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Overview

Shawn Levy is affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States. Their research focuses mainly on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, spanning a total of 75 publications in these broad fields. In addition to these areas, they have also contributed to the fields of medicine, with 30 publications. Their work addresses specialized subfields including molecular biology, genetics, cancer research, pathology and forensic medicine, and infectious diseases.

Levy's scientific contributions cover a range of topics with notable recurring themes. These include:

  • Genomics and phylogenetic studies
  • Genomics and rare diseases
  • Cancer genomics and diagnostics
  • Molecular biology techniques and applications
  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Their work has been published extensively in various venues. Frequent publication platforms include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • Nature Biotechnology
  • Nature Communications
  • JCI Insight

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Shawn Levy showcase diverse research topics and collaboration. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Shotgun transcriptome, spatial omics, and isothermal profiling of SARS-CoV-2 infection reveals unique host responses, viral diversification, and drug interactions" (2021, Nature Communications)
  • "Performance assessment of DNA sequencing platforms in the ABRF Next-Generation Sequencing Study" (2021, Nature Biotechnology)
  • "Artificial intelligence enables comprehensive genome interpretation and nomination of candidate diagnoses for rare genetic diseases" (2021, Genome Medicine)
  • "Utility of long-read sequencing for All of Us" (2024, Nature Communications)
  • "Sequencing by avidity enables high accuracy with low reagent consumption" (2023, Nature Biotechnology)

Levy frequently collaborates with several other researchers. Their most frequent co-authors are:

  • Christopher E. Mason
  • Nripesh Prasad
  • Bryan R. Lajoie
  • Semyon Kruglyak
  • Jonathan Foox

Best Publications

  • Next-generation genotype imputation service and methods.

    Sayantan Das;Lukas Forer;Sebastian Schönherr;Carlo Sidore;Carlo Sidore

  • A reference panel of 64,976 haplotypes for genotype imputation

    Shane McCarthy;Sayantan Das;Warren Kretzschmar;Olivier Delaneau

  • An integrated encyclopedia of DNA elements in the human genome

    Ian Dunham;Anshul Kundaje;Shelley F. Aldred;Patrick J. Collins

  • The MicroArray Quality Control (MAQC) project shows inter- and intraplatform reproducibility of gene expression measurements

    Leming Shi;Laura H. Reid;Wendell D. Jones;Richard Shippy

  • Patterns and rates of exonic de novo mutations in autism spectrum disorders

    Benjamin M. Neale;Yan Kou;Li Liu;Avi Ma'Ayan

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 30 loci associated with bipolar disorder

    Eli A. Stahl;Eli A. Stahl;Gerome Breen;Andreas J. Forstner;Andrew McQuillin

  • Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology

    Niamh Mullins;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Kevin S. O'Connell;Kevin S. O'Connell;Brandon Coombes

  • The ADP/ATP translocator is not essential for the mitochondrial permeability transition pore

    Jason E. Kokoszka;Jason E. Kokoszka;Katrina G. Waymire;Katrina G. Waymire;Shawn E. Levy;Shawn E. Levy;James E. Sligh;James E. Sligh

  • A comprehensive evaluation of multicategory classification methods for microarray gene expression cancer diagnosis

    Alexander Statnikov;Constantin F. Aliferis;Ioannis Tsamardinos;Douglas Hardin

  • Exome sequencing in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis identifies risk genes and pathways

    Elizabeth T. Cirulli;Brittany N Lasseigne;Slave Petrovski;Peter C Sapp

  • A comprehensive assessment of RNA-seq accuracy, reproducibility and information content by the Sequencing Quality Control Consortium

    Zhenqiang Su;Paweł P. Łabaj;Sheng Li;Jean Thierry-Mieg

  • Genetic and Functional Drivers of Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma.

    Anupama Reddy;Jenny Zhang;Nicholas S. Davis;Andrea B. Moffitt

  • Strong association of de novo copy number mutations with sporadic schizophrenia.

    Bin Xu;J Louw Roos;Shawn Levy;E J van Rensburg

  • Genomic Dissection of Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia, Including 28 Subphenotypes

    Douglas M. Ruderfer;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Andrew McQuillin;James Boocock

  • The Pan-ErbB Negative Regulator Lrig1 Is an Intestinal Stem Cell Marker that Functions as a Tumor Suppressor

    Anne E. Powell;Yang Wang;Yina Li;Emily J. Poulin

  • A Neurodegeneration-Specific Gene-Expression Signature of Acutely Isolated Microglia from an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Mouse Model

    Isaac M. Chiu;Emiko T.A. Morimoto;Hani Goodarzi;Jennifer T. Liao

  • Experimentally derived metastasis gene expression profile predicts recurrence and death in patients with colon cancer

    J. Joshua Smith;Natasha G. Deane;Fei Wu;Nipun B. Merchant

  • Increased epidermal growth factor receptor gene copy number is associated with poor prognosis in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas.

    Christine H. Chung;Kim Ely;Loris McGavran;Marileila Varella-Garcia

  • The genetic landscape of mutations in Burkitt lymphoma

    Cassandra Love;Zhen Sun;Dereje Jima;Guojie Li

  • Genome-wide association study identifies a new breast cancer susceptibility locus at 6q25.1

    Wei Zheng;Jirong Long;Yu Tang Gao;Chun Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Hong-Wen Deng
Hong-Wen Deng Tulane University
Christopher E. Mason
Christopher E. Mason Cornell University
Friedhelm Hildebrandt
Friedhelm Hildebrandt Boston Children's Hospital
Alvin C. Powers
Alvin C. Powers Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Mikael Landén
Mikael Landén University of Gothenburg
Michael Boehnke
Michael Boehnke University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Stefan Herms
Stefan Herms University of Basel
Richard M. Myers
Richard M. Myers HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology
Per Hoffmann
Per Hoffmann University of Bonn
Michael F. Wangler
Michael F. Wangler Baylor College of Medicine

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