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Guðmar Þorleifsson

Researcher Next ID · RN-016855

Researcher · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

deCODE Genetics (Iceland)

, Iceland

Not currently recruitingFunding unknown
Works count
583
Citation count
122,671
H-index
163
i10-index
382

Research interests

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease
Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
RNA modifications and cancer
Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

Publications

  • Rate of de novo mutations and the importance of father’s age to disease risk

    Nature · 2012 · 10.1038/nature11396

  • Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids

    Nature · 2010 · 10.1038/nature09270

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

    Nature Genetics · 2010 · 10.1038/ng.686

  • Variant of transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) gene confers risk of type 2 diabetes

    Nature Genetics · 2006 · 10.1038/ng1732

Current projects

    No projects listed.