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Uta Francke

PROFESSOR
genetics
Canary Center at Stanford
United States of America

Academician Genetics
Biography

Uta Francke is professor of Genetics and Pediatrics Emerita at Stanford University. Her research has ranged from human and mouse chromosome identification and gene mapping to the discovery of genes involved in heritable disorders, studies of their functions and of disease-causing mechanisms. Dr. Francke holds an M.D. from the University of Munich, Germany. She is board-certified in Pediatrics, and in Clinical and Molecular Genetics and Cytogenetics. She has been an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the recipient of the Antoine Marfan Award from the National Marfan Foundation

Research Intrest

human and mouse chromosome identification and gene mapping to the discovery of genes involved in heritable disorders

List of Publications
Francke U. 2012 William Allan Award: adventures in cytogenetics. American journal of human genetics. 2013 Mar 7;92(3):325.
Hinds DA, McMahon G, Kiefer AK, Do CB, Eriksson N, Evans DM, St Pourcain B, Ring SM, Mountain JL, Francke U, Davey-Smith G. A genome-wide association meta-analysis of self-reported allergy identifies shared and allergy-specific susceptibility loci. Nature genetics. 2013 Aug 1;45(8):907-11.
Hinds DA, Barnholt KE, Mesa RA, Kiefer AK, Do CB, Eriksson N, Mountain JL, Francke U, Tung JY, Nguyen HM, Zhang H. Germ line variants predispose to both JAK2 V617F clonal hematopoiesis and myeloproliferative neoplasms. Blood. 2016 Aug 25;128(8):1121-8.
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