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Robert Gentleman

Robert Gentleman

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
64
Citations
78523
World Ranking
9422
National Ranking
4152

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA)
  • 2014 - Fellow of the International Society for Computational Biology

Overview

Robert Gentleman is affiliated with Genentech in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with additional work in Medicine. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Artificial Intelligence, and Oncology.

The scientist's main topics of work include Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies, Semantic Web and Ontologies, Nutritional Studies and Diet, Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Genomics and Rare Diseases, and aspects related to Obesity, Physical Activity, and Diet.

Robert Gentleman has published several papers in notable journals and conferences. Among the recent publications are:

  • Disease risk scores for skin cancers, 2021, published in Nature Communications
  • nhanesA: achieving transparency and reproducibility in NHANES research, 2024, published in Database
  • Demographic, spatial and temporal dietary intake patterns among 526 774 23andMe research participants, 2020, published in Public Health Nutrition
  • BioPlexR and BioPlexPy: integrated data products for the analysis of human protein interactions, 2023, published in Bioinformatics
  • Shared and Distinct Genetic Influences Between Cognitive Domains and Psychiatric Disorder Risk Based on Genome-Wide Data, 2021, published in Biological Psychiatry

The frequent co-authors working with Robert Gentleman include Rafael S. Gonçalves, Stella Aslibekyan, Amelia L.M. Tan, Janie F. Shelton, and Suyash Shringarpure.

The preferred publication venues for Robert Gentleman's research include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Database, arXiv (Cornell University), Nature Communications, and Bioinformatics. The majority of publications appear in bioRxiv, followed by the Database journal and arXiv preprints.

Robert Gentleman has received recognition from professional organizations, having been named a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 2016 and a Fellow of the International Society for Computational Biology in 2014.

Best Publications

  • R: A Language for Data Analysis and Graphics

    Ross Ihaka;Robert Gentleman

  • Bioconductor: open software development for computational biology and bioinformatics

    Robert C Gentleman;Vincent J Carey;Douglas M. Bates;B.M. Bolstad

  • Circulating microRNAs as stable blood-based markers for cancer detection

    Patrick S. Mitchell;Rachael K. Parkin;Evan M. Kroh;Brian R. Fritz;Brian R. Fritz

  • Software for computing and annotating genomic ranges.

    Michael F. Lawrence;Wolfgang Huber;Hervé Pagès;Patrick Aboyoun

  • Orchestrating high-throughput genomic analysis with Bioconductor

    Wolfgang Huber;Vincent J Carey;Robert Gentleman;Simon Anders

  • Using GOstats to test gene lists for GO term association

    S. Falcon;R. Gentleman

  • A Model-Based Background Adjustment for Oligonucleotide Expression Arrays

    Zhijin Wu;Rafael A. Irizarry;Robert C Gentleman;Francisco Martinez-Murillo

  • gplots: Various R Programming Tools for Plotting Data

    GR Warnes;B. Bolker;L. Bonebakker;R. Gentleman

  • Comprehensive genomic analysis identifies SOX2 as a frequently amplified gene in small-cell lung cancer

    Charles M Rudin;Steffen Durinck;Eric W Stawiski;John T Poirier

  • Recurrent R-spondin fusions in colon cancer

    Somasekar Seshagiri;Eric W. Stawiski;Steffen Durinck;Zora Modrusan

  • rtracklayer: an R package for interfacing with genome browsers

    Michael Lawrence;Robert Gentleman;Vincent James Carey

  • Independent filtering increases detection power for high-throughput experiments

    Richard Bourgon;Robert Gentleman;Wolfgang Huber

  • A comprehensive transcriptional portrait of human cancer cell lines

    Christiaan Klijn;Steffen Durinck;Eric W Stawiski;Peter M Haverty

  • The mutation spectrum revealed by paired genome sequences from a lung cancer patient

    William Lee;Zhaoshi Jiang;Jinfeng Liu;Peter M. Haverty

  • ShortRead: a bioconductor package for input, quality assessment and exploration of high-throughput sequence data

    Martin Morgan;Simon Anders;Michael V. Lawrence;Patrick Aboyoun

  • flowCore: a Bioconductor package for high throughput flow cytometry.

    Florian Hahne;Nolwenn LeMeur;Nolwenn LeMeur;Ryan Remy Brinkman;Byron Ellis

  • Genome-wide MyoD Binding in Skeletal Muscle Cells: A Potential for Broad Cellular Reprogramming

    Yi Cao;Zizhen Yao;Deepayan Sarkar;Michael Lawrence

  • Gene expression profile of adult T-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia identifies distinct subsets of patients with different response to therapy and survival

    Sabina Chiaretti;Xiaochun Li;Xiaochun Li;Robert Gentleman;Robert Gentleman;Antonella Vitale;Antonella Vitale

  • DUX4 Activates Germline Genes, Retroelements, and Immune Mediators: Implications for Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy

    Linda N. Geng;Zizhen Yao;Lauren Snider;Abraham P. Fong

  • Open source software for the analysis of microarray data.

    Sandrine Dudoit;Robert C Gentleman;John Quackenbush

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolfgang Huber
Wolfgang Huber European Bioinformatics Institute
Vincent J. Carey
Vincent J. Carey Harvard Medical School
Stephen J. Tapscott
Stephen J. Tapscott Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Michael S. Lawrence
Michael S. Lawrence Harvard University
Walter L. Ruzzo
Walter L. Ruzzo University of Washington
Rafael A. Irizarry
Rafael A. Irizarry Harvard University
Zemin Zhang
Zemin Zhang Peking University
Martin Morgan
Martin Morgan Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Zizhen Yao
Zizhen Yao Allen Institute for Brain Science

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