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157
Citations
198906
World Ranking
106
National Ranking
54

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Richard M. Myers is affiliated with the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology in the United States. Their work spans several interconnected areas within molecular biology and genetics, contributing to significant research in genomics, neurodevelopmental disorders, and rare diseases.

The scientist's recent publications include studies published across high-impact journals such as Nature, Nature Genetics, Genome Biology, Science Advances, and others. Notable papers are:

  • Rare coding variants in ten genes confer substantial risk for schizophrenia (2022, Nature)
  • Exome sequencing identifies rare damaging variants in ATP8B4 and ABCA1 as risk factors for Alzheimer's disease (2022, Nature Genetics)
  • Assembly of the threespine stickleback Y chromosome reveals convergent signatures of sex chromosome evolution (2020, Genome Biology)
  • Occupancy maps of 208 chromatin-associated proteins in one human cell type (2020, Nature)
  • Predicting future from past: The genomic basis of recurrent and rapid stickleback evolution (2021, Science Advances)

Their coauthors frequently include J. Nicholas Cochran, Stanley J. Watson, Iván Rodríguez-Nunez, Huda Akil, and William E. Bunney, with collaboration counts ranging from 15 to 32 works.

The scientist publishes often in specific venues, with the highest number of publications appearing in ENCODE Datasets, followed by bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Genome Research, Gastroenterology, and The American Journal of Human Genetics.

Primary subfields of study associated with their research include:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Immunology
  • Physiology

The main topics covered in their work consist of:

  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments

In 2011, Richard M. Myers was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome.

    Eric S. Lander;Lauren M. Linton;Bruce Birren;Chad Nusbaum

  • Model-based Analysis of ChIP-Seq (MACS)

    Yong Zhang;Tao Liu;Clifford A Meyer;Jérôme Eeckhoute

  • Integrated genomic analyses of ovarian carcinoma

    D. Bell;A. Berchuck;M. Birrer;J. Chien

  • Comprehensive genomic characterization defines human glioblastoma genes and core pathways

    Roger McLendon;Allan Friedman;Darrell Bigner;Erwin G. Van Meir

  • Identification and analysis of functional elements in 1% of the human genome by the ENCODE pilot project

    Ewan Birney;John A. Stamatoyannopoulos;Anindya Dutta;Roderic Guigó

  • Worldwide human relationships inferred from genome-wide patterns of variation.

    Jun Z. Li;Devin M. Absher;Hua Tang;Audrey M. Southwick

  • Genome-Wide Mapping of in Vivo Protein-DNA Interactions

    David S. Johnson;Ali Mortazavi;Ali Mortazavi;Richard M. Myers;Richard M. Myers;Barbara Wold;Barbara Wold

  • The ENCODE (ENCyclopedia of DNA elements) Project

    E. A. Feingold;P. J. Good;M. S. Guyer;S. Kamholz

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

    Shane McCarthy;Sayantan Das;Warren Kretzschmar;Olivier Delaneau

  • Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences.

    Robert L Strausberg;Elise A Feingold;Lynette H Grouse;Jeffery G Derge

  • An integrated encyclopedia of DNA elements in the human genome

    Ian Dunham;Anshul Kundaje;Shelley F. Aldred;Patrick J. Collins

  • Expanded encyclopaedias of DNA elements in the human and mouse genomes

    Jill E. Moore;Michael J. Purcaro;Henry E. Pratt;Charles B. Epstein

  • ChIP-seq guidelines and practices of the ENCODE and modENCODE consortia

    Stephen G. Landt;Georgi K. Marinov;Anshul Kundaje;Pouya Kheradpour

  • Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs

    S. Hong Lee;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Stephen V. Faraone

  • Human Homolog of patched, a Candidate Gene for the Basal Cell Nevus Syndrome

    Ronald L. Johnson;Alana L. Rothman;Jingwu Xie;Lisa V. Goodrich

  • Evolving gene/transcript definitions significantly alter the interpretation of GeneChip data.

    Manhong Dai;Pinglang Wang;Andrew D Boyd;Georgi Kostov

  • Signals of recent positive selection in a worldwide sample of human populations

    Joseph K. Pickrell;Graham Coop;John Novembre;Sridhar Kudaravalli

  • The genomic basis of adaptive evolution in threespine sticklebacks

    Felicity C. Jones;Manfred G. Grabherr;Manfred G. Grabherr;Yingguang Frank Chan;Pamela Russell

  • Attachment of a 40-base-pair G + C-rich sequence (GC-clamp) to genomic DNA fragments by the polymerase chain reaction results in improved detection of single-base changes.

    Val C. Sheffield;David R. Cox;Leonard S. Lerman;Richard M. Myers

  • Integrated genomic analyses of ovarian carcinoma

    D. Bell;A. Berchuck;M. Birrer;J. Chien

Frequent Co-Authors

Huda Akil
Huda Akil University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Devin Absher
Devin Absher University of Queensland
Jun Li
Jun Li University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
William E. Bunney
William E. Bunney University of California, Irvine
Jeremy Schmutz
Jeremy Schmutz Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Alan F. Schatzberg
Alan F. Schatzberg Stanford University
Stanley J. Watson
Stanley J. Watson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jane Grimwood
Jane Grimwood HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology
Edward G. Jones
Edward G. Jones University of California, Davis
Jack D. Barchas
Jack D. Barchas Cornell University

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