Dr Halit Ongen

Postdoctoral Research Assitant

Research Summary

I am interested in using comparative genomics as a tool in identifying putative functional elements within regions of the genome that exhibit significant association with coronary artery disease.

Publication List

Peden, J.F., Hopewell, J.C., Saleheen, D. & other authors 2011. 'A genome-wide association study in Europeans and South Asians identifies five new loci for coronary artery disease'. (2011) Nat Genet. Mar 6. [Epub ahead of print] View on Pubmed
Lanktree, M. B., Guo, Y., Murtaza, M. & other authors 2010. 'Meta-analysis of Dense Genecentric Association Studies Reveals Common and Uncommon Variants Associated with Height'. (2010) Am J Hum Genet. Dec 29. [Epub ahead of print] View on Pubmed
Broadbent H M, Peden J F, Lorkowski S, Goel A, Ongen H, Green F, Clarke R, Collins R, Franzosi M G, Tognoni G, Seedorf U, Rust S, Eriksson P, Hamsten A, Farrall M, and Watkins H 2007, 'Susceptibility to coronary artery disease and diabetes is encoded by distinct, tightly linked, SNPs in the ANRIL locus on chromosome 9p', Hum Mol Genet. vol 17, no. 6, pp 806-814. View on Pubmed

Research Area

Comparative genomics, human genetics, CAD

Keywords

Comparative genomics, human genetics, CAD

Contact Details

Procardis Group
The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics
University of Oxford
Roosevelt Drive
Oxford
OX3 7BN
United Kingdom

Tel 01865 287663
Fax 01865 287599
Email halit.ongen@well.ox.ac.uk