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Niko Beerenwinkel

Niko Beerenwinkel

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Biology and Biochemistry
Switzerland
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
75
Citations
24864
World Ranking
5241
National Ranking
102

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Niko Beerenwinkel is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and specializes in research at the intersection of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their academic contributions span key areas such as cancer genomics, single-cell transcriptomics, infectious diseases, and bioinformatics.

Their work encompasses various main fields of study including:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Within these domains, they have contributed to several subfields like:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cancer Research
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Genetics
  • Hematology

Niko Beerenwinkel's research addresses a number of prominent topics, specifically:

  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Gene expression and cancer classification
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics

Their recent publications include the following works:

  • Eleven grand challenges in single-cell data science, 2020, Genome biology
  • Clonal evolution of acute myeloid leukemia revealed by high-throughput single-cell genomics, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Genome-Scale CRISPR Screening in Human Intestinal Organoids Identifies Drivers of TGF-β Resistance, 2020, Cell stem cell
  • LifeTime and improving European healthcare through cell-based interceptive medicine, 2020, Nature
  • Early detection and surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 genomic variants in wastewater using COJAC, 2022, Nature Microbiology

The frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Beerenwinkel include:

  • Jack Kuipers
  • Katharina Jahn
  • Ivan Topolsky
  • Christian Beisel
  • Charlotte K.Y. Ng

Their publications have appeared repeatedly in select scientific venues, highlighting consistent contributions to the literature. Notable publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Bioinformatics
  • Nature Communications
  • PLoS Computational Biology
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Best Publications

  • ROCR: visualizing classifier performance in R

    Tobias Sing;Oliver Sander;Niko Beerenwinkel;Thomas Lengauer

  • Eleven grand challenges in single-cell data science

    David Lähnemann;David Lähnemann;Johannes Köster;Johannes Köster;Ewa Szczurek;Davis J. McCarthy;Davis J. McCarthy

  • Comparative lesion sequencing provides insights into tumor evolution

    Siân Jones;Wei Dong Chen;Wei Dong Chen;Giovanni Parmigiani;Frank Diehl

  • Neutrophils escort circulating tumour cells to enable cell cycle progression

    Barbara Maria Szczerba;Francesc Castro-Giner;Francesc Castro-Giner;Marcus Vetter;Ilona Krol

  • Genetic progression and the waiting time to cancer

    Niko Beerenwinkel;Tibor Antal;David Dingli;Arne Traulsen

  • Microbiome interactions shape host fitness.

    Alison L. Gould;Vivian Zhang;Lisa Lamberti;Lisa Lamberti;Eric W. Jones

  • From hype to reality: data science enabling personalized medicine

    Holger Fröhlich;Rudi Balling;Niko Beerenwinkel;Oliver Kohlbacher

  • Cancer Evolution: Mathematical Models and Computational Inference

    Niko Beerenwinkel;Niko Beerenwinkel;Roland F. Schwarz;Moritz Gerstung;Florian Markowetz

  • Geno2pheno: estimating phenotypic drug resistance from HIV-1 genotypes

    Niko Beerenwinkel;Martin Däumer;Mark Oette;Klaus Korn

  • The Common Gut Microbe Eubacterium hallii also Contributes to Intestinal Propionate Formation

    Christina Engels;Hans-Joachim Ruscheweyh;Hans-Joachim Ruscheweyh;Niko Beerenwinkel;Niko Beerenwinkel;Christophe Lacroix

  • ShoRAH: estimating the genetic diversity of a mixed sample from next-generation sequencing data

    Osvaldo Zagordi;Osvaldo Zagordi;Arnab Bhattacharya;Nicholas Eriksson;Niko Beerenwinkel;Niko Beerenwinkel

  • Tree Inference for Single-Cell Data.

    Katharina Jahn;Jack Kuipers;Niko Beerenwinkel

  • Diversity and complexity of HIV-1 drug resistance: a bioinformatics approach to predicting phenotype from genotype

    Niko Beerenwinkel;Barbara Schmidt;Hauke Walter;Rolf Kaiser

  • Reliable detection of subclonal single-nucleotide variants in tumour cell populations

    Moritz Gerstung;Christian Beisel;Markus Rechsteiner;Peter Wild

  • Viral Population Estimation Using Pyrosequencing

    Nicholas Eriksson;Lior Pachter;Yumi Mitsuya;Soo-Yon Rhee

  • Clonal evolution of acute myeloid leukemia revealed by high-throughput single-cell genomics.

    Kiyomi Morita;Kiyomi Morita;Feng Wang;Katharina Jahn;Katharina Jahn;Tianyuan Hu

  • Challenges and opportunities in estimating viral genetic diversity from next-generation sequencing data

    Niko Beerenwinkel;Niko Beerenwinkel;Huldrych F. Günthard;Volker Roth;Karin J. Metzner

  • Error correction of next-generation sequencing data and reliable estimation of HIV quasispecies

    Osvaldo Zagordi;Rolf Klein;Martin Däumer;Niko Beerenwinkel

  • Predicting HIV coreceptor usage on the basis of genetic and clinical covariates

    To Bias Sing;Andrew J. Low;Niko Beerenwinkel;Oliver Sander

  • Ultra-deep sequencing for the analysis of viral populations

    Niko Beerenwinkel;Osvaldo Zagordi;Osvaldo Zagordi

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Lengauer
Thomas Lengauer Max Planck Institute for Informatics
Rolf Kaiser
Rolf Kaiser University of Cologne
Joachim Selbig
Joachim Selbig Max Planck Society
Moritz Gerstung
Moritz Gerstung German Cancer Research Center
Huldrych F. Günthard
Huldrych F. Günthard University of Zurich
Karin J. Metzner
Karin J. Metzner University of Zurich
Volker Roth
Volker Roth University of Basel
Holger Moch
Holger Moch University of Zurich
Matthias Cavassini
Matthias Cavassini University of Lausanne

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