Selected publications

2021

Gavin Band, Ellen M. Leffler, Muminatou Jallow, Fatoumatta Sisay-Joof, Carolyne M. Ndila, Alexander W. Macharia, Christina Hubbart, Anna E. Jeffreys, Kate Rowlands, Thuy Nguyen, Sónia Gonçalves, Cristina V. Ariani, Jim Stalker, Richard D. Pearson, Roberto Amato, Eleanor Drury, Giorgio Sirugo, Umberto d'Alessandro, Kalifa A. Bojang, Kevin Marsh, Norbert Peshu, Joseph W. Saelens, Mahamadou Diakité, Steve M. Taylor, David J. Conway, Thomas N. Williams, Kirk A. Rockett, Dominic P. Kwiatkowski
Malaria protection due to sickle haemoglobin depends on parasite genotype
Nature 2021-12-09 (published)
doi:10.1038/s41586-021-04288-3 bioRxiv:10.1101/2021.03.30.437659
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Jia-Yuan Zhang, Hannah Roberts, David Flores Santa-Cruz, Anthony J. Cutler, Andrew C. Brown, Justin P. Whalley, Olga Mielczarek, David Buck, Helen Lockstone, Barbara Xella, Karen Oliver, Craig Corton, Emma Betteridge, Rachael Bashford-Rogers, Julian C. Knight, John A. Todd, Gavin Band
Using de novo assembly to identify structural variation of eight complex immune system gene regions
PLOS Computational Biology 2021-08-03 (published)
doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009254 bioRxiv:10.1101/2021.02.03.429586

Saioa López, Ayele Tarekegn, Gavin Band, Lucy van Dorp, Nancy Bird, Sam Morris, Tamiru Oljira, Ephrem Mekonnen, Endashaw Bekele, Roger Blench, Mark G. Thomas, Neil Bradman, Garrett Hellenthal
Evidence of the interplay of genetics and culture in Ethiopia
Nature Communications 2021-06-11
doi:10.1038/s41467-021-23712-w bioRxiv:10.1101/756536

2019

Malaria Genomic Epidemiology Network
Insights into malaria susceptibility using genome-wide data on 17,000 individuals from Africa, Asia and Oceania
Nature Communications 2019-12-16 (published)
doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13480-z bioRxiv:10.1101/535898

Muriuki J.M., et al
The ferroportin Q248H mutation protects from anemia, but not malaria or bacteremia
Science Advances 2019-09-04 (published)
doi:10.1126/sciadv.aaw0109

2018

Band G., Marchini J.
BGEN: a binary file format for imputed genotype and haplotype data
bioRxiv 2018-05-02 (preprint) bioRxiv:10.1101/308296

2017

Leffler E.M., Band G., et al
Resistance to malaria through structural variation of red blood cell invasion receptors
Science 2017-06-16 (published)
doi:110.1126/science.aam6393 bioRxiv:https://doi.org/10.1101/083634

2015

Malaria Genomic Epidemiology Network
A novel locus of resistance to severe malaria in a region of ancient balancing selection
Nature 2015-09-30 (published)
doi:10.1038/nature15390

2014

Hellenthal G., et al
A genetic atlas of human admixture history
Science 2014-02-14 (accepted)
doi:10.1126/science.1243518
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