Websites:
The Centre for Applied Genomics
The Chromosome 7 Project
Database of Genomic Variants
McLaughlin Centre
Steve Scherer's Wiki

News:
Press Releases and Articles
Lay Reviews/Opinions/Editorials
Media/Scientific News Articles
Interviews
Video presentation and interview
Integrative research at TCAG [Video]

Contact Info:
Stephen W. Scherer
The Centre for Applied Genomics
The Hospital for Sick Children
Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning
686 Bay Street, Room 13.9800
Toronto, Ontario, M5G 0A4, Canada
(416) 813-7613 (office)
(416) 813-8319 (fax)

Elaine Chang
Dr. Scherer's Assistant
Phone: (416) 813-7654 x301574
Fax: (416) 813-8319

1. Grafodatskaya D., Choufani S., Ferreira J.C., Butcher D.T., Lou Y., Zhao C., Scherer S.W., Weksberg R. EBV transformation and cell culturing destabilizes DNA methylation in human lymphoblastoid cell lines. Genomics. 2010 Feb;95(2):73-83. Epub 2009 Dec 18.PMID: 20005943 [PubMed - in process]
2. Park H., Kim J.I., Ju Y.S., Gokcumen O., Mills R.E., Kim S., Lee S., Suh D., Hong D., Kang H.P., Yoo Y.J., Shin J.Y., Kim H.J., Yavartanoo M., Chang Y.W., Ha J.S., Chong W., Hwang G.R., Darvishi K., Kim H., Yang S.J., Yang K.S., Kim H., Hurles M.E., Scherer S.W., Carter N.P., Tyler-Smith C., Lee C., Seo JS. Discovery of common Asian copy number variants using integrated high-resolution array CGH and massively parallel DNA sequencing. Nature Genetics. 2010 Apr 4. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 20364138 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
3. Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium. Genome-wide association study of CNVs in 16,000 cases of eight common diseases and 3,000 shared controls. Nature. 2010 Apr 1;464(7289):713-20.PMID: 20360734 [PubMed - in process]
4. Rafiq M.A., Ansar M., Marshall C.R., Noor A., Shaheen N., Mowjoodi A., Khan M.A., Ali G., Amin-Ud-Din M., Feuk L., Vincent J.B., Scherer S.W. Mapping of three novel loci for non-syndromic autosomal recessive mental retardation (NS-ARMR) in consanguineous families from Pakistan. Clinical Genetics. 2010 Feb 23. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 20345473 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
5. Lee C., Scherer S,W. The clinical context of copy number variation in the human genome. Expert Rev Molecular Medicine. 2010 Mar 9;12:e8.PMID: 20211047 [PubMed - in process]
6. Bassett AS, Scherer SW, Brzustowicz LM. Copy number variations in schizophrenia: critical review and new perspectives on concepts of genetics and disease. American Journal of Pschiatry. 2010 April 10; [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 20439386 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
7. Miller DT, Adam MP, Aradhya S, Biesecker LG, Brothman AR, Carter NP, Church DM, Crolla JA, Eichler EE, Epstein CJ, Faucett WA, Feuk L, Friedman JM, Hamosh A, Jackson L, Kaminsky EB, Kok K, Krantz ID, Kuhn RM, Lee C, Ostell JM, Rosenberg C, Scherer SW, Spinner NB, Stavropoulos DJ, Tepperberg JH, Thorland EC, Vermeesch JR, Waggoner DJ, Watson MS, Martin CL, Ledbetter DH. Consensus statement: chromosomal microarray is a first-tier clinical diagnostic test for individuals with developmental disabilities or congenital anomalies. American Journal of Human Genetics. 2010 May 14;86(5):749-64. Review. PMID: 20466091 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
8. Berkel S, Marshall CR, Weiss B, Howe J, Roeth R, Moog U, Endris V, Roberts W, Szatmari P, Pinto D, Bonin M, Riess A, Engels H, Sprengel R, Scherer SW, Rappold GA. Mutations in the SHANK2 synaptic scaffolding gene in autism spectrum disorder and mental retardation. Nature Genetics. 2010 Jun;42(6):489-91. Epub 2010 May 16. PMID: 20473310 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
9. Pang AW, Macdonald JR, Pinto D, Wei J, Rafiq MA, Conrad DF, Park H, Hurles ME, Lee C, Venter JC, Kirkness EF, Levy S, Feuk L, Scherer SW. Towards a comprehensive structural variation map of an individual human genome. Genome Biology. 2010 May 19;11(5):R52. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 20482838 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
10. Reekie K, Metspalu A, Chanock SJ, Liu ET, Mardis ER, Scherer SW, Kwok PY, Brookes AJ. HGV2009 meeting: bigger and better studies provide more answers and more questions. Human Mutation. 2010 May 18. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 20506253 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
11. Pinto D, Pagnamenta AT, Klei L, Anney R, Merico D, including Wijsman EM, Scherer SW, Sutcliffe JS, Betancur C. Functional impact of global rare copy number variation in autism spectrum disorders. Nature. 2010 Jun 9. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 20531469 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]