Division of Evolution & Genomic Sciences (L5)

Overview

See: Division of Evolution and Genomic Sciences

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Publications

The chaperone activity of 4PBA ameliorates the skeletal phenotype of Chihuahua, a zebrafish model for dominant osteogenesis imperfecta

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

A resource for functional profiling of noncoding RNA in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

The house spider genome reveals an ancient whole-genome duplication during arachnid evolution

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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Activities

Disentangling the fragmented evolutionary history of prokaryotes

Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk

Evolution in pieces: Persistent remodelling of genes and genomes has been the hallmark of life’s history.

Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk

How evolution is like a global economy

Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk

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Media coverage and contribution

THE GUARDIAN: What I learned from home DNA testing

Press / Media: Expert comment

THE GUARDIAN: Tardigrades: Earth’s unlikely beacon of life that can survive a cosmic cataclysm

Press / Media: Expert comment

UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL: New yeast species could be a boon to brewers

Press / Media: Research

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Prizes

Elected Fellow of the Linnean Society

Prize: Election to learned society

Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology

Prize: Election to learned society

MRC Confidence in Concept Award

Prize: Other distinction

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Impact

The global impact of gene identification at the University of Manchester

Impact: Health impacts, Economic impacts, Societal impacts

Defining the phenotype of severe growth disorders, discovering new genes that control human growth and enhancing clinical practice

Impact: Health impacts

The University of Manchester’s role in establishing nationally funded forefront services for neurofibromatoses

Impact: Health impacts, Economic impacts, Societal impacts

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