Dr Robin Walters
Robin Walters
MA, PhD, PgDip
Senior Scientist
Dr Robin Walters completed degrees in Natural Sciences (Cambridge) and in Genetics (Liverpool) before working for 17 years on the biophysics, biochemistry and genetics of plant photosynthesis, first in Sheffield and then in Oxford. He then held a post as a Research Fellow at Imperial College London, before moving to CTSU in June 2012.
Dr Walters’s recent research has focussed on investigating the contribution of structural variation in the human genome to disease risk and phenotypic variation, with a particular focus on diabetes and obesity. He played a leading role in work identifying the highly penetrant obesity phenotype associated with a deletion on chromosome 16p, and the reciprocal effects of a duplication at the same locus.
He continues to have an interest in the development of novel methodologies for the identification and analysis of genomic structural variants. His current role is to plan and lead the genetic analysis of stroke risk in the China Kadoorie Biobank.
Recent publications
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Association of autosomal mosaic chromosomal alterations with risk of bladder cancer in Chinese adults: a prospective cohort study.
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Song M. et al, (2024), Cell Death Dis, 15
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DNA Methylation Age Mediates Effect of Metabolic Profile on Cardiovascular and General Aging.
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Si J. et al, (2024), Circ Res
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Milk intake, lactase non-persistence and type 2 diabetes risk in Chinese adults.
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Kakkoura MG. et al, (2024), Nat Metab
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The Role of Furin and Its Therapeutic Potential in Cardiovascular Disease Risk.
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Fry H. et al, (2024), Int J Mol Sci, 25
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Causal relevance of different blood pressure traits on risk of cardiovascular diseases: GWAS and Mendelian randomisation in 100,000 Chinese adults.
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Pozarickij A. et al, (2024), Nat Commun, 15