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Kevin L. Howe is affiliated with the European Bioinformatics Institute in the United Kingdom. Their research mainly falls within Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Plant Science, Ecology, and Aging.

The scientist's work covers several main research topics, including:

  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
  • Machine Learning in Bioinformatics
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Among the frequent publication venues where Kevin L. Howe has contributed are:

  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Genetics
  • Nature
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Kevin L. Howe has been involved in several recent research papers, including:

  • "Towards complete and error-free genome assemblies of all vertebrate species," published in 2021 in Nature
  • "Ensembl 2022," published in 2021 in Nucleic Acids Research
  • "Ensembl 2021," published in 2020 in Nucleic Acids Research
  • "GENCODE 2021," published in 2020 in Nucleic Acids Research
  • "Ensembl 2023," published in 2022 in Nucleic Acids Research

Frequent co-authors working alongside Kevin L. Howe include:

  • Paul Flicek
  • Fergal J. Martin
  • Anne Parker
  • Magali Ruffier
  • Andrew Yates

The scientist's publications demonstrate engagement with projects that emphasize genome assembly, annotation, and bioinformatics resource development. Their collaborative work features contributions to key genomic databases and tools frequently cited within the genomics community.

Best Publications

  • The Pfam protein families database

    Marco Punta;Penny C. Coggill;Ruth Y. Eberhardt;Jaina Mistry

  • The Gene Ontology Resource: 20 years and still GOing strong

    S. Carbon;E. Douglass;N. Dunn;B. Good

  • The Gene Ontology resource: enriching a GOld mine

    Seth Carbon;Eric Douglass;Benjamin M Good

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

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

  • DNA methylation profiling of human chromosomes 6, 20 and 22

    Florian Eckhardt;Joern Lewin;Rene Cortese;Vardhman K Rakyan

  • The DNA sequence of the human X chromosome

    Mark T Ross;Darren V Grafham;Alison J Coffey;Steven Scherer

  • The Ensembl gene annotation system.

    Bronwen L. Aken;Bronwen L. Aken;Sarah Ayling;Daniel Barrell;Laura Clarke

  • Gencode 2021

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

  • A Bayesian deconvolution strategy for immunoprecipitation-based DNA methylome analysis

    Thomas A. Down;Vardhman K. Rakyan;Daniel J. Turner;Paul Flicek

  • DNA sequence and analysis of human chromosome 9

    A J Mungall;S A Palmer;S K Sims;C A Edwards

  • WormBase ParaSite - a comprehensive resource for helminth genomics.

    Kevin L. Howe;Bruce J. Bolt;Myriam Shafie;Paul Kersey

  • Ensembl Genomes 2016: more genomes, more complexity

    Paul Julian Kersey;James E. Allen;Irina Armean;Sanjay Boddu

  • Piwi and piRNAs Act Upstream of an Endogenous siRNA Pathway to Suppress Tc3 Transposon Mobility in the Caenorhabditis elegans Germline

    Partha P. Das;Partha P. Das;Partha P. Das;Marloes P. Bagijn;Marloes P. Bagijn;Leonard D. Goldstein;Julie R. Woolford;Julie R. Woolford

  • Ensembl Genomes 2020-enabling non-vertebrate genomic research.

    Kevin L. Howe;Bruno Contreras-Moreira;Nishadi De Silva;Gareth Maslen

  • DNA Methylation Profiling of the Human Major Histocompatibility Complex: A Pilot Study for the Human Epigenome Project

    Vardhman K Rakyan;Thomas Hildmann;Karen L Novik;Jörn Lewin

  • Ensembl Genomes 2018: an integrated omics infrastructure for non-vertebrate species.

    Paul Julian Kersey;James E Allen;Alexis Allot;Matthieu Barba

  • The DNA sequence and biological annotation of human chromosome 1

    S. G. Gregory;S. G. Gregory;K. F. Barlow;K. E. McLay;R. Kaul

  • An integrated resource for genome-wide identification and analysis of human tissue-specific differentially methylated regions (tDMRs)

    Vardhman K. Rakyan;Thomas A. Down;Natalie P. Thorne;Paul Flicek

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

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

  • Ensembl 2021

    K. L. Howe;P. Achuthan;J. Allen;J. Alvarez-Jarreta

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Kersey
Paul Kersey European Bioinformatics Institute
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin University of Cambridge
Paul W. Sternberg
Paul W. Sternberg California Institute of Technology
Paul Flicek
Paul Flicek The Jackson Laboratory
Matthew Berriman
Matthew Berriman University of Glasgow
Stephan Beck
Stephan Beck University College London
Adam Frankish
Adam Frankish European Bioinformatics Institute
Robert D. Finn
Robert D. Finn European Bioinformatics Institute
Doreen Ware
Doreen Ware Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Lincoln Stein
Lincoln Stein Ontario Institute for Cancer Research

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