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D-Index
126
Citations
62957
World Ranking
304
National Ranking
9

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in Canada Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in Canada Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Canada Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Canada Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Canada Leader Award
  • 2013 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2013 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Peter M. Lansdorp is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a total of 97 publications in these areas. The scientist's subfields of study include molecular biology, genetics, cancer research, physiology, and plant science.

The topics covered in Lansdorp's work include:

  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations

Among the recent scientific papers involving Lansdorp's contributions are:

  • Fully phased human genome assembly without parental data using single-cell strand sequencing and long reads, 2020, Nature Biotechnology
  • Benchmarking challenging small variants with linked and long reads, 2022, Cell Genomics
  • Sperm DNA damage causes genomic instability in early embryonic development, 2020, Science Advances
  • Telomeres, aging, and cancer: the big picture, 2022, Blood
  • Genetic, parental and lifestyle factors influence telomere length, 2022, Communications Biology

Lansdorp frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Vincent C. T. Hanlon
  • Diana C.J. Spierings
  • Victor Guryev
  • Kieran O'Neill
  • Kasmintan A. Schrader

The scientist's work has appeared multiple times in various publication venues, notably:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Genetics in Medicine Open
  • Cell Genomics
  • Nature Communications
  • iScience

Lansdorp has been recognized with several awards, including becoming a Member of Academia Europaea in 2013 and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in the same year within the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • Telomere Shortening and Tumor Formation by Mouse Cells Lacking Telomerase RNA

    María A. Blasco;María A. Blasco;Han Woong Lee;M. Prakash Hande;Enrique Samper

  • Interferon beta 2/B-cell stimulatory factor type 2 shares identity with monocyte-derived hepatocyte-stimulating factor and regulates the major acute phase protein response in liver cells

    Jack Gauldie;Carl Richards;Del Harnish;Peter Lansdorp

  • Prediction of survival in follicular lymphoma based on molecular features of tumor-infiltrating immune cells

    Sandeep S. Dave;George Wright;Bruce Tan;Andreas Rosenwald;Andreas Rosenwald

  • Telomerase Mutations in Families with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

    Mary Y. Armanios;Julian J.-L. Chen;Joy D. Cogan;Jonathan K. Alder

  • Evidence for a mitotic clock in human hematopoietic stem cells: loss of telomeric DNA with age

    Homayoun Vaziri;Wieslawa Dragowska;Richard C. Allsopp;Terry E. Thomas

  • Telomeres and Aging

    Geraldine Aubert;Peter M. Lansdorp

  • Production of hybridoma growth factor by human monocytes.

    Lucien A. Aarden;Els R. De Groot;Otto L. Schaap;Peter M. Lansdorp

  • Sequential generations of hematopoietic colonies derived from single nonlineage-committed CD34+CD38- progenitor cells.

    Leon W.M.M. Terstappen;Shiang Huang;Meredith Safford;Peter M. Lansdorp

  • Heterogeneity in Telomere Length of Human Chromosomes

    Peter M. Lansdorp;Nico P. Verwoerd;Frans M. van de Rijke;Visia Dragowska

  • Adoptive transfer of effector CD8+ T cells derived from central memory cells establishes persistent T cell memory in primates.

    Carolina Berger;Michael C. Jensen;Peter M. Lansdorp;Mike Gough

  • Multi-platform discovery of haplotype-resolved structural variation in human genomes

    Mark J.P. Chaisson;Mark J.P. Chaisson;Ashley D. Sanders;Xuefang Zhao;Xuefang Zhao;Ankit Malhotra

  • Characterization and Partial Purification of Human Marrow Cells Capable of Initiating Long-Term Hematopoiesis In Vitro

    Heather J. Sutherland;Connie J. Eaves;Allen C. Eaves;Wieslawa Dragowska

  • Functional characterization of individual human hematopoietic stem cells cultured at limiting dilution on supportive marrow stromal layers.

    Heather J. Sutherland;Peter M. Lansdorp;Don H. Henkelman;Allen C. Eaves

  • Mutations in TERT, the gene for telomerase reverse transcriptase, in aplastic anemia.

    Hiroki Yamaguchi;Rodrigo T. Calado;Hinh Ly;Sachiko Kajigaya

  • Short telomeres are a risk factor for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

    Jonathan K. Alder;Julian J.L. Chen;Lisa Lancaster;Sonye Danoff

  • Telomere Fluorescence Measurements in Granulocytes and T Lymphocyte Subsets Point to a High Turnover of Hematopoietic Stem Cells and Memory T Cells in Early Childhood

    Nathalie Rufer;Tim H. Brümmendorf;Steen Kolvraa;Claus Bischoff

  • Dissociation among in vitro telomerase activity, telomere maintenance, and cellular immortalization

    Christopher M. Counter;William C. Hahn;Wenyi Wei;Stephanie Dickinson Caddle

  • The Mammalian SIR2α Protein Has a Role in Embryogenesis and Gametogenesis

    Michael W. McBurney;Xiaofeng Yang;Karen Jardine;Mary Hixon

  • Overexpression of HOXB4 in hematopoietic cells causes the selective expansion of more primitive populations in vitro and in vivo.

    G Sauvageau;U Thorsteinsdottir;C J Eaves;H J Lawrence

  • Telomere length dynamics in human lymphocyte subpopulations measured by flow cytometry.

    Nathalie Rufer;Wieslawa Dragowska;Gayle Thornbury;Eddy Roosnek

Frequent Co-Authors

Connie J. Eaves
Connie J. Eaves University of British Columbia
Victor Guryev
Victor Guryev University Medical Center Groningen
Neal S. Young
Neal S. Young National Institutes of Health
M. Prakash Hande
M. Prakash Hande National University of Singapore
Stephen J. Chanock
Stephen J. Chanock National Institutes of Health
Allen C. Eaves
Allen C. Eaves Stemcell Technologies
Sharon A. Savage
Sharon A. Savage National Institutes of Health
Rabab K. Ward
Rabab K. Ward University of British Columbia
Blanche P. Alter
Blanche P. Alter National Institutes of Health
Tobias Marschall
Tobias Marschall Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

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