Cameron D. Palmer

This study sequenced whole genomes of 449 Nigerian individuals from 47 ethnolinguistic groups to catalog genetic diversity and identify novel and medically relevant variation.

The paper identifies enzymes responsible for miRNA tailing in C. elegans and shows tailing does not globally regulate miRNA decay.

This study identifies 48 genetic variants associated with handedness using a large GWAS, highlighting polygenic nature and genetic links to neuropsychiatric traits.

The paper sequenced a population-specific reference panel at high depth to improve imputation accuracy and variant filtering in the Ashkenazi Jewish population.

The paper investigates replication failure in GWAS by correcting the Winner’s Curse and shows that accurate reporting of sample sizes and ancestry improves replication rates.