Kathleen H. Burns

  • Affinity proteomics reveals human host factors implicated in discrete stages of LINE-1 retrotransposition.

    Martin S. Taylor;John LaCava;Paolo Mita;Kelly R. Molloy

  • HILS1 is a spermatid-specific linker histone H1-like protein implicated in chromatin remodeling during mammalian spermiogenesis.

    Wei Yan;Lang Ma;Kathleen H. Burns;Martin M. Matzuk

  • Disruption of chromatin folding domains by somatic genomic rearrangements in human cancer

    Kadir C Akdemir;Victoria T Le;Sahaana Chandran;Yilong Li

  • GASZ Is Essential for Male Meiosis and Suppression of Retrotransposon Expression in the Male Germline

    Lang Ma;Gregory M. Buchold;Michael P. Greenbaum;Angshumoy Roy

  • AUTHOR'S CORRECTION Loss of Zona Pellucida Binding Proteins in the Acrosomal Matrix Disrupts Acrosome Biogenesis and Sperm Morphogenesis

    Yi-Nan Lin;Angshumoy Roy;Wei Yan;Kathleen H. Burns

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin M. Matzuk
Martin M. Matzuk Baylor College of Medicine
Jef D. Boeke
Jef D. Boeke New York University
Martin S. Taylor
Martin S. Taylor Harvard University
Wei Yan
Wei Yan University of Nevada Reno
Michael J. Borowitz
Michael J. Borowitz Johns Hopkins University
David Fenyö
David Fenyö New York University
Ralph H. Hruban
Ralph H. Hruban Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Guillaume Bourque
Guillaume Bourque McGill University
Peter Van Loo
Peter Van Loo The Francis Crick Institute
Haig H. Kazazian
Haig H. Kazazian Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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