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University of Tartu: Tartu, EE

2018 to present | professor (Institute of Genomics, Estonian Genome Centre)
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Andres Metspalu

University of Tartu: Tartu, EE

1992 to present | Full professor of Biotechnology (Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology)
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Andres Metspalu

University of Tartu: Tartu, EE

2007 to 2018 | Director (Estonian Genome Center)
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Andres Metspalu

Tartu University Hospital: Tartu, EE

1996-01-01 to 2006-03-31 | direcror (0.5 position) (Centre of Molecular Diagnostics)
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Andres Metspalu

University of Tartu: Tartu, EE

1980-01-01 to 1992-08-30 | scientist (Institute of Molecular and General Pathology)
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Andres Metspalu

Estonian Biocentre: Tartu, EE

1986-08-01 to 1992-07-30 | Vice director of Research
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Andres Metspalu

Education and qualifications (2)

University of Tartu, Estonia : Tartu, EE

1976-08-01 to 1979-12-24 | I defended my PhD in Kiev, Ukraine (Inst. of Molecular Genetics), but work was done in Univ. of Tartu 1976-1979 (Laboratory of Molecular Biology)
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Andres Metspalu

University of Tartu: Tartu, EE

1969 to 1976 | MD (Medical Faculty)
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Andres Metspalu

Works (14)

Correction: Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies novel loci conferring risk of acne vulgaris

European Journal of Human Genetics
2024-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Maris Teder-Laving; Mart Kals; Anu Reigo; Riin Ehin; Telver Objärtel; Mariliis Vaht; Tiit Nikopensius; Andres Metspalu; Külli Kingo
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Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies novel loci conferring risk of acne vulgaris

European Journal of Human Genetics
2024-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Maris Teder-Laving; Mart Kals; Anu Reigo; Riin Ehin; Telver Objärtel; Mariliis Vaht; Tiit Nikopensius; Andres Metspalu; Külli Kingo
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Genome-wide association study and polygenic risk prediction of hypothyroidism

2024-02-28 | Preprint
Contributors: Søren Rand; Gustav Ahlberg; Vinicius Tragante; Laia Monfort; Chaoqun Zheng; Ulla Feldt-Rasmussen; Marianne Klose; Maris Teder-Laving; Andres Metspalu; Henrik Poulsen et al.
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Mechanistic endotyping of the ROS/cGMP disease cluster in the Estonian Biobank

2023 | Conference paper
Contributors: Cristian Nogales Calvo; Jaanika Kronberg; Alexandra Petraina; Mayra Pacheco Pachado; Mari Nelis; Lili Milani; Tōnu Esko; Andres Metspalu; Reedik Mägi; Harald H. H. W. Schmidt
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HLA allele-calling using multi-ancestry whole-exome sequencing from the UK Biobank identifies 129 novel associations in 11 autoimmune diseases

Communications Biology
2023-11-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Guillaume Butler-Laporte; Joseph Farjoun; Tomoko Nakanishi; Tianyuan Lu; Erik Abner; Yiheng Chen; Michael Hultström; Andres Metspalu; Lili Milani; Reedik Mägi et al.
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HLA allele-calling using whole-exome sequencing identifies 129 novel associations in 11 autoimmune diseases: a multi-ancestry analysis in the UK Biobank

2023-01-18 | Preprint
Contributors: Guillaume Butler-Laporte; Joseph Farjoun; Tomoko Nakanishi; Tianyuan Lu; Erik Abner; Yiheng Chen; Michael Hultström; Andres Metspalu; Lili Milani; Reedik Mägi et al.
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Gut metagenome associations with extensive digital health data in a volunteer-based Estonian microbiome cohort

Nature Communications
2022-02-15 | Journal article
Contributors: Oliver Aasmets; Kertu Liis Krigul; Kreete Lüll; Andres Metspalu; Elin Org
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Gut metagenome associations with extensive digital health data in a volunteer-based Estonian microbiome cohort

2021-10-04 | Preprint
Contributors: Oliver Aasmets; Kertu Krigul; Kreete Lüll; Andres Metspalu; Elin Org
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Phantom epistasis between unlinked loci

Nature
2021-08-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Gibran Hemani; Joseph E. Powell; Huanwei Wang; Konstantin Shakhbazov; Harm-Jan Westra; Tonu Esko; Anjali K. Henders; Allan F. McRae; Nicholas G. Martin; Andres Metspalu et al.
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An epigenome-wide association study of metabolic syndrome and its components

Scientific Reports
2020-11-25 | Journal article
Contributors: Marja-Liisa Nuotio; Natalia Pervjakova; Anni Joensuu; Ville Karhunen; Tero Hiekkalinna; Lili Milani; Johannes Kettunen; Marjo-Riitta Järvelin; Pekka Jousilahti; Andres Metspalu et al.
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Mendelian randomization identifies the potential causal impact of dietary patterns on circulating blood metabolites

2020-10-09 | Preprint
Contributors: Nele Taba; Hanna-Kristel Valge; Andres Metspalu; Tõnu Esko; James F. Wilson; Krista Fischer; Nicola Pirastu
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Integrating untargeted metabolomics, genetically informed causal inference, and pathway enrichment to define the obesity metabolome

International Journal of Obesity
2020-07-28 | Journal article
Contributors: Yu-Han H. Hsu; Christina M. Astley; Joanne B. Cole; Sailaja Vedantam; Josep M. Mercader; Andres Metspalu; Krista Fischer; Kristen Fortney; Eric K. Morgen; Clicerio Gonzalez et al.
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Integrating untargeted metabolomics, genetically informed causal inference, and pathway enrichment to define the obesity metabolome

2019-08-13 | Other
Contributors: Yu-Han H. Hsu; Christina M. Astley; Joanne B. Cole; Sailaja Vedantam; Josep M. Mercader; Andres Metspalu; Krista Fischer; Kristen Fortney; Eric K. Morgen; Clicerio Gonzalez et al.
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Personalized risk prediction for type 2 diabetes: the potential of genetic risk scores

Genetics in Medicine
2017-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Kristi Läll; Reedik Mägi; Andrew Morris; Andres Metspalu; Krista Fischer
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