Overview
Background
Dr Kemper is a postdoctoral fellow in statistical genetics. She joined UQ in 2016 after obtaining a PhD and postdoctoral experience at the University of Melbourne (2006-2016). Her expertise and research interests span a range of topics in quantitative genetics, including genomic prediction, modelling the epidemiological consequences of genetic change in disease and population genetics. Current research areas include:
- genetic analysis of longitudinal traits
- estimation of non-additive genetic effects
- genomic prediction in admixed populations
Availability
- Dr Kathryn Kemper is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Melbourne
Works
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Featured
2021
Journal Article
Phenotypic covariance across the entire spectrum of relatedness for 86 billion pairs of individuals
Kemper, Kathryn E., Yengo, Loic, Zheng, Zhili, Abdellaoui, Abdel, Keller, Matthew C., Goddard, Michael E., Wray, Naomi R., Yang, Jian and Visscher, Peter M. (2021). Phenotypic covariance across the entire spectrum of relatedness for 86 billion pairs of individuals. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 1050, 1050. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21283-4
Featured
2019
Journal Article
Genotype-by-environment interactions inferred from genetic effects on phenotypic variability in the UK Biobank
Wang, Huanwei, Zhang, Futao, Zeng, Jian, Wu, Yang, Kemper, Kathryn E., Xue, Angli, Zhang, Min, Powell, Joseph E., Goddard, Michael E., Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M., McRae, Allan F. and Yang, Jian (2019). Genotype-by-environment interactions inferred from genetic effects on phenotypic variability in the UK Biobank. Science Advances, 5 (8) eaaw3538, 1-12. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw3538
Featured
2019
Journal Article
Complex trait prediction from genome data: contrasting EBV in livestock to PRS in humans: genomic prediction
Wray, Naomi R., Kemper, Kathryn E., Hayes, Benjamin J., Goddard, Michael E. and Visscher, Peter M. (2019). Complex trait prediction from genome data: contrasting EBV in livestock to PRS in humans: genomic prediction. Genetics, 211 (4), 1131-1141. doi: 10.1534/genetics.119.301859
Featured
2015
Journal Article
Improved precision of QTL mapping using a nonlinear Bayesian method in a multi-breed population leads to greater accuracy of across-breed genomic predictions
Kemper, Kathryn E., Reich, Coralie M., Bowman, Philip J., vander Jagt, Christy J., Chamberlain, Amanda J., Mason, Brett A., Hayes, Benjamin J. and Goddard, Michael E. (2015). Improved precision of QTL mapping using a nonlinear Bayesian method in a multi-breed population leads to greater accuracy of across-breed genomic predictions. Genetics Selection Evolution, 47 (1) 29. doi: 10.1186/s12711-014-0074-4
Featured
2015
Journal Article
How old are quantitative trait loci and how widely do they segregate?
Kemper, K. E., Hayes, B. J., Daetwyler, H. D. and Goddard, M. E. (2015). How old are quantitative trait loci and how widely do they segregate?. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, 132 (2), 121-134. doi: 10.1111/jbg.12152
Featured
2014
Journal Article
Selection for complex traits leaves little or no classic signatures of selection
Kemper, Kathryn E., Saxton, Sarah J., Bolormaa, Sunduimijid, Hayes, Benjamin J. and Goddard, Michael E. (2014). Selection for complex traits leaves little or no classic signatures of selection. BMC Genomics, 15 (1) 246. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-246
Featured
2013
Journal Article
Adaptation of gastrointestinal nematode parasites to host genotype: single locus simulation models
Kemper, Kathryn E., Goddard, Michael E. and Bishop, Stephen C. (2013). Adaptation of gastrointestinal nematode parasites to host genotype: single locus simulation models. Genetics Selection Evolution, 45 (1) 14. doi: 10.1186/1297-9686-45-14
Featured
2012
Journal Article
Long-term selection strategies for complex traits using high-density genetic markers
Kemper, K. E., Bowman, R. J., Pryce, J. E., Hayes, B. J. and Goddard, M. E. (2012). Long-term selection strategies for complex traits using high-density genetic markers. Journal of Dairy Science, 95 (8), 4646-4656. doi: 10.3168/jds.2011-5289
Featured
2012
Journal Article
Comparing linkage and association analyses in sheep points to a better way of doing GWAS
Kemper, Kathryn E., Daetwyler, Hans D., Visscher, Peter M. and Goddard, Michael E. (2012). Comparing linkage and association analyses in sheep points to a better way of doing GWAS. Genetics Research, 94 (4), 191-203. doi: 10.1017/S0016672312000365
Featured
2011
Conference Publication
The importance of population structure on the accuracy of genomic prediction in a multi-breed sheep population
Daetwyler, H. D., Kemper, K. E., van der Werf, J. H. J. and Hayes, B. J. (2011). The importance of population structure on the accuracy of genomic prediction in a multi-breed sheep population. Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Perth, Australia, 19-21 July 2011. Perth, Australia: Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics.
2024
Journal Article
Brain cell-type shifts in Alzheimer’s disease, autism, and schizophrenia interrogated using methylomics and genetics
Yap, Chloe X., Vo, Daniel D., Heffel, Matthew G., Bhattacharya, Arjun, Wen, Cindy, Yang, Yuanhao, Kemper, Kathryn E., Zeng, Jian, Zheng, Zhili, Zhu, Zhihong, Hannon, Eilis, Vellame, Dorothea Seiler, Franklin, Alice, Caggiano, Christa, Wamsley, Brie, Geschwind, Daniel H., Zaitlen, Noah, Gusev, Alexander, Pasaniuc, Bogdan, Mill, Jonathan, Luo, Chongyuan and Gandal, Michael J. (2024). Brain cell-type shifts in Alzheimer’s disease, autism, and schizophrenia interrogated using methylomics and genetics. Science Advances, 10 (21) adn7655, eadn7655. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adn7655
2024
Journal Article
Genetic influence on within-person longitudinal change in anthropometric traits in the UK Biobank
Kemper, Kathryn E., Sidorenko, Julia, Wang, Huanwei, Hayes, Ben J., Wray, Naomi R., Yengo, Loic, Keller, Matthew C., Goddard, Michael and Visscher, Peter M. (2024). Genetic influence on within-person longitudinal change in anthropometric traits in the UK Biobank. Nature Communications, 15 (1) 3776, 3776. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-47802-7
2023
Journal Article
Cross-ancestry analyses identify new genetic loci associated with 25-hydroxyvitamin D
Wang, Xiaotong, Hivert, Valentin, Groot, Shiane, Wang, Ying, Yengo, Loic, McGrath, John J., Kemper, Kathryn E., Visscher, Peter M., Wray, Naomi R. and Revez, Joana A. (2023). Cross-ancestry analyses identify new genetic loci associated with 25-hydroxyvitamin D. PLoS Genetics, 19 (11) e1011033, e1011033. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1011033
2023
Journal Article
Advancing artificial intelligence to help feed the world
Hayes, Ben J., Chen, Chensong, Powell, Owen, Dinglasan, Eric, Villiers, Kira, Kemper, Kathryn E. and Hickey, Lee T. (2023). Advancing artificial intelligence to help feed the world. Nature Biotechnology, 41 (9), 1-2. doi: 10.1038/s41587-023-01898-2
2022
Journal Article
Parsimonious model for mass-univariate vertexwise analysis
Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Zhang, Futao, Kemper, Kathryn E., Sidorenko, Julia, Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M., Colliot, Olivier and Yang, Jian (2022). Parsimonious model for mass-univariate vertexwise analysis. Journal of Medical Imaging, 9 (5) ARTN 052404, 1-19. doi: 10.1117/1.JMI.9.5.052404
2021
Journal Article
Widespread signatures of natural selection across human complex traits and functional genomic categories
Zeng, Jian, Xue, Angli, Jiang, Longda, Lloyd-Jones, Luke R., Wu, Yang, Wang, Huanwei, Zheng, Zhili, Yengo, Loic, Kemper, Kathryn E., Goddard, Michael E., Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M. and Yang, Jian (2021). Widespread signatures of natural selection across human complex traits and functional genomic categories. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 1164, 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21446-3
2021
Conference Publication
Association and prediction of phenotypic traits from neuroimaging data using a multi-component mixed model excluding the target vertex
Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Zhang, Futao, Kemper, Kathryn E., Sidorenko, Julia, Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M., Yang, Jian and Colliot, Olivier (2021). Association and prediction of phenotypic traits from neuroimaging data using a multi-component mixed model excluding the target vertex. Conference on Medical Imaging - Image Processing, Online, 15-19 February, 2021. Bellingham, WA, United States: SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.2581022
2020
Journal Article
Genetic control of temperament traits across species: association of autism spectrum disorder risk genes with cattle temperament
Costilla, Roy, Kemper, Kathryn E., Byrne, Enda M., Porto-Neto, Laercio R., Carvalheiro, Roberto, Purfield, Deirdre C., Doyle, Jennifer L., Berry, Donagh P., Moore, Stephen S., Wray, Naomi R. and Hayes, Ben J. (2020). Genetic control of temperament traits across species: association of autism spectrum disorder risk genes with cattle temperament. Genetics Selection Evolution, 52 (1) 51, 51. doi: 10.1186/s12711-020-00569-z
2020
Journal Article
A unified framework for association and prediction from vertex‐wise grey‐matter structure
Couvy‐Duchesne, Baptiste, Strike, Lachlan T., Zhang, Futao, Holtz, Yan, Zheng, Zhili, Kemper, Kathryn E., Yengo, Loic, Colliot, Olivier, Wright, Margaret J., Wray, Naomi R., Yang, Jian and Visscher, Peter M. (2020). A unified framework for association and prediction from vertex‐wise grey‐matter structure. Human Brain Mapping, 41 (14) hbm.25109, 4062-4076. doi: 10.1002/hbm.25109
2020
Journal Article
Genome-wide association study identifies 143 loci associated with 25 hydroxyvitamin D concentration
Revez, Joana A., Lin, Tian, Qiao, Zhen, Xue, Angli, Holtz, Yan, Zhu, Zhihong, Zeng, Jian, Wang, Huanwei, Sidorenko, Julia, Kemper, Kathryn E., Vinkhuyzen, Anna A. E., Frater, Julanne, Eyles, Darryl, Burne, Thomas H. J., Mitchell, Brittany, Martin, Nicholas G., Zhu, Gu, Visscher, Peter M., Yang, Jian, Wray, Naomi R. and McGrath, John J. (2020). Genome-wide association study identifies 143 loci associated with 25 hydroxyvitamin D concentration. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 1647, 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15421-7
Supervision
Availability
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- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Statistical methods and application to analyses genome and trait data from large biobanks
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Loic Yengo, Professor Peter Visscher
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