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Simon E. Fisher

Simon E. Fisher

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Genetics
Germany
2024
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Genetics and Molecular Biology
Germany
2024

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
95
Citations
36915
World Ranking
894
National Ranking
74

Medicine

D-Index
101
Citations
40937
World Ranking
7920
National Ranking
453

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Simon E. Fisher is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Genetics, Cognitive Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Developmental and Educational Psychology, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics including Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Congenital Heart Defects Research, Language Development and Disorders, and Genomics and Rare Diseases.

Frequent publication venues for Simon E. Fisher include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), European Neuropsychopharmacology, Molecular Psychiatry, Human Brain Mapping, and Nature Communications.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Simon E. Fisher are:

  • ENIGMA and global neuroscience: A decade of large-scale studies of the brain in health and disease across more than 40 countries (2020, Translational Psychiatry)
  • Cortical thickness across the lifespan: Data from 17,075 healthy individuals aged 3-90 years (2021, Human Brain Mapping)
  • Mapping brain asymmetry in health and disease through the ENIGMA consortium (2020, Human Brain Mapping)
  • Subcortical volumes across the lifespan: Data from 18,605 healthy individuals aged 3-90 years (2021, Human Brain Mapping)
  • The genetic architecture of structural left-right asymmetry of the human brain (2021, Nature Human Behaviour)

Simon E. Fisher has collaborated extensively with several researchers. Frequent co-authors include Clyde Francks, Else Eising, Jan K. Buitelaar, Dick Schijven, and Beaté St Pourcain.

Best Publications

  • A forkhead-domain gene is mutated in a severe speech and language disorder

    Cecilia S. L. Lai;Simon E. Fisher;Jane A. Hurst;Faraneh Vargha-Khadem

  • Molecular evolution of FOXP2, a gene involved in speech and language

    Wolfgang Enard;Molly Przeworski;Simon E. Fisher;Cecilia S. L. Lai

  • Exome sequencing in sporadic autism spectrum disorders identifies severe de novo mutations

    Brian J O'Roak;Pelagia Deriziotis;Pelagia Deriziotis;Choli Lee;Laura Vives

  • Common genetic variants influence human subcortical brain structures.

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

  • A functional genetic link between distinct developmental language disorders.

    Sonja C. Vernes;Dianne F. Newbury;Brett S. Abrahams;Laura Winchester

  • The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex

    Katrina L. Grasby;Neda Jahanshad;Jodie N. Painter;Lucía Colodro-Conde

  • The ENIGMA Consortium: large-scale collaborative analyses of neuroimaging and genetic data

    Paul M. Thompson;Jason L. Stein;Sarah E. Medland;Derrek P. Hibar

  • A common molecular basis for three inherited kidney stone diseases

    Sarah E. Lloyd;Simon H. S. Pearce;Simon E. Fisher;Klaus Steinmeyer

  • Localisation of a gene implicated in a severe speech and language disorder

    Simon E. Fisher;Faraneh Vargha-Khadem;Kate E. Watkins;Anthony P. Monaco

  • A humanized version of Foxp2 affects cortico-basal ganglia circuits in mice

    Wolfgang Enard;Sabine Gehre;Kurt Hammerschmidt;Sabine M. Hölter

  • FOXP2 as a molecular window into speech and language.

    Simon E. Fisher;Constance Scharff

  • ENIGMA and global neuroscience: A decade of large-scale studies of the brain in health and disease across more than 40 countries

    Paul M Thompson;Neda Jahanshad;Christopher R K Ching;Lauren E Salminen

  • Developmental dyslexia: genetic dissection of a complex cognitive trait

    Simon E. Fisher;John C. DeFries

  • Identification of FOXP2 Truncation as a Novel Cause of Developmental Speech and Language Deficits

    Kay D. MacDermot;Elena Bonora;Nuala Sykes;Anne Marie Coupe

  • FOXP2 expression during brain development coincides with adult sites of pathology in a severe speech and language disorder.

    Cecilia S. L. Lai;Dianne Gerrelli;Anthony P. Monaco;Simon E. Fisher

  • LRRTM1 on chromosome 2p12 is a maternally suppressed gene that is associated paternally with handedness and schizophrenia

    Clyde Francks;S. Maegawa;J. Laurén;B. S. Abrahams

  • The eloquent ape: genes, brains and the evolution of language.

    Simon E Fisher;Gary F. Marcus

  • ENIGMA and Global Neuroscience: A Decade of Large-Scale Studies of the Brain in Health and Disease Across More Than 40 Countries

    Paul Thompson

  • A Genomewide Scan for Loci Involved in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

    Simon E. Fisher;Clyde Francks;James T. McCracken;James J. McGough

  • FOXP2 as a molecular window into speech and language

    Simon E. Fisher

Frequent Co-Authors

Clyde Francks
Clyde Francks Max Planck Society
Anthony P. Monaco
Anthony P. Monaco Tufts University
Barbara Franke
Barbara Franke Radboud University
Han G. Brunner
Han G. Brunner Radboud University
Ingrid Agartz
Ingrid Agartz University of Oslo
Paul M. Thompson
Paul M. Thompson University of Southern California
Martine Hoogman
Martine Hoogman Radboud University
Sarah E. Medland
Sarah E. Medland QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
David C. Glahn
David C. Glahn Boston Children's Hospital
Erik G. Jönsson
Erik G. Jönsson University of Oslo

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