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Michael S. Lawrence

Michael S. Lawrence

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
138
Citations
236994
World Ranking
287
National Ranking
195

Medicine

D-Index
138
Citations
236852
World Ranking
1780
National Ranking
1018

Overview

Michael S. Lawrence is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant work in Medicine. Within these broad areas, their subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Genetics.

Their research topics cover various aspects of cancer and molecular processes. These include:

  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Head and Neck Cancer Studies
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations

Michael S. Lawrence has authored a number of papers with notable recent publications such as:

  • The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancer (2020, Nature)
  • Analyses of non-coding somatic drivers in 2,658 cancer whole genomes (2020, Nature)
  • Integrative pathway enrichment analysis of multivariate omics data (2020, Nature Communications)
  • MET Alterations Are a Recurring and Actionable Resistance Mechanism in ALK-Positive Lung Cancer (2020, Clinical Cancer Research)
  • Cancer LncRNA Census reveals evidence for deep functional conservation of long noncoding RNAs in tumorigenesis (2020, Communications Biology)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Michael S. Lawrence include:

  • Gad Getz
  • Adam Langenbucher
  • Jaegil Kim
  • Ethan Winer
  • Nicholas J. Haradhvala

The scientist's publications often appear in high-impact venues with multiple contributions to:

  • Cancer Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Clinical Cancer Research
  • UNC Libraries

In addition to research articles, Michael S. Lawrence has contributed to book publications, including a title titled The Audio Expert scheduled for 2025 release by Focal Press eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Comprehensive molecular portraits of human breast tumours

    Daniel C. Koboldt;Robert S. Fulton;Michael D. McLellan;Heather Schmidt

  • Integrated Genomic Analysis Identifies Clinically Relevant Subtypes of Glioblastoma Characterized by Abnormalities in PDGFRA, IDH1, EGFR, and NF1

    Roel G. W. Verhaak;Katherine A. Hoadley;Elizabeth Purdom;Victoria Wang

  • The cancer genome atlas pan-cancer analysis project

    John N Weinstein;John N Weinstein;Eric A. Collisson;Gordon B Mills;Kenna R Mills Shaw;Kenna R Mills Shaw

  • Comprehensive molecular characterization of human colon and rectal cancer

    Donna M. Muzny;Matthew N. Bainbridge;Kyle Chang;Huyen H. Dinh

  • Integrated genomic analyses of ovarian carcinoma

    D. Bell;A. Berchuck;M. Birrer;J. Chien

  • Comprehensive genomic characterization defines human glioblastoma genes and core pathways

    Roger McLendon;Allan Friedman;Darrell Bigner;Erwin G. Van Meir

  • Mutational heterogeneity in cancer and the search for new cancer-associated genes

    Michael S. Lawrence;Petar Stojanov;Petar Stojanov;Paz Polak;Paz Polak;Paz Polak;Gregory V. Kryukov;Gregory V. Kryukov;Gregory V. Kryukov

  • Comprehensive molecular characterization of gastric adenocarcinoma

    Adam J. Bass;Vesteinn Thorsson;Ilya Shmulevich;Sheila M. Reynolds

  • Integrated genomic characterization of endometrial carcinoma

    Gad Getz;Stacey B. Gabriel;Kristian Cibulskis;Eric Lander

  • Comprehensive molecular profiling of lung adenocarcinoma: The cancer genome atlas research network

    Eric A. Collisson;Joshua D. Campbell;Angela N. Brooks;Angela N. Brooks;Alice H. Berger

  • Sensitive detection of somatic point mutations in impure and heterogeneous cancer samples

    Kristian Cibulskis;Michael S Lawrence;Scott L Carter;Andrey Sivachenko

  • Comprehensive genomic characterization of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas

    Michael S. Lawrence;Carrie Sougnez;Lee Lichtenstein;Kristian Cibulskis

  • The Immune Landscape of Cancer

    Vésteinn Thorsson;David L Gibbs;Scott D Brown;Denise Wolf

  • The landscape of somatic copy-number alteration across human cancers

    Rameen Beroukhim;Craig H. Mermel;Craig H. Mermel;Dale Porter;Guo Wei

  • Comprehensivemolecular characterization of clear cell renal cell carcinoma

    Chad J. Creighton;Margaret Morgan;Preethi H. Gunaratne;Preethi H. Gunaratne;David A. Wheeler

  • Comprehensive genomic characterization of squamous cell lung cancers

    Peter S. Hammerman;Doug Voet;Michael S. Lawrence;Douglas Voet

  • Comprehensive molecular characterization of urothelial bladder carcinoma

    John N Weinstein;Rehan Akbani;Bradley McIntosh Broom;Wenyi Wang

  • Orchestrating high-throughput genomic analysis with Bioconductor

    Wolfgang Huber;Vincent J Carey;Robert Gentleman;Simon Anders

  • The Cancer Genome Atlas Pan-Cancer analysis project

    Kyle Chang;Chad J Creighton;Caleb Davis;Lawrence Donehower

  • Integrated genomic analyses of ovarian carcinoma

    D. Bell;A. Berchuck;M. Birrer;J. Chien

Frequent Co-Authors

Gad Getz
Gad Getz Broad Institute
Matthew Meyerson
Matthew Meyerson Harvard University
Eric S. Lander
Eric S. Lander Broad Institute
Stacey Gabriel
Stacey Gabriel Broad Institute
Kristian Cibulskis
Kristian Cibulskis Broad Institute
Scott L. Carter
Scott L. Carter Harvard University
Todd R. Golub
Todd R. Golub Harvard University
Levi A. Garraway
Levi A. Garraway Roche (United States)
Rameen Beroukhim
Rameen Beroukhim Harvard University
Carrie Sougnez
Carrie Sougnez Broad Institute

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