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2024
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Genetics and Molecular Biology
UK
2024

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Genetics

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116
Citations
51228
World Ranking
444
National Ranking
73

Medicine

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120
Citations
57374
World Ranking
3725
National Ranking
368

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Robert W. Taylor is affiliated with Newcastle University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a substantial number of publications totaling 289. This work spans several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Clinical Biochemistry, Genetics, Epidemiology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist's research covers various main topics, notably:

  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
  • ATP Synthase and ATPases Research
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy

Robert W. Taylor has published frequently in several scientific venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • EMBO Molecular Medicine
  • Neuromuscular Disorders
  • Brain
  • The American Journal of Human Genetics

Their recent papers include:

  • "Effect of Probiotics on Incident Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Critically Ill Patients" (2021, JAMA)
  • "Mitochondrial disease in adults: recent advances and future promise" (2021, The Lancet Neurology)
  • "Clinical implementation of RNA sequencing for Mendelian disease diagnostics" (2022, Genome Medicine)
  • "Developmental Consequences of Defective ATG7-Mediated Autophagy in Humans" (2021, New England Journal of Medicine)
  • "Emerging roles of ATG7 in human health and disease" (2021, EMBO Molecular Medicine)

Collaborations have been a significant aspect of their research career, often working alongside frequent co-authors such as:

  • Robert McFarland
  • Emma L. Blakely
  • Charlotte L. Alston
  • Gráinne S. Gorman
  • Monika Oláhová

Best Publications

  • MITOCHONDRIAL DNA MUTATIONS IN HUMAN DISEASE

    Robert W. Taylor;Doug M. Turnbull

  • High levels of mitochondrial DNA deletions in substantia nigra neurons in aging and Parkinson disease.

    Andreas Bender;Kim J Krishnan;Christopher M Morris;Geoffrey A Taylor

  • Recombinant human interleukin 1 receptor antagonist in the treatment of patients with sepsis syndrome. Results from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Phase III rhIL-1ra Sepsis Syndrome Study Group.

    Fisher Cj;Dhainaut Jf;Opal Sm;Pribble Jp

  • Prevalence of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA mutations related to adult mitochondrial disease.

    Gráinne S. Gorman;Andrew M. Schaefer;Yi Ng;Nicholas Gomez

  • Mitochondrial DNA mutations and human disease

    Helen A.L. Tuppen;Emma L. Blakely;Douglass M. Turnbull;Robert W. Taylor

  • Mitochondrial DNA mutations in human colonic crypt stem cells

    Robert W. Taylor;Martin J. Barron;Gillian M. Borthwick;Amy Gospel

  • Prevalence of mitochondrial DNA disease in adults

    Andrew M. Schaefer;Robert McFarland;Emma L. Blakely;Langping He

  • Pronuclear transfer in human embryos to prevent transmission of mitochondrial DNA disease

    Lyndsey Craven;Helen A. Tuppen;Gareth D. Greggains;Stephen J. Harbottle

  • Mutation of OPA1 causes dominant optic atrophy with external ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, deafness and multiple mitochondrial DNA deletions: a novel disorder of mtDNA maintenance.

    Gavin Hudson;Patrizia Amati-Bonneau;Emma L. Blakely;Joanna D. Stewart

  • What causes mitochondrial DNA deletions in human cells

    Kim J Krishnan;Amy K Reeve;David C Samuels;Patrick F Chinnery

  • Genetic diagnosis of Mendelian disorders via RNA sequencing

    Laura S. Kremer;Daniel M. Bader;Daniel M. Bader;Christian Mertes;Robert Kopajtich

  • The epidemiology of pathogenic mitochondrial DNA mutations.

    P. F. Chinnery;M. A. Johnson;T. M. Wardell;R. Singh-Kler

  • The epidemiology of mitochondrial disorders—past, present and future

    Andrew M. Schaefer;Robert W. Taylor;Douglass M. Turnbull;Patrick F. Chinnery

  • Multi-system neurological disease is common in patients with OPA1 mutations

    Patrick Yu-Wai-Man;Philip G. Griffiths;Philip G. Griffiths;G. Gorman;C.-M. Lourenco

  • Phenotypic spectrum associated with mutations of the mitochondrial polymerase γ gene

    R Horvath;G Hudson;G Ferrari;N Futterer

  • The genetics and pathology of mitochondrial disease

    Charlotte L Alston;Mariana C Rocha;Nichola Z Lax;Doug M Turnbull

  • Biochemical assays of respiratory chain complex activity.

    Denise M Kirby;David R Thorburn;Douglass M Turnbull;Robert W Taylor

  • Universal heteroplasmy of human mitochondrial DNA

    Brendan A.I. Payne;Ian J. Wilson;Patrick Yu-Wai-Man;Jonathan Coxhead

  • Mitochondrial DNA mutations in human disease.

    Laura C Greaves;Robert W Taylor

  • Low-Dose Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Patients With Acute Lung Injury

    Robert W. Taylor;Janice L. Zimmerman;R. Phillip Dellinger;Richard C. Straube

Frequent Co-Authors

Douglass M. Turnbull
Douglass M. Turnbull Newcastle University
Robert McFarland
Robert McFarland Newcastle University
Emma L. Blakely
Emma L. Blakely Newcastle University
Patrick F. Chinnery
Patrick F. Chinnery University of Cambridge
Charlotte L. Alston
Charlotte L. Alston Newcastle University
Rita Horvath
Rita Horvath University of Cambridge
Robert N. Lightowlers
Robert N. Lightowlers Newcastle University
Holger Prokisch
Holger Prokisch Technical University of Munich
Tobias B. Haack
Tobias B. Haack University of Tübingen
Angela Pyle
Angela Pyle Newcastle University

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