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Stephen B. Montgomery

Stephen B. Montgomery

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Genetics

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86
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81481
World Ranking
1227
National Ranking
582

Overview

Stephen B. Montgomery is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research spans extensively within the domain of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, comprising a total of 238 publications. Within this broad category, subfields such as Molecular Biology, Genetics, Physiology, Cancer Research, and Immunology are notably represented in their work.

The scientist's investigations cover several key topics, including Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Genomics and Rare Diseases, RNA modifications and cancer, Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks, RNA Research and Splicing, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, and Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics.

Stephen B. Montgomery's recent publications reflect a focus on genetic regulation, human tissue studies, and proteomics. Notable papers include:

  • The GTEx Consortium atlas of genetic regulatory effects across human tissues, 2020, Science
  • The impact of sex on gene expression across human tissues, 2020, Science
  • Cell type-specific genetic regulation of gene expression across human tissues, 2020, Science
  • Determinants of telomere length across human tissues, 2020, Science
  • A Quantitative Proteome Map of the Human Body, 2020, Cell

Frequent publication venues for their work include ENCODE Datasets, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature, Science, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). The highest number of publications have appeared in ENCODE Datasets, followed by bioRxiv and Nature.

Collaboration appears as a significant aspect of their career, with several frequent co-authors including François Aguet, Michael J. Gloudemans, Matthew T. Wheeler, Kristin Ardlie, and Tuuli Lappalainen, each having contributed to numerous joint publications.

Best Publications

  • A global reference for human genetic variation.

    Adam Auton;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David M. Altshuler;Richard M. Durbin

  • Table S2: Trans-factors and trinucleotide repeat instability Trans-factor

    Arturo López Castel;John D Cleary;Christopher E Pearson

  • The GTEx Consortium atlas of genetic regulatory effects across human tissues

    F Aguet;AN Barbeira;R Bonazzola;A Brown

  • Integrating common and rare genetic variation in diverse human populations

    D M Altshuler;R A Gibbs;L Peltonen

  • Genetic effects on gene expression across human tissues.

    Enhancing GTEx (eGTEx) groups

  • The Genome Sequence of the SARS-associated Coronavirus

    Marco A. Marra;Steven J. M. Jones;Caroline R. Astell;Robert A. Holt

  • Transcriptome and genome sequencing uncovers functional variation in humans

    Tuuli Lappalainen;Michael Sammeth;Marc R. Friedländer;Peter A. C. ‘t Hoen

  • A Systematic Survey of Loss-of-Function Variants in Human Protein-Coding Genes

    Daniel G. MacArthur;Daniel G. MacArthur;Suganthi Balasubramanian;Adam Frankish;Ni Huang

  • Population genomics of human gene expression

    Barbara E. Stranger;Alexandra C. Nica;Matthew S. Forrest;Antigone Dimas

  • Mapping copy number variation by population-scale genome sequencing

    Ryan E. Mills;Klaudia Walter;Chip Stewart;Robert E. Handsaker

  • Exploring the phenotypic consequences of tissue specific gene expression variation inferred from GWAS summary statistics.

    Alvaro N. Barbeira;Scott P. Dickinson;Rodrigo Bonazzola;Jiamao Zheng

  • Transcriptome genetics using second generation sequencing in a Caucasian population

    Stephen B. Montgomery;Micha Sammeth;Maria Gutierrez-Arcelus;Radoslaw P. Lach

  • A global reference for human genetic variation

    Adam Auton;Gonçalo R. Abecasis;David M. Altshuler;Richard M. Durbin

  • RNA Sequencing and Analysis

    Kimberly R. Kukurba;Stephen B. Montgomery

  • Common Regulatory Variation Impacts Gene Expression in a Cell Type–Dependent Manner

    Antigone S. Dimas;Samuel Deutsch;Barbara Elaine Stranger;Barbara Elaine Stranger;Stephen B. Montgomery

  • Mapping cis - and trans -regulatory effects across multiple tissues in twins

    E Grundberg;K S Small;K S Small;Å K Hedman;A C Nica

  • Characterizing the genetic basis of transcriptome diversity through RNA-sequencing of 922 individuals

    Alexis Battle;Sara Mostafavi;Xiaowei Zhu;James B. Potash

  • Atheroprotective roles of smooth muscle cell phenotypic modulation and the TCF21 disease gene as revealed by single-cell analysis

    Robert C Wirka;Robert C Wirka;Dhananjay Wagh;David T Paik;David T Paik;Milos Pjanic;Milos Pjanic

  • Patterns of \(Cis\) Regulatory Variation in Diverse Human Populations

    Barbara Elaine Stranger;Stephen B. Montgomery;Stephen B. Montgomery;Antigone S. Dimas;Leopold Parts

  • The GTEx Consortium atlas of genetic regulatory effects across human tissues

    François Aguet;Alvaro N Barbeira;Rodrigo Bonazzola;Andrew Brown

Frequent Co-Authors

Emmanouil T. Dermitzakis
Emmanouil T. Dermitzakis University of Geneva
Tuuli Lappalainen
Tuuli Lappalainen Royal Institute of Technology
Daniel G. MacArthur
Daniel G. MacArthur Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Michael Snyder
Michael Snyder Stanford University
Barbara Elaine Stranger
Barbara Elaine Stranger Northwestern University
Oliver Stegle
Oliver Stegle German Cancer Research Center
Erik Ingelsson
Erik Ingelsson Stanford University
Christopher D. Brown
Christopher D. Brown University of Pennsylvania
Thomas Quertermous
Thomas Quertermous Stanford University

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