Sailalitha Bollepalli

A Saturated Map of Common Genetic Variants Associated with Human Height from 5.4 Million Individuals of Diverse Ancestries

This study identifies 12,111 SNPs associated with height from 5.4 million individuals, explaining most common SNP-based heritability and showing ancestry-specific prediction accuracy.

Genomic and phenomic insights from an atlas of genetic effects on DNA methylation

The paper identifies genetic variants influencing DNA methylation in blood and shows their associations with complex traits and diseases, but finds limited direct causality.

Integrative approach identifies SLC6A20 and CXCR6 as putative causal genes for the COVID-19 GWAS signal in the 3p21.31 locus

The paper identifies SLC6A20 and CXCR6 as putative causal genes for the 3p21.31 GWAS signal in COVID-19 using an integrative approach combining CRISPR screens and eQTL data.

EpiSmokEr: A robust classifier to determine smoking status from DNA methylation data

The paper develops a machine learning classifier, EpiSmokEr, to predict smoking status from DNA methylation data, showing robust performance across multiple datasets and tissues.

Smoking induces coordinated DNA methylation and gene expression changes in adipose tissue with consequences for metabolic health

This study identifies smoking-associated DNA methylation and gene expression changes in adipose tissue and links some to cardio-metabolic health outcomes.