Laura Winchester

MSc Student / Research Assistant Contact details E: laura.winchester@well.ox.ac.uk

Laura graduated from The University of Manchester with a degree in Genetics in 2001. She began working at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics in October 2003. As a research assistant she specialised on the Illumina system using both gene expression and genotyping techniques. She is currently reading her DPhil on copy number detection using SNP arrays focusing on Specific Language Impairment (SLI) and eye developmental disorders.

Recent Publications

McRonald, F. E. Morris, M. R. Gentle, D. Winchester, L. Baban, D. Ragoussis, J. Clarke, N. W. Brown, M. D. Kishida, T. Yao, M. Latif, F. Maher, E. R. (2009) CpG methylation profiling in VHL related and VHL unrelated renal cell carcinoma. Mol Cancer. 3(8): 31. [PMID: 19493342 - in process]

Maestrini E, Pagnamenta AT, Lamb JA, Bacchelli E, Sykes NH, Sousa I, Toma C, Barnby G, Butler H, Winchester L, Scerri TS, Minopoli F, Reichert J, Cai G, Buxbaum JD, Korvatska O, Schellenberg GD, Dawson G, Bildt AD, Minderaa RB, Mulder EJ, Morris AP, Bailey AJ, Monaco AP. (2009) High-density SNP association study and copy number variation analysis of the AUTS1 and AUTS5 loci implicate the IMMP2L-DOCK4 gene region in autism susceptibility. Mol Psychiatry Apr 28. [Epub ahead of print] [PMID: 19401682]

Winchester, L., Newbury, D., Monaco, A.P., Ragoussis, J. (2008) Detection, breakpoint identification and detailed characterisation of a CNV at the FRA16D site using SNP arrays. Cytogenet. Genome Res. 123(1-4): 322-32. [PMID: 19287171]

Brooks J. T., Elvidge G. P., Glenny L., Gleadle J. M., Liu C., Ragoussis I., Smith T. G., Talbot N. P., Winchester L., Maxwell P. H., and Robbins P. A. (2009). Variations within Oxygen-Regulated Gene Expression in Humans. J Appl Physiol. 106(1): 212-20. [PMID: 19008490]

Vernes S. C., Newbury D. F., Abrahams B. S., Winchester L., Nicod J., Groszer M., Alarcon M., Oliver P. L., Davies K. E., Geschwind D. H., Monaco A. P., and Fisher S. E. (2008). A Functional Genetic Link between Distinct Developmental Language Disorders. N Engl J Med. [PMID: 18987363]