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Malik Alawi is affiliated with the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf in Germany. Their research focuses extensively on the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions also in subfields such as Molecular Biology, Genetics, Immunology, Cancer Research, and Oncology.

The scientist has contributed to a broad range of topics that include:

  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
  • RNA modifications and cancer

Malik Alawi has published research in various respected journals and venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Nature Communications (12 publications)
  • Nature Genetics (8 publications)
  • Neuro-Oncology (8 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (6 publications)
  • Nature (5 publications)

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Malik Alawi include:

  • The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancer, 2020, Nature
  • Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes, 2020, Nature
  • Comprehensive analysis of chromothripsis in 2,658 human cancers using whole-genome sequencing, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Comprehensive molecular characterization of mitochondrial genomes in human cancers, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • The landscape of viral associations in human cancers, 2020, Nature Genetics

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Kadir C. Akdemir (29 joint publications)
  • David J. Adams (26 joint publications)
  • Ludmil B. Alexandrov (25 joint publications)
  • Fátima Al-Shahrour (25 joint publications)
  • Eva G. Álvarez (23 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes

    Peter J. Campbell;Gad Getz;Jan O. Korbel;Joshua M. Stuart

  • Patterns of somatic structural variation in human cancer genomes

    Yilong Li;Nicola D Roberts;Jeremiah A Wala;Jeremiah A Wala;Ofer Shapira;Ofer Shapira

  • The landscape of viral associations in human cancers.

    Marc Zapatka;Ivan Borozan;Daniel S Brewer;Daniel S Brewer;Murat Iskar

  • Mutations in KCNH1 and ATP6V1B2 cause Zimmermann-Laband syndrome

    Fanny Kortüm;Viviana Caputo;Christiane K Bauer;Lorenzo Stella

  • Bromodomain Protein BRD4 Is Required for Estrogen Receptor-Dependent Enhancer Activation and Gene Transcription

    Sankari Nagarajan;Tareq Hossan;Malik Alawi;Zeynab Najafova;Zeynab Najafova

  • Presence of atypical porcine pestivirus (APPV) genomes in newborn piglets correlates with congenital tremor

    Alexander Postel;Florian Hansmann;Christine Baechlein;Nicole Fischer

  • Deep metagenome and metatranscriptome analyses of microbial communities affiliated with an industrial biogas fermenter, a cow rumen, and elephant feces reveal major differences in carbohydrate hydrolysis strategies

    Simon Güllert;Martin A. Fischer;Dmitrij Turaev;Britta Noebauer

  • Metagenome Survey of a Multispecies and Alga-Associated Biofilm Revealed Key Elements of Bacterial-Algal Interactions in Photobioreactors

    Ines Krohn-Molt;Bernd Wemheuer;Malik Alawi;Malik Alawi;Anja Poehlein

  • Dual Roles of the Transcription Factor Grainyhead-like 2 (GRHL2) in Breast Cancer

    Stefan Werner;Sabrina Frey;Sabine Riethdorf;Christian Schulze

  • Identification of a Novel Hepacivirus in Domestic Cattle from Germany

    Christine Baechlein;Nicole Fischer;Adam Grundhoff;Malik Alawi;Malik Alawi

  • Indication of Horizontal DNA Gene Transfer by Extracellular Vesicles.

    Stefanie Fischer;Kerstin Cornils;Thomas Speiseder;Anita Badbaran

  • Evaluation of Unbiased Next-Generation Sequencing of RNA (RNA-seq) as a Diagnostic Method in Influenza Virus-Positive Respiratory Samples

    Nicole Fischer;Daniela Indenbirken;Thomas Meyer;Marc Lütgehetmann

  • Monitoring multiple myeloma by next-generation sequencing of V(D)J rearrangements from circulating myeloma cells and cell-free myeloma DNA.

    Anna Oberle;Anna Brandt;Minna Voigtlaender;Benjamin Thiele

  • The SIRPα-CD47 immune checkpoint in NK cells

    Tobias Deuse;Xiaomeng Hu;Sean Agbor-Enoh;Moon K. Jang

  • Insights into Microalga and Bacteria Interactions of Selected Phycosphere Biofilms Using Metagenomic, Transcriptomic, and Proteomic Approaches.

    Ines Krohn-Molt;Malik Alawi;Konrad Ulrich Förstner;Alena Wiegandt

  • Essential control of early B-cell development by Mef2 transcription factors.

    Julia Herglotz;Ludmilla Unrau;Friderike Hauschildt;Meike Fischer

  • A Comparative Metagenome Survey of the Fecal Microbiota of a Breast- and a Plant-Fed Asian Elephant Reveals an Unexpectedly High Diversity of Glycoside Hydrolase Family Enzymes

    Nele Ilmberger;Simon Güllert;Joana Dannenberg;Ulrich Rabausch

  • De novo mutations in mitochondrial DNA of iPSCs produce immunogenic neoepitopes in mice and humans

    Tobias Deuse;Xiaomeng Hu;Sean Agbor-Enoh;Martina Koch

  • Comparative study of whole genome amplification and next generation sequencing performance of single cancer cells.

    Anna Babayan;Malik Alawi;Malik Alawi;Michael Gormley;Volkmar Müller

  • Mutations in NDUFB11, Encoding a Complex I Component of the Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain, Cause Microphthalmia with Linear Skin Defects Syndrome

    Vanessa A. van Rahden;Erika Fernandez-Vizarra;Malik Alawi;Malik Alawi;Kristina Brand

Frequent Co-Authors

Adam Grundhoff
Adam Grundhoff Heinrich-Pette-Institute
Wolfgang R. Streit
Wolfgang R. Streit Universität Hamburg
Paul Becher
Paul Becher University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation
Nicolaus Kröger
Nicolaus Kröger Universität Hamburg
Roland Eils
Roland Eils Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Boris Fehse
Boris Fehse Universität Hamburg
Manfred Westphal
Manfred Westphal Universität Hamburg
David Wang
David Wang Washington University in St. Louis
Martin Aepfelbacher
Martin Aepfelbacher Universität Hamburg
Rolf Daniel
Rolf Daniel University of Göttingen

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