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2026

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Genetics

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139
Citations
74160
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190
National Ranking
99

Medicine

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Citations
89379
World Ranking
1156
National Ranking
667

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award

Overview

Nicholas J. Schork is affiliated with the Translational Genomics Research Institute in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions also in medicine.

The scientist's work is prominently focused on the following research topics:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism

Their primary fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Subfields actively covered are:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Physiology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Epidemiology

The scientist's research has been published frequently in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • Cancer Research
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Nature Communications

Recent published papers include:

  • "Early-stage multi-cancer detection using an extracellular vesicle protein-based blood test," 2022, Communications Medicine
  • "Soluble α-synuclein-antibody complexes activate the NLRP3 inflammasome in hiPSC-derived microglia," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Distinct longevity mechanisms across and within species and their association with aging," 2023, Cell
  • "Transcriptomic evidence that von Economo neurons are regionally specialized extratelencephalic-projecting excitatory neurons," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Comparative transcriptomics reveals circadian and pluripotency networks as two pillars of longevity regulation," 2022, Cell Metabolism

Frequent co-authors working alongside Nicholas J. Schork include:

  • Agnes P. Chan
  • Janith Don
  • Laura H. Goetz
  • Jeremy A. Elman
  • Sara A. Byron

Best Publications

  • Genetic dissection of complex traits

    Eric S. Lander;Nicholas J. Schork

  • Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs

    S. Hong Lee;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Stephen V. Faraone

  • Family income, parental education and brain structure in children and adolescents

    Kimberly G. Noble;Suzanne M. Houston;Natalie H Brito;Hauke Bartsch

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 30 loci associated with bipolar disorder

    Eli A. Stahl;Eli A. Stahl;Gerome Breen;Andreas J. Forstner;Andrew McQuillin

  • Identification of ALK as a major familial neuroblastoma predisposition gene

    Yaël P. Mossé;Marci Laudenslager;Luca Longo;Kristina A. Cole

  • Standard- vs high-dose clopidogrel based on platelet function testing after percutaneous coronary intervention: the GRAVITAS randomized trial.

    Matthew J. Price;Peter B. Berger;Paul S. Teirstein;Jean-François Tanguay

  • Large-scale genome-wide association analysis of bipolar disorder identifies a new susceptibility locus near ODZ4

    Pamela Sklar;Pamela Sklar;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Laura J. Scott;Ole A. Andreassen

  • Standard- vs High-Dose Clopidogrel Based on Platelet Function Testing After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

    Matthew J. Price;Peter B. Berger;Paul S. Teirstein;Dominick J. Angiolillo

  • Human genetic variation and its contribution to complex traits.

    Kelly A. Frazer;Sarah S. Murray;Nicholas J. Schork;Eric J. Topol

  • Personalized medicine: Time for one-person trials

    Nicholas J. Schork

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa

    Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Zeynep Yilmaz;Laura M. Thornton;Christopher Hübel;Christopher Hübel

  • Gut Microbiome-Based Metagenomic Signature for Non-invasive Detection of Advanced Fibrosis in Human Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

    Rohit Loomba;Victor Seguritan;Weizhong Li;Tao Long

  • The Cardiac Mechanical Stretch Sensor Machinery Involves a Z Disc Complex that Is Defective in a Subset of Human Dilated Cardiomyopathy

    Ralph Knöll;Masahiko Hoshijima;Hal M. Hoffman;Veronika Person

  • Histopathology of pediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

    Jeffrey B. Schwimmer;Jeffrey B. Schwimmer;Cynthia Behling;Robert Newbury;Reena Deutsch

  • Common vs. rare allele hypotheses for complex diseases.

    Nicholas J Schork;Sarah S Murray;Kelly A Frazer;Eric J Topol

  • The n-of-1 clinical trial: the ultimate strategy for individualizing medicine?

    Elizabeth O Lillie;Bradley Patay;Joel Diamant;Brian Issell

  • Evaluation of next generation sequencing platforms for population targeted sequencing studies

    Olivier Harismendy;Pauline C Ng;Robert L Strausberg;Xiaoyun Wang

  • Psychiatric genome-wide association study analyses implicate neuronal, immune and histone pathways

    Colm O'Dushlaine;Lizzy Rossin;Phil H. Lee;Laramie Duncan;Laramie Duncan

  • Transgenerational epigenetic instability is a source of novel methylation variants

    Robert J. Schmitz;Matthew D. Schultz;Matthew D. Schultz;Mathew G. Lewsey;Ronan C. O’Malley

  • Genetic dissection of complex traits.

    John S. Witte;Robert C. Elston;Nicholas J. Schork

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel T. O'Connor
Daniel T. O'Connor University of California, San Diego
Sarah S. Murray
Sarah S. Murray University of California, San Diego
Caroline M. Nievergelt
Caroline M. Nievergelt University of California, San Diego
Eric J. Topol
Eric J. Topol Scripps Research Institute
Erin N. Smith
Erin N. Smith University of California, San Diego
Ali Torkamani
Ali Torkamani Scripps Health
John R. Kelsoe
John R. Kelsoe University of California, San Diego
John I. Nurnberger
John I. Nurnberger Indiana University
Sven Cichon
Sven Cichon University of Basel
Stephan Ripke
Stephan Ripke Massachusetts General Hospital

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