Genetics and genomics research
Genetics and Genomics research at Exeter is highly interdisciplinary with research spanning multiple disease areas, bioinformatics, mathematical modelling, data science, epidemiology and clinical research.
Explore our research and expertise below.
Our research and impact on genetics and genomics
Genomics research at the University of Exeter Medical School is transforming how we understand human health, disease, and early human life development. Exeter scientists are not only decoding the sequence of our DNA, but the full complexity of how genes function.
Our work includes: using genome sequencing to diagnose and manage rare monogenic conditions; analysing the role of genomic and epigenomic variation in common complex diseases and traits; using long-read transcript sequencing to explore alternative splicing in health and disease; and evaluating the use of polygenic risk scores and pharmacogenomic markers to inform treatment.
Our recent genetics and genomics research
Find a selection of our recent research into genetics and genomics below.
- Journal article Sex-specific effects of inbreeding in the broad horned flour beetle Gnatocerus cornutus
- Journal article No genome-wide correlations and little shared genetic architecture between reproductive life-history traits and estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer risk
- Journal article Integrated redescription of Leidyana gryllorum in Acheta domesticus: Uncovering gregarine diversity in Grylloidea
- Journal article Non-Poissonian Bursts in the Arrival of Phenotypic Variation Can Strongly Affect the Dynamics of Adaptation
- Journal article Comparison of paralog identification methods and their impact on species tree topologies in target capture phylogenomics within the Sindora clade (Detarioideae: Leguminosae)
- Journal article Population‐level consequences for wild fish exposed to sublethal concentrations of chemicals – a critical review
- Journal article Shared and distinct patterns of genetic structure in two sympatric large decapods
- Journal article The genomic signature and transcriptional response of metal tolerance in brown trout inhabiting metal‐polluted rivers
- Journal article The first genome of the cold-water octocoral, the pink sea fan, Eunicella verrucosa
- Journal article Exploring reported population differences in Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) in the Pomo Pits region of the Adriatic Sea using genome-wide markers
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Our genetics and genomics experts
Dr Robin Beaumont
NIHR Exeter Biomedical Research Centre Translational Fellow
R.Beaumont@exeter.ac.uk Exeter
Dr Pamela Bowman
NIHR Exeter BRC Mid-Career Fellow (Honorary Clinical Sr Lec)
P.Bowman@exeter.ac.uk Exeter
Professor Paul Francis
Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor for Business Engagement & Innovation (HLS)
P.T.Francis@exeter.ac.uk Exeter
Professor Andrew Hattersley
Professor (Clinical)
Professor Katie Lunnon
Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor for Global Engagement (HLS)
Professor Marios Politis
Director of the Mireille Gillings Neuroimaging Centre (Professor) (Clinical)
m.politis@exeter.ac.uk Exeter
Dr Matthew Wakeling
Independent Research Fellow l Research Fellow
