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2024

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Lon R. Cardon is affiliated with The Jackson Laboratory in the United States. Their primary field of study is Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine as key subfields. Their research encompasses topics including Genomics and Rare Diseases, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, RNA modifications and cancer, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, as well as Genetic factors in colorectal cancer.

Cardon's recent scholarly contributions include publications in notable scientific venues:

  • Exome sequencing and characterization of 49,960 individuals in the UK Biobank (2020, Nature)
  • Identifying therapeutic drug targets using bidirectional effect genes (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Improving the predictive power of mouse models (2024, Nature Biotechnology)
  • Identifying therapeutic drug targets for rare and common forms of short stature (2020, bioRxiv - Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their collaborations frequently involve several coauthors, notably:

  • Karol Estrada
  • Steven Froelich
  • Arthur Wüster
  • Christopher R. Bauer
  • Teague Sterling

Cardon's publications are predominantly found in journals such as Nature, Nature Communications, Nature Biotechnology, and bioRxiv hosted by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

In recognition of their contributions, Lon R. Cardon was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Finding the missing heritability of complex diseases

    Teri A. Manolio;Francis S. Collins;Nancy J. Cox;David B. Goldstein

  • Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls

    Paul R. Burton;David G. Clayton;Lon R. Cardon;Nick Craddock

  • A common variant in the FTO gene is associated with body mass index and predisposes to childhood and adult obesity

    Timothy M. Frayling;Nicholas J. Timpson;Michael N. Weedon;Eleftheria Zeggini;Eleftheria Zeggini;Eleftheria Zeggini

  • The International HapMap Project

    John W. Belmont;Paul Hardenbol;Thomas D. Willis;Fuli Yu

  • A haplotype map of the human genome

    John W. Belmont;Andrew Boudreau;Suzanne M. Leal;Paul Hardenbol

  • A second generation human haplotype map of over 3.1 million SNPs

    Kelly A. Frazer;Dennis G. Ballinger;David R. Cox;David A. Hinds

  • Methodology for Genetic Studies of Twins and Families

    Michael C. Neale;Lon R. Cardon

  • Merlin--rapid analysis of dense genetic maps using sparse gene flow trees.

    Gonçalo R. Abecasis;Stacey S. Cherny;William O. Cookson;Lon R. Cardon

  • Genome-wide association studies for complex traits: consensus, uncertainty and challenges

    Mark I. McCarthy;Mark I. McCarthy;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;Lon R. Cardon;Lon R. Cardon;David B. Goldstein

  • Genome-wide association defines more than 30 distinct susceptibility loci for Crohn's disease

    Jeffrey C. Barrett;Sarah Hansoul;Dan L. Nicolae;Judy H. Cho

  • Replication of Genome-Wide Association Signals in UK Samples Reveals Risk Loci for Type 2 Diabetes

    Eleftheria Zeggini;Michael N. Weedon;Cecilia M. Lindgren;Timothy M. Frayling

  • Genome-wide detection and characterization of positive selection in human populations

    Pardis C. Sabeti;Pardis C. Sabeti;Patrick Varilly;Patrick Varilly;Ben Fry;Jason Lohmueller

  • ASSOCIATION STUDY DESIGNS FOR COMPLEX DISEASES

    Lon R. Cardon;John I. Bell

  • Replicating genotype–phenotype associations

    Stephen J. Chanock;Teri Manolio;Michael Boehnke;Eric Boerwinkle

  • Population stratification and spurious allelic association.

    Lon R Cardon;Lyle J Palmer;Lyle J Palmer

  • Association scan of 14,500 nonsynonymous SNPs in four diseases identifies autoimmunity variants

    Paul R Burton;David G Clayton;Lon R Cardon;Nick Craddock

  • Data quality control in genetic case-control association studies

    Carl A Anderson;Fredrik H Pettersson;Geraldine M Clarke;Lon R Cardon

  • The support of human genetic evidence for approved drug indications

    Matthew R Nelson;Hannah Tipney;Jeffery L Painter;Judong Shen

  • Sequence variants in the autophagy gene IRGM and multiple other replicating loci contribute to Crohn's disease susceptibility.

    Miles Parkes;Jeffrey C Barrett;Natalie J Prescott;Mark Tremelling

  • A general test of association for quantitative traits in nuclear families.

    G. R. Abecasis;L. R. Cardon;W. O. C. Cookson

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew P. Morris
Andrew P. Morris University of Liverpool
Gonçalo R. Abecasis
Gonçalo R. Abecasis University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Krina T. Zondervan
Krina T. Zondervan University of Oxford
Derek P. Jewell
Derek P. Jewell University of Oxford
Matthew A. Brown
Matthew A. Brown Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Panos Deloukas
Panos Deloukas Queen Mary University of London
David Evans
David Evans University of Bristol
Sarah Hunt
Sarah Hunt European Bioinformatics Institute
Jonathan Marchini
Jonathan Marchini Regeneron (United States)

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