Ryan L. Collins

ORCID: 0000-0003-1268-9995
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Research Areas
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Congenital heart defects research
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research
  • Congenital Ear and Nasal Anomalies
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • RNA regulation and disease
  • Neurological diseases and metabolism
  • Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Connective tissue disorders research

Massachusetts General Hospital
2015-2025

Harvard University
2016-2025

Broad Institute
2016-2025

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
2023-2025

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2019-2023

QorTek (United States)
2023

Williams (United States)
2023

SRM Institute of Science and Technology
2023

Center for Genomic Science
2018-2019

Harvard University Press
2019

Konrad J. Karczewski Laurent C. Francioli Grace Tiao Beryl B. Cummings Jessica Alföldi and 95 more Qingbo Wang Ryan L. Collins Kristen M. Laricchia Andrea Ganna Daniel P. Birnbaum Laura D. Gauthier Harrison Brand Matthew Solomonson Nicholas A. Watts Daniel R. Rhodes Moriel Singer‐Berk Eleina England Eleanor G. Seaby Jack A. Kosmicki Raymond K. Walters Katherine Tashman Yossi Farjoun Eric Banks Timothy Poterba Arcturus Wang Cotton Seed Nicola Whiffin Jessica X. Chong Kaitlin E. Samocha Emma Pierce‐Hoffman Zachary Zappala Anne O’Donnell‐Luria Eric Vallabh Minikel Ben Weisburd Monkol Lek James S. Ware Christopher Vittal Irina M. Armean Louis Bergelson Kristian Cibulskis Kristen M. Connolly Miguel Covarrubias Stacey Donnelly Steven Ferriera Stacey Gabriel Jeff Gentry Namrata Gupta Thibault Jeandet Diane Kaplan Christopher Llanwarne Ruchi Munshi Sam Novod Nikelle Petrillo David Roazen Valentín Ruano-Rubio Andrea Saltzman Molly Schleicher José Soto Kathleen Tibbetts Charlotte Tolonen Gordon Wade Michael E. Talkowski Carlos A. Aguilar‐Salinas Tariq Ahmad Christine M. Albert Diego Ardissino Gil Atzmon John Barnard Laurent Beaugerie Emelia J. Benjamin Michael Boehnke Lori L. Bonnycastle Erwin P. Böttinger Donald W. Bowden Matthew J. Bown John C. Chambers Juliana C.N. Chan Daniel I. Chasman Judy H. Cho Mina K. Chung Bruce M. Cohen Adolfo Correa Dana Dabelea Mark J. Daly Dawood Darbar Ravindranath Duggirala Josée Dupuis Patrick T. Ellinor Roberto Elosúa Jeanette Erdmann Tõnu Esko Martti Färkkilâ José C. Florez André Franke Gad Getz Benjamin Gläser Stephen J. Glatt David Goldstein Clicerio González Leif Groop

Abstract Genetic variants that inactivate protein-coding genes are a powerful source of information about the phenotypic consequences gene disruption: crucial for function an organism will be depleted such in natural populations, whereas non-essential tolerate their accumulation. However, predicted loss-of-function enriched annotation errors, and tend to found at extremely low frequencies, so analysis requires careful variant very large sample sizes 1 . Here we describe aggregation 125,748...

10.1038/s41586-020-2308-7 article EN cc-by Nature 2020-05-27
F. Kyle Satterstrom Jack A. Kosmicki Jiebiao Wang Michael S. Breen Silvia De Rubeis and 95 more Joon‐Yong An Minshi Peng Ryan L. Collins Jakob Grove Lambertus Klei Christine Stevens Jennifer Reichert Maureen Mulhern Mykyta Artomov Sherif Gerges Brooke Sheppard Xinyi Xu Aparna Bhaduri Utku Norman Harrison Brand Grace Schwartz Rachel Nguyen Elizabeth E. Guerrero Caroline Dias Catalina Betancur Edwin H. Cook Louise Gallagher Michael Gill James S. Sutcliffe Audrey Thurm Michael E. Zwick Anders D. Børglum Matthew W. State A. Ercüment Çiçek Michael E. Talkowski David J. Cutler Bernie Devlin Stephan Sanders Kathryn Roeder Mark J. Daly Joseph D. Buxbaum Branko Aleksić Richard Anney Mafalda Barbosa Somer Bishop Alfredo Brusco Jonas Bybjerg‐Grauholm Ángel Carracedo Marcus C.Y. Chan Andreas G. Chiocchetti Brian Hon‐Yin Chung Hilary Coon Michael L. Cuccaro Aurora Currò Bernardo Dalla Bernardina Ryan N. Doan Enrico Domenici Shan Dong Chiara Fallerini Montserrat Fernández Prieto Giovanni Battista Ferrero Christine M. Freitag Menachem Fromer J. Jay Gargus Daniel H. Geschwind Elisa Giorgio Javier González‐Peñas Stephen J. Guter Danielle Halpern Emily Hansen‐Kiss Xin He Gail E. Herman Irva Hertz‐Picciotto David M. Hougaard Christina M. Hultman Iuliana Ionita‐Laza Suma Jacob Jesslyn Jamison Astanand Jugessur Miia Kaartinen Gun Peggy Knudsen Alexander Kolevzon Itaru Kushima So Lun Lee Terho Lehtimäki Elaine T. Lim Carla Lintas W. Ian Lipkin Diego Lopergolo Fátima Lopes Yunin Ludeña Patrı́cia Maciel Per Magnus Behrang Mahjani Nell Maltman Dara S. Manoach Gal Meiri Idan Menashe Judith Miller Nancy J. Minshew

10.1016/j.cell.2019.12.036 article EN publisher-specific-oa Cell 2020-01-23

Summary Genetic variants that inactivate protein-coding genes are a powerful source of information about the phenotypic consequences gene disruption: critical for an organism’s function will be depleted such in natural populations, while non-essential tolerate their accumulation. However, predicted loss-of-function (pLoF) enriched annotation errors, and tend to found at extremely low frequencies, so analysis requires careful variant very large sample sizes 1 . Here, we describe aggregation...

10.1101/531210 preprint EN cc-by bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2019-01-28

The incomplete identification of structural variants (SVs) from whole-genome sequencing data limits studies human genetic diversity and disease association. Here, we apply a suite long-read, short-read, strand-specific technologies, optical mapping, variant discovery algorithms to comprehensively analyze three trios define the full spectrum variation in haplotype-resolved manner. We identify 818,054 indel (<50 bp) 27,622 SVs (≥50 per genome. also discover 156 inversions genome 58 intersect...

10.1038/s41467-018-08148-z article EN cc-by Nature Communications 2019-04-16
Ryan L. Collins Harrison Brand Konrad J. Karczewski Xuefang Zhao Jessica Alföldi and 95 more Laurent C. Francioli Amit V. Khera Chelsea Lowther Laura D. Gauthier Harold Wang Nicholas A. Watts Matthew Solomonson Anne O’Donnell‐Luria Alexander Baumann Ruchi Munshi Mark Walker Christopher W. Whelan Yongqing Huang Ted Brookings Ted Sharpe Matthew R. Stone Elise Valkanas Jack Fu Grace Tiao Kristen M. Laricchia Valentín Ruano-Rubio Christine Stevens Namrata Gupta Caroline Cusick Lauren Margolin Jessica Alföldi Irina M. Armean Eric Banks Louis Bergelson Kristian Cibulskis Ryan L. Collins Kristen M. Connolly Miguel Covarrubias Beryl B. Cummings Mark J. Daly Stacey Donnelly Yossi Farjoun Steven Ferriera Laurent C. Francioli Stacey Gabriel Laura D. Gauthier Jeff Gentry Namrata Gupta Thibault Jeandet Diane Kaplan Konrad J. Karczewski Kristen M. Laricchia Christopher Llanwarne Eric Vallabh Minikel Ruchi Munshi Benjamin M. Neale Sam Novod Anne O’Donnell‐Luria Nikelle Petrillo Timothy Poterba David Roazen Valentín Ruano-Rubio Andrea Saltzman Kaitlin E. Samocha Molly Schleicher Cotton Seed Matthew Solomonson José Soto Grace Tiao Kathleen Tibbetts Charlotte Tolonen Christopher Vittal Gordon Wade Arcturus Wang Qingbo Wang James S. Ware Nicholas A. Watts Ben Weisburd Nicola Whiffin Carlos A. Aguilar‐Salinas Tariq Ahmad Christine M. Albert Diego Ardissino Gil Atzmon J. A. Barnard Laurent Beaugerie Emelia J. Benjamin Michael Boehnke Lori L. Bonnycastle Erwin P. Böttinger Donald W. Bowden Matthew J. Bown John C. Chambers Juliana C.N. Chan Daniel I. Chasman Judy H. Cho Mina K. Chung Bruce M. Cohen Adolfo Correa Dana Dabelea

Structural variants (SVs) rearrange large segments of DNA

10.1038/s41586-020-2287-8 article EN cc-by Nature 2020-05-27
Siwei Chen Laurent C. Francioli Julia K. Goodrich Ryan L. Collins Masahiro Kanai and 95 more Qingbo Wang Jessica Alföldi Nicholas A. Watts Christopher Vittal Laura D. Gauthier Timothy Poterba Michael W. Wilson Yekaterina Tarasova William Phu Riley Grant Mary T. Yohannes Zan Koenig Yossi Farjoun Eric Banks Stacey Donnelly Stacey Gabriel Namrata Gupta Steven Ferriera Charlotte Tolonen Sam Novod Louis Bergelson David Roazen Valentín Ruano-Rubio Miguel Covarrubias Christopher Llanwarne Nikelle Petrillo Gordon Wade Thibault Jeandet Ruchi Munshi Kathleen Tibbetts María T. Abreu Carlos A. Aguilar‐Salinas Tariq Ahmad Christine M. Albert Diego Ardissino Irina M. Armean Elizabeth G. Atkinson Gil Atzmon John Barnard Samantha Baxter Laurent Beaugerie Emelia J. Benjamin David Benjamin Michael Boehnke Lori L. Bonnycastle Erwin P. Böttinger Donald W. Bowden Matthew J. Bown Harrison Brand Steven R. Brant Ted Brookings Sam Bryant Sarah E. Calvo Hannia Campos John C. Chambers Juliana C.N. Chan Katherine R. Chao Sinéad B. Chapman Daniel I. Chasman Rex L. Chisholm Judy H. Cho Rajiv Chowdhury Mina K. Chung Wendy K. Chung Kristian Cibulskis Bruce M. Cohen Kristen M. Connolly Adolfo Correa Beryl B. Cummings Dana Dabelea John Danesh Dawood Darbar Phil Darnowsky Joshua C. Denny Ravindranath Duggirala Josée Dupuis Patrick T. Ellinor Roberto Elosúa James Emery Eleina England Jeanette Erdmann Tõnu Esko Emily Evangelista Diane Fatkin José C. Florez André Franke Jack Fu Martti Färkkilâ Kiran Garimella Jeff Gentry Gad Getz David C. Glahn Benjamin Gläser Stephen J. Glatt David B. Goldstein

10.1038/s41586-023-06045-0 article EN Nature 2023-12-06

INTRODUCTION The DNA of protein-coding genes is transcribed into mRNA, which translated proteins. “coding genome” describes the that contains information to make these proteins and represents ~1.5% human genome. Newly arising de novo mutations (variants observed in a child but not either parent) coding genome contribute numerous childhood developmental disorders, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Discovery effects aided by triplet code enables functional impact many be readily...

10.1126/science.aat6576 article EN Science 2018-12-14
Claire Redin Harrison Brand Ryan L. Collins Tammy Kammin Elyse Mitchell and 95 more Jennelle C. Hodge Carrie Hanscom Vamsee Pillalamarri Catarina M. Seabra Mary‐Alice Abbott Omar Abdul‐Rahman Erika Aberg Rhett Adley Sofía Lizeth Alcaráz‐Estrada Fowzan S. Alkuraya Yu An MaryAnne Anderson Caroline Antolik Kwame Anyane‐Yeboa Joan Atkin Tina M. Bartell Jonathan A. Bernstein Elizabeth Beyer Ian Blumenthal Ernie M.H.F. Bongers Eva H. Brilstra Chester Brown Hennie T. Brüggenwirth Bert Callewaert Colby Chiang Ken Corning Helen Cox Edwin Cuppen Benjamin Currall Tom Cushing D. David Matthew A. Deardorff Annelies Dheedene Marc D’Hooghe Bert B.A. de Vries Dawn Earl Heather Ferguson Heather Fisher David Fitzpatrick Pamela Gerrol Daniela Giachino Joseph Glessner Troy J. Gliem Margo Grady Brett H. Graham Cristin Griffis Karen W. Gripp Andrea Gropman Andrea Hanson‐Kahn David J. Harris Mark A. Hayden R. Sean Hill Ron Hochstenbach Jodi D. Hoffman Robert J. Hopkin Monika Weisz Hubshman A. Micheil Innes Mira Irons Melita Irving Jessie C. Jacobsen Sandra Janssens Tamison Jewett John P. Johnson Marjolijn C.J. Jongmans Stephen G. Kahler David A. Koolen Jerome Korzelius Peter M. Kroisel Yves Lacassie William Lawless Emmanuelle Lemyre Kathleen A. Leppig Alex V. Levin Haibo Li Hong Li Eric C. Liao Cynthia Lim Edward J. Lose Diane Lucente Michael J. Macera Poornima Manavalan Giorgia Mandrile Carlo Marcelis Lauren Margolin Tamara Mason Diane Masser‐Frye Michael McClellan Cinthya J. Zepeda Mendoza Björn Menten Sjors Middelkamp Liya Regina Mikami Emily Moe Shehla Mohammed Tarja Mononen Megan Mortenson

10.1038/ng.3720 article EN Nature Genetics 2016-11-14

Abstract The depletion of disruptive variation caused by purifying natural selection (constraint) has been widely used to investigate protein-coding genes underlying human disorders, but attempts assess constraint for non-protein-coding regions have proven more difficult. Here we aggregate, process, and release a dataset 76,156 genomes from the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD), largest public open-access genome reference dataset, use this build mutational map whole genome. We present...

10.1101/2022.03.20.485034 preprint EN cc-by bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2022-03-21

Background: The relative prevalence and clinical importance of monogenic mutations related to familial hypercholesterolemia high polygenic score (cumulative impact many common variants) pathways for early-onset myocardial infarction remain uncertain. Whole-genome sequencing enables simultaneous ascertainment both each individual. Methods: We performed deep-coverage whole-genome 2081 patients from 4 racial subgroups hospitalized in the United States with (age ≤55 years) recruited a 2:1...

10.1161/circulationaha.118.035658 article EN Circulation 2019-01-17

Structural variation (SV) influences genome organization and contributes to human disease. However, the complete mutational spectrum of SV has not been routinely captured in disease association studies. We sequenced 689 participants with autism disorder (ASD) other developmental abnormalities construct a genome-wide map large SV. Using long-insert jumping libraries at 105X mean physical coverage linked-read whole-genome sequencing from 10X Genomics, we document seven major classes ~5 kb...

10.1186/s13059-017-1158-6 article EN cc-by Genome biology 2017-02-20
Beryl B. Cummings Konrad J. Karczewski Jack A. Kosmicki Eleanor G. Seaby Nicholas A. Watts and 95 more Moriel Singer‐Berk Jonathan M. Mudge Juha Karjalainen F. Kyle Satterstrom Anne O’Donnell‐Luria Timothy Poterba Cotton Seed Matthew Solomonson Jessica Alföldi Jessica Alföldi Irina M. Armean Eric Banks Louis Bergelson Kristian Cibulskis Ryan L. Collins Kristen M. Connolly Miguel Covarrubias Beryl B. Cummings Mark J. Daly Stacey Donnelly Yossi Farjoun Steven Ferriera Laurent C. Francioli Stacey Gabriel Laura D. Gauthier Jeff Gentry Namrata Gupta Thibault Jeandet Diane Kaplan Konrad J. Karczewski Kristen M. Laricchia Christopher Llanwarne Eric Vallabh Minikel Ruchi Munshi Benjamin M. Neale Sam Novod Anne O’Donnell‐Luria Nikelle Petrillo Timothy Poterba David Roazen Valentín Ruano-Rubio Andrea Saltzman Kaitlin E. Samocha Molly Schleicher Cotton Seed Matthew Solomonson José Soto Grace Tiao Kathleen Tibbetts Charlotte Tolonen Christopher Vittal Gordon Wade Arcturus Wang Qingbo Wang James S. Ware Nicholas A. Watts Ben Weisburd Nicola Whiffin Carlos A. Aguilar‐Salinas Tariq Ahmad Christine M. Albert Diego Ardissino Gil Atzmon John Barnard Laurent Beaugerie Emelia J. Benjamin Michael Boehnke Lori L. Bonnycastle Erwin P. Böttinger Donald W. Bowden Matthew J. Bown John C. Chambers Juliana C.N. Chan Daniel I. Chasman Judy H. Cho Mina K. Chung Bruce M. Cohen Adolfo Correa Dana Dabelea Mark J. Daly Dawood Darbar Ravindranath Duggirala Josée Dupuis Patrick T. Ellinor Roberto Elosúa Jeanette Erdmann Tõnu Esko Martti Färkkilâ José C. Florez André Franke Gad Getz Benjamin Gläser Stephen J. Glatt David Goldstein Clicerio González

Abstract The acceleration of DNA sequencing in samples from patients and population studies has resulted extensive catalogues human genetic variation, but the interpretation rare variants remains problematic. A notable example this challenge is existence disruptive dosage-sensitive disease genes, even apparently healthy individuals. Here, by manual curation putative loss-of-function (pLoF) haploinsufficient genes Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD) 1 , we show that one explanation for...

10.1038/s41586-020-2329-2 article EN cc-by Nature 2020-05-27
Eric Vallabh Minikel Konrad J. Karczewski Hilary C. Martin Beryl B. Cummings Nicola Whiffin and 95 more Daniel R. Rhodes Jessica Alföldi Richard C. Trembath David A. van Heel Mark J. Daly Jessica Alföldi Irina M. Armean Eric Banks Louis Bergelson Kristian Cibulskis Ryan L. Collins Kristen M. Connolly Miguel Covarrubias Beryl B. Cummings Mark J. Daly Stacey Donnelly Yossi Farjoun Steven Ferriera Laurent C. Francioli Stacey Gabriel Laura D. Gauthier Jeff Gentry Namrata Gupta Thibault Jeandet Diane Kaplan Konrad J. Karczewski Kristen M. Laricchia Christopher Llanwarne Eric Vallabh Minikel Ruchi Munshi Benjamin M. Neale Sam Novod Anne O’Donnell‐Luria Nikelle Petrillo Timothy Poterba David Roazen Valentín Ruano-Rubio Andrea Saltzman Kaitlin E. Samocha Molly Schleicher Cotton Seed Matthew Solomonson José Soto Grace Tiao Kathleen Tibbetts Charlotte Tolonen Christopher Vittal Gordon Wade Arcturus Wang Qingbo Wang James S. Ware Nicholas A. Watts Ben Weisburd Nicola Whiffin Carlos A. Aguilar‐Salinas Tariq Ahmad Christine M. Albert Diego Ardissino Gil Atzmon J. A. Barnard Laurent Beaugerie Emelia J. Benjamin Michael Boehnke Lori L. Bonnycastle Erwin P. Böttinger Donald W. Bowden Matthew J. Bown John C. Chambers Juliana C.N. Chan Daniel I. Chasman Judy H. Cho Mina K. Chung Bruce M. Cohen Adolfo Correa Dana Dabelea Mark J. Daly Dawood Darbar Ravindranath Duggirala Josée Dupuis Patrick T. Ellinor Roberto Elosúa Jeanette Erdmann Tõnu Esko Martti Färkkilâ José C. Florez André Franke Gad Getz Benjamin Gläser Stephen J. Glatt David Goldstein Clicerio González Per‐Henrik Groop Christopher Haiman Craig L. Hanis Matthew Harms

Abstract Naturally occurring human genetic variants that are predicted to inactivate protein-coding genes provide an in vivo model of gene inactivation complements knockout studies cells and organisms. Here we report three key findings regarding the assessment candidate drug targets using loss-of-function variants. First, even essential genes, which not tolerated, can be highly successful as inhibitory drugs. Second, most sufficiently rare genotype-based ascertainment homozygous or compound...

10.1038/s41586-020-2267-z article EN cc-by Nature 2020-05-27

10.1038/ng.3743 article EN Nature Genetics 2017-01-09
Nicola Whiffin Konrad J. Karczewski Xiaolei Zhang Sonia Chothani Miriam J. Smith and 95 more D. Gareth Evans Angharad M. Roberts Nicholas M. Quaife Sebastian Schäfer Owen J. L. Rackham Jessica Alföldi Anne O’Donnell‐Luria Laurent C. Francioli Irina M. Armean Eric Banks Louis Bergelson Kristian Cibulskis Ryan L. Collins Kristen M. Connolly Miguel Covarrubias Beryl B. Cummings Mark J. Daly Stacey Donnelly Yossi Farjoun Steven Ferriera Stacey Gabriel Laura D. Gauthier Jeff Gentry Namrata Gupta Thibault Jeandet Diane Kaplan Kristen M. Laricchia Christopher Llanwarne Eric Vallabh Minikel Ruchi Munshi Benjamin M. Neale Sam Novod Nikelle Petrillo Timothy Poterba David Roazen Valentín Ruano-Rubio Andrea Saltzman Kaitlin E. Samocha Molly Schleicher Cotton Seed Matthew Solomonson José Soto Grace Tiao Kathleen Tibbetts Charlotte Tolonen Christopher Vittal Gordon Wade Arcturus Wang Qingbo Wang Nicholas A. Watts Ben Weisburd Carlos A. Aguilar‐Salinas Tariq Ahmad Christine M. Albert Diego Ardissino Gil Atzmon John Barnard Laurent Beaugerie Emelia J. Benjamin Michael Boehnke Lori L. Bonnycastle Erwin P. Böttinger Donald W. Bowden Matthew J. Bown John C. Chambers Juliana C.N. Chan Daniel I. Chasman Judy H. Cho Mina K. Chung Bruce M. Cohen Adolfo Correa Dana Dabelea Mark J. Daly Dawood Darbar Ravindranath Duggirala Josée Dupuis Patrick T. Ellinor Roberto Elosúa Jeanette Erdmann Tõnu Esko Martti Färkkilâ José C. Florez André Franke Gad Getz Benjamin Gläser Stephen J. Glatt David Goldstein Clicerio González Leif Groop Christopher Haiman Craig L. Hanis Matthew B. Harms Mikko Hiltunen Matti Holi Christina M. Hultman

Upstream open reading frames (uORFs) are tissue-specific cis-regulators of protein translation. Isolated reports have shown that variants create or disrupt uORFs can cause disease. Here, in a systematic genome-wide study using 15,708 whole genome sequences, we show new upstream start codons, and disrupting stop sites existing uORFs, under strong negative selection. This selection signal is significantly stronger for arising genes intolerant to loss-of-function variants. Furthermore, creating...

10.1038/s41467-019-10717-9 article EN cc-by Nature Communications 2020-05-27
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