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Laura J. Scott is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research spans primarily the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a significant body of work also in Medicine. Their contributions focus extensively on Genetics and Molecular Biology, with additional engagement in subfields such as Physiology, Epidemiology, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

Scott's work covers a variety of topics relevant to genetic research and molecular biology. These include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Genomics and Rare Diseases, Adipose Tissue and Metabolism, as well as Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies.

Frequent collaborators in Scott's research include Michael Boehnke, Anne Jackson, Karen L. Mohlke, Heather M. Stringham, and Lori L. Bonnycastle.

Scott has published multiple papers in a variety of venues. Among the main publication venues are UNC Libraries, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The American Journal of Human Genetics, Nature Genetics, and Nature Communications.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Scott include:

  • Rare coding variants in ten genes confer substantial risk for schizophrenia, 2022, Nature
  • Exome sequencing in bipolar disorder identifies AKAP11 as a risk gene shared with schizophrenia, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • The Genetic Architecture of Depression in Individuals of East Asian Ancestry, 2021, JAMA Psychiatry
  • Genome-wide association studies of metabolites in Finnish men identify disease-relevant loci, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Genetic variant effects on gene expression in human pancreatic islets and their implications for T2D, 2020, Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Next-generation genotype imputation service and methods.

    Sayantan Das;Lukas Forer;Sebastian Schönherr;Carlo Sidore;Carlo Sidore

  • 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

  • A genome-wide association study of type 2 diabetes in Finns detects multiple susceptibility variants.

    Laura J. Scott;Karen L. Mohlke;Lori L. Bonnycastle;Cristen J. Willer

  • A reference panel of 64,976 haplotypes for genotype imputation

    Shane McCarthy;Sayantan Das;Warren Kretzschmar;Olivier Delaneau

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk

    Josée Dupuis;Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena;Richa Saxena

  • Recurrent de novo point mutations in lamin A cause Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome

    Maria Eriksson;W. Ted Brown;Leslie B. Gordon;Leslie B. Gordon;Michael W. Glynn

  • Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs

    S. Hong Lee;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Stephen V. Faraone

  • Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk

    Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Patricia B. Munroe;Kenneth M. Rice;Murielle Bochud

  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association data and large-scale replication identifies additional susceptibility loci for type 2 diabetes

    E Zeggini;L J Scott;R Saxena;B F Voight

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (vol 42, pg 105, 2010)

    J Dupuis;C Langenberg;I Prokopenko;R Saxena

  • Twelve type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci identified through large-scale association analysis

    Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Laura J. Scott;Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir;Andrew P. Morris

  • Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes

    Andrew P Morris;Benjamin F Voight;Benjamin F Voight;Tanya M Teslovich;Teresa Ferreira

  • Six new loci associated with body mass index highlight a neuronal influence on body weight regulation

    Cristen J. Willer;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Ruth J. F. Loos;Shengxu Li

  • Newly identified loci that influence lipid concentrations and risk of coronary artery disease

    Cristen J. Willer;Serena Sanna;Anne U. Jackson;Angelo Scuteri

  • A genome-wide association search for type 2 diabetes genes in African Americans.

    N D Palmer;C W McDonough;P J Hicks;B H Roh

  • Common variants at 30 loci contribute to polygenic dyslipidemia.

    Sekar Kathiresan;Sekar Kathiresan;Sekar Kathiresan;Cristen J. Willer;Gina M. Peloso;Serkalem Demissie

  • Large-scale genome-wide association analysis of bipolar disorder identifies a new susceptibility locus near ODZ4

    Pamela Sklar;Pamela Sklar;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Laura J. Scott;Ole A. Andreassen

  • Joint analysis is more efficient than replication-based analysis for two-stage genome-wide association studies.

    Andrew D Skol;Laura J Scott;Gonçalo R Abecasis;Michael Boehnke

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight loci associated with blood pressure

    Christopher Newton-Cheh;Christopher Newton-Cheh;Toby Johnson;Toby Johnson;Vesela Gateva;Martin D. Tobin

  • Erratum: New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (Nature Genetics (2010) 42 (105-116))

    Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Boehnke
Michael Boehnke University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jaakko Tuomilehto
Jaakko Tuomilehto University of Helsinki
Francis S. Collins
Francis S. Collins National Institutes of Health
Anne U. Jackson
Anne U. Jackson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Karen L. Mohlke
Karen L. Mohlke University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Leif Groop
Leif Groop Lund University
Kari Stefansson
Kari Stefansson deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Heather M. Stringham
Heather M. Stringham University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Johanna Kuusisto
Johanna Kuusisto University of Eastern Finland

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