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Benedikt Hallgrimsson
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Research
Latest papers
Advancing genotype-phenotype analysis through 3D facial morphometry: insights from Cri-du-Chat syndrome.
Journal of medical genetics · 2026
Femur Shape Changes in Prg4-Deficient Mice: Morphological Insights Into Joint Well-Being.
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2025
A 3D Clinical Face Phenotype Space of Genetic Syndromes Using a Triplet-Based Singular Geometric Autoencoder.
IEEE access : practical innovations, open solutions · 2025
Latest funding
- $1,071,000
Connective Tissue Syndromes and the Genetics of Aortopathy
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
- $88,000
The Developmental Genetics of Evolvability
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
- $67,500
A microevolutionary model to uncover the developmental basis behind phenotypic variation in structural birth defects
CIHR · 2022 · Supervisor
36 publications.
Advancing genotype-phenotype analysis through 3D facial morphometry: insights from Cri-du-Chat syndrome.
Vanneste M, Matthews H, Sleyp Y, Hammond P, Shriver M, Weinberg SM, Marazita ML, Walsh S, Hallgrimsson B, Klein OD, Spritz R, Van Den Bogaert K, Claes P, Peeters H
Femur Shape Changes in Prg4-Deficient Mice: Morphological Insights Into Joint Well-Being.
Masson AO, Devine J, Das N, Coveney CR, Hallgrimsson B, Liu Z, Capellini TD, Biernaskie JA, Edwards WB, Krawetz RJ
A 3D Clinical Face Phenotype Space of Genetic Syndromes Using a Triplet-Based Singular Geometric Autoencoder.
Mahdi SS, Caldeira E, Matthews H, Vanneste M, Nauwelaers N, Yuan M, Bouritsas G, Baynam GS, Hammond P, Spritz R, Klein OD, Bronstein M, Hallgrimsson B, Peeters H, Claes P
Mapping genes for human face shape: Exploration of univariate phenotyping strategies.
Yuan M, Goovaerts S, Vanneste M, Matthews H, Hoskens H, Richmond S, Klein OD, Spritz RA, Hallgrimsson B, Walsh S, Shriver MD, Shaffer JR, Weinberg SM, Peeters H, Claes P
Response to Jacobs and Flaherty re: "Sex Differences in Adult Facial Three-Dimensional Morphology: Application to Gender-Affirming Facial Surgery".
Seth R, Bannister JJ, Katz DC, Knott PD, Forkert ND, Hallgrimsson B
Defects in placental syncytiotrophoblast cells are a common cause of developmental heart disease.
Radford BN, Zhao X, Glazer T, Eaton M, Blackwell D, Mohammad S, Lo Vercio LD, Devine J, Shalom-Barak T, Hallgrimsson B, Cross JC, Sucov HM, Barak Y, Dean W, Hemberger M
The genetic basis of neurocranial size and shape across varied lab mouse populations.
Percival CJ, Devine J, Hassan CR, Vidal-Garcia M, O'Connor-Coates CJ, Zaffarini E, Roseman C, Katz D, Hallgrimsson B
Refining nosology by modelling variation among facial phenotypes: the RASopathies.
Matthews H, Vanneste M, Katsura K, Aponte D, Patton M, Hammond P, Baynam G, Spritz R, Klein OD, Hallgrimsson B, Peeters H, Claes P
Large-scale open-source three-dimensional growth curves for clinical facial assessment and objective description of facial dysmorphism.
Matthews HS, Palmer RL, Baynam GS, Quarrell OW, Klein OD, Spritz RA, Hennekam RC, Walsh S, Shriver M, Weinberg SM, Hallgrimsson B, Hammond P, Penington AJ, Peeters H, Claes PD
Genome-wide copy number variations in a large cohort of bantu African children.
Yilmaz F, Null M, Astling D, Yu HC, Cole J, Santorico SA, Hallgrimsson B, Manyama M, Spritz RA, Hendricks AE, Shaikh TH
Connective Tissue Syndromes and the Genetics of Aortopathy
Principal investigators: Hallgrimsson, Benedikt; Bernier, Francois P; Claes, Peter; Marcucio, Ralph S; McBride, Kim
Keywords: 3d Facial Imaging; Connective Tissue; Deep Phenotyping; Disease Stratification; Genetic Disease; Heritable Thoracic Aortopathies; Loeys-Dietz Syndrome; Marfan Syndrome; Morphometrics; Penetrance And Expressivity
The Developmental Genetics of Evolvability
Principal investigators: Hallgrimsson, Benedikt
Keywords: Advanced Imaging; Complex trait genetics; Craniofacial variation; Evolution and development; Evolvabilty; Morphogenesis; Morphometrics; Mouse
A microevolutionary model to uncover the developmental basis behind phenotypic variation in structural birth defects
Principal investigators: Jacobs, Craig
Keywords: 3d Morphometrics; Craniofacial Patterning; Developmental Biology; Developmental Genetics; Evolutionary Biology; Microevolution; Rare Diseases; Structural Birth Defects
High-throughput X-ray micro-tomography station at the Canadian Light Source
Principal investigators: Cooper, David
Interaction between folic acid and cilia mutation in the development of the face
Principal investigators: Leong, Michelle
Keywords: Ciliopathy; Craniofacial Development; Folic Acid; Gene To Environment Interaction
The Development and Genetics of the Face
Principal investigators: Marcucio, Ralph S; Hallgrimsson, Benedikt
Keywords: Birth Defects; Complex Traits; Craniofacial Development; Developmental-Genetics; Genomics; Imaging; Morphogenesis; Morphometrics; Precision Medicine
The Developmental Genetics of Brain-Body Allometry
Principal investigators: Hallgrimsson, Benedikt
Interactions between cilia and folic acid during craniofacial development
Principal investigators: Green, Rebecca
Keywords: Craniofacial Development; Epigenetic Modification; Folic Acid; Genes By Environment Interaction; Genotype Phenotype Relationships; Geometric Morphometrics; Microct Imaging; Opt Imaging
Stone tools, diet, and sociality at the dawn of humanity
Keywords: Africa; Tanzania; Olduvai Gorge; human origins; paleoanthropology; ancient diets
The Developmental-Genetic Basis for Integration and Canalization in the Vertebrate Skeleton
Principal investigators: Hallgrimsson, Benedikt
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Ben Evans and Benedikt Hallgrimsson: 1 shared paper
- Benedikt Hallgrimsson and Myriam Hemberger: 1 shared paper
- Cell Biology and Anatomy
- Biology
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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