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63
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9951
National Ranking
102

Overview

Simon Rasmussen is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and works primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research contributions span a wide range of topics focusing on molecular biology and genetics as well as applications in medicine.

The main fields of study encompassed in their work include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Within these fields, Rasmussen's research addresses several subfields such as:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Epidemiology
  • Ecology
  • Spectroscopy

They have contributed extensively to several key topics, including:

  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Gene expression and cancer classification
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment

Rasmussen's scholarly output includes numerous publications across respected venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature
  • Nature Biotechnology
  • Communications Biology

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Rasmussen, notable works are:

  • "Improved metagenome binning and assembly using deep variational autoencoders," 2021, Nature Biotechnology
  • "A reference map of potential determinants for the human serum metabolome," 2020, Nature
  • "Critical Assessment of Metagenome Interpretation: the second round of challenges," 2022, Nature Methods
  • "Population genomics of the Viking world," 2020, Nature
  • "Noninvasive proteomic biomarkers for alcohol-related liver disease," 2022, Nature Medicine

The scientist has frequently collaborated with other researchers including:

  • Michael E. Benros
  • Torben Hansen
  • Jakob Nybo Nissen
  • Joachim Johansen
  • Henry Webel

Best Publications

  • Richness of human gut microbiome correlates with metabolic markers

    Trine Nielsen;Junjie Qin;Edi Prifti

  • Identification of acquired antimicrobial resistance genes

    Ea Zankari;Henrik Hasman;Salvatore Cosentino;Martin Vestergaard

  • Multilocus Sequence Typing of Total-Genome-Sequenced Bacteria

    Mette V. Larsen;Salvatore Cosentino;Simon Rasmussen;Carsten Friis

  • Population genomics of Bronze Age Eurasia

    Morten E. Allentoft;Martin Sikora;Karl-Göran Sjögren;Simon Rasmussen

  • Identification and assembly of genomes and genetic elements in complex metagenomic samples without using reference genomes

    H Bjørn Nielsen;Mathieu Almeida;Agnieszka Sierakowska Juncker;Simon Rasmussen

  • Upper Palaeolithic Siberian genome reveals dual ancestry of Native Americans

    Maanasa Raghavan;Pontus Skoglund;Kelly E. Graf;Mait Metspalu

  • Global monitoring of antimicrobial resistance based on metagenomics analyses of urban sewage

    Rene S. Hendriksen;Patrick Munk;Patrick Murigu Kamau Njage;Bram van Bunnik

  • An Aboriginal Australian Genome Reveals Separate Human Dispersals into Asia

    Morten Rasmussen;Xiaosen Guo;Yong Wang;Kirk E. Lohmueller

  • A genomic history of Aboriginal Australia

    Anna Sapfo Malaspinas;Anna Sapfo Malaspinas;Anna Sapfo Malaspinas;Michael C. Westaway;Craig Muller;Vitor C. Sousa;Vitor C. Sousa

  • Improved metagenome binning and assembly using deep variational autoencoders

    Jakob Nybo Nissen;Jakob Nybo Nissen;Joachim Johansen;Rosa Lundbye Allesøe;Casper Kaae Sønderby

  • The genome of a Late Pleistocene human from a Clovis burial site in western Montana

    Morten Arendt Rendt Rasmussen;Sarah L. Anzick;Michael R. Waters;Pontus Skoglund

  • Early divergent strains of Yersinia pestis in Eurasia 5,000 years ago.

    Simon Rasmussen;Morten Erik Allentoft;Kasper Nielsen;Ludovic Orlando

  • Genomic evidence for the Pleistocene and recent population history of Native Americans

    Maanasa Raghavan;Matthias Steinrücken;Matthias Steinrücken;Kelley Harris;Stephan Schiffels

  • Metagenomic species profiling using universal phylogenetic marker genes

    Shinichi Sunagawa;Daniel R Mende;Georg Zeller;Fernando Izquierdo-Carrasco

  • Transcriptome responses to combinations of stresses in Arabidopsis.

    Simon Rasmussen;Pankaj Barah;Maria Cristina Suarez-Rodriguez;Simon Bressendorff

  • 137 ancient human genomes from across the Eurasian steppes

    Peter de Barros Damgaard;Nina Marchi;Simon Rasmussen;Michaël Peyrot

  • The first horse herders and the impact of early Bronze Age steppe expansions into Asia

    Peter de Barros Damgaard;Rui Martiniano;Rui Martiniano;Jack Kamm;J. Víctor Moreno-Mayar

  • Derived immune and ancestral pigmentation alleles in a 7,000-year-old Mesolithic European

    Inigo Olalde;Morten Erik Allentoft;Federico Sanchez-Quinto;Gabriel Santpere

  • The prehistoric peopling of Southeast Asia.

    Hugh McColl;Fernando Racimo;Lasse Vinner;Fabrice Demeter

  • The genetic prehistory of the New World Arctic

    Maanasa Raghavan;Michael DeGiorgio;Anders Albrechtsen;Ida Moltke;Ida Moltke

Frequent Co-Authors

Eske Willerslev
Eske Willerslev University of Copenhagen
Rasmus Nielsen
Rasmus Nielsen University of California, Berkeley
Morten E. Allentoft
Morten E. Allentoft Curtin University
Martin Sikora
Martin Sikora University of Copenhagen
Thomas Sicheritz-Pontén
Thomas Sicheritz-Pontén University of Copenhagen
Ludovic Orlando
Ludovic Orlando Paul Sabatier University
Thorfinn Sand Korneliussen
Thorfinn Sand Korneliussen University of Copenhagen
Søren Brunak
Søren Brunak University of Copenhagen
David J. Meltzer
David J. Meltzer Southern Methodist University
M. Thomas P. Gilbert
M. Thomas P. Gilbert University of Copenhagen

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