The Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics is a research institute of the Nuffield Department of Medicine at the University of Oxford, funded by the University, Wellcome and numerous other sponsors. It is based in purpose-built laboratories on the University of Oxford’s Biomedical Research Campus in Headington, one of the largest concentrations of biomedical expertise in the world.
With more than 400 active researchers and around 70 employed in administrative and support roles, the Centre is an international leader in genetics, genomics and structural biology.
Latest Publications
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Homogeneity in the association of body mass index with type 2 diabetes across the UK Biobank: A Mendelian randomization study.
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Wainberg M. et al, (2019), PLoS medicine, 16
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The evolutionary dynamics of Oropouche Virus in South America
Journal article
Gutierrez B. et al, (2019), Journal of Virology
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Diversity of oligomerization in Drosophila semaphorins suggests a mechanism of functional fine-tuning
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Rozbesky D. et al, (2019), Nature Communications, 10
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The non-canonical SMC protein SmcHD1 antagonises TAD formation and compartmentalisation on the inactive X chromosome
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Gdula MR. et al, (2019), Nature Communications, 10
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