William Bruno

7.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
74 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

William Bruno is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, William Bruno has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Oncology and 12 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in William Bruno's work include Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (12 papers), Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management (12 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (9 papers). William Bruno is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (12 papers), Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management (12 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (9 papers). William Bruno collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Sweden. William Bruno's co-authors include Jeffrey L. Thorne, Hirohisa Kishino, Aaron L. Halpern, Ian Holmes, William Bialek, Paola Ghiorzo, Deborah Dean, João Paulo Gomes, John E. Pearson and Maria José Borrego and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Bioinformatics and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

William Bruno

71 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Performance of a Divergence Time Estimation Method under a Probabilistic Model of Rate Evolution

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William Bruno United States	29	1.5k	687	402	382	326	74	2.9k
Anthony T. Papenfuss Australia	45	3.5k 2.3×	1.2k 1.7×	401 1.0×	994 2.6×	449 1.4×	158	7.2k
Yoshiyuki Suzuki Japan	31	1.9k 1.3×	1.0k 1.5×	356 0.9×	684 1.8×	74 0.2×	92	4.5k
Lee Rowen United States	26	1.6k 1.1×	903 1.3×	193 0.5×	276 0.7×	261 0.8×	33	3.9k
Sandra J. Smith‐Gill United States	36	4.0k 2.7×	679 1.0×	338 0.8×	356 0.9×	92 0.3×	81	8.6k
Jonathan M. Rothberg United States	24	5.9k 3.9×	897 1.3×	319 0.8×	222 0.6×	53 0.2×	37	8.9k
Simon J. Davis United Kingdom	50	3.3k 2.2×	442 0.6×	395 1.0×	2.2k 5.9×	76 0.2×	158	10.2k
Emanuel Margoliash United States	21	3.1k 2.0×	983 1.4×	213 0.5×	87 0.2×	59 0.2×	39	4.9k
Simon J. Draper United Kingdom	41	1.8k 1.2×	424 0.6×	747 1.9×	238 0.6×	113 0.3×	129	5.9k
W M Fitch United States	35	2.1k 1.4×	989 1.4×	1.1k 2.7×	47 0.1×	109 0.3×	58	3.8k
Roland Wedlich‐Söldner Germany	33	3.6k 2.4×	547 0.8×	165 0.4×	365 1.0×	42 0.1×	60	6.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Bruno

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Pastorino, Lorenza, Bruna Dalmasso, Irene Vanni, et al.. (2022). Ataxia-Telangiectasia Mutated Loss of Heterozygosity in Melanoma. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(24). 16027–16027. 4 indexed citations

Dalmasso, Bruna, Alberto Puccini, Fabio Catalano, et al.. (2022). Beyond BRCA: The Emerging Significance of DNA Damage Response and Personalized Treatment in Pancreatic and Prostate Cancer Patients. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(9). 4709–4709. 15 indexed citations

Tanda, Enrica T., Irene Vanni, Andrea Boutros, et al.. (2020). Current State of Target Treatment in BRAF Mutated Melanoma. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 7. 154–154. 73 indexed citations

Vanni, Irene, Enrica T. Tanda, Bruna Dalmasso, et al.. (2020). Non-BRAF Mutant Melanoma: Molecular Features and Therapeutical Implications. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 7. 172–172. 25 indexed citations

Godino, Lea, Liliana Varesco, William Bruno, et al.. (2020). Preferences of Italian patients for return of secondary findings from clinical genome/exome sequencing. Journal of Genetic Counseling. 30(3). 665–675. 6 indexed citations

Bruno, William, Virginia Andreotti, Alessandra Bisio, et al.. (2017). Functional analysis of a CDKN2A 5’UTR germline variant associated with pancreatic cancer development. PLoS ONE. 12(12). e0189123–e0189123. 1 indexed citations

Leachman, Sancy A., Olivia M. Lucero, Jone E. Sampson, et al.. (2017). Identification, genetic testing, and management of hereditary melanoma. Cancer and Metastasis Reviews. 36(1). 77–90. 89 indexed citations

Pastorino, Lorenza, Annamaria Pollio, Giovanni Pellacani, et al.. (2012). Novel PTCH1 Mutations in Patients with Keratocystic Odontogenic Tumors Screened for Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma (NBCC) Syndrome. PLoS ONE. 7(8). e43827–e43827. 23 indexed citations

Dean, Deborah, William Bruno, Raymond Wan, et al.. (2009). Predicting Phenotype and Emerging Strains amongChlamydia trachomatisInfections. Emerging infectious diseases. 15(9). 1385–1394. 73 indexed citations

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Vignoli, Marina, Maria Chiara Scaini, Paola Ghiorzo, et al.. (2008). Genomic rearrangements of the CDKN2A locus are infrequent in Italian malignant melanoma families without evidence of CDKN2A/CDK4 point mutations. Melanoma Research. 18(6). 431–437. 5 indexed citations

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Gomes, João Paulo, William Bruno, Alexandra Nunes, et al.. (2006). Evolution ofChlamydia trachomatisdiversity occurs by widespread interstrain recombination involving hotspots. Genome Research. 17(1). 50–60. 99 indexed citations

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Hraber, Peter, Will Fischer, William Bruno, Thomas Leitner, & Carla Kuiken. (2006). Comparative analysis of hepatitis C virus phylogenies from coding and non-coding regions: the 5' untranslated region (UTR) fails to classify subtypes.. Virology Journal. 3(1). 103–103. 24 indexed citations

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Mantelli, Michela, Lorenza Pastorino, Paola Ghiorzo, et al.. (2004). Early onset may predict G101W CDKN2A founder mutation carrier status in Ligurian melanoma patients. Melanoma Research. 14(6). 443–448. 18 indexed citations

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Dutilh, Bas E., Martijn A. Huynen, William Bruno, & ‎Berend Snel. (2004). The Consistent Phylogenetic Signal in Genome Trees Revealed by Reducing the Impact of Noise. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 58(5). 527–539. 55 indexed citations

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Erdmann, Detlev, Goetz A. Giessler, William Bruno, et al.. (2004). Freier Fibulatransfer. Der Chirurg. 75(8). 799–809. 27 indexed citations

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Pastorino, Lorenza, Roberto Cusano, William Bruno, et al.. (2004). Novel MC1R variants in Ligurian melanoma patients and controls. Human Mutation. 24(1). 103–103. 38 indexed citations

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Halpern, Aaron L. & William Bruno. (1998). Evolutionary distances for protein-coding sequences: modeling site- specific residue frequencies. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 15(7). 910–917. 227 indexed citations

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Knill, Emanuel, William Bruno, & David C. Torney. (1998). Non-adaptive group testing in the presence of errors. Discrete Applied Mathematics. 88(1-3). 261–290. 21 indexed citations

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Bruno, William & William Bialek. (1992). Vibrationally enhanced tunneling as a mechanism for enzymatic hydrogen transfer. Biophysical Journal. 63(3). 689–699. 116 indexed citations

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Bruno, William. (1990). Vibrationally Enhanced Hydrogen Tunneling in Enzymatic Reactions. PhDT. 1 indexed citations

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