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Patricia C. M. O’Brien

Patricia C. M. O’Brien

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9417
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16237
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Overview

Patricia C. M. O'Brien is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and has contributed to research primarily within the Social Sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Sociology and Political Science, Education, General Health Professions, Finance, and Genetics.

The researcher's publications focus extensively on topics such as Healthcare innovation and challenges, Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism, Genetic diversity and population structure, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Elder Abuse and Neglect, and Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes.

O'Brien's recent papers include:

  • Chromosomal Evolution in the Phylogenetic Context: A Remarkable Karyotype Reorganization in Neotropical Parrot Myiopsitta monachus (Psittacidae), 2020, Frontiers in Genetics
  • Accommodating adults with intellectual disabilities and high support needs in Individual Supported Living arrangements, 2022, AHURI Final Report
  • Abandoning 'a Lifetime of Habits' to Avoid the 'Sins of the Past', 2022, International Journal of Disability and Social Justice
  • The Relationship Between Personal Wellbeing, Choice and NDIS Individualised Planning and Support for People With Intellectual Disabilities, 2025, Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
  • SAFETY USHERSS: A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVE ON UTILIZING THE SAFETY HUDDLE TO EMPOWER RESIDENTS AS SAFETY STEWARDS (USHERSS), 2025, Academic Pediatrics

Frequent coauthors in their body of work include Mary-Ann O'Donovan, Vivienne Riches, Trevor R. Parmenter, Gisselle Gallego, and Ivanete de Oliveira Furo.

O'Brien has published repeatedly in select academic venues, with multiple works appearing in the Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities. Other publication venues include Frontiers in Genetics, AHURI Final Report, International Journal of Disability and Social Justice, and Academic Pediatrics.

Best Publications

  • Whole-genome characterization of chemoresistant ovarian cancer

    Ann-Marie Patch;Ann-Marie Patch;Elizabeth Christie;Dariush Etemadmoghadam;Dariush Etemadmoghadam;Dale W. Garsed

  • In the platypus a meiotic chain of ten sex chromosomes shares genes with the bird Z and mammal X chromosomes

    Frank Grützner;Willem Rens;Enkhjargal Tsend-Ayush;Nisrine El-Mogharbel

  • Spectral karyotyping refines cytogenetic diagnostics of constitutional chromosomal abnormalities

    Evelin Schrõck;Tim Veldman;Hesed Padilla-Nash;Yi Ning

  • Reciprocal chromosome painting among human, aardvark, and elephant (superorder Afrotheria) reveals the likely eutherian ancestral karyotype

    F. Yang;E. Z. Alkalaeva;P. L. Perelman;A. T. Pardini

  • Resolution and evolution of the duck-billed platypus karyotype with an X1Y1X2Y2X3Y3X4Y4X5Y5 male sex chromosome constitution

    Willem Rens;Frank Grützner;Patricia C. M. O'Brien;Helen Fairclough

  • Refined genome-wide comparative map of the domestic horse, donkey and human based on cross-species chromosome painting: insight into the occasional fertility of mules.

    Fengtang Yang;Beiyuan Fu;Patricia C. M. O'Brien;Wenhui Nie

  • Defining the ancestral karyotype of all primates by multidirectional chromosome painting between tree shrews, lemurs and humans.

    S. Müller;R. Stanyon;P. C. M. O’Brien;M. A. Ferguson-Smith

  • Cross-species colour segmenting: a novel tool in human karyotype analysis.

    S. Müller;P. C. M. O'Brien;M. A. Ferguson‐Smith;J. Wienberg

  • Molecular cytogenetic definition of the chicken genome: The first complete avian karyotype

    J. S. Masabanda;D. W. Burt;P. C. M. O’Brien;A. Vignal

  • The multiple sex chromosomes of platypus and echidna are not completely identical and several share homology with the avian Z.

    Willem Rens;Patricia C. M. O'Brien;Frank Grutzner;Oliver Clarke

  • Conservation of human vs. feline genome organization revealed by reciprocal chromosome painting.

    J. Wienberg;R. Stanyon;W.G. Nash;P.C.M. O’Brien

  • Reciprocal chromosome painting illuminates the history of genome evolution of the domestic cat, dog and human.

    Fengtang Yang;Alexander S. Graphodatsky;Patricia C. M. O'Brien;Amanda Colabella

  • CHROMOSOMAL EVOLUTION OF THE CHINESE MUNTJAC (MUNTIACUS REEVESI)

    F. Yang;P. C. M. O’Brien;J. Wienberg;H. Neitzel

  • Comparative analysis of mammalian Y chromosomes illuminates ancestral structure and lineage-specific evolution

    Gang Li;Brian W. Davis;Terje Raudsepp;Alison J. Pearks Wilkerson

  • Spectral karyotyping, a 24-colour FISH technique for the identification of chromosomal rearrangements.

    Merryn Macville;T. Veldman;Hesed Padilla-Nash;Danny Wangsa

  • A time- and cost-effective strategy to sequence mammalian Y Chromosomes: an application to the de novo assembly of gorilla Y

    Marta Tomaszkiewicz;Samarth Rangavittal;Monika Cechova;Rebeca Campos Sanchez

  • Cross-species chromosome painting among camel, cattle, pig and human: further insights into the putative Cetartiodactyla ancestral karyotype

    Gabriel Balmus;Vladimir A. Trifonov;Vladimir A. Trifonov;Larisa S. Biltueva;Patricia C.M. O’Brien

  • Cross-species chromosome painting between human and marsupial directly demonstrates the ancient region of the mammalian X.

    Rob Glas;Jennifer A. Marshall Graves;Roland Toder;Malcolm Ferguson-Smith

  • Genomic Restructuring in the Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumour: Chromosome Painting and Gene Mapping Provide Clues to Evolution of a Transmissible Tumour

    Janine E. Deakin;Hannah S. Bender;Anne-Maree Pearse;Willem Rens

  • The Genome Phylogeny of Domestic Cat, Red Panda and Five Mustelid Species Revealed by Comparative Chromosome Painting and G-banding

    Wenhui Nie;Jinhuan Wang;Patricia C.M. O'Brien;Beiyuan Fu

Frequent Co-Authors

Malcolm A. Ferguson-Smith
Malcolm A. Ferguson-Smith University of Cambridge
Fengtang Yang
Fengtang Yang Wellcome Sanger Institute
Alexander S. Graphodatsky
Alexander S. Graphodatsky Novosibirsk State University
Beiyuan Fu
Beiyuan Fu Wellcome Sanger Institute
Jennifer A. Marshall Graves
Jennifer A. Marshall Graves La Trobe University
David D.L. Bowtell
David D.L. Bowtell Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Darren K. Griffin
Darren K. Griffin University of Kent
Johannes Wienberg
Johannes Wienberg University of Cambridge
Roscoe Stanyon
Roscoe Stanyon University of Florence
Frank Grützner
Frank Grützner University of Adelaide

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