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Michael D. Taylor

Michael D. Taylor

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Medicine

D-Index
130
Citations
72816
World Ranking
2468
National Ranking
95

Overview

Michael D. Taylor is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Molecular Biology and Genetics within these areas.

Their work concentrates on several specialized subfields including Cancer Research, Oncology, and Neurology. Their scientific contributions address various topics such as Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies, Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments, and Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer.

Their frequent publication venues include Neuro-Oncology, Cancer Research, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, and UNC Libraries. This dissemination pattern reflects a consistent focus on oncology and molecular biology topics across a range of respected journals.

Michael D. Taylor's recent publications include:

  • Integrated Molecular and Clinical Analysis of 1,000 Pediatric Low-Grade Gliomas, 2020, Cancer Cell
  • Roadmap for the Emerging Field of Cancer Neuroscience, 2020, Cell
  • Locoregional delivery of CAR T cells to the cerebrospinal fluid for treatment of metastatic medulloblastoma and ependymoma, 2020, Nature Medicine
  • Histone H3.3G34-Mutant Interneuron Progenitors Co-opt PDGFRA for Gliomagenesis, 2020, Cell
  • K27M in canonical and noncanonical H3 variants occurs in distinct oligodendroglial cell lineages in brain midline gliomas, 2022, Nature Genetics

Collaborations form an important part of their research, with frequent co-authorship involving several scientists. The most frequent collaborators include Vijay Ramaswamy, Éric Bouffet, Peter B. Dirks, Cynthia Hawkins, and Nada Jabado, reflecting ongoing partnerships in their areas of study.

Best Publications

  • DNA methylation-based classification of central nervous system tumours

    David Capper;David Capper;David Capper;David T. W. Jones;Martin Sill;Volker Hovestadt

  • International network of cancer genome projects

    Thomas J. Hudson;Thomas J. Hudson;Warwick Anderson;Axel Aretz;Anna D. Barker

  • Hotspot mutations in H3F3A and IDH1 define distinct epigenetic and biological subgroups of glioblastoma.

    Dominik Sturm;Hendrik Witt;Hendrik Witt;Volker Hovestadt;Dong Anh Khuong-Quang

  • Molecular Subgroups of Medulloblastoma: The Current Consensus

    Michael D. Taylor;Paul A. Northcott;Andrey Korshunov;Marc Remke;Marc Remke

  • Medulloblastoma Comprises Four Distinct Molecular Variants

    Paul A. Northcott;Andrey Korshunov;Hendrik Witt;Thomas Hielscher

  • Neurodegeneration prevented by lentiviral vector delivery of GDNF in primate models of Parkinson's disease.

    Jeffrey H. Kordower;Marina E. Emborg;Jocelyne Bloch;Shuang Y. Ma

  • Intertumoral Heterogeneity within Medulloblastoma Subgroups

    Florence M.G. Cavalli;Marc Remke;Marc Remke;Marc Remke;Ladislav Rampasek;John Peacock

  • Molecular subgroups of medulloblastoma: an international meta-analysis of transcriptome, genetic aberrations, and clinical data of WNT, SHH, Group 3, and Group 4 medulloblastomas

    Marcel Kool;Andrey Korshunov;Marc Remke;Marc Remke;David T.W. Jones

  • Molecular Classification of Ependymal Tumors across All CNS Compartments, Histopathological Grades, and Age Groups

    Kristian W. Pajtler;Kristian W. Pajtler;Hendrik Witt;Martin Sill;David T.W. Jones

  • Subgroup-specific structural variation across 1,000 medulloblastoma genomes

    Paul A. Northcott;Paul A. Northcott;David J.H. Shih;John Peacock;Livia Garzia

  • Mutations in SUFU predispose to medulloblastoma

    Michael D. Taylor;Ling Liu;Corey Raffel;Chi-chung Hui

  • The whole-genome landscape of medulloblastoma subtypes

    Paul A. Northcott;Paul A. Northcott;Ivo Buchhalter;Ivo Buchhalter;A. Sorana Morrissy;Volker Hovestadt

  • New Brain Tumor Entities Emerge from Molecular Classification of CNS-PNETs

    Dominik Sturm;Dominik Sturm;Brent A. Orr;Umut H. Toprak;Volker Hovestadt

  • Radial glia cells are candidate stem cells of ependymoma

    Michael D. Taylor;Helen Poppleton;Christine Fuller;Xiaoping Su

  • Dissecting the genomic complexity underlying medulloblastoma

    David T. W. Jones;Natalie Jäger;Marcel Kool;Thomas Zichner

  • Genome Sequencing of Pediatric Medulloblastoma Links Catastrophic DNA Rearrangements with TP53 Mutations

    Tobias Rausch;David T.W. Jones;Marc Zapatka;Adrian M. Stütz

  • Medulloblastoma exome sequencing uncovers subtype-specific somatic mutations

    Trevor J Pugh;Trevor J Pugh;Shyamal Dilhan Weeraratne;Shyamal Dilhan Weeraratne;Tenley C. Archer;Tenley C. Archer;Daniel A. Pomeranz Krummel

  • Immune Checkpoint Inhibition for Hypermutant Glioblastoma Multiforme Resulting From Germline Biallelic Mismatch Repair Deficiency

    Eric Bouffet;Valérie Larouche;Brittany B. Campbell;Daniele Merico

  • Recurrent somatic alterations of FGFR1 and NTRK2 in pilocytic astrocytoma

    David T W Jones;Barbara Hutter;Natalie Jäger;Andrey Korshunov;Andrey Korshunov

  • The Genetic Landscape of the Childhood Cancer Medulloblastoma

    D. Williams Parsons;D. Williams Parsons;Meng Li;Xiaosong Zhang;Siân Jones

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan M. Pfister
Stefan M. Pfister German Cancer Research Center
Vijay Ramaswamy
Vijay Ramaswamy University of Toronto
Marc Remke
Marc Remke German Cancer Research Center
Paul A. Northcott
Paul A. Northcott St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Eric Bouffet
Eric Bouffet University of Toronto
Andrey Korshunov
Andrey Korshunov German Cancer Research Center
Cynthia Hawkins
Cynthia Hawkins University of Toronto
James T. Rutka
James T. Rutka University of Toronto
Marcel Kool
Marcel Kool German Cancer Research Center
Peter B. Dirks
Peter B. Dirks University of Toronto

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