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Thorlákur Jónsson

Researcher Next ID · RN-016951

Researcher · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

deCODE Genetics (Iceland)

, Iceland

Not currently recruitingFunding unknown
Works count
21
Citation count
10,275
H-index
15
i10-index
16

Research interests

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Medicine
Protein Structure and Dynamics
Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization
Protein Interaction Studies and Fluorescence Analysis
Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments

Publications

  • Variant of TREM2 Associated with the Risk of Alzheimer's Disease

    New England Journal of Medicine · 2012 · 10.1056/nejmoa1211103

  • A mutation in APP protects against Alzheimer’s disease and age-related cognitive decline

    Nature · 2012 · 10.1038/nature11283

  • A variant associated with nicotine dependence, lung cancer and peripheral arterial disease

    Nature · 2008 · 10.1038/nature06846

  • A variant of the gene encoding leukotriene A4 hydrolase confers ethnicity-specific risk of myocardial infarction

    Nature Genetics · 2005 · 10.1038/ng1692

Current projects

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