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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1958 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Robert W. Williams is affiliated with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in the United States. Their primary fields of study include Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Medicine as well. The subfields of their research encompass Molecular Biology, Genetics, Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The main topics covered in Robert W. Williams's research include:

  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Single-cell and Spatial Transcriptomics
  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications

Notable recent publications by Robert W. Williams include:

  • "A platform for experimental precision medicine: The extended BXD mouse family," 2021, Cell Systems
  • "Building pangenome graphs," 2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Building pangenome graphs," 2024, Nature Methods
  • "Designing line transect surveys for complex survey regions," 2023, The journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue
  • "Sex- and age-dependent genetics of longevity in a heterogeneous mouse population," 2022, Science

Frequent publication venues for their work include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), UNC Libraries, Genes Brain & Behavior, Scientific Reports, and G3 Genes Genomes Genetics.

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their research, with frequent co-authors being David G. Ashbrook, Lu Lu, Megan K. Mulligan, Pjotr Prins, and Hao Chen.

Robert W. Williams was awarded the status of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1958.

Best Publications

  • The CLAVATA1 gene encodes a putative receptor kinase that controls shoot and floral meristem size in Arabidopsis

    Steven E Clark;Steven E Clark;Robert W Williams;Elliot M Meyerowitz

  • PONDR-FIT: a meta-predictor of intrinsically disordered amino acids.

    Bin Xue;Roland L. Dunbrack;Robert W. Williams;A. Keith Dunker

  • The Collaborative Cross, a community resource for the genetic analysis of complex traits

    Gary A. Churchill;David C. Airey;Hooman Allayee;Joe M. Angel

  • Mitonuclear protein imbalance as a conserved longevity mechanism

    Riekelt H. Houtkooper;Laurent Mouchiroud;Dongryeol Ryu;Norman Moullan

  • Computational identification of Drosophila microRNA genes

    Eric C Lai;Pavel Tomancak;Robert W Williams;Gerald M Rubin

  • Common genetic variants influence human subcortical brain structures.

    Derrek P. Hibar;Jason L. Stein;Jason L. Stein;Miguel E. Renteria;Alejandro Arias-Vasquez

  • The control of neuron number.

    Robert W. Williams;Karl Herrup

  • Interleukin 17-producing T helper cells and interleukin 17 orchestrate autoreactive germinal center development in autoimmune BXD2 mice.

    Hui-Chen Hsu;PingAr Yang;John Wang;Qi Wu

  • Complex trait analysis of gene expression uncovers polygenic and pleiotropic networks that modulate nervous system function

    Elissa J Chesler;Lu Lu;Siming Shou;Yanhua Qu

  • Multi-omics analysis identifies ATF4 as a key regulator of the mitochondrial stress response in mammals

    Pedro M. Quirós;Miguel A. Prado;Nicola Zamboni;Davide D’Amico

  • The genome architecture of the collaborative cross mouse genetic reference population

    Fuad A. Iraqi;Mustafa Mahajne;Yasser Salaymah;Hani Sandovski

  • A new set of BXD recombinant inbred lines from advanced intercross populations in mice

    Jeremy L Peirce;Jeremy L Peirce;Lu Lu;Jing Gu;Lee M Silver

  • The nature and identification of quantitative trait loci: a community's view.

    Oduola Abiola;Joe M. Angel;Philip Avner;Alexander A. Bachmanov

  • Three-dimensional counting: An accurate and direct method to estimate numbers of cells in sectioned material

    Robert W. Williams;Pasko Rakic

  • Uncovering regulatory pathways that affect hematopoietic stem cell function using 'genetical genomics'.

    Leonid Bystrykh;Ellen Weersing;Bert Dontje;Sue Sutton

  • WebQTL: web-based complex trait analysis.

    Jintao Wang;Robert W. Williams;Kenneth F. Manly

  • Mapping the genetic architecture of complex traits in experimental populations

    Jian Yang;Jun Zhu;Robert W. Williams

  • The genetic structure of recombinant inbred mice: High-resolution consensus maps for complex trait analysis

    Robert W Williams;Jing Gu;Shuhua Qi;Lu Lu

  • A High-Resolution Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Genetic Map of the Mouse Genome

    Sagiv Shifman;Jordana Tzenova Bell;Richard R Copley;Martin S Taylor

  • The Collaborative Cross at Oak Ridge National Laboratory: developing a powerful resource for systems genetics.

    Elissa J. Chesler;Darla R. Miller;Lisa R. Branstetter;Leslie D. Galloway

  • Ethanol-Responsive Brain Region Expression Networks: Implications for Behavioral Responses to Acute Ethanol in DBA/2J versus C57BL/6J Mice

    Robnet T. Kerns;Ajay Ravindranathan;Sajida Hassan;Mary P. Cage

  • Measurement of refractive state and deprivation myopia in two strains of mice.

    Frank Schaeffel;Eva Burkhardt;Howard C Howland;Robert W Williams

  • Murine gut microbiota is defined by host genetics and modulates variation of metabolic traits.

    Autumn M. McKnite;Maria Elisa Perez-Munoz;Lu Lu;Evan Graehl Williams

  • Strain differences in stress responsivity are associated with divergent amygdala gene expression and glutamate-mediated neuronal excitability

    Khyobeni Mozhui;Rose Marie Karlsson;Thomas L. Kash;Jessica Ihne

Frequent Co-Authors

Lu Lu
Lu Lu University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Elissa J. Chesler
Elissa J. Chesler University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Glenn D. Rosen
Glenn D. Rosen Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Johan Auwerx
Johan Auwerx École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Dan Goldowitz
Dan Goldowitz University of British Columbia
John D. Mountz
John D. Mountz University of Alabama at Birmingham
Gerd Kempermann
Gerd Kempermann German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Wim E. Crusio
Wim E. Crusio University of Bordeaux
David W. Threadgill
David W. Threadgill Texas A&M University
Klaus Schughart
Klaus Schughart Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research

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