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Matthew R. Avenarius

Neuroscience · The Ohio State University

Mid career · publishing since 2005Rising activity

Publications

59

Citations

1,968

Est. group size

~11

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

22

Publishing since 2005

Research summary
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Matthew R. Avenarius has worked across two related areas: the molecular biology of hearing, including how tiny hair-like structures in the inner ear (stereocilia) are built and maintained, and clinical genetics/genomics, particularly cancer cytogenetics and genetic testing for conditions like spinal muscular atrophy. His more recent work focuses heavily on clinical genetic diagnostics, including chromosome abnormalities in leukemia and improving genetic test accuracy. This research combines laboratory studies of gene function with applied clinical genetics aimed at improving diagnosis of genetic and blood-related diseases.

Inner ear hair cell biology and hearing loss geneticsCancer cytogenetics (leukemia and myelodysplastic syndromes)Clinical genetic test development and validationSpinal muscular atrophy genetic diagnosticsGenomic variant interpretation

Publication output has grown steadily over the last decade, rising from about 2-3 papers per year around 2017-2019 to 6-8 per year by 2023-2025.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 5.2/year recently
2017: 3 publications172018: 3 publications182019: 2 publications192020: 3 publications202021: 4 publications212022: 4 publications222023: 6 publications232024: 7 publications242025: 8 publications8252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Blood×5
  • Genetics in Medicine Open×3
  • Cancer Genetics×3
  • Genetics in Medicine×2
  • Nature Communications×2
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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