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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Murat Gunel is affiliated with Yale University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research intersecting medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans primary fields such as Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with specific subfields including Neurology, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Genetics, and Surgery.

Their research focuses on several main topics, notably:

  • Meningioma and schwannoma management
  • Neurofibromatosis and Schwannoma Cases
  • Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications
  • Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments
  • Head and Neck Surgical Oncology
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

Murat Gunel's frequent co-authors include:

  • Jennifer Moliterno
  • E. Zeynep Erson-Omay
  • Tanyeri Barak
  • Danielle Miyagishima
  • Kanat Yalcin

Their recent publications feature a range of topics related to neurology and molecular biology with notable papers such as:

  • Neuroinvasion of SARS-CoV-2 in human and mouse brain, 2020, The Journal of Experimental Medicine
  • Neuroinvasion of SARS-CoV-2 in human and mouse brain, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Associations of meningioma molecular subgroup and tumor recurrence, 2020, Neuro-Oncology
  • Exome sequencing implicates genetic disruption of prenatal neuro-gliogenesis in sporadic congenital hydrocephalus, 2020, Nature Medicine
  • The choroid plexus links innate immunity to CSF dysregulation in hydrocephalus, 2023, Cell

Publications by Murat Gunel have appeared most frequently in journals such as:

  • Neuro-Oncology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Stroke
  • Neurosurgery
  • Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B Skull Base

Murat Gunel has been recognized with awards including membership in the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) since 2015.

Best Publications

  • De novo mutations revealed by whole-exome sequencing are strongly associated with autism

    Stephan J. Sanders;Michael T. Murtha;Abha R. Gupta;John D. Murdoch

  • Correction: Author Correction: Integrated genomic analyses of de novo pathways underlying atypical meningiomas

    Akdes Serin Harmancı;Mark W. Youngblood;Victoria E. Clark;Süleyman Coşkun

  • Human hypertension caused by mutations in WNK kinases

    Frederick H. Wilson;Sandra Disse-Nicodème;Keith A. Choate;Kazuhiko Ishikawa

  • Multiple Recurrent De Novo CNVs, Including Duplications of the 7q11.23 Williams Syndrome Region, Are Strongly Associated with Autism

    Stephan J. Sanders;A. Gulhan Ercan-Sencicek;Vanessa Hus;Rui Luo

  • Sequence variants in SLITRK1 are associated with Tourette's syndrome.

    Jesse F. Abelson;Kenneth Y. Kwan;Brian J. O'Roak;Danielle Y. Baek

  • Neuroinvasion of SARS-CoV-2 in human and mouse brain.

    Eric Song;Ce Zhang;Benjamin Israelow;Alice Lu-Culligan

  • Genomic Analysis of Non-NF2 Meningiomas Reveals Mutations in TRAF7, KLF4, AKT1, and SMO

    Victoria E. Clark;E. Zeynep Erson-Omay;Akdes Serin;Jun Yin

  • The Genetic Basis of Mendelian Phenotypes: Discoveries, Challenges, and Opportunities

    Jessica X. Chong;Kati J. Buckingham;Shalini N. Jhangiani;Corinne Boehm

  • Genome-wide association study identifies susceptibility loci for IgA nephropathy

    Ali G Gharavi;Krzysztof Kiryluk;Murim Choi;Yifu Li

  • Molecular Cytogenetic Analysis and Resequencing of Contactin Associated Protein-Like 2 in Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Betul Bakkaloglu;Betul Bakkaloglu;Brian J. O'Roak;Angeliki Louvi;Abha R. Gupta

  • Whole-exome sequencing identifies recessive WDR62 mutations in severe brain malformations

    Kaya Bilgüvar;Ali Kemal Oztürk;Angeliki Louvi;Kenneth Y Kwan

  • Exome sequencing links corticospinal motor neuron disease to common neurodegenerative disorders.

    Gaia Novarino;Ali G. Fenstermaker;Maha S. Zaki;Matan Hofree

  • 2-Hydroxyglutarate produced by neomorphic IDH mutations suppresses homologous recombination and induces PARP inhibitor sensitivity.

    Parker L. Sulkowski;Christopher D. Corso;Nathaniel D. Robinson;Susan E. Scanlon

  • An international effort towards developing standards for best practices in analysis, interpretation and reporting of clinical genome sequencing results in the CLARITY Challenge.

    Catherine A. Brownstein;Alan H. Beggs;Nils Homer;Barry Merriman

  • L-histidine decarboxylase and Tourette's syndrome.

    A. Gulhan Ercan-Sencicek;Althea A. Stillman;Ananda K. Ghosh;Kaya Bilguvar

  • Multilocus linkage identifies two new loci for a mendelian form of stroke, cerebral cavernous malformation, at 7p15–13 and 3q25.2–27

    H. D. Craig;M. Günel;M. Günel;O. Cepeda;E. W. Johnson

  • Genome-wide association study of intracranial aneurysm identifies three new risk loci

    Katsuhito Yasuno;Kaya Bilguvar;Philippe Bijlenga;Siew Kee Low

  • Recurrent somatic mutations in POLR2A define a distinct subset of meningiomas

    Victoria E Clark;Akdes Serin Harmancı;Hanwen Bai;Mark W Youngblood

  • Inflammation-dependent cerebrospinal fluid hypersecretion by the choroid plexus epithelium in posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus

    Jason K Karimy;Jinwei Zhang;Jinwei Zhang;David B Kurland;Brianna Carusillo Theriault

  • Integrated genomic analyses of de novo pathways underlying atypical meningiomas.

    Akdes Serin Harmancı;Mark W. Youngblood;Victoria E. Clark;Süleyman Coşkun

Frequent Co-Authors

Kaya Bilguvar
Kaya Bilguvar Yale University
Richard P. Lifton
Richard P. Lifton Rockefeller University
Shrikant Mane
Shrikant Mane Yale University
Matthew W. State
Matthew W. State University of California, San Francisco
Angeliki Louvi
Angeliki Louvi Yale University
Joseph G. Gleeson
Joseph G. Gleeson University of California, San Diego
Kristopher T. Kahle
Kristopher T. Kahle Yale University
Maha S. Zaki
Maha S. Zaki National Research Centre, Egypt
Nenad Sestan
Nenad Sestan Yale University
Akiko Iwasaki
Akiko Iwasaki Yale University

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