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Alexandra I. F. Blakemore

Researcher Next ID · RN-008391

Researcher · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway

Galway, Ireland

Not currently recruitingFunding unknown
Works count
194
Citation count
18,838
H-index
59
i10-index
106

Research interests

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Neuroscience
Medicine
Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence

Publications

  • Identification of seven loci affecting mean telomere length and their association with disease

    Nature Genetics · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.2528

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    Nature Genetics · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.686

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.17615/d3bn-7g86

  • Polymorphism in human IL-1 receptor antagonist gene intron 2 is caused by variable numbers of an 86-bp tandem repeat

    Human Genetics · 1993 · https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00217368

  • Single base polymorphism in the human Tumour Necrosis Factor alpha (TNFα) gene detectable by Ncol restriction of PCR product

    Human Molecular Genetics · 1992 · https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/1.5.353

Current projects

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