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  • 2008 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Michael R. Stratton is affiliated with the Wellcome Sanger Institute in the United Kingdom, with a primary focus on research areas encompassing biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions also in the field of medicine.

Their work spans several main and subfields of study, including:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

  • Cancer Research
  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Their research topics cover a wide range of subjects related to cancer and genomics such as:

  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Veterinary Oncology Research
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases

Some of their most recent published papers include:

  • The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancer, 2020, Nature
  • Mapping the temporal and spatial dynamics of the human endometrium in vivo and in vitro, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Somatic mutation landscapes at single-molecule resolution, 2021, Nature
  • Tobacco smoking and somatic mutations in human bronchial epithelium, 2020, Nature
  • The mutational landscape of normal human endometrial epithelium, 2020, Nature

Frequent co-authors working alongside Michael R. Stratton include:

  • Iñigo Martincorena
  • Peter J. Campbell
  • Tim Coorens
  • Ludmil B. Alexandrov
  • Sarah Moody

The primary venues where this scientist has published work are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • Nature Genetics
  • Cancer Research
  • Nature Communications

Michael R. Stratton has received several recognitions including:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, 2008
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Best Publications

  • Mutations of the BRAF gene in human cancer

    Helen Davies;Graham R. Bignell;Charles Cox;Philip Stephens

  • Signatures of mutational processes in human cancer

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

  • Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls

    Paul R. Burton;David G. Clayton;Lon R. Cardon;Nick Craddock

  • Identification of the breast cancer susceptibility gene BRCA2

    Wooster R;Bignell G;Lancaster J;Swift S

  • The cancer genome

    Michael R. Stratton;Michael R. Stratton;Peter J. Campbell;Peter J. Campbell;P. Andrew Futreal

  • Genetic Heterogeneity and Penetrance Analysis of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 Genes in Breast Cancer Families

    D Ford;D F Easton;M Stratton;S Narod

  • A census of human cancer genes

    P. Andrew Futreal;Lachlan Coin;Mhairi Marshall;Thomas Down

  • Patterns of somatic mutation in human cancer genomes

    Christopher Greenman;Philip Stephens;Raffaella Smith;Gillian L. Dalgliesh

  • Genomics of Drug Sensitivity in Cancer (GDSC): a resource for therapeutic biomarker discovery in cancer cells

    Wanjuan Yang;Jorge Soares;Patricia Greninger;Elena J. Edelman

  • Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes

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

  • The Repertoire of Mutational Signatures in Human Cancer

    Ludmil B Alexandrov;Jaegil Kim;Nicholas J Haradhvala;Nicholas J Haradhvala;Mi Ni Huang

  • Genome-wide association study identifies novel breast cancer susceptibility loci

    Douglas F. Easton;Karen A. Pooley;Alison M. Dunning;Paul D. P. Pharoah

  • Systematic identification of genomic markers of drug sensitivity in cancer cells

    Mathew J. Garnett;Elena J. Edelman;Sonja J. Heidorn;Christopher Greenman;Christopher Greenman

  • Localization of a breast cancer susceptibility gene, BRCA2, to chromosome 13q12-13

    Richard Wooster;Susan L. Neuhausen;Jonathan Mangion;Yvette Quirk

  • COSMIC: mining complete cancer genomes in the Catalogue of Somatic Mutations in Cancer.

    Simon A. Forbes;Nidhi Bindal;Sally Bamford;Charlotte Cole

  • COSMIC: exploring the world's knowledge of somatic mutations in human cancer

    Simon A. Forbes;David Beare;Prasad Gunasekaran;Kenric Leung

  • Massive Genomic Rearrangement Acquired in a Single Catastrophic Event during Cancer Development

    Philip J. Stephens;Chris D. Greenman;Beiyuan Fu;Fengtang Yang

  • Prospective Derivation of a Living Organoid Biobank of Colorectal Cancer Patients

    Marc van de Wetering;Hayley E. Francies;Joshua M. Francis;Joshua M. Francis;Gergana Bounova

  • International network of cancer genome projects

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

  • Landscape of somatic mutations in 560 breast cancer whole-genome sequences

    Serena Nik-Zainal;Serena Nik-Zainal;Helen Davies;Johan Staaf;Manasa Ramakrishna

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter J. Campbell
Peter J. Campbell Wellcome Sanger Institute
Jon W. Teague
Jon W. Teague Wellcome Sanger Institute
Peter Van Loo
Peter Van Loo The Francis Crick Institute
Patrick S. Tarpey
Patrick S. Tarpey Wellcome Sanger Institute
Ludmil B. Alexandrov
Ludmil B. Alexandrov University of California, San Diego
P. Andrew Futreal
P. Andrew Futreal The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Keiran Raine
Keiran Raine Wellcome Sanger Institute
Adam Butler
Adam Butler Wellcome Sanger Institute
Douglas F. Easton
Douglas F. Easton University of Cambridge
Graham R. Bignell
Graham R. Bignell Wellcome Sanger Institute

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