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Maximilian Haeussler is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Cruz in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cancer Research, Biophysics, and Neurology.

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

  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Cell Image Analysis Techniques
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering

Maximilian Haeussler has authored numerous papers, with notable recent publications being:

  • The UCSC Genome Browser database: 2025 update, 2024, Nucleic Acids Research
  • The UCSC Genome Browser database: 2023 update, 2022, Nucleic Acids Research
  • The UCSC Genome Browser database: 2021 update, 2020, Nucleic Acids Research
  • Cell stress in cortical organoids impairs molecular subtype specification, 2020, Nature
  • Single-cell atlas of early human brain development highlights heterogeneity of human neuroepithelial cells and early radial glia, 2021, Nature Neuroscience

The venues where Maximilian Haeussler frequently publishes include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Nature
  • Nature Neuroscience
  • Cell

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their work, with frequent co-authors being:

  • Brittney Wick
  • Hiram Clawson
  • Matthew L Speir
  • Brian J. Raney
  • Luis R Nassar

Best Publications

  • The GTEx Consortium atlas of genetic regulatory effects across human tissues

    F Aguet;AN Barbeira;R Bonazzola;A Brown

  • Genetic effects on gene expression across human tissues.

    Enhancing GTEx (eGTEx) groups

  • Evaluation of off-target and on-target scoring algorithms and integration into the guide RNA selection tool CRISPOR.

    Maximilian Haeussler;Kai Schönig;Hélène Eckert;Alexis Eschstruth

  • CRISPOR: intuitive guide selection for CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing experiments and screens.

    Jean-Paul Concordet;Maximilian Haeussler

  • Exploring the phenotypic consequences of tissue specific gene expression variation inferred from GWAS summary statistics.

    Alvaro N. Barbeira;Scott P. Dickinson;Rodrigo Bonazzola;Jiamao Zheng

  • The UCSC Genome Browser database: 2015 update

    Kate R. Rosenbloom;Joel Armstrong;Galt P. Barber;Jonathan Casper

  • Spatiotemporal gene expression trajectories reveal developmental hierarchies of the human cortex

    Tomasz J. Nowakowski;Aparna Bhaduri;Alex A. Pollen;Beatriz Alvarado

  • Single-cell genomics identifies cell type-specific molecular changes in autism.

    Dmitry Velmeshev;Lucas Schirmer;Lucas Schirmer;Diane Jung;Maximilian Haeussler

  • The UCSC Genome Browser database: extensions and updates 2013.

    Laurence R. Meyer;Ann S. Zweig;Angie S. Hinrichs;Donna Karolchik

  • The UCSC Genome Browser database: 2019 update.

    Maximilian Haeussler;Ann S Zweig;Cath Tyner;Matthew L Speir

  • The UCSC Genome Browser database: 2014 update

    Donna Karolchik;Galt P. Barber;Jonathan Casper;Hiram Clawson

  • Neuronal vulnerability and multilineage diversity in multiple sclerosis

    Lucas Schirmer;Dmitry Velmeshev;Staffan Holmqvist;Max Kaufmann

  • The UCSC Genome Browser Database: 2008 update.

    D. Karolchik;R. M. Kuhn;R. Baertsch;G. P. Barber

  • The UCSC Genome Browser database: 2021 update

    Jairo Navarro Gonzalez;Ann S Zweig;Matthew L Speir;Daniel Schmelter

  • Human-Specific NOTCH2NL Genes Affect Notch Signaling and Cortical Neurogenesis

    Ian T. Fiddes;Gerrald A. Lodewijk;Meghan Mooring;Colleen M. Bosworth

  • The UCSC Genome Browser database: 2018 update.

    Jonathan Casper;Ann S Zweig;Chris Villarreal;Cath Tyner

  • Cell stress in cortical organoids impairs molecular subtype specification

    Aparna Bhaduri;Madeline G. Andrews;Walter Mancia Leon;Diane Jung

  • An evolutionary arms race between KRAB zinc-finger genes ZNF91/93 and SVA/L1 retrotransposons

    Frank M. J. Jacobs;David Greenberg;Ngan Nguyen;Maximilian Haeussler

  • The UCSC Genome Browser database: 2016 update.

    Matthew L. Speir;Ann S. Zweig;Kate R. Rosenbloom;Brian J. Raney

  • The UCSC Genome Browser database: 2017 update.

    Cath Tyner;Galt P. Barber;Jonathan Casper;Hiram Clawson

Frequent Co-Authors

David Haussler
David Haussler University of California, Santa Cruz
W. James Kent
W. James Kent University of California, Santa Cruz
Kate R. Rosenbloom
Kate R. Rosenbloom University of California, Santa Cruz
Hiram Clawson
Hiram Clawson University of California, Santa Cruz
Angie S. Hinrichs
Angie S. Hinrichs University of California, Santa Cruz
Brian J. Raney
Brian J. Raney University of California, Santa Cruz
Robert M. Kuhn
Robert M. Kuhn University of California, Santa Cruz
Arnold R. Kriegstein
Arnold R. Kriegstein University of California, San Francisco
Mark Diekhans
Mark Diekhans University of California, Santa Cruz
Paul Flicek
Paul Flicek The Jackson Laboratory

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