
Overview
Background
Visscher joined the University of Queensland in 2011, where he is Professor of Quantitative Genetics. He is a Laureate Fellow of the Australian Research Council. Visscher was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2010, a Fellow of the Royal Society (London) in 2018 and a Foreign Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2018.
Visscher’s research is about genetic variation for complex traits (including quantitative traits and disease) in populations, with the broad aim to understand and quantify the causes and consequences of human trait variation.
Prof Peter Visscher, Prof Naomi Wray and Prof Jian Yang together comprise the Executive Team of the Program in Complex Trait Genomics (PCTG). PCTG comprises a critical mass of more than 30 post-doctoral researchers plus research assistants and students, all supported by external grant funding. Their skills lie in the ability to develop and apply statistical methods within the framework of quantitative, population and statistical genetics and to use theory to understand and predict results from data analyses. They play leading roles in the international research consortia. The focus of current research activities is in the detection and fine-mapping of loci underlying complex traits (including common disease), based upon theoretical studies and applications of methods to large datasets, in population genetics studies using theoretical approaches and high-density genetic marker data, and in systems genomics studies.
Availability
- Professor Peter Visscher is:
- Not available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Masters (Coursework) of Science, University of Edinburgh
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Edinburgh
Research impacts
Visscher's research focuses on understanding individual differences betweeen people in traits that are important for health outcomes and ageing. A better understanding of the genes that underlie variation in risk to diseases may lead to better treatments.
Works
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2017
Journal Article
Embracing polygenicity: a review of methods and tools for psychiatric genetics research
Maier, R. M., Visscher, P. M., Robinson, M. R. and Wray, N. R. (2017). Embracing polygenicity: a review of methods and tools for psychiatric genetics research. Psychological Medicine, 48 (7), 1055-1067. doi: 10.1017/s0033291717002318
2017
Journal Article
<i>CKM</i> Glu83Gly Is Associated With Blunted Creatine Kinase Variation, but Not With Myalgia
Siddiqui, Moneeza Kalhan, Veluchamy, Abirami, Maroteau, Cyrielle, Tavendale, Roger, Carr, Fiona, Pearson, Ewan, Colhoun, Helen, Morris, Andrew D., George, Jacob, Doney, Alexander, Pirmohamed, Munir, Alfirevic, Ana, Wadelius, Mia, van der Zee, Anke H. Maitland, Ridker, Paul M., Chasman, Daniel I. and Palmer, Colin N. A. (2017). CKM Glu83Gly Is Associated With Blunted Creatine Kinase Variation, but Not With Myalgia. Circulation-Cardiovascular Genetics, 10 (4) e001737. doi: 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.117.001737
2017
Journal Article
Constraints on eQTL fine mapping in the presence of multisite local regulation of gene expression
Zeng, Biao, Lloyd-Jones, Luke R., Holloway, Alexander, Marigorta, Urko M., Metspalu, Andres, Montgomery, Grant W., Esko, Tonu, Brigham, Kenneth L., Quyyumi, Arshed A., Idaghdour, Youssef, Yang, Jian, Visscher, Peter M., Powell, Joseph E. and Gibson, Greg (2017). Constraints on eQTL fine mapping in the presence of multisite local regulation of gene expression. G3: Genes Genomes Genetics, 7 (8), 2533-2544. doi: 10.1534/g3.117.043752
2017
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Detection and quantification of inbreeding depression for complex traits from SNP data
Yengo, Loic, Zhu, Zhihong, Wray, Naomi R., Weir, Bruce S., Yang, Jian, Robinson, Matthew R. and Visscher, Peter M. (2017). Detection and quantification of inbreeding depression for complex traits from SNP data. PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114 (32), 8602-8607. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1621096114
2017
Journal Article
Genotype-covariate interaction effects and the heritability of adult body mass index
Robinson, Matthew R., English, Geoffrey, Moser, Gerhard, Lloyd-Jones, Luke R., Triplett, Marcus A., Zhu, Zhihong, Nolte, Ilja M., Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Snieder, Harold, Esko, Tonu, Milani, Lili, Magi, Reedik, Metspalu, Andres, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Pedersen, Nancy L., Ingelsson, Erik, Johannesson, Magnus, Yang, Jian, Cesarini, David and Visscher, Peter M. (2017). Genotype-covariate interaction effects and the heritability of adult body mass index. Nature Genetics, 49 (8), 1174-1181. doi: 10.1038/ng.3912
2017
Journal Article
Whole exome sequencing and DNA methylation analysis in a clinical amyotrophic lateral sclerosis cohort
Garton, Fleur C., Benyamin, Beben, Zhao, Qiongyi, Liu, Zhijun, Gratten, Jacob, Henders, Anjali K., Zhang, Zong-Hong, Edson, Janette, Furlong, Sarah, Morgan, Sarah, Heggie, Susan, Thorpe, Kathryn, Pfluger, Casey, Mather, Karen A., Sachdev, Perminder S., McRae, Allan F., Robinson, Matthew R., Shah, Sonia, Visscher, Peter M., Mangelsdorf, Marie, Henderson, Robert D., Wray, Naomi R. and McCombe, Pamela A. (2017). Whole exome sequencing and DNA methylation analysis in a clinical amyotrophic lateral sclerosis cohort. Molecular Genetics and Genomic Medicine, 5 (4), 418-428. doi: 10.1002/mgg3.302
2017
Journal Article
10 years of GWAS discovery: biology, function, and translation
Visscher, Peter M., Wray, Naomi R., Zhang, Qian, Sklar, Pamela, McCarthy, Mark I., Brown, Matthew A. and Yang, Jian (2017). 10 years of GWAS discovery: biology, function, and translation. American Journal of Human Genetics, 101 (1), 5-22. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2017.06.005
2017
Journal Article
Inference on the genetic basis of eye and skin color in an admixed population via Bayesian linear mixed models
Lloyd-Jones, Luke R., Robinson, Matthew R., Moser, Gerhard, Zeng, Jian, Beleza, Sandra, Barsh, Gregory S., Tang, Hua and Visscher, Peter M. (2017). Inference on the genetic basis of eye and skin color in an admixed population via Bayesian linear mixed models. Genetics, 206 (2), 1113-1126. doi: 10.1534/genetics.116.193383
2017
Journal Article
Quantifying the mapping precision of genome-wide association studies using whole-genome sequencing data
Wu, Yang, Zheng, Zhili, Visscher, Peter M. and Yang, Jian (2017). Quantifying the mapping precision of genome-wide association studies using whole-genome sequencing data. Genome Biology, 18 (1) 86, 86. doi: 10.1186/s13059-017-1216-0
2017
Journal Article
A Study of the Microbial Spatial Heterogeneity of Bahamian Thrombolites Using Molecular, Biochemical, and Stable Isotope Analyses
Louyakis, Artemis S., Mobberley, Jennifer M., Vitek, Brooke E., Visscher, Pieter T., Hagan, Paul D., Reid, R. Pamela, Kozdon, Reinhard, Orland, Ian J., Valley, John W., Planavsky, Noah J., Casaburi, Giorgio and Foster, Jamie S. (2017). A Study of the Microbial Spatial Heterogeneity of Bahamian Thrombolites Using Molecular, Biochemical, and Stable Isotope Analyses. Astrobiology, 17 (5), 413-430. doi: 10.1089/ast.2016.1563
2017
Journal Article
Genetic signatures of high-altitude adaptation in Tibetans
Yang, Jian, Jin, Zi-Bing, Chen, Jie, Huang, Xiu-Feng, Li, Xiao-Man, Liang, Yuan-Bo, Mao, Jian-Yang, Chen, Xin, Zheng, Zhili, Bakshi, Andrew, Zheng, Dong-Dong, Zheng, Mei-Qin, Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M., Lu, Fan and Qu, Jia (2017). Genetic signatures of high-altitude adaptation in Tibetans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114 (16), 4189-4194. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1617042114
2017
Journal Article
Dynamics of archaea at fine spatial scales in Shark Bay mat microbiomes
Wong, Hon Lun, Visscher, Pieter T., White, Richard Allen, Smith, Daniela-Lee, Patterson, Molly M. and Burns, Brendan P. (2017). Dynamics of archaea at fine spatial scales in Shark Bay mat microbiomes. Scientific Reports, 7 46160. doi: 10.1038/srep46160
2017
Journal Article
Risk factors for neuropathic pain in diabetes mellitus
Hebert, Harry L., Veluchamy, Abirami, Torrance, Nicola and Smith, Blair H. (2017). Risk factors for neuropathic pain in diabetes mellitus. Pain, 158 (4), 560-568. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000785
2017
Journal Article
Genetic correlation between amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and schizophrenia
McLaughlin, Russell L., Schijven, Dick, Van Rheenen, Wouter, Van Eijk, Kriste R., O'Brien, Margaret, Kahn, Rene S., Ophoff, Roel A., Goris, An, Bradley, Daniel G., Al-Chalabi, Ammar, Van Den Berg, Leonard H., Luykx, Jurjen J., Hardiman, Orla, Veldink, Jan H., Project MinE GWAS Consortium, Schizophrenia Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Catts, Stanley V., Gratten, Jacob, Lee, S. Hong, Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M. and Mowry, Bryan J. (2017). Genetic correlation between amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and schizophrenia. Nature Communications, 8 (1) 14774, 14774. doi: 10.1038/ncomms14774
2017
Journal Article
Genetic stratification to identify risk groups for Alzheimer's disease
Marioni, Riccardo E., Campbell, Archie, Hagenaars, Saskia P., Nagy, Reka, Amador, Carmen, Hayward, Caroline, Porteous, David J., Visscher, Peter M. and Deary, Ian J. (2017). Genetic stratification to identify risk groups for Alzheimer's disease. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 57 (1), 275-283. doi: 10.3233/JAD-161070
2017
Journal Article
Patterns of metal distribution in hypersaline microbialites during early diagenesis: Implications for the fossil record
Sforna, M. C., Daye, M., Philippot, P., Somogyi, A., van Zuilen, M. A., Medjoubi, K., Gerard, E., Jamme, F., Dupraz, C., Braissant, O., Glunk, C. and Visscher, P. T. (2017). Patterns of metal distribution in hypersaline microbialites during early diagenesis: Implications for the fossil record. Geobiology, 15 (2), 259-279. doi: 10.1111/gbi.12218
2017
Journal Article
The Genetic Architecture of Gene Expression in Peripheral Blood (vol 100, pg 228, 2017)
Lloyd-Jones, Luke R., Holloway, Alexander, McRae, Allan, Yang, Jian, Small, Kerrin, Zhao, Jing, Zeng, Biao, Bakshi, Andrew, Metspalu, Andres, Dermitzakis, Manolis, Gibson, Greg, Spector, Tim, Montgomery, Grant, Esko, Tonu, Visscher, Peter M. and Powell, Joseph E. (2017). The Genetic Architecture of Gene Expression in Peripheral Blood (vol 100, pg 228, 2017). American Journal of Human Genetics, 100 (2), 371-371. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2017.01.026
2017
Journal Article
Genetics and educational attainment
Cesarini, David and Visscher, Peter M. (2017). Genetics and educational attainment. npj Science of Learning, 2 (1) 4, 4. doi: 10.1038/s41539-017-0005-6
2017
Journal Article
Risk of psychiatric illness from advanced paternal age is not predominantly from de novo mutations
Gratten, Jacob, Wray, Naomi R., Peyrot, Wouter J., McGrath, John J., Visscher, Peter M. and Goddard, Michael E. (2017). Risk of psychiatric illness from advanced paternal age is not predominantly from de novo mutations. Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey, 72 (2), 96-96. doi: 10.1097/01.OGX.0000512485.13448.C7
2017
Journal Article
Association of body mass index with DNA methylation and gene expression in blood cells and relations to cardiometabolic disease: a Mendelian randomization approach
Mendelson, Michael M., Marioni, Riccardo E., Joehanes, Roby, Liu, Chunyu, Hedman, Åsa K., Aslibekyan, Stella, Demerath, Ellen W., Guan, Weihua, Zhi, Degui, Yao, Chen, Huan, Tianxiao, Willinger, Christine, Chen, Brian, Courchesne, Paul, Multhaup, Michael, Irvin, Marguerite R., Cohain, Ariella, Schadt, Eric E., Grove, Megan L., Bressler, Jan, North, Kari, Sundstrom, Johan, Gustafsson, Stefan, Shah, Sonia, McRae, Allan F., Harris, Sarah E., Gibson, Jude, Redmond, Paul, Corley, Janie ... Deary, Ian J. (2017). Association of body mass index with DNA methylation and gene expression in blood cells and relations to cardiometabolic disease: a Mendelian randomization approach. PLoS Medicine, 14 (1) e1002215, e1002215. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002215
Funding
Current funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Professor Peter Visscher is:
- Not available for supervision
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Statistical methods and application to analyses genome and trait data from large biobanks
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Kathryn Kemper, Professor Loic Yengo
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Doctor Philosophy
Genetic architecture and evolution of complex traits across populations in humans
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Naomi Wray, Dr Fleur Garton, Dr Jian Zeng
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Doctor Philosophy
Integrating GWAS and molecular QTL data to dissect genetic architecture and improve polygenic prediction
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Jian Zeng
Completed supervision
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Using whole-genome sequence data to elucidate complex trait variation
Principal Advisor
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Genetic and genomic analyses on ageing and age-related complex traits
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Allan McRae
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2010
Doctor Philosophy
Mitochondrial and autosomal genetic analyses in the Australian population
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Allan McRae
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Quantitative genetics approaches to elucidate the role of DNA methylation in complex trait variation
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Allan McRae
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Genomic signature of non-random mating in human complex traits
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Loic Yengo
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Insights into pleiotropic effects across the human genome for complex traits and diseases
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Allan McRae
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Genetic analyses of complex traits using biobank data
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Naomi Wray
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Within and Across Populations Complex Traits and Diseases Prediction Using Summary Statistics from Large-scale Genome-wide Association Studies
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Loic Yengo
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Genetic Differentiation of Human Complex Traits across Worldwide Populations
Associate Advisor
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Improving fine-mapping methodology using DNA methylation as a model trait
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Naomi Wray, Dr Allan McRae
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Systems Genomics of Parkinson's Disease
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Jake Gratten
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Sexual dimorphism in human gene expression
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Allan McRae
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
The Genetic Architecture of Psychiatric Disorders
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Naomi Wray
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Characterization of the genetic and environmental factors driving gene expression variability
Associate Advisor
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