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Robert Winqvist

Robert Winqvist

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Genetics
Finland
2026

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Genetics

D-Index
79
Citations
27460
World Ranking
1631
National Ranking
9

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in Finland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in Finland Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Finland Leader Award

Overview

Robert Winqvist is affiliated with the University of Oulu in Finland and contributes extensively to research at the intersection of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their scholarly output spans molecular biology, genetics, oncology, cancer research, and immunology, reflecting a broad engagement with fundamental and applied biomedical sciences.

The main areas of study represented in Winqvist's work include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

More detailed subfields of their research encompass:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Oncology
  • Cancer Research
  • Immunology and Allergy

The topics Winqvist frequently addresses focus strongly on cancer genetics and biological mechanisms related to cancer development and progression. These topics include:

  • BRCA gene mutations in cancer
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules Research

Winqvist has coauthored multiple studies with frequent collaborators such as Katri Pylkäs, Susanna Koivuluoma, Anna Tervasmäki, Timo A. Kumpula, and Hellevi Peltoketo. The collaboration frequency ranges from six to fifteen papers with these colleagues, indicating ongoing research partnerships.

They have published research in several venues, with repeated contributions to journals known for cancer and biomedical research:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • European Journal of Cancer
  • Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Familial Cancer
  • Cancers

Selected recent papers include:

  • "Exome sequencing identifies a recurrent variant in SERPINA3 associating with hereditary susceptibility to breast cancer," 2020, European Journal of Cancer
  • "Incorporating progesterone receptor expression into the PREDICT breast prognostic model," 2022, European Journal of Cancer
  • "Targeting collagen XVIII improves the efficiency of ErbB inhibitors in breast cancer models," 2023, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • "Gene-Environment Interactions Relevant to Estrogen and Risk of Breast Cancer: Can Gene-Environment Interactions Be Detected Only among Candidate SNPs from Genome-Wide Association Studies?", 2021, Cancers
  • "Combining genome-wide studies of breast, prostate, ovarian and endometrial cancers maps cross-cancer susceptibility loci and identifies new genetic associations," 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Association analysis identifies 65 new breast cancer risk loci

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Sara Lindström;Sara Lindström;Joe Dennis;Jonathan Beesley

  • Large-scale genotyping identifies 41 new loci associated with breast cancer risk

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Per Hall;Anna Gonzalez-Neira;Maya Ghoussaini

  • Breast-Cancer Risk in Families with Mutations in PALB2

    A. C. Antoniou;S. Casadei;T. Heikkinen;D. Barrowdale

  • RAD51B in Familial Breast Cancer

    Liisa M. Pelttari;Sofia Khan;Mikko Vuorela;Johanna I. Kiiski

  • Polygenic Risk Scores for Prediction of Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Subtypes

    Nasim Mavaddat;Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Joe Dennis;Michael Lush

  • Associations of Breast Cancer Risk Factors With Tumor Subtypes: A Pooled Analysis From the Breast Cancer Association Consortium Studies

    Xiaohong R. Yang;Jenny Chang-Claude;Ellen L. Goode;Fergus J. Couch

  • Parent-of-origin-specific allelic associations among 106 genomic loci for age at menarche

    John R.B. Perry;Felix Day;Cathy E. Elks;Patrick Sulem

  • The clinical value of somatic TP53 gene mutations in 1,794 patients with breast cancer.

    Magali Olivier;Anita Langerød;Patrizia Carrieri;Jonas Bergh

  • Genome-wide association analysis of more than 120,000 individuals identifies 15 new susceptibility loci for breast cancer

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Jonathan Beesley;Sara Lindstrom;Sander Canisius

  • Multiple independent variants at the TERT locus are associated with telomere length and risks of breast and ovarian cancer

    Stig E. Bojesen;Stig E. Bojesen;Karen A. Pooley;Sharon E. Johnatty;Jonathan Beesley

  • Prediction of Breast Cancer Risk Based on Profiling With Common Genetic Variants

    Nasim Mavaddat;Paul D.P. Pharoah;Kyriaki Michailidou;Jonathan Tyrer

  • Genomic analyses identify hundreds of variants associated with age at menarche and support a role for puberty timing in cancer risk

    Felix R. Day;Deborah J. Thompson;Hannes Helgason;Hannes Helgason;Daniel I. Chasman

  • MicroRNA related polymorphisms and breast cancer risk

    Sofia Khan;Dario Greco;Dario Greco;Kyriaki Michailidou;Roger L. Milne;Roger L. Milne

  • A recurrent mutation in PALB2 in Finnish cancer families

    Hannele Erkko;Bing Xia;Jenni Nikkilä;Johanna Schleutker

  • Large-scale genomic analyses link reproductive aging to hypothalamic signaling, breast cancer susceptibility and BRCA1-mediated DNA repair

    Felix R. Day;Katherine S. Ruth;Deborah J Thompson;Kathryn L. Lunetta

  • Genome-wide association studies identify four ER negative-specific breast cancer risk loci

    Montserrat Garcia-Closas;Fergus J. Couch;Sara Lindstrom;Kyriaki Michailidou

  • A locus on 19p13 modifies risk of breast cancer in BRCA1 mutation carriers and is associated with hormone receptor-negative breast cancer in the general population

    Antonis C. Antoniou;Xianshu Wang;Zachary S. Fredericksen;Lesley McGuffog

  • Identification of ten variants associated with risk of estrogen-receptor-negative breast cancer.

    Roger L Milne;Roger L Milne;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Jonathan Beesley

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 32 novel breast cancer susceptibility loci from overall and subtype-specific analyses

    Haoyu Zhang;Haoyu Zhang;Thomas U. Ahearn;Julie Lecarpentier;Daniel Barnes

  • Genomic analyses identify hundreds of variants associated with age at menarche and support a role for puberty timing in cancer risk

    Day Fr;Thompson Dj;elgason H;Chasman Di

Frequent Co-Authors

Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Hiltrud Brauch
Hiltrud Brauch German Cancer Research Center
Peter A. Fasching
Peter A. Fasching University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Roger L. Milne
Roger L. Milne Cancer Council Victoria
Jenny Chang-Claude
Jenny Chang-Claude German Cancer Research Center
Melissa C. Southey
Melissa C. Southey Monash University
Stig E. Bojesen
Stig E. Bojesen University of Copenhagen
Arto Mannermaa
Arto Mannermaa University of Eastern Finland
Irene L. Andrulis
Irene L. Andrulis University of Toronto
Barbara Burwinkel
Barbara Burwinkel Heidelberg University

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