Nicola Pirastu
Chancellor's Fellow
- Usher Institute
- College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Contact details
Address
- Street
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Nine Edinburgh BioQuarter
9 Little France Road - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH16 4UX
Background
Nicola has been involved in statistical genetics, genetic epidemiology and genetic architecture of complex quantitative traits; as well as researching to understand human food choices and their impact on human health through the study of food preferences genetics.
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More than smell - COVID-19 is associated with severe impairment of smell, taste, and chemesthesis
In:
Chemical senses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/chemse/bjaa041
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Coffee consumption and kidney function: A Mendelian randomisation study
In:
American Journal of Kidney Diseases
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1053/j.ajkd.2019.08.025
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Associations of autozygosity with a broad range of human phenotypes
In:
Nature Communications, vol. 10
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12283-6
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Target genes, variants, tissues and transcriptional pathways influencing human serum urate levels
In:
Nature Genetics, vol. 51
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-019-0504-x
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
A catalogue of genetic loci associated with kidney function from analyses of a million individuals
(16 pages)
In:
Nature Genetics, vol. 51, pp. 957-972
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-019-0407-x
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
A genome-wide association study identifies an association between variants in EFCAB4B gene and periodontal disease in an Italian isolated population
In:
Journal of Periodontal Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jre.12598
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Author Correction: GWAS for male-pattern baldness identifies 71 susceptibility loci explaining 38% of the risk
In:
Nature Communications, vol. 9, pp. 2536
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04857-7
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Reply to 'Misestimation of heritability and prediction accuracy of male-pattern baldness'
In:
Nature Communications, vol. 9, pp. 2538
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04808-2
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
GWAS for male-pattern baldness identifies 71 susceptibility loci explaining 38% of the risk
In:
Nature Communications, vol. 8
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01490-8
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Genome-wide meta-analysis associates HLA-DQA1/DRB1 and LPA and lifestyle factors with human longevity
(13 pages)
In:
Nature Communications, vol. 8
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00934-5
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print)