Deepro Banerjee
@DeeproBanerjee
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Bioinformatics | Machine Learning | Chelsea | Classic Rock | Driving | PhD Student @BioinformPSU | @CMU_ChemE alum | @JUFET alum
State College
Joined July 2021
Thirteen genes linked to #Obesity have been identified across six global ancestries, including five not previously associated with the condition, offering new insights for precision medicine approaches. @penn_state @NatureComms
https://t.co/hhK6FfHz4P
medicalxpress.com
Obesity is a global epidemic affecting millions of people every day and is associated with comorbidities ranging from heart disease and type 2 diabetes to osteoarthritis and social stigma. While...
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I am excited to present @DeeproBanerjee's cross-ancestry analysis of >720k individuals identifying 116 novel genes associated with BMI (50 risk and 66 protective), with functional relevance to obesity.
medrxiv.org
Gene discoveries in obesity have largely been based on European cohorts, leading to an ancestral bias, that limits their generalizability across populations. We performed a gene-based rare variant...
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Interested in pursuing a PhD in Bioinformatics and Genomics? Our Penn State interdisciplinary program is now accepting applications!
huck.psu.edu
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An AJP Editorial from @DeeproBanerjee and @girirajan16 @penn_state: Pathogenic Variants and Ascertainment: Neuropsychiatric Disease Risk in a Health System Cohort https://t.co/YNhrDkzjES
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6)🧵 Thread: #CRBIOTECH @ScienceCommuni2 🖥️ EnZymClass: Substrate specificity prediction tool of plant acyl-ACP thioesterases based on ensemble learning https://t.co/BHrXIHBRmO
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