Dr Allan McRae
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Allan McRae

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  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Edinburgh

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185 works between 2002 and 2025
All (185) Journal Article (170) Other Outputs (1) Conference Publication (12) Book Chapter (2)

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2016

Journal Article

DNA methylation-based measures of biological age: meta-analysis predicting time to death

Chen, Brian H., Marioni, Riccardo E., Colicino, Elena, Peters, Marjolein J., Ward-Caviness, Cavin K., Tsai, Pei-Chien, Roetker, Nicholas S., Just, Allan C., Demerath, Ellen W., Guan, Weihua, Bressler, Jan, Fornage, Myriam, Studenski, Stephanie, Vandiver, Amy R., Moore, Ann Zenobia, Tanaka, Toshiko, Kiel, Douglas P., Liang, Liming, Vokonas, Pantel, Schwartz, Joel, Lunetta, Kathryn L., Murabito, Joanne M., Bandinelli, Stefania, Hernandez, Dena G., Melzer, David, Nalls, Michael, Pilling, Luke C., Price, Timothy R., Singleton, Andrew B. ... Horvath, Steve (2016). DNA methylation-based measures of biological age: meta-analysis predicting time to death. Aging, 8 (9), 1844-1865. doi: 10.18632/aging.101020

DNA methylation-based measures of biological age: meta-analysis predicting time to death

2015

Journal Article

Sharing a placenta is associated with a greater similarity in DNA methylation in monochorionic versus dichorionic twin pars in blood at age 14

Bui, Masato, Benyamin, Beben, Shah, Sonia, Henders, Anjali K., Martin, Nicholas G., Montgomery, Grant W. and McRae, Allan F. (2015). Sharing a placenta is associated with a greater similarity in DNA methylation in monochorionic versus dichorionic twin pars in blood at age 14. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 18 (6), 680-685. doi: 10.1017/thg.2015.87

Sharing a placenta is associated with a greater similarity in DNA methylation in monochorionic versus dichorionic twin pars in blood at age 14

2015

Journal Article

The transcriptional landscape of age in human peripheral blood

Peters, Marjolein J., Joehanes, Roby, Pilling, Luke C., Schurmann, Claudia, Conneely, Karen N., Powell, Joseph, Reinmaa, Eva, Sutphin, George L., Zhernakova, Alexandra, Schramm, Katharina, Wilson, Yana A., Kobes, Sayuko, Tukiainen, Taru, Ramos, Yolande F., Goring, Harald H. H., Fornage, Myriam, Liu, Yongmei, Gharib, Sina A., Stranger, Barbara E., De Jager, Philip L., Aviv, Abraham, Levy, Daniel, Murabito, Joanne M., Munson, Peter J., Huan, Tianxiao, Hofman, Albert, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Rivadeneira, Fernando, Van Rooij, Jeroen ... NABEC/UKBEC Consortium (2015). The transcriptional landscape of age in human peripheral blood. Nature Communications, 6 (1) 8570, 8570.1-8570.14. doi: 10.1038/ncomms9570

The transcriptional landscape of age in human peripheral blood

2015

Journal Article

Genome-wide autozygosity is associated with lower general cognitive ability

Howrigan, D.P., Simonson, M.A., Davies, G., Harris, S.E., Tenesa, A., Starr, J.M., Liewald, D.C., Deary, I.J., McRae, A., Wright, M.J., Montgomery, G.W., Hansell, N., Martin, N.G., Payton, A., Horan, M., Ollier, W.E., Abdellaoui, A., Boomsma, D.I., DeRosse, P., Knowles, E.E.M., Glahn, D.C., Djurovic, S., Melle, I., Andreassen, O.A., Christoforou, A., Steen, V.M., Hellard, S.L., Sundet, K., Reinvang, I. ... Keller, M.C. (2015). Genome-wide autozygosity is associated with lower general cognitive ability. Molecular Psychiatry, 21 (6), 837-843. doi: 10.1038/mp.2015.120

Genome-wide autozygosity is associated with lower general cognitive ability

2015

Journal Article

The epigenetic clock is correlated with physical and cognitive fitness in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936

Marioni, Riccardo E., Shah, Sonia, McRae, Allan F., Ritchie, Stuart J., Muniz-Terrera, Graciela, Harris, Sarah E., Gibson, Jude, Redmond, Paul, Cox, Simon R., Pattie, Alison, Corley, Janie, Taylor, Adele, Murphy, Lee, Starr, John M., Horvath, Steve, Visscher, Peter M., Wray, Naomi R. and Deary, Ian J. (2015). The epigenetic clock is correlated with physical and cognitive fitness in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936. International Journal of Epidemiology, 44 (4), 1388-1396. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyu277

The epigenetic clock is correlated with physical and cognitive fitness in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936

2015

Journal Article

Improving phenotypic prediction by combining genetic and epigenetic associations

Shah, Sonia, Bonder, Marc J., Marioni, Riccardo E., Zhu, Zhihong, McRae, Allan F., Zhernakova, Alexandra, Harris, Sarah E., Liewald, Dave, Henders, Anjali K., Mendelson, Michael M., Liu, Chunyu, Joehanes, Roby, Liang, Liming, Levy, Daniel, Martin, Nicholas G., Starr, John M., Wijmenga, Cisca, Wray, Naomi R., Yang, Jian, Montgomery, Grant W., Franke, Luke, Deary, Ian J., Visscher, Peter M. and BIOS Consortium (2015). Improving phenotypic prediction by combining genetic and epigenetic associations. American Journal of Human Genetics, 97 (1), 75-85. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2015.05.014

Improving phenotypic prediction by combining genetic and epigenetic associations

2015

Journal Article

Seasonal effects on gene expression

Goldinger, Anita, Shakhbazov, Konstantin, Henders, Anjali K., McRae, Allan F., Montgomery, Grant W. and Powell, Joseph E. (2015). Seasonal effects on gene expression. PLoS ONE, 10 (5) e0126995, 1-16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126995

Seasonal effects on gene expression

2015

Journal Article

Large autosomal copy-number differences within unselected monozygotic twin pairs are rare

Mcrae, Allan F., Visscher, Peter M., Montgomery, Grant W. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2015). Large autosomal copy-number differences within unselected monozygotic twin pairs are rare. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 18 (1), 13-18. doi: 10.1017/thg.2014.85

Large autosomal copy-number differences within unselected monozygotic twin pairs are rare

2015

Journal Article

DNA methylation age of blood predicts all-cause mortality in later life

Marioni, Riccardo E., Shah, Sonia, McRae, Allan F., Chen, Brian H., Colicino, Elena, Harris, Sarah E., Gibson, Jude, Henders, Anjali K., Redmond, Paul, Cox, Simon R., Pattie, Alison, Corley, Janie, Murphy, Lee, Martin, Nicholas G., Montgomery, Grant W., Feinberg, Andrew P., Fallin, M. Daniele, Multhaup, Michael L., Jaffe, Andrew E., Joehanes, Roby, Schwartz, Joel, Just, Allan C., Lunetta, Kathryn L., Murabito, Joanne M., Starr, John M., Horvath, Steve, Baccarelli, Andrea A., Levy, Daniel, Visscher, Peter M. ... Deary, Ian J. (2015). DNA methylation age of blood predicts all-cause mortality in later life. Genome Biology, 16 (1) 25, 25.1-25.12. doi: 10.1186/s13059-015-0584-6

DNA methylation age of blood predicts all-cause mortality in later life

2015

Conference Publication

Genome-wide association study identifies the SLC2A14 gene on chromosome 12P13 as a trans-acting locus for methylation of MAPT gene

Kwok, J., Coupland, K., Mellick, G., Mather, K., Thalamuthu, A., Armstrong, N., Sachdev, P., Brodaty, H., Wright, M., Ames, D., Allen, M., Ertekin-Taner, N., McRae, A., Bennett, D., Jager, P. D., Kim, W., Halliday, G. and Dobson-Stone, C. (2015). Genome-wide association study identifies the SLC2A14 gene on chromosome 12P13 as a trans-acting locus for methylation of MAPT gene. 25th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Neurochemistry Jointly with the 13th Meeting of the Asian Pacific Society for Neurochemistry in Conjunction with the 35th Meeting of the Australasian Neuroscience Society, Cairns, QLD Australia, 23-27 August 2015. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/jnc.13188

Genome-wide association study identifies the SLC2A14 gene on chromosome 12P13 as a trans-acting locus for methylation of MAPT gene

2014

Journal Article

Genetic and environmental exposures constrain epigenetic drift over the human life course

Shah, Sonia, McRae, Allan F., Marioni, Riccardo E., Harris, Sarah E., Gibson, Jude, Henders, Anjali K., Redmond, Paul, Cox, Simon R., Pattie, Alison, Corley, Janie, Murphy, Lee, Martin, Nicholas G., Montgomery, Grant W., Starr, John M., Wray, Naomi R., Deary, Ian J. and Visscher, Peter M. (2014). Genetic and environmental exposures constrain epigenetic drift over the human life course. Genome Research, 24 (11), 1725-1733. doi: 10.1101/gr.176933.114

Genetic and environmental exposures constrain epigenetic drift over the human life course

2014

Journal Article

Another explanation for apparent epistasis: reply

Hemani, Gibran, Shakhbazov, Konstantin, Westra, Harm-Jan, Esko, Tonu, Henders, Anjali K., McRae, Allan F., Yang, Jian, Gibson, Greg, Martin, Nicholas G., Metspalu, Andres, Franke, Lude, Montgomery, Grant W., Visscher, Peter M. and Powell, Joseph E. (2014). Another explanation for apparent epistasis: reply. Nature, 514 (7520), E5-E6. doi: 10.1038/nature13692

Another explanation for apparent epistasis: reply

2014

Journal Article

Contribution of genetic variation to transgenerational inheritance of DNA methylation

McRae, Allan F., Powell, Joseph E., Henders, Anjali K., Bowdler, Lisa, Hemani, Gibran, Shah, Sonia, Painter, Jodie N., Martin, Nicholas G., Visscher, Peter M. and Montgomery, Grant W. (2014). Contribution of genetic variation to transgenerational inheritance of DNA methylation. Genome Biology, 15 (5) R73, 1-10. doi: 10.1186/gb-2014-15-5-r73

Contribution of genetic variation to transgenerational inheritance of DNA methylation

2013

Journal Article

A genome wide survey supports the involvement of large copy number variants in schizophrenia with and without intellectual disability

Derks, Eske M., Ayub, Muhammad, Chambert, Kimberly, Del Favero, Jurgen, Johnstone, Mandy, Macgregor, Stuart, Maclean, Alan, McKechanie, Andrew G., McRae, Allan F., Moran, Jennifer L., Pickard, Benjamin S., Purcell, Shaun, Sklar, Pamela, St Clair, David M., Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M. and Blackwood, Douglas H. R. (2013). A genome wide survey supports the involvement of large copy number variants in schizophrenia with and without intellectual disability. American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 162 (8), 847-854. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32189

A genome wide survey supports the involvement of large copy number variants in schizophrenia with and without intellectual disability

2013

Journal Article

708 common and 2010 rare DISC1 locus variants identified in 1542 subjects: analysis for association with psychiatric disorder and cognitive traits

Thomson, P. A., Parla, J. S., McRae, A. F., Kramer, M., Ramakrushnan, K., Yao, J., Soares, D. C., McCarthy, S., Morris, S. W., Cardone, L., Cass, S., Ghiban, E., Hennah, W., Evans, K. L., Rebolini, D., Millar, J. K., Harris, S. E., Starr, J. M., MacIntyre, J., Generation Scotland, McIntosh, A. M., Watson, J. D., Deary, I. J., Visscher, P. M., Blackwood, D. H., McCombie, W. R. and Porteous, D. J. (2013). 708 common and 2010 rare DISC1 locus variants identified in 1542 subjects: analysis for association with psychiatric disorder and cognitive traits. Molecular Psychiatry, Advance online publication (6), 1-8. doi: 10.1038/mp.2013.68

708 common and 2010 rare DISC1 locus variants identified in 1542 subjects: analysis for association with psychiatric disorder and cognitive traits

2013

Journal Article

Monozygotic twins affected with major depressive disorder have greater variance in methylation than their unaffected co-twin

Byrne, E. M., Carrillo-Roa, T., Henders, A. K., Bowdler, L., McRae, A. F., Heath, A. C., Martin, N. G., Montgomery, G. W., Krause, L. and Wray, N. R. (2013). Monozygotic twins affected with major depressive disorder have greater variance in methylation than their unaffected co-twin. Translational Psychiatry, 3 (6) e269, e269.1-e269.6. doi: 10.1038/tp.2013.45

Monozygotic twins affected with major depressive disorder have greater variance in methylation than their unaffected co-twin

2013

Journal Article

Case-control association testing of common variants from sequencing of DNA pools

McRae, Allan F., Richter, Melinda M. and Lind, Penelope A. (2013). Case-control association testing of common variants from sequencing of DNA pools. PLoS One, 8 (6) e65410, e65410.1-e65410.4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065410

Case-control association testing of common variants from sequencing of DNA pools

2013

Journal Article

Congruence of additive and non-additive effects on gene expression estimated from pedigree and SNP data

Powell, Joseph E., Henders, Anjali K., McRae, Allan F., Kim, Jinhee, Hemani, Gibran, Martin, Nicholas G., Dermitzakis, Emmanouil T., Gibson, Greg, Montgomery, Grant W. and Visscher, Peter M. (2013). Congruence of additive and non-additive effects on gene expression estimated from pedigree and SNP data. PLoS Genetics, 9 (5) e1003502, e1003502.1-e1003502.10. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003502

Congruence of additive and non-additive effects on gene expression estimated from pedigree and SNP data

2013

Journal Article

No association between general cognitive ability and rare copy number variation

McRae, Allan F., Wright, Margaret J., Hansell, Narelle K., Montgomery, Grant W. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2013). No association between general cognitive ability and rare copy number variation. Behavior Genetics, 43 (3), 202-207. doi: 10.1007/s10519-013-9587-9

No association between general cognitive ability and rare copy number variation

2013

Conference Publication

Endochondral Bone Formation and Advanced Enthesitis Are Key Features Of Proteoglycan Induced Spondylitis Mouse Model Of Ankylosing Spondylitis

Thomas, Gethin P., Tseng, Hsu-Wen, Pettit, Allison, Glant, Tibor T., McRae, Allan and Brown, Matthew A. (2013). Endochondral Bone Formation and Advanced Enthesitis Are Key Features Of Proteoglycan Induced Spondylitis Mouse Model Of Ankylosing Spondylitis. 77th Annual Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology / 48th Annual Meeting of the Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals, San Diego CA, United States, 25-30 October 2013. Hoboken, NJ United States: John Wiley and Sons. doi: 10.1002/art.38216

Endochondral Bone Formation and Advanced Enthesitis Are Key Features Of Proteoglycan Induced Spondylitis Mouse Model Of Ankylosing Spondylitis

Current funding

  • 2025 - 2027
    Proteomic Biomarkers for ALS Disease Prognosis and Progression Monitoring
    United States Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Program
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2025
    SALSA Study with MND and Me Foundation
    The MND and ME Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2025
    MAGNET - A multi-arm, adaptive, group-sequential trial network to evaluate drug efficacy in patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) (FightMND grant administered by NeuRA)
    Neuroscience Research Australia
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2025
    Leveraging medical records to identify patients at risk of neurodegenerative disease
    Boosting Dementia Research Grants (PR4): European Union Joint Program on Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) Call for Multinational Projects
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2025
    Leveraging medical records to identify patients at risk of neurodegenerative disease (EU-JPND grant coordinated by Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière)
    Boosting Dementia Research Grants (PR4): European Union Joint Program on Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) Call for Multinational Projects
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2023 - 2024
    An Australian Sporadic ALS transcriptome resource
    Motor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia Inc Innovator Grant
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2025
    A high-throughput system to identify ALS risk genes from genome-wide association studies
    Cure for MND Foundation - Impact Grants
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2024
    Genomic Control of Human Complex Trait Variation
    ARC Future Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2025
    Sporadic ALS Australian Systems Genomics Consortium (SALSA-SGC)
    Cure for MND Foundation - Translational Research Grants
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2020
    Disturbances of DNA regulation in obesity, and their relationships to metabolic health (NHMRC A*STAR grant led by the University of Melbourne)
    University of Melbourne
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2021
    BRAIN-MEND: Biological Resource Analysis to identify new mechanisms and phenotypes in Neurodegenerative Diseases (NHMRC component of EU JPND application)
    NHMRC Boosting Dementia Research Grants
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2019
    Disturbances of DNA regulation in obesity, and their relationships to metabolic health
    NHMRC A*STAR Joint Grants
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2020
    Methods and software tool for complex trait analyses using multi-omics data
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2018
    Genetics of DNA Methylation and Its Role in Disease Susecptibility
    NHMRC Career Development Fellowship
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2018
    The importance of DNA methylation in response to environmental changes (ARC Discovery Project administered by the University of New South Wales)
    University of New South Wales
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2014
    Inheritance of DNA methylation state in humans
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant

Availability

Dr Allan McRae is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Understanding cellular and molecular heterogeneity in endometriosis using multi-omics data

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Naomi Wray, Dr Sally Mortlock

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Unravelling the Molecular Complexity of ALS through Multi-Omics Integration

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Fleur Garton

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Exploring the role of clinical, lifestyle, environmental and molecular factors in endometriosis risk

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Sally Mortlock

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Cellular genomics of Parkinson's disease

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Quan Nguyen, Honorary Professor Jake Gratten, Dr Yuanhao Yang

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Genetics of Neurodevelopmental Disorders and associated comorbidities

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Enda Byrne

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Novel methods and data integration to understand the causes of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Jian Zeng, Dr Fleur Garton

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Multiomics of common co-occurring conditions in autism spectrum disorder

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Yuanhao Yang, Honorary Professor Jake Gratten

Completed supervision

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