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Stefan Herms is affiliated with the University of Basel in Switzerland and has a research focus primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Genetics, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Molecular Biology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Speech and Hearing.

Their research topics cover areas such as Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Bipolar Disorder and Treatment, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare, Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, and Autism Spectrum Disorder Research.

Frequent publication venues for their work include Translational Psychiatry, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Stem Cell Research, Molecular Psychiatry, and UNC Libraries.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Stefan Herms include:

  • Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex, 2020, Science
  • Genetic identification of cell types underlying brain complex traits yields insights into the etiology of Parkinson's disease, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Genome-wide gene-environment analyses of major depressive disorder and reported lifetime traumatic experiences in UK Biobank, 2020, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Multivariate genome-wide association meta-analysis of over 1 million subjects identifies loci underlying multiple substance use disorders, 2023, Nature Mental Health

Stefan Herms has collaborated frequently with several co-authors including Per Hoffmann, Andreas J. Forstner, Sven Cichon, Markus M. Nöthen, and Franziska Degenhardt.

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 analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression

    Naomi R. Wray;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Manuel Mattheisen;MacIej Trzaskowski

  • Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs

    S. Hong Lee;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Stephen V. Faraone

  • 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 study identifies 30 loci associated with bipolar disorder

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

  • Modeling Linkage Disequilibrium Increases Accuracy of Polygenic Risk Scores

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

  • 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

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

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

  • A mega-analysis of genome-wide association studies for major depressive disorder

    Stephan Ripke;Naomi R Wray;Cathryn M Lewis;Steven P Hamilton

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa

    Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Zeynep Yilmaz;Laura M. Thornton;Christopher Hübel;Christopher Hübel

  • Rare coding variants in PLCG2, ABI3, and TREM2 implicate microglial-mediated innate immunity in Alzheimer's disease

    Rebecca Sims;Sven J. Van Der Lee;Adam C. Naj;Céline Bellenguez;Céline Bellenguez

  • 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

  • The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex

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

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

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

  • Psychiatric genome-wide association study analyses implicate neuronal, immune and histone pathways

    Colm O'Dushlaine;Lizzy Rossin;Phil H. Lee;Laramie Duncan;Laramie Duncan

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

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

  • Transancestral GWAS of alcohol dependence reveals common genetic underpinnings with psychiatric disorders

    Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters;Renato Polimanti;Emma C. Johnson;Jeanette N. McClintick

  • Direct Conversion of Fibroblasts into Stably Expandable Neural Stem Cells

    Marc Thier;Philipp Wörsdörfer;Yenal B. Lakes;Raphaela Gorris

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

    Lee Ph;Anttila;Won H

  • A mega-analysis of genome-wide association studies for major depressive disorder

    S. Ripke;N. R. Wray;C. M. Lewis;S. P. Hamilton

Frequent Co-Authors

Sven Cichon
Sven Cichon University of Basel
Per Hoffmann
Per Hoffmann University of Bonn
Markus M. Nöthen
Markus M. Nöthen University Hospital Bonn
Marcella Rietschel
Marcella Rietschel Heidelberg University
Andreas J. Forstner
Andreas J. Forstner Philipp University of Marburg
Manuel Mattheisen
Manuel Mattheisen Dalhousie University
Bertram Müller-Myhsok
Bertram Müller-Myhsok Max Planck Society
Thomas G. Schulze
Thomas G. Schulze Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Jana Strohmaier
Jana Strohmaier Heidelberg University
Stephan Ripke
Stephan Ripke Massachusetts General Hospital

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