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Barbara A. Weir

Weatherford College · US
Area of research
Molecular Biology · Cancer Research
Research interest
Research interests include Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, and Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations.
h-index
52
citations
44,736
works
240
NIH funding
primary concept
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Recent publications

Next-generation characterization of the Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia
Nature 2019cited by 3,669position: middledoi
Small-molecule targeting of brachyury transcription factor addiction in chordoma
Nature Medicine 2019cited by 164position: middledoi
Defining a Cancer Dependency Map
Cell 2017cited by 3,422position: middledoi
Computational correction of copy number effect improves specificity of CRISPR–Cas9 essentiality screens in cancer cells
Nature Genetics 2017cited by 2,136position: middledoi
CRISPR-Cas9 screen reveals a MYCN-amplified neuroblastoma dependency on EZH2
Journal of Clinical Investigation 2017cited by 159position: middledoi
Copy-number and gene dependency analysis reveals partial copy loss of wild-type SF3B1 as a novel cancer vulnerability
eLife 2017cited by 84position: middledoi
Decomposing Oncogenic Transcriptional Signatures to Generate Maps of Divergent Cellular States
Cell Systems 2017cited by 53position: middledoi
<i>PIK3CA</i> mutant tumors depend on oxoglutarate dehydrogenase
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2017cited by 51position: middledoi
PRMT1-Mediated Translation Regulation Is a Crucial Vulnerability of Cancer
Cancer Research 2017cited by 41position: middledoi
<i>MTAP</i> deletion confers enhanced dependency on the PRMT5 arginine methyltransferase in cancer cells
Science 2016cited by 636position: middledoi
Genomic Copy Number Dictates a Gene-Independent Cell Response to CRISPR/Cas9 Targeting
Cancer Discovery 2016cited by 630position: middledoi
High-throughput identification of genotype-specific cancer vulnerabilities in mixtures of barcoded tumor cell lines
Nature Biotechnology 2016cited by 379position: middledoi
Characterizing genomic alterations in cancer by complementary functional associations
Nature Biotechnology 2016cited by 111position: middledoi
The EMT regulator ZEB2 is a novel dependency of human and murine acute myeloid leukemia
Blood 2016cited by 81position: middledoi
Functional, chemical genomic, and super-enhancer screening identify sensitivity to cyclin D1/CDK4 pathway inhibition in Ewing sarcoma
Oncotarget 2015cited by 98position: middledoi
Parallel genome-scale loss of function screens in 216 cancer cell lines for the identification of context-specific genetic dependencies
Scientific Data 2014cited by 413position: middledoi
Absolute quantification of somatic DNA alterations in human cancer
Nature Biotechnology 2012cited by 2,207position: middledoi
β-Catenin-Driven Cancers Require a YAP1 Transcriptional Complex for Survival and Tumorigenesis
Cell 2012cited by 766position: middledoi
Loss of ATRX, Genome Instability, and an Altered DNA Damage Response Are Hallmarks of the Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres Pathway
PLoS Genetics 2012cited by 634position: middledoi
Cancer Vulnerabilities Unveiled by Genomic Loss
Cell 2012cited by 238position: middledoi
Targeted Tumor-Penetrating siRNA Nanocomplexes for Credentialing the Ovarian Cancer Oncogene <i>ID4</i>
Science Translational Medicine 2012cited by 170position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

William C. Hahn · University of California System9 papers (2012–2017)Glenn S. Cowley · Massachusetts Institute of Technology8 papers (2012–2017)Aviad Tsherniak · Massachusetts Institute of Technology8 papers (2012–2017)Francisca Vázquez · Universidade de Santiago de Compostela7 papers (2012–2017)David E. Root · Broad Institute6 papers (2012–2017)Levi A. Garraway · Cancer Research Center3 papers (2016–2017)Jill P. Mesirov · University of California San Diego3 papers (2012–2012)Todd R. Golub · Broad Institute3 papers (2016–2017)Jesse S. Boehm · Massachusetts Institute of Technology3 papers (2012–2017)Travis Zack · City College of San Francisco3 papers (2012–2012)Joseph Rosenbluh · Genomics (United Kingdom)3 papers (2012–2012)Rameen Beroukhim · Broad Institute3 papers (2012–2012)Deepak Nijhawan · Southwestern Medical Center2 papers (2012–2012)Gregory V. Kryukov · Q Therapeutics (United States)2 papers (2016–2017)Wendy Winckler · Massachusetts Institute of Technology2 papers (2012–2016)Steven E. Schumacher · NorthShore University HealthSystem2 papers (2012–2012)Pablo Tamayo · University of San Diego2 papers (2012–2016)David Pellman · Harvard University2 papers (2012–2016)Yin Ren · Massachusetts Institute of Technology2 papers (2012–2012)Sangeeta N. Bhatia · Broad Institute2 papers (2012–2012)