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Robert D. Nicholls is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong emphasis on paleontology and related subfields. Nicholls's work intersects multiple disciplines, including paleontology, genetics, oceanography, atmospheric science, and surgery.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of interdisciplinary themes such as paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, geology and paleoclimatology research, marine biology and ecology research, genetic syndromes and imprinting, evolution and paleontology studies, pancreatic function and diabetes, and genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders.

Throughout their career, Nicholls has contributed numerous papers to several scientific journals. Notable recent publications include:

  • The role of symbiosis in the first colonization of the seafloor by macrobiota: Insights from the oldest Ediacaran biota (Newfoundland, Canada), 2021, Biosystems
  • A newborn screening pilot study using methylation-sensitive high resolution melting on dried blood spots to detect Prader-Willi and Angelman syndromes, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Palaeobiology of the reclining rangeomorph Beothukis from the Ediacaran Mistaken Point Formation of southeastern Newfoundland, 2020, Geological Magazine
  • Charniodiscus and Arborea Are Separate Genera Within the Arboreomorpha: Using the Holotype of C. concentricus to Resolve a Taphonomic/Taxonomic Tangle, 2022, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • A re-assessment of the taxonomy, palaeobiology and taphonomy of the rangeomorph organism Hapsidophyllas flexibilis from the Ediacaran of Newfoundland, Canada, 2021, Paläontologische Zeitschrift

Nicholls's frequent co-authors include Rod S. Taylor, Duncan McIlroy, Christopher McKean, and Suzanne C. Dufour. Collaborations with Duncan McIlroy have been notably recurrent.

Their publications often appear in specialized venues such as Geological Magazine, Biosystems, Scientific Reports, Frontiers in Earth Science, and Life, demonstrating a consistent presence across multiple respected journals in the fields of Earth sciences and biology.

Best Publications

  • Genetic imprinting suggested by maternal heterodisomy in non-deletion Prader-Willi syndrome

    Robert D. Nicholls;Joan H. M. Knoll;Merlin G. Butler;Susan Karam

  • A highly polymorphic DNA marker linked to adult polycystic kidney disease on chromosome 16

    S. T. Reeders;M. H. Breuning;K. E. Davies;R. D. Nicholls

  • Genome of the marsupial Monodelphis domestica reveals innovation in non-coding sequences

    Tarjei S. Mikkelsen;Tarjei S. Mikkelsen;Matthew J. Wakefield;Bronwen Aken;Chris T. Amemiya

  • Development of type 2 diabetes following intrauterine growth retardation in rats is associated with progressive epigenetic silencing of Pdx1.

    Jun H. Park;Doris A. Stoffers;Robert D. Nicholls;Rebecca A. Simmons

  • Genome Organization, Function, and Imprinting in Prader-Willi and Angelman Syndromes

    Robert D. Nicholls;Jessica L. Knepper

  • Inherited microdeletions in the Angelman and Prader-Willi syndromes define an imprinting centre on human chromosome 15.

    Karin Buiting;Shinji Saitoh;Shinji Saitoh;Stephanie Gross;Bärbel Dittrich

  • Angelman and Prader-Willi syndromes share a common chromosome 15 deletion but differ in parental origin of the deletion.

    J. H. M. Knoll;J. H. M. Knoll;R. D. Nicholls;R. D. Nicholls;R. E. Magenis;J. M. Graham

  • Imprinting in Prader–Willi and Angelman syndromes

    Robert D Nicholls;Shinji Saitoh;Bernhard Horsthemke

  • Allele-specific replication timing of imprinted gene regions

    D Kitsberg;S Selig;M Brandeis;I Simon

  • A maternally methylated CpG island in KvLQT1 is associated with an antisense paternal transcript and loss of imprinting in Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome.

    Nancy J. Smilinich;Colleen D. Day;Galina V. Fitzpatrick;Germaine M. Caldwell

  • A gene for the mouse pink-eyed dilution locus and for human type II oculocutaneous albinism

    Eugene M. Rinchik;Scott J. Bultman;Bernhard Horsthemke;Seung Taek Lee

  • Distinct phenotypes distinguish the molecular classes of Angelman syndrome

    A C Lossie;M M Whitney;D Amidon;H J Dong

  • Recombination at the human α-globin gene cluster: Sequence features and topological constraints

    R.D. Nicholls;N. Fischel-Ghodsian;D.R. Higgs

  • Growth hormone research society workshop summary: Consensus guidelines for recombinant human growth hormone therapy in Prader-Willi syndrome

    Cheri L. Deal;Michèle Tony;Charlotte Hoÿbye;David B. Allen

  • Imprinting-Mutation Mechanisms in Prader-Willi Syndrome

    T. Ohta;T. A. Gray;P. K. Rogan;K. Buiting

  • Chromosome breakage in the Prader-Willi and Angelman syndromes involves recombination between large, transcribed repeats at proximal and distal breakpoints.

    James M. Amos-Landgraf;Yonggang Ji;Wayne Gottlieb;Theresa Depinet

  • Structure of Chromosomal Duplicons and their Role in Mediating Human Genomic Disorders

    Yonggang Ji;Evan E. Eichler;Stuart Schwartz;Robert D. Nicholls

  • Imprint switching on human chromosome 15 may involve alternative transcripts of the SNRPN gene

    Bärbel Dittrich;Karin Buiting;Bernd Korn;Sarah Rickard

  • The snoRNA MBII-52 (SNORD 115) is processed into smaller RNAs and regulates alternative splicing

    Shivendra Kishore;Amit Khanna;Zhaiyi Zhang;Jingyi Hui

  • Identification of Four Highly Conserved Genes between Breakpoint Hotspots BP1 and BP2 of the Prader-Willi/Angelman Syndromes Deletion Region That Have Undergone Evolutionary Transposition Mediated by Flanking Duplicons

    J. H. Chai;D. P. Locke;J. M. Greally;J. H.M. Knoll

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernhard Horsthemke
Bernhard Horsthemke University of Duisburg-Essen
Peter K. Rogan
Peter K. Rogan University of Western Ontario
Stuart Schwartz
Stuart Schwartz LabCorp (United States)
Karin Buiting
Karin Buiting University of Duisburg-Essen
David J. Weatherall
David J. Weatherall University of Oxford
Marc Lalande
Marc Lalande University of Connecticut Health Center
Douglas R. Higgs
Douglas R. Higgs University of Oxford
John M. Greally
John M. Greally Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Sue Malcolm
Sue Malcolm University College London
Richard A. Spritz
Richard A. Spritz University of Colorado Denver

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