Astanand Jugessur
Position
Professor
Affiliation
Publications
Doctoral thesis (PhD)
- Siri Nærland Skodvin; Håkon K. Gjessing; Miriam Gjerdevik et al. (2025). Family-based statistical modeling of genetic effects on infertility and early fetal viability. (external link)
- Solveig Myking; Bo Jacobsson; Ronny Myhre et al. (2013). Genetic association studies of spontaneous preterm delivery. (external link)
- Astanand Jugessur (2003). Genetic Epidemiological Studies of Orofacial Clefts in Norway A Population-based Case-parent Triad Approach. (external link)
Academic article
- Ingvild Halsør Forthun; Mathieu Roelants; Helle Katrine Knutsen et al. (2025). Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Exposure Associated with Later Puberty in Norwegian Girls: Data from the Bergen Growth Study 2. (external link)
- Line L. Wee; Hege Vefring; Grete Jonsson et al. (2010). Rapid genotyping of the human renin (REN) gene by the LightCycler® instrument: Identification of unexpected nucleotide substitutions within the selected hybridization probe area. (external link)
- Andrea Aspinall; Supriya Raj; Astanand Jugessur et al. (2014). Expanding the cleft phenotype: The dental characteristics of unaffected parents of Australian children with non-syndromic cleft lip and palate. (external link)
- Astanand Jugessur; Øivind Skare; Rolv T. Lie et al. (2012). X-Linked Genes and Risk of Orofacial Clefts: Evidence from Two Population-Based Studies in Scandinavia. (external link)
- Teferi Mekonnen Yitayew; Vegard Fykse Skirbekk; Asta Håberg et al. (2025). Mediators of educational differences in dementia risk later in life: evidence from the HUNT study. (external link)
- Aysu Okbay; Yeda Wu; Nancy Wang et al. (2022). Polygenic prediction of educational attainment within and between families from genome-wide association analyses in 3 million individuals. (external link)
- Dana Kristjansson; Jon Bohlin; Truc Trung Nguyen et al. (2022). Evolution and dispersal of mitochondrial DNA haplogroup U5 in Northern Europe: insights from an unsupervised learning approach to phylogeography. (external link)
- Julia Kutschke; Anina Sætre Bjørnhaug; Ingunn Brandt et al. (2016). Social factors and health : description of a new Norwegian twin study. (external link)
- Ingvild Halsør Forthun; Mathieu Roelants; Helle Katrine Knutsen et al. (2024). Exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Timing of Puberty in Norwegian Boys: Data from the Bergen Growth Study 2. (external link)
- Julia Romanowska; Haakon Nustad; Christian Magnus Page et al. (2022). The X-factor in ART: does the use of Assisted Reproductive Technologies influence DNA methylation on the X chromosome?. (external link)
- Trine Holt Edwin; Asta Håberg; Ekaterina Zotcheva et al. (2024). Trajectories of Occupational Cognitive Demands and Risk of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in Later Life The HUNT4 70+ Study. (external link)
- Julia Romanowska; Øystein Ariansen Haaland; Astanand Jugessur et al. (2020). Gene-methylation interactions: Discovering region-wise DNA methylation levels that modify SNP-associated disease risk. (external link)
- Dana Kristjansson; Theodore Schurr; Jon Bohlin et al. (2022). Phylogeographic history of mitochondrial haplogroup J in Scandinavia. (external link)
- Jon Bohlin; Christian Magnus Page; Yunsung Lee et al. (2022). Age and sex effects on DNA methylation sites linked to genes implicated in severe COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 host cell entry. (external link)
- Astanand Jugessur; Min Shi; Håkon K. Gjessing et al. (2010). Maternal genes and facial clefts in offspring: a comprehensive search for genetic associations in two population-based cleft studies from Scandinavia. (external link)
- William Robert Paul Denault; Julia Romanowska; Øystein Ariansen Haaland et al. (2021). Wavelet Screening identifies regions highly enriched for differentially methylated loci for orofacial clefts. (external link)
- Ekaterina Zotcheva; Bernt Magne Bratsberg; Bjørn Heine Strand et al. (2023). Trajectories of occupational physical activity and risk of later-life mild cognitive impairment and dementia: the HUNT4 70+ study. (external link)
- J Di Paola; Astanand Jugessur; T Goldman et al. (2005). Platelet glycoprotein Ib alpha and integrin alpha(2)beta(1) polymorphisms: gene frequencies and linkage disequilibrium in a population diversity panel. (external link)
- Astanand Jugessur; Jeffrey C. Murray (2005). Orofacial clefting: recent insights into a complex trait. (external link)
- Karoline Hansen Skåra; Yunsung Lee; Astanand Jugessur et al. (2024). Telomere length in relation to fecundability and use of assisted reproductive technologies: the Norwegian Mother, Father, and Child Cohort Study. (external link)
- Astanand Jugessur; Rolv Terje Lie; Allen J. Wilcox et al. (2003). Variants of Developmental Genes (TGFA, TGFB3, and MSX1) and Their Associations With Orofacial Clefts: A Case-Parent Triad Analysis. (external link)
- Richard Karlsson Linnér; Pietro Biroli; Edward Kong et al. (2019). Genome-wide association analyses of risk tolerance and risky behaviors in over 1 million individuals identify hundreds of loci and shared genetic influences. (external link)
- Teferi Mekonnen; Vegard Skirbekk; Ekaterina Zotcheva et al. (2025). Number of children and dementia risk: a causal mediation analysis using data from the HUNT study linked with national registries in Norway. (external link)
- Espen Riskedal; Astanand Jugessur; Silje Watterdal Syversen et al. (2025). A DNA methylation-based algorithm for diagnosing rheumatoid arthritis. (external link)
- Ditte Demontis; Raymond K. Walters; Joanna Martin et al. (2018). Discovery of the first genome-wide significant risk loci for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. (external link)
- Melissa R. Balthasar; Mathieu Roelants; Bente Brannsether-Ellingsen et al. (2024). Trends in overweight and obesity in Bergen, Norway, using data from routine child healthcare 2010–2022. (external link)
- Kristine Løkås Haftorn; Yunsung Lee; William Robert Paul Denault et al. (2021). An EPIC predictor of gestational age and its application to newborns conceived by assisted reproductive technologies. (external link)
- Astanand Jugessur; Øivind Skare; Jennifer Harris et al. (2012). Using offspring-parent triads to study complex traits : a tutorial based on orofacial clefts. (external link)
- Øivind Skare; Rolv T. Lie; Øystein Ariansen Haaland et al. (2018). Analysis of parent-of-origin effects on the X chromosome in asian and european orofacial cleft triads identifies associations with DMD, FGF13, EGFL6, and additional loci at Xp22.2. (external link)
- Miriam Gjerdevik; Astanand Jugessur; Øystein Ariansen Haaland et al. (2019). Haplin power analysis: a software module for power and sample size calculations in genetic association analyses of family triads and unrelated controls. (external link)
- LM Moreno; MA Mansilla; SA Bullard et al. (2009). FOXE1 association with both isolated cleft lip with or without cleft palate, and isolated cleft palate. (external link)
- Yunsung Lee; Miriam Gjerdevik; Astanand Jugessur et al. (2025). Parent-of-Origin Effects in Childhood Asthma at Seven Years of Age. (external link)
- Øystein Ariansen Haaland; Astanand Jugessur; Miriam Gjerdevik et al. (2017). Genome-wide analysis of parent-of-origin interaction effects with environmental exposure (PoOxE): An application to European and Asian cleft palate trios. (external link)
- Maria Christine Magnus; Yunsung Lee; Ellen Øen Carlsen et al. (2024). Parental epigenetic age acceleration and risk of adverse birth outcomes: the Norwegian mother, father and child cohort study. (external link)
- Astanand Jugessur; Min Shi; Håkon Gjessing et al. (2011). Fetal genetic risk of isolated cleft lip only versus isolated cleft lip and palate: a subphenotype analysis using two population-based studies of orofacial clefts in Scandinavia. (external link)
- Øivind Skare; Astanand Jugessur; Rolv T. Lie et al. (2012). Application of a Novel Hybrid Study Design to Explore Gene-Environment Interactions in Orofacial Clefts. (external link)
- Aysu Okbay; Jonathan P. Beauchamp; Mark Alan Fontana et al. (2016). Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment. (external link)
- Yunsung Lee; Astanand Jugessur; Håkon K. Gjessing et al. (2024). Effect of polygenic scores of telomere length alleles on telomere length in newborns and parents. (external link)
- Yunsung Lee; Sanaa Choufani; Rosanna Weksberg et al. (2019). Placental epigenetic clocks: estimating gestational age using placental DNA methylation levels. (external link)
- Line L. Wee; Hege Vefring; Grete Jonsson et al. (2011). Rapid genotyping of the human renin (REN) gene by the LightCycler (R) instrument: Identification of unexpected nucleotide substitutions within the selected hybridization probe area. (external link)
- Vegard Fykse Skirbekk; Christian K. Tamnes; Pétur Benedikt Juliusson et al. (2025). Diverging trends in the age of social and biological transitions to adulthood. (external link)
- Astanand Jugessur; P. Frost; T.I. Andersen et al. (2000). Enhanced detection of mutations in BRCA1 exon 11 using restricion endonuclease-fingerprinting SSCP. (external link)
- William Robert Paul Denault; Jon Bohlin; Christian Magnus Page et al. (2022). Cross-fitted instrument: A blueprint for one-sample Mendelian randomization. (external link)
- Ekaterina Zotcheva; Bjørn Heine Strand; Catherine E Bowen et al. (2023). Retirement age and disability status as pathways to later-life cognitive impairment: Evidence from the Norwegian HUNT Study linked with Norwegian population registers. (external link)
- Astanand Jugessur; Fedik Rahimov; Rolv Terje Lie et al. (2008). Genetic variants in IRF6 and the risk of facial clefts: Single-marker and haplotype-based analyses in a population-based case-control study of facial clefts in Norway. (external link)
- Fedik Rahimov; Astanand Jugessur; Jeffrey C Murray (2012). Genetics of Nonsyndromic Orofacial Clefts. (external link)
- Christel M. Middeldorp; Anke R. Hammerschlag; Klaasjan G. Ouwens et al. (2016). A genome-wide association meta-analysis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms in population-based pediatric cohorts. (external link)
- Miriam Gjerdevik; Håkon K. Gjessing; Julia Romanowska et al. (2020). Design efficiency in genetic association studies. (external link)
- Min Shi; Adranna Mostowska; Astanand Jugessur et al. (2009). Identification of Microdeletions in Candidate Genes for Cleft Lip and/or Palate. (external link)
- Solveig Myking; Heather A Boyd; Ronny Myhre et al. (2013). X-chromosomal maternal and fetal SNPs and the risk of spontaneous preterm delivery in a Danish/Norwegian genome-wide association study. (external link)
- Kristine Løkås Haftorn; William Robert Paul Denault; Yunsung Lee et al. (2023). Nucleated red blood cells explain most of the association between DNA methylation and gestational age. (external link)
- Hege Vefring; Line L. Wee; Astanand Jugessur et al. (2010). Maternal angiotensinogen (AGT) haplotypes, fetal renin (REN) haplotypes and risk of preeclampsia; estimation of gene-gene interaction from family-triad data. (external link)
- Miriam Gjerdevik; Øystein Ariansen Haaland; Julia Romanowska et al. (2017). Parent-of-origin-environment interactions in case-parent triads with or without independent controls. (external link)
- Astanand Jugessur; Allen J. Wilcox; Rolv Terje Lie et al. (2003). Exploring the effects of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene variants C677T and A1298C on the risk of orofacial clefts in 261 Norwegian case-parents triads. (external link)
- Yunsung Lee; Dianjianyi Sun; Anil P.S. Ori et al. (2019). Epigenome-wide association study of leukocyte telomere length. (external link)
- Siri Eldevik Håberg; Christian Magnus Page; Yunsung Lee et al. (2022). DNA methylation in newborns conceived by assisted reproductive technology. (external link)
- Yunsung Lee; Kristine Løkås Jacobsen; William Robert Paul Denault et al. (2020). Blood-based epigenetic estimators of chronological age in human adults using DNA methylation data from the Illumina MethylationEPIC array. (external link)
- Astanand Jugessur; Rolv Terje Lie; Allen J. Wilcox et al. (2003). Cleft Palate, Transforming Growth Factor Alpha Gene Variants, and Maternal Exposures: Assessing Gene-Environment Interactions in Case-Parent Triads. (external link)
- Astanand Jugessur; Håkon K. Gjessing; Allen J Wilcox et al. (2012). Assessing the impact of nicotine dependence genes on the risk of facial clefts: An example of the use of national registry and biobank data. (external link)
- Ellen Øen Carlsen; Yunsung Lee; Per Minor Magnus et al. (2022). An examination of mediation by DNA methylation on birthweight differences induced by assisted reproductive technologies. (external link)
- Pétur Benedikt Juliusson; Ingvild S. Bruserud; Ninnie Helen Bakken Oehme et al. (2023). Deep phenotyping of pubertal development in Norwegian children: the Bergen Growth Study 2. (external link)
- Mariona Bustamante; Marie Standl; Quique Bassat et al. (2016). A genome-wide association meta-analysis of diarrhoeal disease in young children identifies FUT2 locus and provides plausible biological pathways. (external link)
- Siri Nærland Skodvin; Miriam Gjerdevik; Julia Romanowska et al. (2025). Statistical methods to disentangle genetic effects influencing infertility and early fetal viability with a genome-wide application. (external link)
- William Robert Paul Denault; Håkon K. Gjessing; Julius Juodakis et al. (2021). Wavelet Screening: a novel approach to analyzing GWAS data. (external link)
- Dana Kristjansson; Jon Bohlin; Astanand Jugessur et al. (2021). Matrilineal diversity and population history of Norwegians. (external link)
- Astanand Jugessur; Min Shi; Håkon K Gjessing et al. (2009). Genetic determinants of facial clefting: analysis of 357 candidate genes using two national cleft studies from Scandinavia. (external link)
- Cornelius A. Rietveld; SE Medland; J Derringer et al. (2013). GWAS of 126,559 Individuals Identifies Genetic Variants Associated with Educational Attainment. (external link)
- Yunsung Lee; Espen Riskedal; Karl Trygve Kalleberg et al. (2022). EWAS of post-COVID-19 patients shows methylation differences in the immune-response associated gene, IFI44L, three months after COVID-19 infection. (external link)
- Øystein Ariansen Haaland; Rolv T. Lie; Julia Romanowska et al. (2018). A genome-wide search for gene-environment effects in isolated cleft lip with or without cleft palate triads points to an interaction between maternal periconceptional vitamin use and variants in ESRRG. (external link)
- Ingvild Halsør Forthun; Mathieu Roelants; Line Småstuen Haug et al. (2023). Levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Norwegian children stratified by age and sex - Data from the Bergen Growth Study 2. (external link)
- Siri Nærland Skodvin; Håkon Kristian Gjessing; Astanand Jugessur et al. (2023). Statistical methods to detect mother-father genetic interaction effects on risk of infertility: A genome-wide approach. (external link)
- Karoline Hansen Skåra; Yunsung Lee; Astanand Jugessur et al. (2024). Telomere length in relation to fecundability and use of assisted reproductive technologies: the Norwegian Mother, Father, and Child Cohort Study. (external link)
- William Robert Paul Denault; Astanand Jugessur (2021). Detecting differentially methylated regions using a fast wavelet-based approach to functional association analysis. (external link)
- Fedik Rahimov; Mary L. Marazita; Alex Visel et al. (2008). Disruption of an AP-2 alpha binding site in an IRF6 enhancer is associated with cleft lip. (external link)
- Yunsung Lee; Jon Bohlin; Christian Magnus Page et al. (2022). Associations between epigenetic age acceleration and infertility. (external link)
- Øivind Skare; Håkon K. Gjessing; Miriam Gjerdevik et al. (2017). A new approach to chromosome-wide analysis of X-linked markers identifies new associations in Asian and European case-parent triads of orofacial clefts. (external link)
- Øystein Ariansen Haaland; Julia Romanowska; Miriam Gjerdevik et al. (2019). A genome-wide scan of cleft lip triads identifies parent-of-origin interaction effects between ANK3 and maternal smoking, and between ARHGEF10 and alcohol consumption. (external link)
- Dag Steinar Thelle; Randi Selmer; Knut Gjesdal et al. (2013). Resting heart rate and physical activity as risk factors for lone atrial fibrillation: a prospective study of 309 540 men and women. (external link)
- William Robert Paul Denault; Julia Romanowska; Øyvind Helgeland et al. (2021). A fast wavelet-based functional association analysis replicates several susceptibility loci for birth weight in a Norwegian population. (external link)
- Siri Nærland Skodvin; Håkon K. Gjessing; Astanand Jugessur et al. (2025). Genome-Wide Association Analyses in Family Triads and Dyads Following Assisted Reproductive Technology. (external link)
- Dana Kristjansson; Yunsung Lee; Christian Magnus Page et al. (2024). Sex differences in DNA methylation variations according to ART conception-evidence from the Norwegian mother, father, and child cohort study. (external link)
- Vegard Fykse Skirbekk; Catherine E Bowen; Asta Håberg et al. (2022). Marital Histories and Associations With Later-Life Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment Risk in the HUNT4 70+ Study in Norway. (external link)
- Abee L Boyles; Lisa A DeRoo; Rolv Terje Lie et al. (2010). Maternal alcohol consumption, alcohol metabolism genes, and the risk of oral clefts: A population-based case-control study in Norway, 1996-2001. (external link)
- Azeez Butali; Julian Little; Cécile Chevrier et al. (2013). Folic acid supplementation use and the MTHFR C677T polymorphism in orofacial clefts etiology: an individual participant data pooled-analysis. (external link)
- George Wehby; Astanand Jugessur; Jeffrey C Murray et al. (2011). Genes as instrument for studying risk behavior effects: an application to maternal smoking and orofacial clefts. (external link)
- Nicola Barban; Rick Jansen; Ronald De Vlaming et al. (2016). Genome-wide analysis identifies 12 loci influencing human reproductive behavior. (external link)
- Julia Romanowska; Haakon Egdetveit Nustad; Christian Magnus Page et al. (2023). The X-factor in ART: does the use of assisted reproductive technologies influence DNA methylation on the X chromosome?. (external link)
- Kristine Løkås Haftorn; Julia Romanowska; Yunsung Lee et al. (2023). Stability selection enhances feature selection and enables accurate prediction of gestational age using only five DNA methylation sites. (external link)
Conference poster
- Håkon Kristian Gjessing; Miriam Gjerdevik; Julia Romanowska et al. (2023). Family-based methods to identify genes implicated in infertility and fetal viability. (external link)
- Yunsung Lee; Miriam Gjerdevik; Astanand Jugessur et al. (2023). Parent-of-origin effects on childhood asthma. (external link)
- Astanand Jugessur; Rolv Terje Lie; Allen J. Wilcox et al. (1999). Allelic variants of candidate genes TGFA, TGFB3, and MSX1 and orofacial clefting in Norway: A case-parent triad approach. (external link)
- Håkon Gjessing; Miriam Gjerdevik; Astanand Jugessur et al. (2023). Family-based methods to identify genes implicated in infertility and fetal viability. (external link)
- Jon Bohlin; Christian Magnus Page; Haakon Egdetveit Nustad et al. (2022). Associations between epigenetic age acceleration and infertility. (external link)
- Kristine Løkås Haftorn; Julia Romanowska; Yunsung Lee et al. (2023). Stability selection enhances feature selection and enables accurate prediction of gestational age using only five DNA methylation sites.. (external link)
Master’s thesis
- Astanand Jugessur (1998). Breast-cancer-1 (BRCA1) gene mutation analysis. Methodological development and investigation of genetic predisposition among 73 Scandinavian breast/ovarian cancer patients. (external link)
- Astanand Jugessur (1998). Breast-cancer-1 (BRCA1) gene mutation analysis : methodological development and investigation of genetic predisposition among 73 Scandinavian breast/ovarian cancer patients. (external link)
Conference lecture
Journal corrigendum
- Maria Christine Magnus; Yunsung Lee; Ellen Øen Carlsen et al. (2025). Correction: Parental epigenetic age acceleration and risk of adverse birth outcomes: the Norwegian mother, father and child cohort study. (external link)
- Dana Kristjansson; Jon Bohlin; Truc Trung Nguyen et al. (2022). Correction: Evolution and dispersal of mitochondrial DNA haplogroup U5 in Northern Europe: insights from an unsupervised learning approach to phylogeography (BMC Genomics, (2022), 23, 1, (354), 10.1186/s12864-022-08572-y). (external link)
- William Robert Paul Denault; Astanand Jugessur (2021). Correction to: Detecting differentially methylated regions using a fast wavelet-based approach to functional association analysis (10.1186/s12859‑021‑03979‑y). (external link)