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Daniel P. Birnbaum

PhD student, Harvard University
Verified email at g.harvard.edu
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[HTML][HTML] Analysis of protein-coding genetic variation in 60,706 humans

…, AJ Hill, BB Cummings, T Tukiainen, DP Birnbaum… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Large-scale reference data sets of human genetic variation are critical for the medical and
functional interpretation of DNA sequence changes. Here we describe the aggregation and …

[HTML][HTML] The mutational constraint spectrum quantified from variation in 141,456 humans

…, RL Collins, KM Laricchia, A Ganna, DP Birnbaum… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Genetic variants that inactivate protein-coding genes are a powerful source of information
about the phenotypic consequences of gene disruption: genes that are crucial for the function …

Variation across 141,456 human exomes and genomes reveals the spectrum of loss-of-function intolerance across human protein-coding genes

…, RL Collins, KM Laricchia, A Ganna, DP Birnbaum… - biorxiv, 2019 - biorxiv.org
Genetic variants that inactivate protein-coding genes are a powerful source of information
about the phenotypic consequences of gene disruption: genes critical for an organism’s …

Pathogenic ASXL1 somatic variants in reference databases complicate germline variant interpretation for Bohring–Opitz Syndrome

…, B Weisburd, EV Minikel, DP Birnbaum… - Human …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The clinical interpretation of genetic variants has come to rely heavily on reference population
databases such as the Exome Aggregation Consortium (ExAC) database. Pathogenic …

[HTML][HTML] Author Correction: The mutational constraint spectrum quantified from variation in 141,456 humans

…, RL Collins, KM Laricchia, A Ganna, DP Birnbaum… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
In this Article, author Marquis P. Vawter was missing from the Genome Aggregation
Database Consortium list. They are associated with the affiliation:‘Department of Psychiatry & …

[HTML][HTML] Addendum: The mutational constraint spectrum quantified from variation in 141,456 humans

…, RL Collins, KM Laricchia, A Ganna, DP Birnbaum… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Databases of human population genetic variation, such as the Genome Aggregation Database
(gnomAD), are generally expected to be depleted for variation with severe effects on …

Hybrid living capsules autonomously produced by engineered bacteria

DP Birnbaum, A Manjula‐Basavanna, A Kan… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Bacterial cellulose (BC) has excellent material properties and can be produced sustainably
through simple bacterial culture, but BC‐producing bacteria lack the extensive genetic …

Congo Red Fluorescence for Rapid In Situ Characterization of Synthetic Curli Systems

A Kan, DP Birnbaum, P Praveschotinunt… - Applied and …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Curli are amyloid proteins that are assembled into extracellular polymeric fibers by bacteria
during biofilm formation. The beta-sheet-rich protein CsgA, the primary structural component …

Machine-learning classification suggests that many alphaproteobacterial prophages may instead be gene transfer agents

R Kogay, TB Neely, DP Birnbaum… - Genome Biology and …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Many of the sequenced bacterial and archaeal genomes encode regions of viral provenance.
Yet, not all of these regions encode bona fide viruses. Gene transfer agents (GTAs) are …

Simple affinity-based method for concentrating viruses from wastewater using engineered curli fibers

DP Birnbaum, KJ Vilardi, CL Anderson, AJ Pinto… - Acs Es&T …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Wastewater surveillance is a proven method for tracking community spread and prevalence
of some infectious viral diseases. A primary concentration step is often used to enrich viral …