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Marco P. Boks is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research spans across various fields including biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with significant contributions to genetics, molecular biology, psychiatry and mental health, clinical psychology, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The scientist's main research topics focus on epigenetics and DNA methylation, genetic associations and epidemiology, as well as bipolar disorder and its treatment. Other topics addressed include tryptophan and brain disorders, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, health, environment, cognitive aging, and stress responses involving cortisol.

Marco P. Boks has published extensively in several venues, frequently contributing to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Psychological Medicine
  • Nature Genetics

Frequent co-authors include:

  • René S. Kahn
  • Adam X. Maihofer
  • Dewleen G. Baker
  • Bart P. F. Rutten
  • Roel A. Ophoff

Recent publications by Marco P. Boks include:

  • Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology (2021, Nature Genetics)
  • A systematic review of biological, social and environmental factors associated with epigenetic clock acceleration (2021, Ageing Research Reviews)
  • A computational solution for bolstering reliability of epigenetic clocks: implications for clinical trials and longitudinal tracking (2022, Nature Aging)
  • Virtual Histology of Cortical Thickness and Shared Neurobiology in 6 Psychiatric Disorders (2020, JAMA Psychiatry)
  • Dissecting the Shared Genetic Architecture of Suicide Attempt, Psychiatric Disorders, and Known Risk Factors (2021, Biological Psychiatry)

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 30 loci associated with bipolar disorder

    Eli A. Stahl;Eli A. Stahl;Gerome Breen;Andreas J. Forstner;Andrew McQuillin

  • Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology

    Niamh Mullins;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Kevin S. O'Connell;Kevin S. O'Connell;Brandon Coombes

  • Common genetic variants influence human subcortical brain structures.

    Derrek P. Hibar;Jason L. Stein;Jason L. Stein;Miguel E. Renteria;Alejandro Arias-Vasquez

  • Genomic Dissection of Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia, Including 28 Subphenotypes

    Douglas M. Ruderfer;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Andrew McQuillin;James Boocock

  • Cortical abnormalities in bipolar disorder : An MRI analysis of 6503 individuals from the ENIGMA Bipolar Disorder Working Group

    D P Hibar;L T Westlye;L T Westlye;N T Doan;N T Doan;N Jahanshad

  • The resilience framework as a strategy to combat stress-related disorders

    Raffael Kalisch;Dewleen G. Baker;Dewleen G. Baker;Ulrike Basten;Ulrike Basten;Marco P. Boks

  • Aging effects on DNA methylation modules in human brain and blood tissue

    Steve Horvath;Yafeng Zhang;Peter Langfelder;René S Kahn

  • Cortisol stress reactivity across psychiatric disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Jelle V. Zorn;Remmelt R. Schür;Marco P. Boks;René S. Kahn

  • International meta-analysis of PTSD genome-wide association studies identifies sex- and ancestry-specific genetic risk loci

    Caroline M. Nievergelt;Caroline M. Nievergelt;Adam X. Maihofer;Adam X. Maihofer;Torsten Klengel;Torsten Klengel;Elizabeth G. Atkinson;Elizabeth G. Atkinson

  • A systematic review of biological, social and environmental factors associated with epigenetic clock acceleration.

    Lara Oblak;Jeroen van der Zaag;Albert T. Higgins-Chen;Morgan E. Levine

  • Subcortical volumetric abnormalities in bipolar disorder

    D. P. Hibar;L. T. Westlye;L. T. Westlye;T. G. M. van Erp;J. Rasmussen

  • GWAS of lifetime cannabis use reveals new risk loci, genetic overlap with psychiatric traits, and a causal influence of schizophrenia

    Joëlle A. Pasman;Karin J. H. Verweij;Karin J. H. Verweij;Zachary Gerring;Sven Stringer

  • The Relationship of DNA Methylation with Age, Gender and Genotype in Twins and Healthy Controls

    Marco P Boks;Eske M. Derks;Daniel J. Weisenberger;Erik Strengman

  • The Same or Different? A Phenomenological Comparison of Auditory Verbal Hallucinations in Healthy and Psychotic Individuals

    Kirstin Daalman;Marco P. M. Boks;Kelly M. J. Diederen;Antoin D. de Weijer

  • Healthy Individuals With Auditory Verbal Hallucinations; Who Are They? Psychiatric Assessments of a Selected Sample of 103 Subjects

    Iris E C Sommer;Kirstin Daalman;Thomas Rietkerk;Kelly M Diederen

  • Auditory verbal hallucinations predominantly activate the right inferior frontal area

    Iris E. C. Sommer;Kelly M. J. Diederen;Jan-Dirk Blom;Anne Willems

  • Novel genetic loci associated with hippocampal volume

    Derrek Hibar;Hieab H.H. Adams;Neda Jahanshad;Ganesh Chauhan

  • Brain GABA levels across psychiatric disorders: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis of (1) H-MRS studies

    Remmelt R. Schür;Luc W.R. Draisma;Jannie P. Wijnen;Marco P. Boks

  • Sex differences in handedness, asymmetry of the Planum Temporale and functional language lateralization

    Iris E. Sommer;André Aleman;Metten Somers;Marco P. Boks

  • Genetic architecture of subcortical brain structures in 38,851 individuals

    Claudia L. Satizabal;Claudia L. Satizabal;Claudia L. Satizabal;Hieab H.H. Adams;Derrek Hibar;Charles C. White;Charles C. White

  • Cannabis with high cannabidiol content is associated with fewer psychotic experiences

    Christian D. Schubart;Iris E.C. Sommer;Willemijn A. van Gastel;Rogier L. Goetgebuer

Frequent Co-Authors

Roel A. Ophoff
Roel A. Ophoff University of California, Los Angeles
Eric Vermetten
Eric Vermetten Leiden University Medical Center
Elbert Geuze
Elbert Geuze Utrecht University
Srdjan Djurovic
Srdjan Djurovic Oslo University Hospital
Bertram Müller-Myhsok
Bertram Müller-Myhsok Max Planck Society
Peter R. Schofield
Peter R. Schofield Neuroscience Research Australia
Marian Joëls
Marian Joëls University of Groningen
Stephan Ripke
Stephan Ripke Massachusetts General Hospital
Nicholas G. Martin
Nicholas G. Martin QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Sven Cichon
Sven Cichon University of Basel

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