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Overview

Olivier Delaneau is affiliated with the University of Lausanne in Switzerland and focuses primarily on research in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work largely centers on genetics, with significant contributions to molecular biology, cancer research, epidemiology, and paleontology.

The scientist has produced a substantial number of publications, totaling 132 in their primary areas of study. Their research spans several key topics, including:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Forensic and Genetic Research
  • Gene expression and cancer classification
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Frequent publication venues where Olivier Delaneau's work appears include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Genetics
  • Nature Communications
  • Communications Biology
  • Nature

Selected recent papers highlight ongoing research themes and methodologies. These include:

  • "Efficient phasing and imputation of low-coverage sequencing data using large reference panels," 2021, Nature Genetics
  • "Genotype imputation using the Positional Burrows Wheeler Transform," 2020, PLoS Genetics
  • "Accurate rare variant phasing of whole-genome and whole-exome sequencing data in the UK Biobank," 2023, Nature Genetics
  • "Differentially expressed genes reflect disease-induced rather than disease-causing changes in the transcriptome," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Imputation of low-coverage sequencing data from 150,119 UK Biobank genomes," 2023, Nature Genetics

Frequent collaborators in Olivier Delaneau's research projects include:

  • Simone Rubinacci
  • Diogo M. Ribeiro
  • Robin J. Hofmeister
  • Bárbara Sousa da Mota
  • Anna-Sapfo Malaspinas

Best Publications

  • A global reference for human genetic variation.

    Adam Auton;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David M. Altshuler;Richard M. Durbin

  • An integrated map of genetic variation from 1,092 human genomes

    Goncalo R Abecasis;Adam Auton;Lisa D Brooks

  • The UK Biobank resource with deep phenotyping and genomic data

    Clare Bycroft;Colin Freeman;Desislava Petkova;Desislava Petkova;Gavin Band

  • A reference panel of 64,976 haplotypes for genotype imputation

    Shane McCarthy;Sayantan Das;Warren Kretzschmar;Olivier Delaneau

  • Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes

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

  • A linear complexity phasing method for thousands of genomes

    Olivier Delaneau;Jonathan Marchini;Jean-François Zagury

  • Improved whole-chromosome phasing for disease and population genetic studies.

    Olivier Delaneau;Jean-Francois Zagury;Jonathan Marchini;Jonathan Marchini

  • The Allelic Landscape of Human Blood Cell Trait Variation and Links to Common Complex Disease

    William J. Astle;Heather Elding;Heather Elding;Tao Jiang;Dave Allen

  • Exploring the phenotypic consequences of tissue specific gene expression variation inferred from GWAS summary statistics.

    Alvaro N. Barbeira;Scott P. Dickinson;Rodrigo Bonazzola;Jiamao Zheng

  • A global reference for human genetic variation

    Adam Auton;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David M. Altshuler;Richard M. Durbin

  • Genome-wide genetic data on ~500,000 UK Biobank participants

    C Bycroft;C Freeman;D Petkova

  • A General Approach for Haplotype Phasing across the Full Spectrum of Relatedness

    Jared O'Connell;Deepti Gurdasani;Olivier Delaneau;Nicola Pirastu

  • Fast and efficient QTL mapper for thousands of molecular phenotypes

    Halit Ongen;Alfonso Buil;Andrew Anand Brown;Emmanouil T. Dermitzakis

  • Accurate, scalable and integrative haplotype estimation.

    Olivier Delaneau;Jean-François Zagury;Matthew Richard Robinson;Matthew Richard Robinson;Jonathan L. Marchini

  • Novel insights into the genetics of smoking behaviour, lung function, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (UK BiLEVE): a genetic association study in UK Biobank

    Louise V Wain;Nick Shrine;Suzanne Miller;Victoria E Jackson

  • Integrating sequence and array data to create an improved 1000 Genomes Project haplotype reference panel

    Olivier Delaneau;Jonathan Marchini

  • Haplotype Estimation Using Sequencing Reads

    Olivier Delaneau;Bryan Howie;Anthony J. Cox;Jean-François Zagury

  • A complete tool set for molecular QTL discovery and analysis.

    Olivier Delaneau;Halit Ongen;Halit Ongen;Andrew A Brown;Andrew A Brown;Alexandre Fort

  • Efficient phasing and imputation of low-coverage sequencing data using large reference panels.

    Simone Rubinacci;Diogo M Ribeiro;Diogo M Ribeiro;Robin J Hofmeister;Robin J Hofmeister;Olivier Delaneau;Olivier Delaneau

  • Genomewide Association Study of an AIDS-Nonprogression Cohort Emphasizes the Role Played by HLA Genes (ANRS Genomewide Association Study 02)

    Sophie Limou;Sigrid Le Clerc;Sigrid Le Clerc;Cédric Coulonges;Cédric Coulonges;Wassila Carpentier

Frequent Co-Authors

Emmanouil T. Dermitzakis
Emmanouil T. Dermitzakis University of Geneva
Jean-François Zagury
Jean-François Zagury heSam Université
Jonathan Marchini
Jonathan Marchini Regeneron (United States)
Andrew A. Brown
Andrew A. Brown University of Geneva
Philippe Froguel
Philippe Froguel Imperial College London
Zoltán Kutalik
Zoltán Kutalik University of Lausanne
Paul Flicek
Paul Flicek The Jackson Laboratory
Stylianos E. Antonarakis
Stylianos E. Antonarakis University of Geneva
Carlos Bustamante
Carlos Bustamante Stanford University

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