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Paul L. Auer is affiliated with the Medical College of Wisconsin in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on genetics and molecular mechanisms related to complex diseases and cancer.

Their work includes contributions in these main fields of study:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Within these fields, their subfields of study specifically include:

  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Hematology
  • Cancer Research
  • Physiology

The scientist's principal topics of work cover a range of genetic and genomic research areas:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • BRCA gene mutations in cancer
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks

Several recent papers illustrate the scope of their research contributions, including:

  • Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program, 2021, Nature
  • A Population-Based Study of Genes Previously Implicated in Breast Cancer, 2021, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Genome-wide association study identifies 32 novel breast cancer susceptibility loci from overall and subtype-specific analyses, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Assessing the contribution of rare variants to complex trait heritability from whole-genome sequence data, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • Dynamic incorporation of multiple in silico functional annotations empowers rare variant association analysis of large whole-genome sequencing studies at scale, 2020, Nature Genetics

Frequent co-authors in their collaborative research include:

  • Laura M. Raffield
  • Stephen S. Rich
  • Eric Boerwinkle
  • Jerome I. Rotter
  • Jennifer A. Brody

The venues where Paul L. Auer has published most frequently are:

  • UNC Libraries
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature Genetics
  • The American Journal of Human Genetics

Best Publications

  • Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program.

    Daniel Taliun;Daniel N. Harris;Michael D. Kessler;Jedidiah Carlson;Jedidiah Carlson

  • Association analysis identifies 65 new breast cancer risk loci

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Sara Lindström;Sara Lindström;Joe Dennis;Jonathan Beesley

  • Polygenic Risk Scores for Prediction of Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Subtypes

    Nasim Mavaddat;Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Joe Dennis;Michael Lush

  • Loss-of-function mutations in APOC3, triglycerides, and coronary disease

    Jacy Crosby;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Paul L. Auer;David R. Crosslin

  • Exome sequencing identifies rare LDLR and APOA5 alleles conferring risk for myocardial infarction

    Ron Do;Ron Do;Nathan O. Stitziel;Hong Hee Won;Hong Hee Won;Anders Berg Jørgensen

  • Inherited causes of clonal haematopoiesis in 97,691 whole genomes.

    Alexander G Bick;Joshua S Weinstock;Satish K Nandakumar;Satish K Nandakumar;Charles P Fulco;Charles P Fulco

  • The polygenic and monogenic basis of blood traits and diseases

    Dragana Vuckovic;Erik L. Bao;Parsa Akbari;Caleb A. Lareau

  • Trans-ethnic and Ancestry-Specific Blood-Cell Genetics in 746,667 Individuals from 5 Global Populations.

    Ming-Huei Chen;Laura M Raffield;Abdou Mousas;Saori Sakaue

  • Exome-wide association study of plasma lipids in > 300,000 individuals

    Dajiang J Liu;Gina M Peloso;Gina M Peloso;Haojie Yu;Adam S Butterworth;Adam S Butterworth

  • A Population-Based Study of Genes Previously Implicated in Breast Cancer

    Chunling Hu;Steven N Hart;Rohan Gnanaolivu;Hongyan Huang

  • Inactivating mutations in NPC1L1 and protection from coronary heart disease

    Nathan O. Stitziel;Hong Hee Won;Alanna C. Morrison;Gina M. Peloso

  • Whole-genome sequencing identifies EN1 as a determinant of bone density and fracture.

    Hou Feng Zheng;Vincenzo Forgetta;Yi Hsiang Hsu;Yi Hsiang Hsu;Karol Estrada

  • Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program

    Daniel Taliun;Daniel N. Harris;Michael D. Kessler;Jedidiah Carlson;Jedidiah Carlson

  • Statistical Design and Analysis of RNA Sequencing Data

    Paul L. Auer;R. W. Doerge

  • Coding Variation in ANGPTL4, LPL, and SVEP1 and the Risk of Coronary Disease

    Nathan O. Stitziel;Kathleen E. Stirrups;Nicholas G. D. Masca;Jeanette Erdmann

  • Association of low-frequency and rare coding-sequence variants with blood lipids and coronary heart disease in 56,000 whites and blacks.

    Gina M. Peloso;Paul L. Auer;Joshua C. Bis;Arend Voorman

  • Breast Cancer Risk From Modifiable and Nonmodifiable Risk Factors Among White Women in the United States.

    Paige Maas;Myrto Barrdahl;Amit D. Joshi;Paul L. Auer;Paul L. Auer

  • Identification of ten variants associated with risk of estrogen-receptor-negative breast cancer.

    Roger L Milne;Roger L Milne;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Jonathan Beesley

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 32 novel breast cancer susceptibility loci from overall and subtype-specific analyses

    Haoyu Zhang;Haoyu Zhang;Thomas U. Ahearn;Julie Lecarpentier;Daniel Barnes

  • The Polygenic and Monogenic Basis of Blood Traits and Diseases

    Dragana Vuckovic;Dragana Vuckovic;Erik L. Bao;Erik L. Bao;Parsa Akbari;Caleb A. Lareau;Caleb A. Lareau

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander P. Reiner
Alexander P. Reiner University of Washington
Ruth J. F. Loos
Ruth J. F. Loos University of Copenhagen
Eric Boerwinkle
Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Leslie A. Lange
Leslie A. Lange University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Jerome I. Rotter
Jerome I. Rotter UCLA Medical Center
Bruce M. Psaty
Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington
Charles Kooperberg
Charles Kooperberg Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
James G. Wilson
James G. Wilson University of Mississippi Medical Center
Tonu Esko
Tonu Esko University of Tartu
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne

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