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DPhil projects available
Developing a framework for precision medicine in a complex trait
Mark McCarthy
MA, MB, BChir, MD, FRCP, FRSB, FMedSci
Robert Turner Professor of Diabetic Medicine
My group brings together large-scale genetic, genomic and clinical data relevant to type 2 diabetes and related conditions, and then uses it to explore mechanisms.
Key publications
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Genome-wide associations for birth weight and correlations with adult disease.
Journal article
Horikoshi M. et al, (2016), Nature, 538, 248 - 252
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The genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes.
Journal article
Fuchsberger C. et al, Nature, 536, 41 - 47
Recent publications
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Publisher Correction: Protein-altering variants associated with body mass index implicate pathways that control energy intake and expenditure in obesity.
Journal article
Turcot V. et al, (2018), Nat Genet
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Publisher Correction: Protein-altering variants associated with body mass index implicate pathways that control energy intake and expenditure in obesity.
Journal article
Turcot V. et al, (2018), Nat Genet
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Formalising recall by genotype as an efficient approach to detailed phenotyping and causal inference.
Journal article
Corbin LJ. et al, (2018), Nat Commun, 9
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Genome-wide association study of offspring birth weight in 86 577 women identifies five novel loci and highlights maternal genetic effects that are independent of fetal genetics.
Journal article
Beaumont RN. et al, (2018), Hum Mol Genet, 27, 742 - 756
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Integration of human pancreatic islet genomic data refines regulatory mechanisms at Type 2 Diabetes susceptibility loci.
Journal article
Thurner M. et al, (2018), Elife, 7
ORCID
0000-0002-4393-0510