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Kerstin Howe is affiliated with the European Bioinformatics Institute in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a significant number of publications in Molecular Biology, Genetics, Plant Science, Ecology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The major topics covered in their work include:

  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies

Kerstin Howe has contributed to several recent scientific papers, including:

  • "The complete sequence of a human genome" (2022), published in Science
  • "Identifying and removing haplotypic duplication in primary genome assemblies" (2020), published in Bioinformatics
  • "Significantly improving the quality of genome assemblies through curation" (2021), published in GigaScience
  • "A draft human pangenome reference" (2023), published in Nature
  • "Telomere-to-telomere assembly of a complete human X chromosome" (2020), published in Nature

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, with the most frequent co-authors being Jonathan Wood, Erich D. Jarvis, Olivier Fédrigo, Giulio Formenti, and William Chow. These collaborations indicate active participation in multidisciplinary projects within genomic and bioinformatics communities.

Kerstin Howe's work has been published in several key scientific venues, with the most frequent publication outlets including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Wellcome Open Research
  • Nature
  • GigaScience
  • Genome Biology

Best Publications

  • The zebrafish reference genome sequence and its relationship to the human genome.

    Kerstin Howe;Matthew D. Clark;Carlos F. Torroja;Carlos F. Torroja;James Torrance

  • Towards complete and error-free genome assemblies of all vertebrate species

    Arang Rhie;Shane A. McCarthy;Shane A. McCarthy;Olivier Fedrigo;Joana Damas

  • Identifying and removing haplotypic duplication in primary genome assemblies.

    Dengfeng Guan;Dengfeng Guan;Shane A McCarthy;Jonathan Wood;Kerstin Howe

  • Analyses of pig genomes provide insight into porcine demography and evolution

    Martien A. M. Groenen;Alan L. Archibald;Hirohide Uenishi;Christopher K. Tuggle

  • Significantly improving the quality of genome assemblies through curation

    Kerstin Howe;William Chow;Joanna Collins;Sarah Pelan

  • Gencode 2021

    A. Frankish;M. Diekhans;I. Jungreis;J. Lagarde

  • Evaluation of GRCh38 and de novo haploid genome assemblies demonstrates the enduring quality of the reference assembly

    Valerie A. Schneider;Tina Graves-Lindsay;Kerstin Howe;Nathan Bouk

  • Telomere-to-telomere assembly of a complete human X chromosome

    Karen H. Miga;Sergey Koren;Arang Rhie;Mitchell R. Vollger

  • Modernizing Reference Genome Assemblies

    Deanna M. Church;Valerie A. Schneider;Tina Graves;Katherine Auger

  • An improved pig reference genome sequence to enable pig genetics and genomics research

    Amanda Warr;Nabeel Affara;Bronwen Aken;Hamid Beiki

  • Genomic regulatory blocks encompass multiple neighboring genes and maintain conserved synteny in vertebrates.

    Hiroshi Kikuta;Mary Laplante;Pavla Navrátilová;Anna Zofia Komisarczuk

  • Ensembl’s 10th year

    Paul Flicek;Bronwen L. Aken;Benoît Ballester;Kathryn Beal

  • gEVAL — a web-based browser for evaluating genome assemblies

    William Chow;Kim Brugger;Mario Cáccamo;Ian Sealy

  • The DNA sequence and comparative analysis of human chromosome 20.

    P Deloukas;M E Earthrowl;D V Grafham;M Rubenfield

  • The vertebrate genome annotation (Vega) database

    Laurens G. Wilming;James G. R. Gilbert;Kerstin Howe;Stephen J. Trevanion

  • A New Chicken Genome Assembly Provides Insight into Avian Genome Structure

    Wesley C. Warren;La Deana W. Hillier;Chad Tomlinson;Patrick Minx

  • Population genomics of the critically endangered kākāpō

    Nicolas Dussex;Tom van der Valk;Hernán E. Morales;Christopher W. Wheat

  • Sixteen diverse laboratory mouse reference genomes define strain-specific haplotypes and novel functional loci

    Jingtao Lilue;Jingtao Lilue;Anthony G Doran;Anthony G Doran;Ian T Fiddes;Monica Abrudan

  • Towards complete and error-free genome assemblies of all vertebrate species

    Arang Rhie;Shane A. McCarthy;Olivier Fedrigo;Joana Damas

  • The genomic sequence and analysis of the swine major histocompatibility complex

    C. Renard;E. Hart;H. Sehra;H. Beasley

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin University of Cambridge
Erich D. Jarvis
Erich D. Jarvis Rockefeller University
Adam M. Phillippy
Adam M. Phillippy National Institutes of Health
Paul Flicek
Paul Flicek The Jackson Laboratory
Michael A. Quail
Michael A. Quail Wellcome Sanger Institute
Benedict Paten
Benedict Paten University of California, Santa Cruz
Sergey Koren
Sergey Koren National Institutes of Health
Mark Blaxter
Mark Blaxter Wellcome Sanger Institute
Tim Hubbard
Tim Hubbard King's College London
Françoise Thibaud-Nissen
Françoise Thibaud-Nissen National Center for Biotechnology Information

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