The University of Essex has made a strategic expansion into genetics and epigenetics. We now have a number of faculty members forming the nucleus of a cluster of excellence in this area, with brand new laboratory and computing infrastructure. See our recent papers.
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 Prof Leonard C Schalkwyk Psychiatric and Environmental Epigenomics  Dr Jordi Paps Montserrat Evolutionary Genomics  Dr MM Pradeepa Chromatin, Gene-regulation  Dr Radu N Zabet Functional Genomics |
 Dr Vladimir Teif Chromatin and Epigenetics  Dr Antonio Marco Evolutionary Genetics  Dr Giovanni Stracquadanio Biological Big Data  Prof Meena Kumari Biological and Social Epidemiology |
 Dr Patrick Varga-Weisz Chromatin and Epigenetics  Dr Metodi Metodiev Cell & Molecular Biology  Dr Nicola Barban Genetics of Human Reproduction |
| 20 Most Recent Publications | |||
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| 1. | Pavlaki, I and Docquier, F and Chernukhin, I and Kita, G and Gretton, S and Clarkson, CT and Teif, VB and Klenova, E (2018) 'Poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation associated changes in CTCF-chromatin binding and gene expression in breast cells.' Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms, 1861 (8). 781 - 730. ISSN 1874-9399 |
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| 2. | Hughes, Amanda and Smart, Melissa and Gorrie-Stone, Tyler and Hannon, Eilis and Mill, Jonathan and Bao, Yanchun and Burrage, Joe and Schalkwyk, Leo and Kumari, Meena (2018) 'Socioeconomic Position and DNA Methylation Age Acceleration across the Lifecourse.' American Journal of Epidemiology. ISSN 0002-9262 |
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| 3. | López-Escardó, David and Paps, Jordi and de Vargas, Colomban and Massana, Ramon and Ruiz-Trillo, Iñaki and del Campo, Javier (2018) 'Metabarcoding analysis on European coastal samples reveals new molecular metazoan diversity.' Scientific Reports, 8 (1). ISSN 2045-2322 |
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| 4. | Paps, Jordi (2018) 'What makes an animal? The molecular quest for the origin of the Animal Kingdom.' Integr Comp Biol. ISSN 1557-7023 Item availability may be restricted. |
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| 5. | Bottani, S and Zabet, NR and Wendel, JF and Veitia, RA (2018) 'Gene Expression Dominance in Allopolyploids: Hypotheses and Models.' Trends in Plant Science, 23 (5). 393 - 402. ISSN 1360-1385 Item availability may be restricted. |
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| 6. | Rutten, BPF and Vermetten, E and Vinkers, CH and Ursini, G and Daskalakis, NP and Pishva, E and De Nijs, L and Houtepen, LC and Eijssen, L and Jaffe, AE and Kenis, G and Viechtbauer, W and Van Den Hove, D and Schraut, KG and Lesch, KP and Kleinman, JE and Hyde, TM and Weinberger, DR and Schalkwyk, L and Lunnon, K and Mill, J and Cohen, H and Yehuda, R and Baker, DG and Maihofer, AX and Nievergelt, CM and Geuze, E and Boks, MPM (2018) 'Longitudinal analyses of the DNA methylome in deployed military servicemen identify susceptibility loci for post-traumatic stress disorder.' Molecular Psychiatry, 23 (5). 1145 - 1156. ISSN 1359-4184 |
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| 7. | Paps, Jordi and Holland, Peter WH (2018) 'Reconstruction of the ancestral metazoan genome reveals an increase in genomic novelty.' Nature Communications, 9. ISSN 2041-1723 |
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| 8. | Marco, Antonio (2018) 'SeedVicious: Analysis of microRNA target and near-target sites.' PLoS ONE, 13 (4). ISSN 1932-6203 |
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| 9. | Pascual-Anaya, Juan and Sato, Iori and Sugahara, Fumiaki and Higuchi, Shinnosuke and Paps, Jordi and Ren, Yandong and Takagi, Wataru and Ruiz-Villalba, Adrián and Ota, Kinya G and Wang, Wen and Kuratani, Shigeru (2018) 'Hagfish and lamprey Hox genes reveal conservation of temporal colinearity in vertebrates.' Nature Ecology & Evolution. ISSN 2397-334X Item availability may be restricted. |
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| 10. | Paps Montserrat, J (2018) Would standing on the first butterfly really change the history of evolution? The Conversation. Item not available from this repository. | ||
| 11. | Smith, RG and Hannon, E and De Jager, PL and Chibnik, L and Lott, SJ and Condliffe, D and Smith, AR and Haroutunian, V and Troakes, C and Al-Sarraj, S and Bennett, DA and Powell, J and Lovestone, S and Schalkwyk, L and Mill, J and Lunnon, K (2018) 'Elevated DNA methylation across a 48-kb region spanning the HOXA gene cluster is associated with Alzheimer's disease neuropathology.' Alzheimer's and Dementia. ISSN 1552-5260 |
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| 12. | Chandola, Tarani and Rouxel, Patrick and Marmot, Michael G and Kumari, Meena (2018) 'Retirement and Socioeconomic Differences in Diurnal Cortisol: Longitudinal Evidence From a Cohort of British Civil Servants.' The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 73 (3). 447 - 456. ISSN 1079-5014 |
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| 13. | Amin, V and Böckerman, P and Viinikainen, J and Smart, MC and Bao, Y and Kumari, M and Pitkänen, N and Lehtimäki, T and Raitakari, O and Pehkonen, J (2017) 'Gene-environment interactions between education and body mass: Evidence from the UK and Finland.' Social Science and Medicine, 195. 12 - 16. ISSN 0277-9536 Item not available from this repository. | ||
| 14. | Marin, R and Cortez, D and Lamanna, F and Pradeepa, MM and Leushkin, E and Julien, P and Liechti, A and Halbert, J and Brüning, T and Mössinger, K and Trefzer, T and Conrad, C and Kerver, HN and Wade, J and Tschopp, P and Kaessmann, H (2017) 'Convergent origination of a Drosophila-like dosage compensation mechanism in a reptile lineage.' Genome Research, 27 (12). 1974 - 1987. ISSN 1054-9803 |
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| 15. | Skaaby, T and Taylor, AE and Jacobsen, RK and Paternoster, L and Thuesen, BH and Ahluwalia, TS and Larsen, SC and Zhou, A and Wong, A and Gabrielsen, ME and Bjørngaard, JH and Flexeder, C and Männistö, S and Hardy, R and Kuh, D and Barry, SJ and Møllehave, LT and Cerqueira, C and Friedrich, N and Bonten, TN and Noordam, R and Mook-Kanamori, DO and Taube, C and Jessen, LE and McConnachie, A and Sattar, N and Upton, MN and McSharry, C and Bønnelykke, K and Bisgaard, H and Schulz, H and Strauch, K and Meitinger, T and Peters, A and Grallert, H and Nohr, EA and Kivimaki, M and Kumari, M and Völker, U and Nauck, M and Völzke, H and Power, C and Hyppönen, E and Hansen, T and Jørgensen, T and Pedersen, O and Salomaa, V and Grarup, N and Langhammer, A and Romundstad, PR and Skorpen, F and Kaprio, J and Munafò, MR and Linneberg, A (2017) 'Investigating the causal effect of smoking on hay fever and asthma: A Mendelian randomization meta-analysis in the CARTA consortium.' Scientific Reports, 7 (1). ISSN 2045-2322 |
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| 16. | Prins, Bram P and Kuchenbaecker, Karoline B and Bao, Yanchun and Smart, Melissa and Zabaneh, Delilah and Fatemifar, Ghazaleh and Luan, Jian an and Wareham, Nick J and Scott, Robert A and Perry, John RB and Langenberg, Claudia and Benzeval, Michaela and Kumari, Meena and Zeggini, Eleftheria (2017) 'Genome-wide analysis of health-related biomarkers in the UK Household Longitudinal Study reveals novel associations.' Scientific Reports, 7 (1). ISSN 2045-2322 |
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| 17. | Sanchez, D and Gaubert, H and Drost, HG and Zabet, NR and Paszkowski, J (2017) 'High-frequency recombination between members of an LTR retrotransposon family during transposition bursts.' Nature Communications, 8. ISSN 2041-1723 |
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| 18. | Hughes, A and Kumari, M (2017) 'Associations of C-reactive protein and psychological distress are modified by antidepressants, supporting an inflammatory depression subtype: Findings from UKHLS.' Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 66. 89 - 93. ISSN 0889-1591 |
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| 19. | Maddock, J and Zhou, A and Cavadino, A and Kuźma, E and Bao, Y and Smart, MC and Saum, KU and Schöttker, B and Engmann, J and Kjærgaard, M and Karhunen, V and Zhan, Y and Lehtimäki, T and Rovio, SP and Byberg, L and Lahti, J and Marques-Vidal, P and Sen, A and Perna, L and Schirmer, H and Singh-Manoux, A and Auvinen, J and Hutri-Kähönen, N and Kähönen, M and Kilander, L and Räikkönen, K and Melhus, H and Ingelsson, E and Guessous, I and Petrovic, KE and Schmidt, H and Schmidt, R and Vollenweider, P and Lind, L and Eriksson, JG and Michaëlsson, K and Raitakari, OT and Hägg, S and Pedersen, NL and Herzig, KH and Järvelin, MR and Veijola, J and Kivimaki, M and Jorde, R and Brenner, H and Kumari, M and Power, C and Llewellyn, DJ and Hyppönen, E (2017) 'Vitamin D and cognitive function: A Mendelian randomisation study.' Scientific Reports, 7 (1). ISSN 2045-2322 |
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| 20. | Dunwell, TL and Paps, J and Holland, PWH (2017) 'Novel and divergent genes in the evolution of placental mammals.' Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 284 (1864). ISSN 0962-8452 |
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