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W. James Kent is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Cruz in the United States. Their research focuses primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

The main subfields of their work include Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Genetics, Plant Science, and Infectious Diseases. Their contributions span several topics including Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, RNA modifications and cancer, Machine Learning in Bioinformatics, and Genomics and Rare Diseases.

They have frequently published in the journal Nucleic Acids Research, with additional publications appearing in Mobile DNA, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Genome biology, and Scientific Data.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by W. James Kent include:

  • The UCSC Genome Browser database: 2024 update (2023), Nucleic Acids Research
  • The UCSC Genome Browser database: 2023 update (2022), Nucleic Acids Research
  • The UCSC Genome Browser database: 2022 update (2021), Nucleic Acids Research
  • The UCSC Genome Browser database: 2021 update (2020), Nucleic Acids Research
  • The UCSC repeat browser allows discovery and visualization of evolutionary conflict across repeat families (2020), Mobile DNA

W. James Kent has collaborated repeatedly with several coauthors, including:

  • Maximilian Haeussler
  • Hiram Clawson
  • David Haussler
  • Luis R Nassar
  • Jairo Navarro Gonzalez

Best Publications

  • Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome.

    Eric S. Lander;Lauren M. Linton;Bruce Birren;Chad Nusbaum

  • A global reference for human genetic variation.

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

  • The Human Genome Browser at UCSC

    W. James Kent;Charles W. Sugnet;Terrence S. Furey;Krishna M. Roskin

  • BLAT—The BLAST-Like Alignment Tool

    W. James Kent

  • Initial sequencing and comparative analysis of the mouse genome.

    Robert H. Waterston;Kerstin Lindblad-Toh;Ewan Birney;Jane Rogers

  • Identification and analysis of functional elements in 1% of the human genome by the ENCODE pilot project

    Ewan Birney;John A. Stamatoyannopoulos;Anindya Dutta;Roderic Guigó

  • Evolutionarily conserved elements in vertebrate, insect, worm, and yeast genomes

    Adam Siepel;Gill Bejerano;Jakob Skou Pedersen;Angie S Hinrichs

  • Genetic effects on gene expression across human tissues.

    Enhancing GTEx (eGTEx) groups

  • Aligning Multiple Genomic Sequences With the Threaded Blockset Aligner

    Mathieu Blanchette;W. James Kent;Cathy Riemer;Laura Elnitski

  • Human–Mouse Alignments with BLASTZ

    Scott Schwartz;W. James Kent;Arian Smit;Zheng Zhang

  • The ENCODE (ENCyclopedia of DNA elements) Project

    E. A. Feingold;P. J. Good;M. S. Guyer;S. Kamholz

  • An integrated encyclopedia of DNA elements in the human genome

    Ian Dunham;Anshul Kundaje;Shelley F. Aldred;Patrick J. Collins

  • Evolution's cauldron: Duplication, deletion, and rearrangement in the mouse and human genomes

    W. James Kent;Robert Baertsch;Angie Hinrichs;Webb Miller

  • The UCSC Table Browser data retrieval tool

    Donna Karolchik;Angela S. Hinrichs;Terrence S. Furey;Krishna M. Roskin

  • Sequence and comparative analysis of the chicken genome provide unique perspectives on vertebrate evolution

    Ladeana W. Hillier;Webb Miller;Ewan Birney;Wesley Warren

  • Genome sequence of the Brown Norway rat yields insights into mammalian evolution

    Richard A. Gibbs;George M. Weinstock;Michael L. Metzker;Donna M. Muzny

  • Galaxy: A platform for interactive large-scale genome analysis

    Belinda Giardine;Cathy Riemer;Ross C. Hardison;Richard Burhans

  • Initial sequence of the chimpanzee genome and comparison with the human genome

    Tarjei S. Mikkelsen;LaDeana W. Hillier

  • Ultraconserved Elements in the Human Genome

    Gill Bejerano;Michael Pheasant;Igor Makunin;Stuart Stephen

  • The UCSC Genome Browser Database

    D. Karolchik;R. Baertsch;M. Diekhans;Terrence Furey

Frequent Co-Authors

David Haussler
David Haussler University of California, Santa Cruz
Donna Karolchik
Donna Karolchik University of California, Santa Cruz
Robert M. Kuhn
Robert M. Kuhn University of California, Santa Cruz
Angie S. Hinrichs
Angie S. Hinrichs University of California, Santa Cruz
Kate R. Rosenbloom
Kate R. Rosenbloom University of California, Santa Cruz
Brian J. Raney
Brian J. Raney University of California, Santa Cruz
Maximilian Haeussler
Maximilian Haeussler University of California, Santa Cruz
Mark Diekhans
Mark Diekhans University of California, Santa Cruz
Hiram Clawson
Hiram Clawson University of California, Santa Cruz

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