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Kristian Cibulskis

Kristian Cibulskis

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
93
Citations
216758
World Ranking
2053
National Ranking
1120

Overview

Kristian Cibulskis is a researcher affiliated with the Broad Institute in the United States. Their work primarily spans biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on genetics, molecular biology, and cancer research. Additional areas of study include pulmonary and respiratory medicine and surgery.

Their research topics cover a range of genomic fields, prominently including:

  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Genomic Variations and Chromosomal Abnormalities
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • RNA and Protein Synthesis Mechanisms

Cibulskis has published extensively in various venues. The top publication outlets for their work include:

  • Nature
  • UNC Libraries
  • Nature Communications
  • Cancer Research
  • Clinical Cancer Research

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Cibulskis are:

  • The mutational constraint spectrum quantified from variation in 141,456 humans, 2020, Nature
  • A structural variation reference for medical and population genetics, 2020, Nature
  • A genomic mutational constraint map using variation in 76,156 human genomes, 2023, Nature
  • Genomic data in the All of Us Research Program, 2024, Nature
  • Transcript expression-aware annotation improves rare variant interpretation, 2020, Nature

Cibulskis frequently collaborates with several researchers, some of whom have co-authored multiple publications alongside them. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Stacey Gabriel
  • Beryl B. Cummings
  • Laura D. Gauthier
  • Eric Banks
  • Miguel Covarrubias

Best Publications

  • The Genome Analysis Toolkit: A MapReduce framework for analyzing next-generation DNA sequencing data

    Aaron Henrik McKenna;Matthew Hanna;Eric Banks;Andrey Sivachenko

  • A framework for variation discovery and genotyping using next-generation DNA sequencing data

    Mark A DePristo;Eric Banks;Ryan Poplin;Kiran V Garimella

  • The cancer genome atlas pan-cancer analysis project

    John N Weinstein;John N Weinstein;Eric A. Collisson;Gordon B Mills;Kenna R Mills Shaw;Kenna R Mills Shaw

  • The mutational constraint spectrum quantified from variation in 141,456 humans

    Konrad J. Karczewski;Laurent C. Francioli;Grace Tiao;Beryl B. Cummings

  • Comprehensive molecular characterization of human colon and rectal cancer

    Donna M. Muzny;Matthew N. Bainbridge;Kyle Chang;Huyen H. Dinh

  • Integrated genomic analyses of ovarian carcinoma

    D. Bell;A. Berchuck;M. Birrer;J. Chien

  • Comprehensive genomic characterization defines human glioblastoma genes and core pathways

    Roger McLendon;Allan Friedman;Darrell Bigner;Erwin G. Van Meir

  • Mutational heterogeneity in cancer and the search for new cancer-associated genes

    Michael S. Lawrence;Petar Stojanov;Petar Stojanov;Paz Polak;Paz Polak;Paz Polak;Gregory V. Kryukov;Gregory V. Kryukov;Gregory V. Kryukov

  • Comprehensive molecular characterization of gastric adenocarcinoma

    Adam J. Bass;Vesteinn Thorsson;Ilya Shmulevich;Sheila M. Reynolds

  • Integrated genomic characterization of endometrial carcinoma

    Gad Getz;Stacey B. Gabriel;Kristian Cibulskis;Eric Lander

  • Comprehensive molecular profiling of lung adenocarcinoma: The cancer genome atlas research network

    Eric A. Collisson;Joshua D. Campbell;Angela N. Brooks;Angela N. Brooks;Alice H. Berger

  • Sensitive detection of somatic point mutations in impure and heterogeneous cancer samples

    Kristian Cibulskis;Michael S Lawrence;Scott L Carter;Andrey Sivachenko

  • Comprehensive genomic characterization of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas

    Michael S. Lawrence;Carrie Sougnez;Lee Lichtenstein;Kristian Cibulskis

  • Comprehensivemolecular characterization of clear cell renal cell carcinoma

    Chad J. Creighton;Margaret Morgan;Preethi H. Gunaratne;Preethi H. Gunaratne;David A. Wheeler

  • Comprehensive genomic characterization of squamous cell lung cancers

    Peter S. Hammerman;Doug Voet;Michael S. Lawrence;Douglas Voet

  • Comprehensive molecular characterization of urothelial bladder carcinoma

    John N Weinstein;Rehan Akbani;Bradley McIntosh Broom;Wenyi Wang

  • Comprehensive, Integrative Genomic Analysis of Diffuse Lower-Grade Gliomas.

    Daniel J. Brat;Roel G.W. Verhaak;Kenneth D. Aldape;W. K.Alfred Yung

  • Somatic mutations affect key pathways in lung adenocarcinoma

    Li Ding;Gad Getz;David A. Wheeler;Elaine R. Mardis

  • The Cancer Genome Atlas Pan-Cancer analysis project

    Kyle Chang;Chad J Creighton;Caleb Davis;Lawrence Donehower

  • Integrated genomic analyses of ovarian carcinoma

    D. Bell;A. Berchuck;M. Birrer;J. Chien

Frequent Co-Authors

Gad Getz
Gad Getz Broad Institute
Eric S. Lander
Eric S. Lander Broad Institute
Matthew Meyerson
Matthew Meyerson Harvard University
Stacey Gabriel
Stacey Gabriel Broad Institute
Michael S. Lawrence
Michael S. Lawrence Harvard University
Scott L. Carter
Scott L. Carter Harvard University
Carrie Sougnez
Carrie Sougnez Broad Institute
Levi A. Garraway
Levi A. Garraway Roche (United States)
Todd R. Golub
Todd R. Golub Harvard University
Rameen Beroukhim
Rameen Beroukhim Harvard University

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