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Kāri Stefánsson

Aalborg University · DK
Area of research
Genetics · Molecular Biology
Research interest
Research interests include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Genomics and Rare Diseases, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, and Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities.
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220
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213,237
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1,140
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Recent publications

De novo and inherited dominant variants in U4 and U6 snRNA genes cause retinitis pigmentosa
Nature Genetics 2026cited by 6position: contributordoi
Global multi-ancestry genome-wide analyses identify genes and biological pathways associated with thyroid cancer and benign thyroid diseases
Nature Genetics 2026cited by 2position: contributordoi
COMPREHENSIVE GENETIC INVESTIGATION REVEALS HETEROGENEOUS PATHWAYS TO OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
Development and validation of a neural network survival prediction model for ischemic heart disease
Cardiovascular Diabetology 2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
Complete human recombination maps
Nature 2025cited by 39position: contributordoi
Mutations in the small nuclear RNA gene RNU2-2 cause a severe neurodevelopmental disorder with prominent epilepsy
Nature Genetics 2025cited by 37position: contributordoi
Mutations in the small nuclear RNA gene RNU2-2 cause a severe neurodevelopmental disorder with prominent epilepsy
Nature Genetics 2025cited by 37position: middledoi
Meta-analysis of genome-wide associations and polygenic risk prediction for atrial fibrillation in more than 180,000 cases
Nature Genetics 2025cited by 35position: contributordoi
Sequencing in over 50,000 cases identifies coding and structural variation underlying atrial fibrillation risk
Nature Genetics 2025cited by 24position: contributordoi
A genome-wide association meta-analysis links hidradenitis suppurativa to common and rare sequence variants causing disruption of the Notch and Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathways
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2025cited by 18position: contributordoi
Genome-wide analyses identify 25 infertility loci and relationships with reproductive traits across the allele frequency spectrum
Nature Genetics 2025cited by 17position: contributordoi
Sequence diversity lost in early pregnancy
Nature 2025cited by 16position: contributordoi
Recommendations for defining treatment outcomes in major psychiatric disorders using real-world data
The Lancet Psychiatry 2025cited by 13position: middledoi
Robust inference and widespread genetic correlates from a large-scale genetic association study of human personality
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2025cited by 12position: middledoi
The Landscape of Shared and Divergent Genetic Influences across 14 Psychiatric Disorders
2025cited by 10position: contributordoi
Rare loss-of-function variants in HECTD2 and AKAP11 confer risk of bipolar disorder
Nature Genetics 2025cited by 10position: contributordoi
Rare variant associations with birth weight identify genes involved in adipose tissue regulation, placental function and insulin-like growth factor signalling
Nature Communications 2025cited by 6position: contributordoi
Identification of genes associated with testicular germ cell tumor susceptibility through a transcriptome-wide association study
The American Journal of Human Genetics 2025cited by 6position: middledoi
Genomic and transcriptomic analyses of aortic stenosis enhance therapeutic target discovery and disease prediction
Nature Genetics 2025cited by 3position: contributordoi
Missense variants in FRS3 affect body mass index in populations of diverse ancestries
Nature Communications 2025cited by 2position: contributordoi
Genome-wide meta-analyses of non-response to antidepressants provide insights into underlying molecular genetics and suggest potential pharmacotherapies
Molecular Psychiatry 2025cited by 1position: contributordoi
Population-scale inheritance analysis of 858,635 individuals reveals North Sea migration from the Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolution
2025cited by 1position: contributordoi
Observational and Mendelian randomization studies of plasma sclerostin levels do not provide evidence of cardiovascular adverse effects of sclerostin inhibition
Human Molecular Genetics 2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
African-ancestry-specific variant IKKβ p.Glu502Lys confers high lupus risk
Nature Genetics 2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Integrating genetic regulation and single-cell expression with GWAS prioritizes causal genes and cell types for glaucoma
Nature Communications 2024cited by 59position: middledoi
The correlation between CpG methylation and gene expression is driven by sequence variants
Nature Genetics 2024cited by 54position: contributordoi
Integrative common and rare variant analyses provide insights into the genetic architecture of liver cirrhosis
Nature Genetics 2024cited by 54position: middledoi
Genome-wide association analysis provides insights into the molecular etiology of dilated cardiomyopathy
Nature Genetics 2024cited by 53position: middledoi
Integrative common and rare variant analyses provide insights into the genetic architecture of liver cirrhosis
Nature Genetics 2024cited by 50position: contributordoi
Understanding the genetic complexity of puberty timing across the allele frequency spectrum
Nature Genetics 2024cited by 43position: contributordoi

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Frequent collaborators

· 92 papers (2019–2026)Patrick Sulem · Baylor Genetics49 papers (2019–2025)Daniel F Gudbjartsson · Aarhus University Hospital49 papers (2019–2024)Ingileif Jonsdottir · Aarhus University Hospital30 papers (2019–2026)Gisli H. Halldorsson · Amgen (Germany)28 papers (2019–2024)Hilma Holm · University of Copenhagen27 papers (2021–2025)Bjarni V. Halldorsson · Amgen (Canada)23 papers (2019–2025)Guðmar Þorleifsson · deCODE Genetics (Iceland)21 papers (2012–2026)Vinicius Tragante · Génétique Médicale & Génomique Fonctionelle20 papers (2019–2025)Thorunn Rafnar · University of Iceland20 papers (2019–2024)Gardar Sveinbjornsson · University College London20 papers (2019–2025)Hreinn Stefánsson · University of Exeter19 papers (2019–2025)Erna V. Ivarsdottir · University of Iceland16 papers (2019–2025)Asmundur Oddsson · Amgen (Germany)16 papers (2019–2024)Agnar Helgason · Amgen (Germany)16 papers (2019–2025)Gudny A. Arnadottir · RMIT University15 papers (2019–2025)Sigrun Helga Lund · deCODE Genetics (Iceland)15 papers (2019–2024)G. Bragi Walters · Institut für Verhaltenstherapie-Ausbildung Hamburg15 papers (2019–2025) · 15 papers (2019–2026)Saedis Saevarsdottir · Amgen (Germany)14 papers (2020–2024)