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| − | My research interests are in metagenomics and organismal genomics. I also have interests in evolutionary and population genomics. During doctoral studies at the University of Oxford, I investigated the genetics of human susceptibility to tuberculosis and malaria.
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| − | I am currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the School of Land, Crop and Food Sciences,University of Queensland, Australia, working on bioinformatics and metagenomics.
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| − | The research projects I am involved in are:
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| − | 1.Identification and characterisation of repetitive elements in the ''Brassica'' A genome.
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| − | 2.Comparative genomics of avirulence in the plant fungal pathogen, ''Leptosphaeria maculans'', in collaboration with Dr Jacqueline Batley (UQ).
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| − | 3.Coral Black Band Disease metagenomics, in collaboration with Dr David Bourne (AIMS).
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| − | 4.Bovine rumen metagenomics, in collaboration with Dr Justin Pachebat (Aberystwyth University).
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| − | 5.ARC linkage project on next-generation metagenomics, in collaboration with Biomatters Ltd (NZ).
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| − | 6.Bovine rumen and marsupial gut metagenomics, in collaboration with Prof Mark Morrison (CSIRO).
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| − | 7.Genetic susceptibility to schizophrenia, in collaboration with Prof Bryan Mowry (QBI, UQ).
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| − | 8.Genome of the coral, ''Acropora millepora'', in collaboration with AGRF, WEHI and JCU.
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| − | I am also interested in:
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| − | *Identification and characterisation of repetitive elements in genomes
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| − | *Phylogeny and evolution of transposable elements in the Brassicaceae
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| − | *Coral metagenomics
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| − | *Canola-associated soil metagenomics
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| − | *Host-pathogen co-evolution in tuberculosis
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| − | *The genomics of longevity in Teleosts
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| − | ==Publications==
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| − | '''Books'''
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| − | *'''Edmund Y S Ling''', 2009. Host genetic susceptibility to tuberculosis and malaria in Africa. Verlag Dr. Müller, Saarbrücken, Germany.
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| − | *http://www.amazon.co.uk/genetic-susceptibility-tuberculosis-malaria-Africa/dp/3639153103/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262654947&sr=8-1
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| − | '''Journal articles'''
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| − | *Chiea C. Khor, Stephen J. Chapman, Fredrik O Vannberg, Aisling Dunne, Caroline Murphy, '''Edmund Y Ling''', Luke A J O’Neill, Adrian V. S. Hill et al, 2007. A Mal functional variant is associated with protection against invasive pneumococcal disease, bacteremia, malaria and tuberculosis. Nat Genet 39:523-528.
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| − | *Zerjal, T, A Pandya, K Thangaraj, '''EYS Ling''', J Kearley, S Bertoneri, S Paracchini, L Singh, C Tyler-Smith, 2007. Y-chromosomal insights into the genetic impact of the caste system in India. Hum Genet 121:137-144.
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| − | *Nasidze I, '''Ling EYS''', Quinque D, Dupanloup I, Cordaux R, Rychkov S, Naumova O, Zhukova O, Sarraf-Zadegan N, Naderi GA, Asgary S, Sardas S, Farhud DD, Sarkisian T, Asadov C, Kerimov A, Stoneking M, 2004. Mitochondrial DNA and Y-chromosome variation in the Caucasus. Ann Hum Genet 68:205-221.
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| − | *Jamieson, BGM, S Tillier, A Tillier, J-L Justine, '''E Ling''', S James, K McDonald, A Hugall, 2002. Phylogeny of the Megascolecidae and Crassiclitellata (Annelida, Oligochaeta): combined versus partitioned analysis using nuclear (28S) and mitochondrial (12S, 16S) rDNA. Zoosystema 24(4):707.
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| − | '''Conference papers'''
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| − | *'''Edmund Y S Ling'''. The HapMap and candidate gene association studies in West Africa. The 8th International Meeting on Human Genome Variation and Complex Genome Analysis, Hong Kong, SAR, China. 14–16 September 2006.
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| − | *'''Edmund Y S Ling'''. Patterns of Y chromosome evolution in the TBGENENV case-control study of Tuberculosis in West Africa. 11th International Congress of Human Genetics, Brisbane, Australia. 6-10 August 2006.
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| − | '''Others'''
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| − | *'''Ling, EYS''', 1995. Mitochondrial DNA systematics of the Megascolecidae (Oligochaeta). ''Unpublished BSc (Hons) thesis''.
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| − | ==Academic qualifications==
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| − | *2008 Doctor of Philosophy, Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, UK.
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| − | *1995 Bachelor of Science, Postgraduate Honours (First Class), Zoology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
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| − | *1993 Bachelor of Science, Zoology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
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