Joris Vermeesch

30.4k citations

381 papers · 13.3k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 59

Genetics top 0.05%
- Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities 198
- Genomics and Rare Diseases 35
- Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders 33
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health top 0.1%
- Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics 123
- Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders 26
Molecular Biology top 0.5%
- Congenital heart defects research 50
Cancer Research top 1%
- Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics 32
Genetics top 1%
- Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities 198
- Genomics and Rare Diseases 35
- Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders 33
Plant Science
- Chromosomal and Genetic Variations 76

Co-authors: Koenraad Devriendt Thierry Voet Jean‐Pierre Fryns Matthew S. Hestand Yves Moreau Simon Ardui Thomy de Ravel Peter Marynen
Cited by: Genetics Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health Molecular Biology
Journals: Science (1 paper)Nucleic Acids Research (8 papers)Journal of Biological Chemistry (1 paper)
Partner nations: Belgium United States Netherlands

In The Last Decade

Joris Vermeesch

366 papers receiving 12.8k citations

Hit Papers

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2023 Prenatal Diagnosis
2018 Nucleic Acids Research
2015 Nature Reviews Disease Primers
2013 Science
2009 Nature Medicine

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1	Origin and development of uniparental and polyploid blastomeres iScience ·Zhao Yan,Andrea Fernández-Montoro,Greet Peeters,Tatjana Jatsenko,Tine De Coster,Daniel Angel‐Velez,Thomas Lefevre,Thierry Voet,Olga Tšuiko,Ants Kurg,Katrien Smits,Ann Van Soom,Joris Vermeesch	2025	1
2	Cell type signatures in cell-free DNA fragmentation profiles reveal disease biology Nature Communications ·Kate E. Stanley,Tatjana Jatsenko,Stefania Tuveri,Dhanya Sudhakaran,Lore Lannoo,Kristel Van Calsteren,Marie De Borre,Ilse Parijs,Leen Van Coillie,Kris Van Den Bogaert,Rodrigo A. Toledo,Liesbeth Lenaerts,Sabine Tejpar,Kevin Punie,Laura Yissel Rengifo,Peter Vandenberghe,Bernard Thienpont,Joris Vermeesch	2024	35
3	Multiple paralogs and recombination mechanisms contribute to the high incidence of 22q11.2 deletion syndrome Genome Research ·Lisanne Vervoort,Nicolas Dierckxsens,Marta Sousa Santos,Senne Meynants,Erika Souche,Ruben Cools,Tracy Heung,Koenraad Devriendt,Hilde Peeters,Donna M. McDonald‐McGinn,Ann Swillen,Jeroen Breckpot,Beverly S. Emanuel,Hilde Van Esch,Anne S. Bassett,Joris Vermeesch	2024	1
4	What helps define outcomes in persistent uninterpretable non‐invasive prenatal testing: Maternal factors, fetal fraction or quality scores? Prenatal Diagnosis ·Lore Lannoo,Joke Van Camp,Nathalie Brison,Ilse Parijs,Leen Vancoillie,Kris Van Den Bogaert,Joris Vermeesch,Koenraad Devriendt,Kristel Van Calsteren	2023	1
5	Cell-free DNA methylome analysis for early preeclampsia prediction Nature Medicine ·Marie De Borre,Huiwen Che,Qian Yu,Lore Lannoo,Kobe De Ridder,Leen Vancoillie,Pauline Dreesen,Mika Van Den Ackerveken,Mio Aerden,Eva Galle,Jeroen Breckpot,Joachim Van Keirsbilck,Wilfried Gyselaers,Koenraad Devriendt,Joris Vermeesch,Kristel Van Calsteren,Bernard Thienpont	2023	46
6	Primary mediastinal large B‐cell lymphoma is characterized by large‐scale copy‐neutral loss of heterozygosity Genes Chromosomes and Cancer ·Stefania Tuveri,Koen Debackere,Lukas Marcelis,Nicolas Dierckxsens,Jonas Demeulemeester,Eftychia Dimitriadou,Daan Dierickx,Pierre Lefesvre,Karen Deraedt,Carlos Graux,Lucienne Michaux,Jan Cools,Thomas Tousseyn,Joris Vermeesch,Iwona Włodarska	2022	3
7	Machine learning-based detection of immune-mediated diseases from genome-wide cell-free DNA sequencing datasets npj Genomic Medicine ·Huiwen Che,Tatjana Jatsenko,Lore Lannoo,Kate Stanley,Luc Dehaspe,Leen Vancoillie,Nathalie Brison,Ilse Parijs,Kris Van Den Bogaert,Koenraad Devriendt,Sabien Severi,Ellen De Langhe,Séverine Vermeire,Bram Verstockt,Kristel Van Calsteren,Joris Vermeesch	2022	9
8	Systematic evaluation of NIPT aneuploidy detection software tools with clinically validated NIPT samples PLoS Computational Biology ·Priit Paluoja,Hindrek Teder,Amin Ardeshirdavani,Baran Bayindir,Joris Vermeesch,Andres Salumets,Kaarel Krjutškov,Priit Palta	2021	5
9	The landscape of copy number variations in classical Hodgkin lymphoma: a joint KU Leuven and LYSA study on cell-free DNA Blood Advances ·Lieselot Buedts,Iwona Włodarska,Julio Finalet-Ferreiro,Olivier Gheysens,Luc Dehaspe,Thomas Tousseyn,Luc‐Matthieu Fornecker,Julien Lazarovici,Olivier Casasnovas,Anne‐Claire Gac,Christophe Bonnet,Kamal Bouabdallah,Christiane Copie‐Bergman,Bettina Fabiani,Daan Dierickx,Lukas Marcelis,Joris Vermeesch,Marc André,Peter Vandenberghe	2021	18
10	MSH2 knock-down shows CTG repeat stability and concomitant upstream demethylation at the DMPK locus in myotonic dystrophy type 1 human embryonic stem cells Human Molecular Genetics ·Silvie Franck,Lise Barbé,Simon Ardui,Yannick De Vlaeminck,Joke Allemeersch,Dominika Dziedzicka,Claudia Spits,Fien Vanroye,Pierre Hilven,Geoffrey Duqué,Joris Vermeesch,Alexander Gheldof,Karen Sermon	2020	5
11	LEF1 haploinsufficiency causes ectodermal dysplasia Clinical Genetics ·Jonathan Lévy,Yline Capri,Myriam Rachid,Céline Dupont,Joris Vermeesch,Koenraad Devriendt,Alain Verloès,Anne‐Claude Tabet,Isabelle Bailleul‐Forestier	2020	12
12	International Society for Prenatal Diagnosis Position Statement: cell free (cf)DNA screening for Down syndrome in multiple pregnancies Prenatal Diagnosis ·Glenn E. Palomaki,Rossa W. K. Chiu,Mark D. Pertile,Erik A. Sistermans,Yuval Yaron,Joris Vermeesch,Neeta L. Vora,Robert G. Best,Louise Wilkins‐Haug	2020	41
13	Pathogenic variants in CDC45 on the remaining allele in patients with a chromosome 22q11.2 deletion result in a novel autosomal recessive condition Genetics in Medicine ·Marta Unolt,Molka Kammoun,Beata Nowakowska,Gail E. Graham,T. Blaine Crowley,Matthew S. Hestand,Wolfram Demaerel,Maciej Geremek,Beverly S. Emanuel,Elaine H. Zackai,Joris Vermeesch,Donna M. McDonald‐McGinn	2019	7
14	Genome-wide haplotyping embryos developing from 0PN and 1PN zygotes increases transferrable embryos in PGT-M Human Reproduction ·Aspasia Destouni,Eftychia Dimitriadou,Heleen Masset,Sophie Debrock,Cindy Melotte,Kris Van Den Bogaert,Masoud Zamani Esteki,Jia Ding,Thierry Voet,Ellen Denayer,Thomy de Ravel,Eric Legius,Christel Meuleman,Karen Peeraer,Joris Vermeesch	2018	45
15	NIPTmer: rapid k-mer-based software package for detection of fetal aneuploidies Scientific Reports ·Martin Sauk,Olga Žilina,Ants Kurg,Eva‐Liina Ustav,Maire Peters,Priit Paluoja,Anne Mari Roost,Hindrek Teder,Priit Palta,Nathalie Brison,Joris Vermeesch,Kaarel Krjutškov,Andres Salumets,Lauris Kaplinski	2018	12
16	Mosaic Copy Number Variation in Human Neuronsbreakdown → Science ·Michael J. McConnell,Michael Lindberg,Kristen Brennand,Julia C. Piper,Thierry Voet,Chris Cowing-Zitron,Svetlana Shumilina,Roger S. Lasken,Joris Vermeesch,Ira M. Hall,Fred H. Gage	2013	380
17	Genomic microarrays: a technology overview Prenatal Diagnosis ·Paul Brady,Joris Vermeesch	2012	42
18	Array-CGH: A novel tool in genetic diagnosis of individuals with congenital heart defects European Journal of Human Genetics ·Bernard Thienpont,Luc Mertens,Peter Van Loo,Bénédicte Eyskens,Derize Boshoff,N Maas,Thomy de Ravel,Jean‐Pierre Fryns,Marc Gewillig,Joris Vermeesch,Koenraad Devriendt	2006	0
19	Molecular karkyotyping detecs structural low grade mosaics in 4 % of patietns with idiopathic mental retardation and multiple congenital aberrations European Journal of Human Genetics ·Nmc Maas,Björn Menten,Cindy Melotte,Bernard Thienpont,Karen Buysse,Guido Froyen,Peter Marynen,Anne De Paepe,Jean‐Pierre Fryns,Geert Mortier,Koenraad Devriendt,Frank Speleman,Joris Vermeesch	2005	2
20	Telomere length regulation in telomerase positive murine cell line Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) ·Sofie Bekaert,Joris Vermeesch,Peter Marynen,Patric Van Oostveldt	1998	1

About Joris Vermeesch

Joris Vermeesch is a scholar working on Genetics, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Developmental Biology, having authored 381 papers that have together received 13.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (198 papers), Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics (123 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (76 papers), Congenital heart defects research (50 papers), Genomics and Rare Diseases (35 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (33 papers), Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (32 papers) and Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders (26 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Genetics (6.4k citations), Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (3.6k citations) and Molecular Biology (6.6k citations). Joris Vermeesch has collaborated with scholars based in Belgium, United States and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include Koenraad Devriendt, Thierry Voet, Jean‐Pierre Fryns, Matthew S. Hestand, Yves Moreau, Simon Ardui, Thomy de Ravel, Peter Marynen, Hilde Van Esch and Adam Ameur. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

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