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- Professor Jessica Mar is:
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- Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University
Works
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2024
Journal Article
Superior induced pluripotent stem cell generation through Phactr-3-driven mechano-modulation of both early and late phases of cell reprogramming
Chowdhury, Mohammad Mahfuz, Zimmerman, Samuel, Leeson, Hannah, Nefzger, Christian Maximilian, Mar, Jessica Cara, Laslett, Andrew, Polo, Jose Maria, Wolvetang, Ernst and Cooper-White, Justin (2024). Superior induced pluripotent stem cell generation through Phactr-3-driven mechano-modulation of both early and late phases of cell reprogramming. Biomaterials Research, 28 0025, 0025. doi: 10.34133/bmr.0025
2024
Journal Article
Redox signalling regulates breast cancer metastasis via phenotypic and metabolic reprogramming due to p63 activation by HIF1α
Ren, Zuen, Dharmaratne, Malindrie, Liang, Huizhi, Benard, Outhiriaradjou, Morales-Gallego, Miriam, Suyama, Kimita, Kumar, Viney, Fard, Atefeh Taherian, Kulkarni, Ameya S., Prystowsky, Michael, Mar, Jessica C., Norton, Larry and Hazan, Rachel B. (2024). Redox signalling regulates breast cancer metastasis via phenotypic and metabolic reprogramming due to p63 activation by HIF1α. British Journal of Cancer, 130 (6), 908-924. doi: 10.1038/s41416-023-02522-5
2023
Journal Article
Senolytic therapy alleviates physiological human brain aging and COVID-19 neuropathology
Aguado, Julio, Amarilla, Alberto A., Taherian Fard, Atefeh, Albornoz, Eduardo A., Tyshkovskiy, Alexander, Schwabenland, Marius, Chaggar, Harman K., Modhiran, Naphak, Gómez-Inclán, Cecilia, Javed, Ibrahim, Baradar, Alireza A., Liang, Benjamin, Peng, Lianli, Dharmaratne, Malindrie, Pietrogrande, Giovanni, Padmanabhan, Pranesh, Freney, Morgan E., Parry, Rhys, Sng, Julian D. J., Isaacs, Ariel, Khromykh, Alexander A., Valenzuela Nieto, Guillermo, Rojas-Fernandez, Alejandro, Davis, Thomas P., Prinz, Marco, Bengsch, Bertram, Gladyshev, Vadim N., Woodruff, Trent M., Mar, Jessica C. ... Wolvetang, Ernst J. (2023). Senolytic therapy alleviates physiological human brain aging and COVID-19 neuropathology. Nature Aging, 3 (12), 1561-1575. doi: 10.1038/s43587-023-00519-6
2023
Journal Article
Measuring cell-to-cell expression variability in single-cell RNA-sequencing data: a comparative analysis and applications to B cell aging
Zheng, Huiwen, Vijg, Jan, Fard, Atefeh Taherian and Mar, Jessica Cara (2023). Measuring cell-to-cell expression variability in single-cell RNA-sequencing data: a comparative analysis and applications to B cell aging. Genome Biology, 24 (1) 238, 1-26. doi: 10.1186/s13059-023-03036-2
2023
Journal Article
Deconstructing heterogeneity of replicative senescence in human mesenchymal stem cells at single cell resolution
Taherian Fard, Atefeh, Leeson, Hannah C., Aguado, Julio, Pietrogrande, Giovanni, Power, Dominique, Gómez-Inclán, Cecilia, Zheng, Huiwen, Nelson, Christopher B., Soheilmoghaddam, Farhad, Glass, Nick, Dharmaratne, Malindrie, Watson, Ebony R., Lu, Jennifer, Martin, Sally, Pickett, Hilda A., Cooper-White, Justin, Wolvetang, Ernst J. and Mar, Jessica C. (2023). Deconstructing heterogeneity of replicative senescence in human mesenchymal stem cells at single cell resolution. GeroScience, 46 (1), 1-17. doi: 10.1007/s11357-023-00829-y
2023
Journal Article
scShapes: a statistical framework for identifying distribution shapes in single-cell RNA-sequencing data
Dharmaratne, Malindrie, Kulkarni, Ameya S., Taherian Fard, Atefeh and Mar, Jessica C. (2023). scShapes: a statistical framework for identifying distribution shapes in single-cell RNA-sequencing data. GigaScience, 12 giac126, 1-18. doi: 10.1093/gigascience/giac126
2022
Journal Article
Biophysical Reviews special issue call: quantitative methods to decipher cellular heterogeneity — from single-cell to spatial omic methods
Ho, Joshua W. K., Chen, Xi, He, Mu, Huang, Yuanhua, Mar, Jessica C., Shih, David J. H. and Wu, Angela R. (2022). Biophysical Reviews special issue call: quantitative methods to decipher cellular heterogeneity — from single-cell to spatial omic methods. Biophysical Reviews, 14 (5), 1079-1080. doi: 10.1007/s12551-022-00994-y
2022
Journal Article
How does the structure of data impact cell–cell similarity? Evaluating how structural properties influence the performance of proximity metrics in single cell RNA-seq data
Watson, Ebony Rose, Mora, Ariane, Taherian Fard, Atefeh and Mar, Jessica Cara (2022). How does the structure of data impact cell–cell similarity? Evaluating how structural properties influence the performance of proximity metrics in single cell RNA-seq data. Briefings in Bioinformatics, 23 (6) bbac387, 1-14. doi: 10.1093/bib/bbac387
2022
Journal Article
Impaired signaling for neuromuscular synaptic maintenance is a feature of Motor Neuron Disease
Ding, Qiao, Kesavan, Kaamini, Lee, Kah Meng, Wimberger, Elyse, Robertson, Thomas, Gill, Melinder, Power, Dominique, Chang, Jeryn, Fard, Atefeh T., Mar, Jessica C., Henderson, Robert D., Heggie, Susan, McCombe, Pamela A., Jeffree, Rosalind L., Colditz, Michael J., Hilliard, Massimo A., Ng, Dominic C. H., Steyn, Frederik J., Phillips, William D., Wolvetang, Ernst J., Ngo, Shyuan T. and Noakes, Peter G. (2022). Impaired signaling for neuromuscular synaptic maintenance is a feature of Motor Neuron Disease. Acta Neuropathologica Communications, 10 (1) 61, 61. doi: 10.1186/s40478-022-01360-5
2022
Conference Publication
Softer, faster, better! - Substrate mechanics drives superior somatic cell reprogramming outcomes
Cooper-White, Justin, Chowdhury, Mahfuz, Wolvetang, Ernst, Zimmerman, Samuel, Mar, Jessica, Polo, Jose, Laslett, Andrew and Nefzger, Christian (2022). Softer, faster, better! - Substrate mechanics drives superior somatic cell reprogramming outcomes. TERMIS 6th World Congress, Maastricht, Netherlands, 15-19 November 2021. New Rochelle, NY United States: Mary Ann Liebert.
2022
Journal Article
Redox signaling by glutathione peroxidase 2 links vascular modulation to metabolic plasticity of breast cancer
Ren, Zuen, Liang, Huizhi, Galbo, Phillip M., Dharmaratne, Malindrie, Kulkarni, Ameya S., Fard, Atefeh Taherian, Aoun, Marie Louise, Martinez-Lopez, Nuria, Suyama, Kimita, Benard, Outhiriaradjou, Zheng, Wei, Liu, Yang, Albanese, Joseph, Zheng, Deyou, Mar, Jessica C., Singh, Rajat, Prystowsky, Michael B., Norton, Larry and Hazan, Rachel B. (2022). Redox signaling by glutathione peroxidase 2 links vascular modulation to metabolic plasticity of breast cancer. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119 (8) e2107266119. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2107266119
2022
Journal Article
Computational methods for single-cell imaging and omics data integration
Watson, Ebony Rose, Taherian Fard, Atefeh and Mar, Jessica Cara (2022). Computational methods for single-cell imaging and omics data integration. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 8 768106, 768106. doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.768106
2021
Journal Article
Discovery of widespread transcription initiation at microsatellites predictable by sequence-based deep neural network
Grapotte, Mathys, Saraswat, Manu, Bessière, Chloé, Menichelli, Christophe, Ramilowski, Jordan A., Severin, Jessica, Hayashizaki, Yoshihide, Itoh, Masayoshi, Tagami, Michihira, Murata, Mitsuyoshi, Kojima-Ishiyama, Miki, Noma, Shohei, Noguchi, Shuhei, Kasukawa, Takeya, Hasegawa, Akira, Suzuki, Harukazu, Nishiyori-Sueki, Hiromi, Frith, Martin C., Abugessaisa, Imad, Aitken, Stuart, Aken, Bronwen L., Alam, Intikhab, Alam, Tanvir, Alasiri, Rami, Alhendi, Ahmad M. N., Alinejad-Rokny, Hamid, Alvarez, Mariano J., Andersson, Robin, Arakawa, Takahiro ... Lecellier, Charles-Henri (2021). Discovery of widespread transcription initiation at microsatellites predictable by sequence-based deep neural network. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 3297. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-23143-7
2020
Journal Article
The shape of gene expression distributions matter: how incorporating distribution shape improves the interpretation of cancer transcriptomic data
de Torrente, Laurence, Zimmerman, Samuel, Suzuki, Masako, Christopeit, Maximilian, Greally, John M. and Mar, Jessica C. (2020). The shape of gene expression distributions matter: how incorporating distribution shape improves the interpretation of cancer transcriptomic data. BMC Bioinformatics, 21 (Suppl 21) 562, 562. doi: 10.1186/s12859-020-03892-w
2020
Journal Article
Investigating transcriptome-wide sex dimorphism by multi-level analysis of single-cell RNA sequencing data in ten mouse cell types
Lu, Tianyuan and Mar, Jessica C. (2020). Investigating transcriptome-wide sex dimorphism by multi-level analysis of single-cell RNA sequencing data in ten mouse cell types. Biology of Sex Differences, 11 (1) 61, 61. doi: 10.1186/s13293-020-00335-2
2020
Journal Article
Single-cell analysis of transcriptome and DNA methylome in human oocyte maturation
Yu, Bo, Doni Jayavelu, Naresh, Battle, Stephanie L., Mar, Jessica C., Schimmel, Timothy, Cohen, Jacques and Hawkins, R. David (2020). Single-cell analysis of transcriptome and DNA methylome in human oocyte maturation. PLoS One, 15 (11) e0241698, e0241698. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241698
2020
Journal Article
Metformin alters skeletal muscle transcriptome adaptations to resistance training in older adults
Kulkarni, Ameya S., Peck, Bailey D., Walton, R. Grace, Kern, Philip A., Mar, Jessica C., Windham, Samuel T., Bamman, Marcas M., Barzilai, Nir and Peterson, Charlotte A. (2020). Metformin alters skeletal muscle transcriptome adaptations to resistance training in older adults. Aging, 12 (20), 19852-19866. doi: 10.18632/aging.104096
2020
Journal Article
Identification of a novel subgroup of endometrial cancer patients with loss of thyroid hormone receptor beta expression and improved survival
Piqué, Daniel G., Greally, John M. and Mar, Jessica C. (2020). Identification of a novel subgroup of endometrial cancer patients with loss of thyroid hormone receptor beta expression and improved survival. BMC Cancer, 20 (1) 857, 857. doi: 10.1186/s12885-020-07325-y
2020
Conference Publication
Redox regulation of tumor cell heterogeneity in the PyMT mammary tumor model revealed by single cell RNA sequencing
Ren, Zuen, Dharmaratne, Malindrie, Kulkarni, Ameya, Fard, Atefeh Taherian, Mar, Jessica, Galbo, Phillip M., Liu, Yang, Zheng, Deyou, Liang, Huizhi, Benard, Outhiriaradjou, Suyama, Kimita, Prystowsky, Michael B., Norton, Larry and Hazan, Rachel B. (2020). Redox regulation of tumor cell heterogeneity in the PyMT mammary tumor model revealed by single cell RNA sequencing. AACR Annual Meeting, Online, 22-24 June, 2020. Philadelphia, PA, United States: American Association for Cancer Research. doi: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2020-4426
2020
Journal Article
Protein-protein interactions uncover candidate 'core genes' within omnigenic disease networks
Ratnakumar, Abhirami, Weinhold, Nils, Mar, Jessica C. and Riaz, Nadeem (2020). Protein-protein interactions uncover candidate 'core genes' within omnigenic disease networks. PLoS Genetics, 16 (7) e1008903, e1008903. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008903
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
From Target Discovery to Therapeutic Antibodies
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Stephen Mahler, Dr Martina Jones, Dr Lucia Zacchi
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Doctor Philosophy
Investigating the Impact of Sex-based Dimorphism in the Omics of Human Disease
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Developing optimal transport models for spatial and single cell data to understand cancer progression
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Peter Simpson, Dr Quan Nguyen
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Doctor Philosophy
Multiomics and AI for Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE) Biomarker and Treatment Discovery with Human Brain Organoids
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Giovanni Pietrogrande, Professor Ernst Wolvetang
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Doctor Philosophy
Elucidating the role of Human Aminoacyl multi- tRNA synthetase complex (MSC) in Hypomyelination with brainstem and spinal cord involvement and leg spasticity (HBSL)
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Stefan Thor, Professor Ernst Wolvetang
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Understanding transcriptomic heterogeneity in ageing and organoids through the application of bioinformatic tools
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Ernst Wolvetang
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Statistical approaches to investigate cellular heterogeneity and stability in single-cell transcriptomic data
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Mikael Boden
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Refining for Rarity: Evaluation and Adaptation of Single-cell Data Analysis for Improved Performance on Rare and Subtly-Defined Cell Populations
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Ernst Wolvetang
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Developing novel statistical methods to investigate heterogeneity in single-cell multi-omics data
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Ernst Wolvetang
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Cell Type Definition from Single Cell RNA-seq
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Michael Piper, Professor Stefan Thor, Professor Mikael Boden
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Machine learning models of epigenetic dynamics driving cell fate
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Stefan Thor, Professor Mikael Boden
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