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Marina Pajic is affiliated with the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with significant contributions to Oncology, Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Epidemiology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances
  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers

Marina Pajic has contributed to publications in several notable venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Cancer Research
  • Gastroenterology
  • Science Advances
  • Research Square
  • Cell Reports

Among recent papers associated with Marina Pajic are:

  • Targeting DNA Damage Response and Replication Stress in Pancreatic Cancer, 2020, Gastroenterology
  • HNF4A and GATA6 Loss Reveals Therapeutically Actionable Subtypes in Pancreatic Cancer, 2020, Cell Reports
  • Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Determine Response to SLC7A11 Inhibition, 2021, Cancer Research
  • MTOR signaling orchestrates stress-induced mutagenesis, facilitating adaptive evolution in cancer, 2020, Science
  • DNA methylation patterns identify subgroups of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors with clinical association, 2021, Communications Biology

Marina Pajic has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, with multiple papers coauthored alongside:

  • Sean Porazinski (16 collaborations)
  • Paul Timpson (15 collaborations)
  • David K. Chang (11 collaborations)
  • Andrew V. Biankin (10 collaborations)
  • Amber L. Johns (9 collaborations)

Best Publications

  • Signatures of mutational processes in human cancer

    Ludmil B. Alexandrov;Serena Nik-Zainal;Serena Nik-Zainal;David C. Wedge;Samuel A. J. R. Aparicio

  • Genomic analyses identify molecular subtypes of pancreatic cancer

    Bailey P;Chang Dk;Nones K;Nones K;Johns Al

  • Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes

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

  • Whole genomes redefine the mutational landscape of pancreatic cancer.

    Nicola Waddell;Marina Pajic;Ann Marie Patch;David K. Chang

  • Pancreatic cancer genomes reveal aberrations in axon guidance pathway genes

    Andrew V. Biankin;Andrew V. Biankin;Andrew V. Biankin;Nicola Waddell;Karin S. Kassahn;Marie Claude Gingras

  • Identification of unique neoantigen qualities in long-term survivors of pancreatic cancer.

    Vinod P. Balachandran;Marta Łuksza;Julia N. Zhao;Vladimir Makarov

  • Patterns of somatic structural variation in human cancer genomes

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

  • Whole-genome landscape of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours

    Aldo Scarpa;David K. Chang;Katia Nones;Katia Nones;Vincenzo Corbo

  • Selective induction of chemotherapy resistance of mammary tumors in a conditional mouse model for hereditary breast cancer

    Sven Rottenberg;Anders O. H. Nygren;Marina Pajic;Fijs W. B. van Leeuwen

  • The prognostic and predictive value of serum CA19.9 in pancreatic cancer

    Jeremy L Humphris;David K Chang;David K Chang;Amber L Johns;Christopher J Scarlett;Christopher J Scarlett

  • Transient tissue priming via ROCK inhibition uncouples pancreatic cancer progression, sensitivity to chemotherapy, and metastasis

    Claire Vennin;Claire Vennin;Venessa T. Chin;Venessa T. Chin;Sean C. Warren;Sean C. Warren;Morghan C. Lucas;Morghan C. Lucas

  • Precision Medicine for Advanced Pancreas Cancer: The Individualized Molecular Pancreatic Cancer Therapy (IMPaCT) Trial

    Lorraine A. Chantrill;Lorraine A. Chantrill;Adnan M. Nagrial;Adnan M. Nagrial;Clare Watson;Amber L. Johns

  • Genome‐wide DNA methylation patterns in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma reveal epigenetic deregulation of SLIT‐ROBO, ITGA2 and MET signaling

    Katia Nones;Nic Waddell;Sarah Song;Ann Marie Patch

  • GATA6 regulates EMT and tumour dissemination, and is a marker of response to adjuvant chemotherapy in pancreatic cancer

    Paola Martinelli;Enrique Carrillo-de Santa Pau;Trevor Cox;Bruno Sainz

  • CAF hierarchy driven by pancreatic cancer cell p53-status creates a pro-metastatic and chemoresistant environment via perlecan

    Claire Vennin;Claire Vennin;Claire Vennin;Pauline Mélénec;Pauline Mélénec;Romain Rouet;Romain Rouet;Max Nobis;Max Nobis

  • Hypermutation In Pancreatic Cancer

    Jeremy L Humphris;Ann Marie Patch;Ann Marie Patch;Katia Nones;Katia Nones;Peter J Bailey;Peter J Bailey

  • Reshaping the Tumor Stroma for Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer

    Claire Vennin;Kendelle J. Murphy;Kendelle J. Murphy;Jennifer P. Morton;Thomas R. Cox;Thomas R. Cox

  • Histomolecular Phenotypes and Outcome in Adenocarcinoma of the Ampulla of Vater

    David K. Chang;Nigel B. Jamieson;Nigel B. Jamieson;Amber L. Johns;Christopher J. Scarlett;Christopher J. Scarlett

  • Clinical and molecular characterization of HER2 amplified-pancreatic cancer.

    Angela Chou;Angela Chou;Angela Chou;Nicola Waddell;Mark J. Cowley;Mark J. Cowley;Anthony J. Gill;Anthony J. Gill;Anthony J. Gill

  • Targeting DNA Damage Response and Replication Stress in Pancreatic Cancer

    Stephan B. Dreyer;Rosie Upstill-Goddard;Viola Paulus-Hock;Clara Paris

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew V. Biankin
Andrew V. Biankin University of Glasgow
Anthony J. Gill
Anthony J. Gill University of Sydney
Paul Timpson
Paul Timpson Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Sean M. Grimmond
Sean M. Grimmond University of Melbourne
James G. Kench
James G. Kench Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Nicola Waddell
Nicola Waddell QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Mark J. Cowley
Mark J. Cowley Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Elizabeth A. Musgrove
Elizabeth A. Musgrove University of Glasgow
Christopher J. Scarlett
Christopher J. Scarlett University of Newcastle Australia
John V. Pearson
John V. Pearson QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

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