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Overview

Pierre Fontanillas is primarily affiliated with 23andMe in the United States. Their research spans significant contributions in genetics, neurology, and molecular biology, with a strong focus on medicine and biochemistry. They have an extensive publication record featuring over 100 works in medicine and nearly 90 in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The scientist's research covers a diverse range of subfields, including genetics, neurology, molecular biology, cognitive neuroscience, and epidemiology. They engage deeply with topics such as genetic associations and epidemiology, Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, reading and literacy development, autism spectrum disorder research, behavioral health and interventions, and genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals.

Frequent publication venues for their work include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 20 publications, Nature Genetics and Nature Communications with 13 publications each, UNC Libraries with 10 publications, and European Neuropsychopharmacology with 6 publications.

Notable frequent co-authors include Suyash Shringarpure, David A. Hinds, Matthew H. McIntyre, Janie F. Shelton, and Karl Heilbron, all of whom have collaborated in more than 50 publications each.

Recent significant papers authored by or involving Pierre Fontanillas include:

  • A genome-wide association study with 1,126,563 individuals identifies new risk loci for Alzheimer's disease, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Polygenic prediction of educational attainment within and between families from genome-wide association analyses in 3 million individuals, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • Genetic determinants of daytime napping and effects on cardiometabolic health, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Genetic insights into biological mechanisms governing human ovarian ageing, 2021, Nature
  • Genome-wide analysis of 53,400 people with irritable bowel syndrome highlights shared genetic pathways with mood and anxiety disorders, 2021, Nature Genetics

Best Publications

  • Age-Related Clonal Hematopoiesis Associated with Adverse Outcomes

    Siddhartha Jaiswal;Pierre Fontanillas;Jason Flannick;Jason Flannick;Alisa Manning

  • Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels

    Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso

  • Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals

    James J. Lee;Robbee Wedow;Aysu Okbay;Edward Kong

  • Discovery of the first genome-wide significant risk loci for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

    Ditte Demontis;Ditte Demontis;Raymond K Walters;Raymond K Walters;Joanna Martin;Joanna Martin;Joanna Martin;Manuel Mattheisen

  • Identification of novel risk loci, causal insights, and heritable risk for Parkinson's disease: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies

    Mike A Nalls;Cornelis Blauwendraat;Costanza L Vallerga;Karl Heilbron

  • Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes

    Andrew P Morris;Benjamin F Voight;Benjamin F Voight;Tanya M Teslovich;Teresa Ferreira

  • Large-scale association analysis identifies new risk loci for coronary artery disease

    Panos Deloukas;Stavroula Kanoni;Christina Willenborg;Martin Farrall

  • The genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes

    Christian Fuchsberger;Christian Fuchsberger;Jason A. Flannick;Jason A. Flannick;Tanya M. Teslovich;Anubha Mahajan

  • Multi-trait analysis of genome-wide association summary statistics using MTAG.

    Patrick Turley;Patrick Turley;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters;Omeed Maghzian;Aysu Okbay

  • Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease

    Ron Do;Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta

  • A genome-wide association study with 1,126,563 individuals identifies new risk loci for Alzheimer's disease.

    Douglas P Wightman;Iris E Jansen;Jeanne E Savage;Alexey A Shadrin

  • Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility.

    Anubha Mahajan;Min Jin Go;Weihua Zhang;Jennifer E. Below

  • Genome-wide association analyses of risk tolerance and risky behaviors in over 1 million individuals identify hundreds of loci and shared genetic influences

    Richard Karlsson Linnér;Richard Karlsson Linnér;Pietro Biroli;Edward Kong;S. Fleur W. Meddens;S. Fleur W. Meddens

  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for neuroticism in 449,484 individuals identifies novel genetic loci and pathways.

    Mats Nagel;Mats Nagel;Philip R. Jansen;Philip R. Jansen;Sven Stringer;Kyoko Watanabe

  • An atlas of genetic influences on osteoporosis in humans and mice

    John A Morris;John P Kemp;John P Kemp;Scott E Youlten;Laetitia Laurent

  • Transancestral GWAS of alcohol dependence reveals common genetic underpinnings with psychiatric disorders

    Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters;Renato Polimanti;Emma C. Johnson;Jeanette N. McClintick

  • Inactivating mutations in NPC1L1 and protection from coronary heart disease

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

  • Loss-of-function mutations in SLC30A8 protect against type 2 diabetes

    Jason Flannick;Jason Flannick;Gudmar Thorleifsson;Nicola L. Beer;Nicola L. Beer;Suzanne B R Jacobs

  • The genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes

    Christian Fuchsberger;Jason Flannick;Tanya M. Teslovich;Anubha Mahajan

  • Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility

    Anubha Mahajan;Min Jin Go;Weihua Zhang;Jennifer E. Below

Frequent Co-Authors

David Altshuler
David Altshuler Harvard University
Abraham A. Palmer
Abraham A. Palmer University of California, San Diego
James MacKillop
James MacKillop McMaster University
Jose C. Florez
Jose C. Florez Harvard University
Tonu Esko
Tonu Esko University of Tartu
Jason Flannick
Jason Flannick Broad Institute
Harriet de Wit
Harriet de Wit University of Chicago
Jaakko Tuomilehto
Jaakko Tuomilehto University of Helsinki
Leif Groop
Leif Groop Lund University

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