Robert S. Young

Zhejiang University-University of Edinburgh Institute — China

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

RNA Research and Splicing(21), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics(13), Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities(13), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research(11), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms(9)

Publications70 total

The establishment and regulation of human germ cell lineage
Stem Cell Research & Therapy·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
The Farm Animal Genotype–Tissue Expression (FarmGTEx) Project
Nature Genetics·2025· 30 citedOpen Access
Integrated analysis and systematic characterization of the regulatory network for human germline development
Journal of genetics and genomics/Journal of Genetics and Genomics·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Emergence of enhancers at late DNA replicating regions
Nature Communications·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Integrated analysis and systematic characterization of the regulatory network for human germline development
2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Functional archaic DNA regulates molecular variation and is associated with disease risk across global populations
2023Open Access
Emergence of new enhancers at late DNA replicating regions
2022Open Access
The contribution of evolutionarily volatile promoters to molecular phenotypes and human trait variation
Genome biology·2022· 9 citedOpen Access
Additional file 2 of The contribution of evolutionarily volatile promoters to molecular phenotypes and human trait variation
Figshare·2022Open Access
Detecting oncogenic selection through biased allele retention in The Cancer Genome Atlas
2020· 3 citedOpen Access
Identification of a localized nonsense-mediated decay pathway at the endoplasmic reticulum
Genes & Development·2020· 57 citedOpen Access
Comparative transcriptomics of primary cells in vertebrates
Genome Research·2020· 46 citedOpen Access
Codon Usage and Splicing Jointly Influence mRNA Localization
Cell Systems·2020· 106 citedOpen Access
Identification of a Nonsense-Mediated Decay pathway at the Endoplasmic Reticulum
2020· 4 citedOpen Access
Splicing of enhancer-associated lincRNAs contributes to enhancer activity
Life Science Alliance·2020· 35 citedOpen Access
Splicing buffers suboptimal codon usage in human cells
2019Open Access
An unexpected contribution of lincRNA splicing to enhancer function
2018· 5 citedOpen Access
Bidirectional transcription initiation marks accessible chromatin and is not specific to enhancers
Genome biology·2017· 61 citedOpen Access
Aberrant ribonucleotide incorporation and multiple deletions in mitochondrial DNA of the murine MPV17 disease model
Nucleic Acids Research·2017· 50 citedOpen Access
RNA meets DNA: The Potential for gene expression to produce short RNA molecules capable of generating DNA mutation and driving genome evolution (Comment on DOI: 10.1002/bies.201700069)
BioEssays·2017Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Martin S. Taylor(9), John M. Opitz(6), Charleen M. Moore(5), Ronald J. Jorgenson(4), Javier F. Cáceres(4), Kathryn L. Hansen(4), Catherine G. Palmer(4), Wendy A. Bickmore(4), Alistair R. R. Forrest(3), Hideya Kawaji(3), Timo Lassmann(3), Masayoshi Itoh(3), Robin Andersson(3), Peter Arner(3), Chris P. Ponting(3), Ana Claudia Marques(3), Nele Hug(3), M. E. Hodes(3), Robert F. Stratton(3), T. Reed(3)