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Overview

Wendy P. Robinson is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada and has a substantial body of work in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research spans various subfields including Molecular Biology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cancer Research, and Genetics.

Robinson's work centers on several main topics, notably:

  • Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
  • Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • MicroRNA in disease regulation

The scientist has published extensively in key venues, primarily:

  • Placenta
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Genetics
  • Scientific Reports
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Amy M. Inkster
  • Maria S. Peñaherrera
  • Victor Yuan
  • Wan L. Lam
  • Giulia Gobbo

Recent publications by Wendy P. Robinson illustrate an emphasis on epigenetic and genomic research related to placental biology and fetal development. Notable papers include:

  • "Cell-specific characterization of the placental methylome," 2021, published in BMC Genomics
  • "Sex Differences Are Here to Stay: Relevance to Prenatal Care," 2021, published in Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • "A cross-cohort analysis of autosomal DNA methylation sex differences in the term placenta," 2021, published in Biology of Sex Differences
  • "Single-cell assessment of primary and stem cell-derived human trophoblast organoids as placenta-modeling platforms," 2024, published in Developmental Cell
  • "Genomic imbalances in the placenta are associated with poor fetal growth," 2021, published in Molecular Medicine

The breadth of Robinson's research covers both fundamental biological processes and applied clinical insights, particularly through examining molecular mechanisms in the placenta and implications for fetal health and prenatal care.

Best Publications

  • Cytogenetic analysis of miscarriages from couples with recurrent miscarriage: a case–control study

    M.D. Stephenson;K.A. Awartani;W.P. Robinson

  • Additional annotation enhances potential for biologically-relevant analysis of the Illumina Infinium HumanMethylation450 BeadChip array

    E Magda Price;E Magda Price;Allison M Cotton;Lucia L Lam;Pau Farré

  • Genetic heterogeneity, modes of inheritance, and risk estimates for a joint study of caucasians with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

    G Thomson;W P Robinson;M K Kuhner;S Joe

  • Mechanisms leading to uniparental disomy and their clinical consequences.

    Wendy P. Robinson

  • The human placenta methylome

    Diane I. Schroeder;John D. Blair;Paul Lott;Hung On Ken Yu

  • Uniparental disomy 7 in Silver—Russell syndrome and primordial growth retardation

    Dieter Kotzot;Dieter Kotzot;Silke Schmitt;Fabiana Bernasconi;Fabiana Bernasconi;Wendy P. Robinson;Wendy P. Robinson

  • Small nuclear ribonucleoprotein polypeptide N (SNRPN), an expressed gene in the Prader–Willi syndrome critical region

    Tayfun Özçelik;Stuart Leff;Wendy Robinson;Tim Donlon

  • Molecular, cytogenetic, and clinical investigations of Prader-Willi syndrome patients.

    W P Robinson;A Bottani;Y G Xie;J Balakrishman

  • Meiotic origin of trisomy in confined placental mosaicism is correlated with presence of fetal uniparental disomy, high levels of trisomy in trophoblast, and increased risk of fetal intrauterine growth restriction

    W P Robinson;I J Barrett;L Bernard;A Telenius

  • Fertility and aging: do reproductive-aged Canadian women know what they need to know?

    Karla L. Bretherick;Karla L. Bretherick;Nichole Fairbrother;Luana Avila;Luana Avila;Sara H.A. Harbord;Sara H.A. Harbord

  • FMR1 repeat sizes in the gray zone and high end of the normal range are associated with premature ovarian failure.

    Karla L. Bretherick;Margo R. Fluker;Wendy P. Robinson

  • DNA methylation profiling of human placentas reveals promoter hypomethylation of multiple genes in early-onset preeclampsia.

    Ryan K. C. Yuen;Maria S. Penaherrera;Peter Von Dadelszen;Deborah E. Mcfadden

  • Molecular diagnosis of the Prader-Willi and Angelman syndromes by detection of parent-of-origin specific DNA methylation in 15q11-13.

    Bärbel Dittrich;Wendy P. Robinson;Hans Knoblauch;Karin Buiting

  • Decreased Placental Methylation at the H19/IGF2 Imprinting Control Region is Associated with Normotensive Intrauterine Growth Restriction but not Preeclampsia

    D.K. Bourque;L. Avila;M. Peñaherrera;P. von Dadelszen

  • Widespread DNA hypomethylation at gene enhancer regions in placentas associated with early-onset pre-eclampsia

    John D. Blair;Ryan K.C. Yuen;Ryan K.C. Yuen;Brendan K. Lim;Deborah E. McFadden

  • Molecular characterization of two proximal deletion breakpoint regions in both Prader-Willi and Angelman syndrome patients.

    S L Christian;W P Robinson;B Huang;A Mutirangura

  • Evidence for widespread changes in promoter methylation profile in human placenta in response to increasing gestational age and environmental/stochastic factors

    Boris Novakovic;Ryan K Yuen;Lavinia Gordon;Maria S Penaherrera

  • HLA–Bw60 increases susceptibility to ankylosing spondylitis in HLA–B27+ patients

    W. P. Robinson;S. M. Van Der Linden;M. A. Khan;H.-U. Rentsch

  • Androgenetic/biparental mosaicism causes placental mesenchymal dysplasia

    Kathleen A. Kaiser-Rogers;Deborah E. Mcfadden;Chad A Livasy;Jerome Dansereau

  • Clinical and Molecular Analysis of Five Inv Dup(15) Patients

    Wendy P. Robinson;Franz Binkert;Ramon Giné;Carlos Vazquez

Frequent Co-Authors

Albert Schinzel
Albert Schinzel University of Zurich
Carolyn J. Brown
Carolyn J. Brown University of British Columbia
Peter von Dadelszen
Peter von Dadelszen King's College London
Sylvie Langlois
Sylvie Langlois University of British Columbia
Dagmar K. Kalousek
Dagmar K. Kalousek University of British Columbia
Michael S. Kobor
Michael S. Kobor University of British Columbia
Wan L. Lam
Wan L. Lam BC Cancer Research Centre
Bernhard Horsthemke
Bernhard Horsthemke University of Duisburg-Essen
Glenys Thomson
Glenys Thomson University of California, Berkeley
David H. Ledbetter
David H. Ledbetter University of Florida

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