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Biography
1992-1996
Wellcome Trust funded Post-doctoral Research Associate. Department of Medical Genetics, University of Manchester.
1996-2000
Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow in Basic Science. Academic Unit of Medical Genetics, University of Manchester.
2000-2007
Wellcome Trust Senior Non-Clinical Fellow in Basic Science. Academic Unit of Medical Genetics, University of Manchester.
2007 - present
Reader in Medical Genetics. University of Manchester.
Teaching
- Clinical Genetics
- Human Genetics and Evolution
- MRes in Genetic Medicine and MSc in Genetic Counselling.
- MSc Clinical Science (Blood Sciences)
My collaborations
Outside Manchester
- Professor James Lupski - Baylor College of medicine, Houston
- Dr Melanie Porter - Macquarie University Australia
- Dr Ana Beleza - Hospital Pediátrico de Coimbra
- Professor Peter Hammond - UCL
- Professor Annette Karmiloff-Smith - UCL
- Professor Nick Rawlins - University of Oxford
- Dr Robert Deacon - University of Oxford
Within Manchester
- Department of Clinical Genetics - St Mary's Hospital
- Professor Zulf Mughal - Paediatric Endocrinology
- Dr Vaikom Mahadevan - Cardiology
- Dr Reinmar Hager - Faculty of Life Science
- Professor Martin Lowe - Faculty of Life Science
- Professor Hans Degens - MMU
- Dr Chris Murgatroyd - MMU
Memberships of committees and professional bodies
American Society of Human Genetics
European Society of Human Genetics
British Society of Genetic Medicine
Methodological knowledge
- Molecular biology
- Protein biochemistry
- Molecular genetics
- Transgenic engineering
- Phenotyping and behaviour
Qualifications
BSc (First class Honours) in Biochemistry
MSc (with distinction) in Biochemistry
PhD in Biochemistry and Genetics
Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms
- Digital Futures
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 4 Quality Education
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Ancestry of the AUTS2 Family – A Novel Group of Polycomb-complex Proteins Involved in Human Neurological Disease
Sellers, R., Robertson, D. & Tassabehji, M., 11 Dec 2020, In: P L o S One.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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GeVIR is a continuous gene-level metric that uses variant distribution patterns to prioritize disease candidate genes
Abramovs, N., Brass, A. & Tassabehji, M., Jan 2020, In: Nature Genetics. 52, 1, p. 35-39Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium in the Large Scale Genomic Sequencing Era
Abramovs, N., Brass, A. & Tassabehji, M., 13 Mar 2020, In: Frontiers in Genetics.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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GORAB scaffolds COPI at the trans-Golgi for efficient enzyme recycling and correct protein glycosylation
Witkos, T. M., Chan, W. L., Joensuu, M., Pallister, E., Thomas-Oates, J., Mould, A., Mironov, A., Biot, C., Guerardel, Y., Morelle, W., Ungar, D., Wieland, F. T., Jokitalo, E., Tassabehji, M., Kornak, U. & Lowe, M., 10 Jan 2019, In: Nat Commun. 10, 1, 127.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Functional basic reading skills in Williams syndrome
Brawn, G., Kohnen, S., Tassabehji, M. & Porter, M., 4 Jul 2018, In: Developmental Neuropsychology. 43, 5, p. 454-477 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Impacts
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The global impact of gene identification at the University of Manchester
Read, A. (Participant), Tassabehji, M. (Participant), Dixon, M. (Participant), Black, G. (Participant), Clayton-Smith, J. (Participant), Newman, W. (Participant), Crow, Y. (Participant), Thakkar, N. (Participant), Briggs, M. (Participant) & Pickering-Brown, S. (Participant)
Impact: Health impacts, Economic impacts, Societal impacts