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Overview

Sibylle G. Schwab is affiliated with the University of Wollongong in Australia. Their research spans multiple areas within neuroscience and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on genetic associations, neuropharmacology, and stress response mechanisms.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Neuroscience
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these fields, Schwab has contributed extensively to several subfields such as:

  • Genetics
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Physiology

Key research topics covered in their work involve:

  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes

Schwab has published research frequently in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Genetics
  • Psychiatry Research
  • Scientific Reports
  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Some recent papers include:

  • Improving polygenic prediction in ancestrally diverse populations (2022, Nature Genetics)
  • Multi-trait genome-wide association study of opioid addiction: OPRM1 and beyond (2022, Scientific Reports)
  • How stress physically re-shapes the brain: Impact on brain cell shapes, numbers and connections in psychiatric disorders (2021, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews)
  • Severe childhood and adulthood stress associates with neocortical layer-specific reductions of mature spines in psychiatric disorders (2020, Neurobiology of Stress)
  • Alterations in Astrocytic Regulation of Excitation and Inhibition by Stress Exposure and in Severe Psychopathology (2022, Journal of Neuroscience)

The scientist has frequently collaborated with other researchers, including:

  • Natalie Matosin
  • Naguib Mechawar
  • Dieter B. Wildenauer
  • Dominic Kaul
  • Lezanne Ooi

Best Publications

  • Biological insights from 108 schizophrenia-associated genetic loci

    Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Aiden Corvin;James T. R. Walters

  • Genome-wide association study identifies five new schizophrenia loci

    Stephan Ripke;Alan R. Sanders;Kenneth S. Kendler;Douglas F. Levinson

  • Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

    Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K. Finucane;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters

  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies 13 new risk loci for schizophrenia

    Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Colm T. O'Dushlaine;Kimberly D. Chambert;Jennifer L. Moran

  • Modeling Linkage Disequilibrium Increases Accuracy of Polygenic Risk Scores

    Bjarni J. Vilhjálmsson;Jian Yang;Hilary K. Finucane;Alexander Gusev

  • Genome Scan Meta-Analysis of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder, Part II: Schizophrenia

    Cathryn M. Lewis;Douglas F. Levinson;Lesley H. Wise;Lynn E. DeLisi

  • Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders

    Phil H. Lee;Verneri Anttila;Hyejung Won;Yen-Chen A. Feng

  • Contribution of copy number variants to schizophrenia from a genome-wide study of 41,321 subjects

    Christian R Marshall;Daniel P Howrigan;Daniel P Howrigan;Daniele Merico;Bhooma Thiruvahindrapuram

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

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

  • Partitioning heritability of regulatory and cell-type-specific variants across 11 common diseases

    Alexander Gusev;S. Hong Lee;Gosia Trynka;Hilary Finucane

  • Comparative genetic architectures of schizophrenia in East Asian and European populations

    Max Lam;Chia-Yen Chen;Zhiqiang Li;Alicia R. Martin;Alicia R. Martin

  • Genomewide association studies: history, rationale, and prospects for psychiatric disorders.

    Sven Cichon;Nick Craddock;Mark Daly;Mark Daly;Stephen V. Faraone

  • Support for Association of Schizophrenia with Genetic Variation in the 6p22.3 Gene, Dysbindin, in Sib-Pair Families with Linkage and in an Additional Sample of Triad Families

    Sibylle G. Schwab;Michael Knapp;Stephanie Mondabon;Joachim Hallmayer

  • Meta-analysis of 32 genome-wide linkage studies of schizophrenia

    M Y M Ng;D F Levinson;S Faraone;B K Suarez

  • Evaluation of a susceptibility gene for schizophrenia on chromosome 6p by multipoint affected sib–pair linkage analysis

    Sibylle G. Schwab;Margot Albus;Joachim Hallmayer;Sabine Hönig

  • Serotonin transporter promoter and intron 2 polymorphisms: relationship between allelic variants and gene expression.

    Dubravka Hranilovic;Jasminka Stefulj;Sibylle Schwab;Margitta Borrmann-Hassenbach

  • Multicenter Linkage Study of Schizophrenia Candidate Regions on Chromosomes 5q, 6q, 10p, and 13q: Schizophrenia Linkage Collaborative Group III

    Douglas F. Levinson;Peter Holmans;Richard E. Straub;Michael J. Owen

  • Additional support for schizophrenia linkage on chromosomes 6 and 8: A multicenter study

    Dieter B. Wildenauer;Sibylle G. Schwab;Margot Albus;Joachim Hallmayer

  • Genotype)phenotype relationship in female carriers of the premutation and full mutation of FMR-1

    Petra Franke;Marion Leboyer;Michael Gänsicke;Olaf Weiffenbach

  • Genome wide meta-analysis identifies genomic relationships, novel loci, and pleiotropic mechanisms across eight psychiatric disorders

    Lee Ph;Anttila;Won H

Frequent Co-Authors

Dieter B. Wildenauer
Dieter B. Wildenauer University of Western Australia
Wolfgang Maier
Wolfgang Maier University of Bonn
Pablo V. Gejman
Pablo V. Gejman NorthShore University HealthSystem
Stephan Ripke
Stephan Ripke Massachusetts General Hospital
Marcella Rietschel
Marcella Rietschel Heidelberg University
Alan R. Sanders
Alan R. Sanders NorthShore University HealthSystem
Jubao Duan
Jubao Duan University of Chicago
Michael Conlon O'Donovan
Michael Conlon O'Donovan Cardiff University
Peter Holmans
Peter Holmans Cardiff University
Michael John Owen
Michael John Owen Cardiff University

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