Dr Veronique Vitart
Group Leader
- MRC Human Genetics Unit
- Institute of Genetics and Cancer
Contact details
Background
Ecole Normale Superieure of StCloud-Fontenay, FRANCE 1985
Magistere of Biology-Biochemistry, University of Paris-Sud, FRANCE 1985-1988
PhD, University of Paris-sud, 1992
Post-doctoral fellow, Bourse Lavoisier from the French Foreign Office,The Salk Institute,La Jolla California,USA 1992-1994
Research associate, UCLA, Los Angeles,California and at the Scripps research Institute, La Jolla California,USA 1995-1999
Senior Scientist MRC Human Genetics Unit, Edinburgh, UK, 2000-on
MRC Special training Fellowship in Bioinformatics,2001
Qualifications
MSc Plant breeding and Quantitative Genetics, University of Paris-Sud, France,1988
PhD Plant Molecular Genetics , university of Paris-sud, France,1992
MSc Quantitative Genetics and Genome Analysis, University of Edinburgh, UK, 2002
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Meta-Analysis of 28,141 Individuals Identifies Common Variants within Five New Loci That Influence Uric Acid Concentrations
(10 pages)
In:
PLoS Genetics, vol. 5, pp. -
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1000504
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
SLC2A9 is a newly identified urate transporter influencing serum urate concentration, urate excretion and gout
(6 pages)
In:
Nature Genetics, vol. 40, pp. 437-442
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.106
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Genome-wide association analyses identify multiple loci associated with central corneal thickness and keratoconus
(9 pages)
In:
Nature Genetics, vol. 45, pp. 155-163
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.2506
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Genome-wide association analyses identify 18 new loci associated with serum urate concentrations
(10 pages)
In:
Nature Genetics, vol. 45, pp. 145-154
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.2500
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Genome-wide meta-analyses of multiancestry cohorts identify multiple new susceptibility loci for refractive error and myopia
(5 pages)
In:
Nature Genetics, vol. 45, pp. 314-318
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.2554
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Determinants of retinal microvascular features and their relationships in two European populations
In:
Journal of Hypertension
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000001408
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Cross-ancestry genome-wide association analysis of corneal thickness strengthens link between complex and Mendelian eye diseases
In:
Nature Communications, vol. 9
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03646-6
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Genome-wide association meta-analysis highlights light-induced signaling as a driver for refractive error
In:
Nature Genetics, vol. 50, pp. 834-848
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-018-0127-7
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Target genes, variants, tissues and transcriptional pathways influencing human serum urate levels
In:
Nature Genetics, vol. 51, pp. 1459–1474
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-019-0504-x
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Insights into the genetic basis of retinal detachment
(14 pages)
In:
Human Molecular Genetics, vol. 29, pp. 689–702
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddz294
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)