Professor Peter Visscher
Professor

Peter Visscher

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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

Clinical sciences Genetics

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.

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803 works between 1987 and 2025
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2012

Journal Article

Importance of B4 Medium in Determining Organomineralization Potential of Bacterial Environmental Isolates

Marvasi, Massimiliano, Gallagher, Kimberley L., Martinez, Lilliam Casillas, Pagan, William C. Molina, Santiago, Ronald E. Rodriguez, Vega, Gloria Castilloveitia and Visscher, Pieter T. (2012). Importance of B4 Medium in Determining Organomineralization Potential of Bacterial Environmental Isolates. Geomicrobiology Journal, 29 (10), 916-924. doi: 10.1080/01490451.2011.636145

Importance of B4 Medium in Determining Organomineralization Potential of Bacterial Environmental Isolates

2012

Journal Article

Meta-analyses identify 13 loci associated with age at menopause and highlight DNA repair and immune pathways

Stolk L., Perry J.R.B., Chasman D.I., He C., Mangino M., Sulem P., Barbalic M., Broer L., Byrne E.M., Ernst F., Esko T., Franceschini N., Gudbjartsson D.F., Hottenga J.-J., Kraft P., McArdle P.F., Porcu E., Shin S.-Y., Smith A.V., Van Wingerden S., Zhai G., Zhuang W.V., Albrecht E., Alizadeh B.Z., Aspelund T., Bandinelli S., Lauc L.B., Beckmann J.S., Boban M. ... Lunetta K.L. (2012). Meta-analyses identify 13 loci associated with age at menopause and highlight DNA repair and immune pathways. Nature Genetics, 44 (3), 260-268. doi: 10.1038/ng.1051

Meta-analyses identify 13 loci associated with age at menopause and highlight DNA repair and immune pathways

2011

Journal Article

New gene functions in megakaryopoiesis and platelet formation

Gieger, Christian, Radhakrishnan, Aparna, Cvejic, Ana, Tang, Weihong, Porcu, Eleonora, Pistis, Giorgio, Serbanovic-Canic, Jovana, Elling, Ulrich, Goodall, Alison H., Labrune, Yann, Lopez, Lorna M., Magi, Reedik, Meacham, Stuart, Okada, Yukinori, Pirastu, Nicola, Sorice, Rossella, Teumer, Alexander, Voss, Katrin, Zhang, Weihua, Ramirez-Solis, Ramiro, Bis, Joshua C., Ellinghaus, David, Gogele, Martin, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Langenberg, Claudia, Kovacs, Peter, O'Reilly, Paul F., Shin, So-Youn, Esko, Tonu ... Soranzo, Nicole (2011). New gene functions in megakaryopoiesis and platelet formation. Nature, 480 (7376), 201-208. doi: 10.1038/nature10659

New gene functions in megakaryopoiesis and platelet formation

2011

Journal Article

GWA study data mining and independent replication identify cardiomyopathy-associated 5 (CMYA5) as a risk gene for schizophrenia

Chen, X., Lee, G., Maher, B. S., Fanous, A. H., Chen, J., Zhao, Z., Guo, A., van den Oord, E., Sullivan, P. F., Shi, J., Levinson, D. F., Gejman, P. V., Sanders, A., Duan, J., Owen, M. J., Craddock, N. J., O'Donovan, M. C., Blackman, J., Lewis, D., Kirov, G. K., Qin, W., Schwab, S., Wildenauer, D., Chowdari, K., Nimgaonkar, V., Straub, R. E., Weinberger, D. R., O'Neill, F. A., Walsh, D. ... Visscher, Peter M. (2011). GWA study data mining and independent replication identify cardiomyopathy-associated 5 (CMYA5) as a risk gene for schizophrenia. Molecular Psychiatry, 16 (11), 1117-1129. doi: 10.1038/mp.2010.96

GWA study data mining and independent replication identify cardiomyopathy-associated 5 (CMYA5) as a risk gene for schizophrenia

2011

Journal Article

GWAS of butyrylcholinesterase activity identifies four novel loci, independent effects within BCHE and secondary associations with metabolic risk factors

Benyamin, Beben, Middelberg, Rita P., Lind, Penelope A., Valle, Anne M., Gordon, Scott, Nyholt, Dale R., Medland, Sarah E., Henders, Anjali K., Heath, Andrew C., Madden, Pamela A. F., Visscher, Peter M., O'Connor, Daniel T., Montgomery, Grant W., Martin, Nicholas G. and Whitfield, John B. (2011). GWAS of butyrylcholinesterase activity identifies four novel loci, independent effects within BCHE and secondary associations with metabolic risk factors. Human Molecular Genetics, 20 (22) ddr375, 4504-4514. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddr375

GWAS of butyrylcholinesterase activity identifies four novel loci, independent effects within BCHE and secondary associations with metabolic risk factors

2011

Journal Article

Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution

Heid, Iris M., Jackson, Anne U., Randall, Joshua C., Winkler, Thomas W., Qi, Lu, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Zillikens, M. Carola, Speliotes, Elizabeth K., Maegi, Reedik, Workalemahu, Tsegaselassie, White, Charles C., Bouatia-Naji, Nabila, Harris, Tamara B., Berndt, Sonja I., Ingelsson, Erik, Willer, Cristen J., Weedon, Michael N., Luan, Jian'an, Vedantam, Sailaja, Esko, Tonu, Kilpelaeinen, Tuomas O., Kutalik, Zoltan, Li, Shengxu, Monda, Keri L., Dixon, Anna L., Holmes, Christopher C., Kaplan, Lee M., Liang, Liming ... Lindgren, Cecilia M. (2011). Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution. Nature Genetics, 43 (11), 1164-1164. doi: 10.1038/ng1111-1164a

Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution

2011

Journal Article

Genome-wide association studies establish that human intelligence is highly heritable and polygenic

Davies, G., Tenesa, A., Payton, A., Yang, J., Harris, S. E., Liewald, D., Ke, X., Le Hellard, S., Christoforou, A., Luciano, M., McGhee, K., Lopez, L., Gow, A. J., Corley, J., Redmond, P., Fox, H. C., Haggarty, P., Whalley, L. J., McNeill, G., Goddard, M. E., Espeseth, T., Lundervold, A. J., Reinvang, I., Pickles, A., Steen, V. M., Ollier, W., Porteous, D. J., Horan, M., Starr, J. M. ... Deary, I. J. (2011). Genome-wide association studies establish that human intelligence is highly heritable and polygenic. Molecular Psychiatry, 16 (10), 996-1005. doi: 10.1038/mp.2011.85

Genome-wide association studies establish that human intelligence is highly heritable and polygenic

2011

Journal Article

Association of variants in MMEL1 and CTLA4 with rheumatoid arthritis in the Han Chinese population

Danoy, Patrick, Wei, Meng, Hadler, Johanna, Jiang, Lei, He, Dongyi, Sun, Linyun, Zeng, Xiaofeng, Visscher, Peter M., Brown, Matthew A. and Xu, Huji (2011). Association of variants in MMEL1 and CTLA4 with rheumatoid arthritis in the Han Chinese population. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 70 (10), 1793-1797. doi: 10.1136/ard.2010.144576

Association of variants in MMEL1 and CTLA4 with rheumatoid arthritis in the Han Chinese population

2011

Journal Article

Genome-wide association study identifies five new schizophrenia loci

Ripke, Stephan, Sanders, Alan R., Kedler, Kenneth S., Levinson, Douglas F., Sklar, Pamela, Holmans, Peter A., Lin, Dan-Yu, Duan, Jubao, Ophoff, Roel A., Andreassen, Ole A., Scolnick, Edward, Cichon, Sven, St. Clair, David, Corvin, Aiden, Gurling, Hugh, Werge, Thomas, Rujescu, Dan, Blackwood, Douglas H. R., Pato, Carlos N., Malhotra, Anil K., Purcell, Shaun, Dudbridge, Frank, Neale, Benjamin M., Rossin, Lizzy, Visscher, Peter M., Posthuma, Danielle, Ruderfer, Douglas M., Fanous, Ayman, Hreinn, Stefansson ... Gejman, Pablo V. (2011). Genome-wide association study identifies five new schizophrenia loci. Nature Genetics, 43 (10), 969-976. doi: 10.1038/ng.940

Genome-wide association study identifies five new schizophrenia loci

2011

Journal Article

Identification of IL6R and chromosome 11q13.5 as risk loci for asthma

Ferreira, Manuel A. R., Matheson, Melanie C., Duffy, David L., Marks, Guy B., Hui, Jennie, Le Souef, Peter, Danoy, Patrick, Baltic, Svetlana, Nyholt, Dale R., Jenkins, Mark, Hayden, Catherine, Willemsen, Gonneke, Ang, Wei, Kuokkanen, Mikko, Beilby, John, Cheah, Faang, de Geus, Eco J.C., Ramasamy, Adaikalavan, Vedantam, Sailaka, Salomaa, Veikko, Madden, Pamela A., Heath, Andrew C., Hopper, John L., Visscher, Peter M., Musk, Bill, Leeder, Stephen R., Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Pennell, Craig, Boomsma, Dorret I. ... Wright, Margaret J. (2011). Identification of IL6R and chromosome 11q13.5 as risk loci for asthma. Lancet, 378 (9795), 1006-1014. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60874-X

Identification of IL6R and chromosome 11q13.5 as risk loci for asthma

2011

Journal Article

Quantification of inbreeding due to distant ancestors and its detection using dense single nucleotide polymorphism data

Keller, Matthew C., Visscher, Peter M. and Goddard, Michael E. (2011). Quantification of inbreeding due to distant ancestors and its detection using dense single nucleotide polymorphism data. Genetics, 189 (1), 237-249. doi: 10.1534/genetics.111.130922

Quantification of inbreeding due to distant ancestors and its detection using dense single nucleotide polymorphism data

2011

Journal Article

Two non-synonymous markers in PTPN21, identified by genome-wide association study data-mining and replication, are associated with schizophrenia

Chen, Jingchun, Lee, Grace, Fanous, Ayman H., Zhao, Zhongming, Jia, Peilin, O'neill, Anthony, Walsh, Dermot, Kendler, Kenneth S., Chen, Xiangning, O’Donovan, Michael C., Kirov, George K, Craddock, Nick J, Holmans, Peter A, Williams, Nigel M, Georgieva, Lyudmila, Nikolov, Ivan, Norton, N., Williams, H., Toncheva, Draga, Milanova, Vihra, Owen, Michael J, Hultman, Christina M, Lichtenstein, Paul, Thelander, Emma F, Sullivan, Patrick, Morris, Derek W, O’Dushlaine, Colm T., Kenny, Elaine, Quinn, Emma M ... Scolnick, Edward M (2011). Two non-synonymous markers in PTPN21, identified by genome-wide association study data-mining and replication, are associated with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 131 (1-3), 43-51. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2011.06.023

Two non-synonymous markers in PTPN21, identified by genome-wide association study data-mining and replication, are associated with schizophrenia

2011

Journal Article

LPAR1 and ITGA4 Regulate Peripheral Blood Monocyte Counts

Maugeri, Narelle, Powell, Joseph E., 't Hoen, Peter A. C., de Geus, Eco J. C., Willemsen, Gonneke, Kattenberg, Mathijs, Henders, Anjali K., Wallace, Leanne, Penninx, Brenda, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Medland, Sarah E., Saviouk, Viatcheslav, Martin, Nicholas G., Visscher, Peter M., van Ommen, Gert-Jan B., Frazer, Ian H., Boomsma, Dorret I., Montgomery, Grant W. and Ferreira, Manuel A. R (2011). LPAR1 and ITGA4 Regulate Peripheral Blood Monocyte Counts. Human Mutation, 32 (8), 873-876. doi: 10.1002/humu.21536

LPAR1 and ITGA4 Regulate Peripheral Blood Monocyte Counts

2011

Journal Article

Response to Browning and Browning

Goddard, Michael E., Lee, Hong, Yang, Jian, Wray, Naomi R. and Visscher, Peter M. (2011). Response to Browning and Browning. American Journal of Human Genetics, 89 (1), 193-195. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2011.05.022

Response to Browning and Browning

2011

Journal Article

(Mis)understanding Heritability

Visscher, Peter M. and Keller, Matthew C. (2011). (Mis)understanding Heritability. European Journal of Personality, 25 (4), 285-286.

(Mis)understanding Heritability

2011

Journal Article

Genetic architecture of circulating lipid levels

Demirkan, Ayse, Amin, Najaf, Isaacs, Aaron, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Whitfield, John B., Wichmann, Heinz-Erich, Kyvik, Kirsten Ohm, Rudan, Igor, Gieger, Christian, Hicks, Andrew A., Johansson, Asa, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Smith, Johannes J., Wild, Sarah H., Pedersen, Nancy L., Willemsen, Gonneke, Mangino, Massimo, Hayward, Caroline, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Hofman, Albert, Witteman, Jacqueline, Montgomery, Grant W., Pietilainen, Kirsi H., Rantanen, Taina, Kaprio, Jaakko, Doering, Angela, Pramstaller, Peter P., Gyllensten, Ulf, de Geus, Eco J. C. ... van Duijn, Cornelia M. (2011). Genetic architecture of circulating lipid levels. European Journal of Human Genetics, 19 (7), 813-819. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2011.21

Genetic architecture of circulating lipid levels

2011

Journal Article

Genomic inflation factors under polygenic inheritance

Yang, Jian, Weedon, Michael N., Purcell, Shaun, Lettre, Guillaume, Estrada, Karol, Willer, Cristen J., Smith, Albert V., Ingelsson, Erik, O'Connell, Jeffrey R., Mangino, Massimo, Maegi, Reedik, Madden, Pamela A., Heath, Andrew C., Nyholt, Dale R., Martin, Nicholas G., Montgomery, Grant W., Frayling, Timothy M., Hirschhorn, Joel N., McCarthy, Mark I., Goddard, Michael E. and Visscher, Peter M. (2011). Genomic inflation factors under polygenic inheritance. European Journal of Human Genetics, 19 (7), 807-812. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2011.39

Genomic inflation factors under polygenic inheritance

2011

Journal Article

Genome partitioning of genetic variation for complex traits using common SNPs

Yang, Jian, Manolio, Teri A., Pasquale, Louis R., Boerwinkle, Eric, Caporaso, Neil, Cunningham, Julie M., de Andrade, Mariza, Feenstra, Bjarke, Feingold, Eleanor, Hayes, M. Geoffrey, Hill, William G., Landi, Maria Teresa, Alonso, Alvaro, Lettre, Guillaume, Lin, Peng, Ling, Hua, Lowe, William, Mathias, Rasika A., Melbye, Mads, Pugh, Elizabeth, Cornelis, Marilyn C., Weir, Bruce S., Goddard, Michael E. and Visscher, Peter M. (2011). Genome partitioning of genetic variation for complex traits using common SNPs. Nature Genetics, 43 (6), 519-U44. doi: 10.1038/ng.823

Genome partitioning of genetic variation for complex traits using common SNPs

2011

Journal Article

Human population dispersal "Out of Africa" estimated from linkage disequilibrium and allele frequencies of SNPs

McEvoy, Brian P., Powell, Joseph E., Goddard, Michael E. and Visscher, Peter M. (2011). Human population dispersal "Out of Africa" estimated from linkage disequilibrium and allele frequencies of SNPs. Genome Research, 21 (6), 821-829. doi: 10.1101/gr.119636.110

Human population dispersal "Out of Africa" estimated from linkage disequilibrium and allele frequencies of SNPs

2011

Journal Article

Genetic Predictors of Fibrin D-Dimer Levels in Healthy Adults

Smith, Nicholas L., Huffman, Jennifer E., Strachan, David P., Huang, Jie, Dehghan, Abbas, Trompet, Stella, Lopez, Lorna M., Shin, So-Youn, Baumert, Jens, Vitart, Veronique, Bis, Joshua C., Wild, Sarah H., Rumley, Ann, Yang, Qiong, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Stott, David. J., Davies, Gail, Carter, Angela M., Thorand, Barbara, Polasek, Ozren, McKnight, Barbara, Campbell, Harry, Rudnicka, Alicja R., Chen, Ming-Huei, Buckley, Brendan M., Harris, Sarah E., Peters, Annette, Pulanic, Drazen, Lumley, Thomas ... Hayward, Caroline (2011). Genetic Predictors of Fibrin D-Dimer Levels in Healthy Adults. Circulation, 123 (17), 1864-+. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.009480

Genetic Predictors of Fibrin D-Dimer Levels in Healthy Adults

Current funding

  • 2019 - 2025
    Causes and consequence of human trait variation
    ARC Australian Laureate Fellowships
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2022 - 2025
    Genetic architecture and evolution of complex traits across populations
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2024
    Estimating the genetic and environmental architecture of psychiatric disorders (NIH Grant administered by the University of Colorado)
    University of Colorado
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2023
    Complex trait genomics
    NHMRC Program Grant
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2019
    Genetic analysis of the relationship between parental age and risk of psychiatric disorders
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2019
    Phenotypic profiling from DNA using genetic and epigenetic information
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2018
    The genetics of ageing in human populations
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2019
    Sporadic ALS Australian Systems Genomics Consortium (SALSA-SGC)
    Motor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia Inc
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2020
    Analysis of Genome-Wide Data in the Health and Retirement Study (NIH grant administered by the University of Southern California)
    University of Southern California
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2019
    1/2 A Large-Scale Schizophrenia Association Study in Sweden (NIH grant administered by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
    University of North Carolina
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2017
    Increasing the power of GxE detection by using multi-locus genome-wide predictors (NIH grant administered by Harvard Medical School)
    Harvard Medical School
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2019
    NHMRC Research Fellowship: Neurogenetics and Statistical Genomics
    NHMRC Research Fellowship
    Open grant
  • 2014
    Deciphering the genetic code of diseases
    National Computational Merit Allocation Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2014
    Trans-ethnic and trans-omic statistical analyses to identify new ALS risk variants
    Motor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia Inc
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2018
    Estimating the Frequencies and Population Specificities of Risk Alleles (NIH grant administered by the University of Colorado)
    University of Colorado
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2016
    CAGE: Consortium for the Architecture of Gene Expression
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2015
    Estimation and partitioning of the still-missing heritability for complex disease
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2016
    Estimation of non-additive genetic variance for complex traits using genome-wide SNP and sequence data
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2016
    Exploiting SNP data in epidemiology and genetics through multivariate analysis of complex traits
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2015
    The genetic architecture and evolution of quantitative traits (ARC Discovery Project administered by the University of Melbourne)
    University of Melbourne
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2018
    Statistical and Quantitative Genetics (NIH Grant administered by the University of Washington)
    University of Washington (Seattle)
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2017
    Statistical genetic analyses of social and economic outcomes
    Stockholm School of Economics
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2017
    Belgian Medical Genomics Initiative (BeMGI)
    University of Liege
    Open grant
  • 2012
    Explaining the Dark Matter of Genome-wide Association Studies for Complex Disease
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2014
    Better Methods for Individual Risk Prediction of Complex Traits in Human Populations
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2014
    NHMRC Research Fellowship (SPRF)
    NHMRC Research Fellowship
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2017
    Theoretical Population Genetics (NIH Subcontract administered by the University of Washington)
    University of Washington (Seattle)
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2013
    Identifying eQTLs and endophenotyping known CNVs in a large Australian schizophrenia sample
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2012
    Why is most of the genetic variance for complex traits undetected by large powerful screens of common variants? (ARC Discovery Project administered by The University of Melbourne)
    University of Melbourne
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2009
    Maximising knowledge from dense SNP data using multi-locus analysis
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant

Availability

Professor Peter Visscher is:
Not available for supervision

Supervision history

Current supervision

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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