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47
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2705
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Overview

Young Seok Ju is affiliated with the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with notable contributions to subfields including Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Genetics, Oncology, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

Their scientific work focuses on topics such as Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Genetic factors in colorectal cancer, Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities, Genomics and Rare Diseases, Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations, and Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies.

Young Seok Ju has published research in several high-impact journals and venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Genetics
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Cancer Research
  • Nature Communications

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Young Seok Ju include:

  • 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
  • Comprehensive molecular characterization of mitochondrial genomes in human cancers, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes identifies driver rearrangements promoted by LINE-1 retrotransposition, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Disruption of chromatin folding domains by somatic genomic rearrangements in human cancer, 2020, Nature Genetics

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Young Seok Ju's research. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Seongyeol Park
  • Ryul Kim
  • Jeong Seok Lee
  • Joonoh Lim
  • Kadir C. Akdemir

Best Publications

  • Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes

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

  • Landscape of somatic mutations in 560 breast cancer whole-genome sequences

    Serena Nik-Zainal;Serena Nik-Zainal;Helen Davies;Johan Staaf;Manasa Ramakrishna

  • Mutational signatures associated with tobacco smoking in human cancer

    Ludmil B Alexandrov;Ludmil B Alexandrov;Young Seok Ju;Kerstin Haase;Peter Van Loo;Peter Van Loo

  • Patterns of somatic structural variation in human cancer genomes

    Yilong Li;Nicola D Roberts;Jeremiah A Wala;Jeremiah A Wala;Ofer Shapira;Ofer Shapira

  • Subclonal diversification of primary breast cancer revealed by multiregion sequencing

    Lucy R. Yates;Moritz Gerstung;Stian Knappskog;Christine Desmedt

  • The transcriptional landscape and mutational profile of lung adenocarcinoma

    Jeong Sun Seo;Young Seok Ju;Won Chul Lee;Jong Yeon Shin

  • A transforming KIF5B and RET gene fusion in lung adenocarcinoma revealed from whole-genome and transcriptome sequencing

    Young Seok Ju;Won Chul Lee;Jong Yeon Shin;Seungbok Lee

  • Comprehensive analysis of chromothripsis in 2,658 human cancers using whole-genome sequencing

    Isidro Cortés-Ciriano;Jake June-Koo Lee;Ruibin Xi;Dhawal Jain

  • Clonal History and Genetic Predictors of Transformation Into Small-Cell Carcinomas From Lung Adenocarcinomas.

    June Koo Lee;Junehawk Lee;Sehui Kim;Soyeon Kim

  • Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes identifies driver rearrangements promoted by LINE-1 retrotransposition.

    Bernardo Rodriguez-Martin;Bernardo Rodriguez-Martin;Eva G. Alvarez;Eva G. Alvarez;Adrian Baez-Ortega;Jorge Zamora

  • Extensive transduction of nonrepetitive DNA mediated by L1 retrotransposition in cancer genomes

    Jose M. C. Tubio;Yilong Li;Young Seok Ju;Inigo Martincorena

  • Origins and functional consequences of somatic mitochondrial DNA mutations in human cancer

    Y S Ju;L B Alexandrov;M Gerstung;I Martincorena

  • A highly annotated whole-genome sequence of a Korean individual

    Jong-Il Kim;Young Seok Ju;Hansoo Park;Sheehyun Kim

  • Characterizing Mutational Signatures in Human Cancer Cell Lines Reveals Episodic APOBEC Mutagenesis.

    Mia Petljak;Ludmil B Alexandrov;Jonathan S Brammeld;Stacey Price

  • Comprehensive molecular characterization of mitochondrial genomes in human cancers

    Yuan Yuan;Young Seok Ju;Youngwook Kim;Jun Li

  • Somatic mutations reveal asymmetric cellular dynamics in the early human embryo

    Young Seok Ju;Young Seok Ju;Inigo Martincorena;Moritz Gerstung;Moritz Gerstung;Mia Petljak

  • Three-Dimensional Human Alveolar Stem Cell Culture Models Reveal Infection Response to SARS-CoV-2.

    Jeonghwan Youk;Taewoo Kim;Kelly V. Evans;Young Il Jeong

  • Discovery of common Asian copy number variants using integrated high-resolution array CGH and massively parallel DNA sequencing

    Hansoo Park;Jong Il Kim;Jong Il Kim;Young Seok Ju;Omer Gokcumen

  • Nasal ciliated cells are primary targets for SARS-CoV-2 replication in the early stage of COVID-19.

    Ji Hoon Ahn;JungMo Kim;Seon Pyo Hong;Sung Yong Choi

  • Disruption of chromatin folding domains by somatic genomic rearrangements in human cancer

    Kadir C Akdemir;Victoria T Le;Sahaana Chandran;Yilong Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter J. Campbell
Peter J. Campbell Wellcome Sanger Institute
Jeong-Sun Seo
Jeong-Sun Seo Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
Serena Nik-Zainal
Serena Nik-Zainal University of Cambridge
Inigo Martincorena
Inigo Martincorena Wellcome Sanger Institute
Michael R. Stratton
Michael R. Stratton Wellcome Sanger Institute
Moritz Gerstung
Moritz Gerstung German Cancer Research Center
Helen Davies
Helen Davies University of Cambridge
Ultan McDermott
Ultan McDermott AstraZeneca (United Kingdom)
Adrienne M. Flanagan
Adrienne M. Flanagan University College London
Adam Butler
Adam Butler Wellcome Sanger Institute

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