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Steven E. Schumacher

Steven E. Schumacher

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
87
Citations
146531
World Ranking
2761
National Ranking
1425

Overview

Steven E. Schumacher is affiliated with the Broad Institute in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research spans various subfields including molecular biology, cancer research, genetics, pathology and forensic medicine, and plant science. The primary focus lies in cancer genomics and diagnostics, genetic factors in colorectal cancer, genomics related to rare diseases, genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities, RNA research and splicing, as well as evolution and genetic dynamics.

Their publication record includes numerous articles in major scientific journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • Nature Communications
  • Nature Genetics
  • Nature
  • UNC Libraries
  • Cell

Recent significant papers by Steven E. Schumacher and collaborators include:

  • "The evolutionary history of 2,658 cancers" (2020, Nature)
  • "Patterns of somatic structural variation in human cancer genomes" (2020, Nature)
  • "Comprehensive analysis of chromothripsis in 2,658 human cancers using whole-genome sequencing" (2020, Nature Genetics)
  • "Analyses of non-coding somatic drivers in 2,658 cancer whole genomes" (2020, Nature)
  • "Characterizing genetic intra-tumor heterogeneity across 2,658 human cancer genomes" (2021, Cell)

Steven E. Schumacher frequently collaborates with researchers such as:

  • Marcin Imieliński
  • Iñigo Martincorena
  • Kadir C. Akdemir
  • Paul C. Boutros
  • Geoff Macintyre

The research topics they have most often investigated include:

  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Best Publications

  • Comprehensive molecular portraits of human breast tumours

    Daniel C. Koboldt;Robert S. Fulton;Michael D. McLellan;Heather Schmidt

  • The cancer genome atlas pan-cancer analysis project

    John N Weinstein;John N Weinstein;Eric A. Collisson;Gordon B Mills;Kenna R Mills Shaw;Kenna R Mills Shaw

  • Comprehensive molecular characterization of human colon and rectal cancer

    Donna M. Muzny;Matthew N. Bainbridge;Kyle Chang;Huyen H. Dinh

  • Comprehensive molecular characterization of gastric adenocarcinoma

    Adam J. Bass;Vesteinn Thorsson;Ilya Shmulevich;Sheila M. Reynolds

  • Integrated genomic characterization of endometrial carcinoma

    Gad Getz;Stacey B. Gabriel;Kristian Cibulskis;Eric Lander

  • Comprehensive molecular profiling of lung adenocarcinoma: The cancer genome atlas research network

    Eric A. Collisson;Joshua D. Campbell;Angela N. Brooks;Angela N. Brooks;Alice H. Berger

  • Comprehensive genomic characterization of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas

    Michael S. Lawrence;Carrie Sougnez;Lee Lichtenstein;Kristian Cibulskis

  • The Immune Landscape of Cancer

    Vésteinn Thorsson;David L Gibbs;Scott D Brown;Denise Wolf

  • Comprehensive genomic characterization of squamous cell lung cancers

    Peter S. Hammerman;Doug Voet;Michael S. Lawrence;Douglas Voet

  • Comprehensive molecular characterization of urothelial bladder carcinoma

    John N Weinstein;Rehan Akbani;Bradley McIntosh Broom;Wenyi Wang

  • Comprehensive, Integrative Genomic Analysis of Diffuse Lower-Grade Gliomas.

    Daniel J. Brat;Roel G.W. Verhaak;Kenneth D. Aldape;W. K.Alfred Yung

  • Oncogenic Signaling Pathways in The Cancer Genome Atlas

    Francisco Sanchez-Vega;Marco Mina;Joshua Armenia;Walid K. Chatila

  • GISTIC2.0 facilitates sensitive and confident localization of the targets of focal somatic copy-number alteration in human cancers.

    Craig H. Mermel;Steven E Schumacher;Barbara Allen Hill;Matthew L Meyerson

  • Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes

    Peter J. Campbell;Gad Getz;Jan O. Korbel;Joshua M. Stuart

  • Genomic Classification of Cutaneous Melanoma

    Rehan Akbani;Kadir C. Akdemir;B. Arman Aksoy;Monique Albert

  • The Molecular Taxonomy of Primary Prostate Cancer

    Adam Abeshouse;Jaeil Ahn;Rehan Akbani;Adrian Ally

  • Integrated Genomic Characterization of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

    Nishant Agrawal;Rehan Akbani;B. Arman Aksoy;Adrian Ally

  • Comprehensive Characterization of Cancer Driver Genes and Mutations.

    Matthew H Bailey;Collin Tokheim;Eduard Porta-Pardo;Sohini Sengupta

  • The Cancer Genome Atlas Pan-Cancer analysis project

    Kyle Chang;Chad J Creighton;Caleb Davis;Lawrence Donehower

  • The Molecular Taxonomy of Primary Prostate Cancer

    Adam Abeshouse;Jaeil Ahn;Rehan Akbani;Adrian Ally

Frequent Co-Authors

Rameen Beroukhim
Rameen Beroukhim Harvard University
Gad Getz
Gad Getz Broad Institute
Matthew Meyerson
Matthew Meyerson Harvard University
Andrew D. Cherniack
Andrew D. Cherniack Broad Institute
Michael S. Lawrence
Michael S. Lawrence Harvard University
Marco A. Marra
Marco A. Marra University of British Columbia
Steven J.M. Jones
Steven J.M. Jones University of British Columbia
Andrew J. Mungall
Andrew J. Mungall BC Cancer Agency
Richard A. Moore
Richard A. Moore BC Cancer Agency
Peter W. Laird
Peter W. Laird Van Andel Institute

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