Dr Veronique Vitart
Group Leader
- MRC Human Genetics Unit
- MRC Institute of Genetics & Molecular Medicine
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
Research activities
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Genome-wide association meta-analysis highlights light-induced signaling as a driver for refractive error
In:
Nature Genetics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-018-0127-7
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Cross-ancestry genome-wide association analysis of corneal thickness strengthens link between complex and Mendelian eye diseases
In:
Nature Communications
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03646-6
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Meta-analysis of gene–environment-wide association scans accounting for education level identifies additional loci for refractive error
In:
Nature Communications, vol. 7, pp. 11008
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11008
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Modulation of genetic associations with serum urate levels by body-mass-index in humans
In:
PLoS ONE, vol. 10, no. 3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119752
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Genome-wide association study identifies genetic risk underlying primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment
In:
Human Molecular Genetics, vol. 22, no. 15, pp. 3174-3185
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddt169
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Genome-wide meta-analyses of multiancestry cohorts identify multiple new susceptibility loci for refractive error and myopia
(5 pages)
In:
Nature Genetics, vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 314-318
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.2554
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Genome-wide association analyses identify 18 new loci associated with serum urate concentrations
(10 pages)
In:
Nature Genetics, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 145-154
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.2500
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Genome-wide association analyses identify multiple loci associated with central corneal thickness and keratoconus
(9 pages)
In:
Nature Genetics, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 155-163
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.2506
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New loci associated with central cornea thickness include COL5A1, AKAP13 and AVGR8
(8 pages)
In:
Human Molecular Genetics, vol. 19, no. 21, pp. 4304-4311
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddq349
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Heritabilities of Ocular Biometrical Traits in Two Croatian Isolates with Extended Pedigrees
(7 pages)
In:
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 737-743
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.09-3720
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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, no. 6, pp. -
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1000504
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SLC2A9 is a newly identified urate transporter influencing serum urate concentration, urate excretion and gout
(6 pages)
In:
Nature Genetics, vol. 40, no. 4, pp. 437-442
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.106
Contribution to journal › Article (Published)