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Tuuli Lappalainen is affiliated with the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden and has made significant contributions in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research spans multiple subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Cancer Research, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The scientist's work focuses on several main topics, notably Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks, RNA Research and Splicing, RNA Modifications and Cancer, Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals, Gene Expression and Cancer Classification, and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics.

Among recent publications, several notable papers include:

  • The GTEx Consortium atlas of genetic regulatory effects across human tissues, 2020, Science
  • Genome-wide association studies, 2021, Nature Reviews Methods Primers
  • The impact of sex on gene expression across human tissues, 2020, Science
  • Identification of Required Host Factors for SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Human Cells, 2020, Cell
  • Cell type-specific genetic regulation of gene expression across human tissues, 2020, Science

Frequent coauthors associated with Tuuli Lappalainen's work include:

  • François Aguet
  • Kristin Ardlie
  • Silva Kasela
  • Jerome I. Rotter
  • Stephen S. Rich

The scientist regularly publishes in several venues, with the most frequent being:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Science
  • UNC Libraries
  • Cell

Best Publications

  • A global reference for human genetic variation.

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

  • An integrated map of genetic variation from 1,092 human genomes

    Goncalo R Abecasis;Adam Auton;Lisa D Brooks

  • The Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) project

    John Lonsdale;Jeffrey Thomas;Mike Salvatore;Rebecca Phillips

  • The Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) pilot analysis: Multitissue gene regulation in humans

    Kristin G. Ardlie;David S. Deluca;Ayellet V. Segrè

  • Genetic effects on gene expression across human tissues.

    Enhancing GTEx (eGTEx) groups

  • Transcriptome and genome sequencing uncovers functional variation in humans

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

  • The human transcriptome across tissues and individuals

    Marta Melé;Pedro G. Ferreira;Ferran Reverter;Ferran Reverter;David S. DeLuca

  • Correction: Corrigendum: Synchronized age-related gene expression changes across multiple tissues in human and the link to complex diseases

    Jialiang Yang;Tao Huang;Francesca Petralia;Quan Long

  • 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

  • Genome-wide association studies

    Emil Uffelmann;Qin Qin Huang;Nchangwi Syntia Munung;Jantina de Vries

  • A global reference for human genetic variation

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

  • Landscape of X chromosome inactivation across human tissues

    Taru Tukiainen;Taru Tukiainen;Alexandra-Chloé Villani;Alexandra-Chloé Villani;Angela Yen;Angela Yen;Manuel A. Rivas;Manuel A. Rivas;Manuel A. Rivas

  • Insights into hominid evolution from the gorilla genome sequence

    Aylwyn Scally;Julien Y. Dutheil;LaDeana W. Hillier;Gregory E. Jordan

  • The impact of sex on gene expression across human tissues

    Meritxell Oliva;Manuel Muñoz-Aguirre;Sarah Kim-Hellmuth;Sarah Kim-Hellmuth;Valentin Wucher

  • Identification of Required Host Factors for SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Human Cells.

    Zharko Daniloski;Tristan X. Jordan;Hans-Hermann Wessels;Daisy A. Hoagland

  • Passive and active DNA methylation and the interplay with genetic variation in gene regulation

    Maria Gutierrez-Arcelus;Maria Gutierrez-Arcelus;Tuuli Lappalainen;Tuuli Lappalainen;Stephen B Montgomery;Stephen B Montgomery;Alfonso Buil;Alfonso Buil

  • Cell type–specific genetic regulation of gene expression across human tissues

    Sarah Kim-Hellmuth;Sarah Kim-Hellmuth;François Aguet;Meritxell Oliva;Manuel Muñoz-Aguirre

  • Distribution and Medical Impact of Loss-of-Function Variants in the Finnish Founder Population

    Elaine T. Lim;Peter Würtz;Peter Würtz;Peter Würtz;Aki S. Havulinna;Priit Palta;Priit Palta

  • Integrative Annotation of Variants from 1092 Humans: Application to Cancer Genomics

    Ekta Khurana;Yao Fu;Vincenza Colonna;Vincenza Colonna;Xinmeng Jasmine Mu

  • 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
Daniel G. MacArthur
Daniel G. MacArthur Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Stephen B. Montgomery
Stephen B. Montgomery Stanford University
Kristin Ardlie
Kristin Ardlie Broad Institute
Andrew A. Brown
Andrew A. Brown University of Geneva
Roderic Guigó
Roderic Guigó Pompeu Fabra University
Gad Getz
Gad Getz Broad Institute
Xiaoquan Wen
Xiaoquan Wen University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Eric R. Gamazon
Eric R. Gamazon Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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