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Cordelia Langford is affiliated with the Wellcome Sanger Institute in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with particular emphasis on Infectious Diseases and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, animal virus infection studies, and CRISPR and genetic engineering. Additional focus areas include vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches, SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, as well as geriatric care and nursing homes.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Cordelia Langford include:

  • "Recurrent emergence of SARS-CoV-2 spike deletion H69/V70 and its role in the Alpha variant B.1.1.7" (2021), published in Cell Reports
  • "SARS-CoV-2 lineage dynamics in England from September to November 2021: high diversity of Delta sub-lineages and increased transmissibility of AY.4.2" (2022), published in BMC Infectious Diseases
  • "Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in a university outbreak setting and implications for public health planning" (2022), published in Scientific Reports
  • "Investigation of hospital discharge cases and SARS-CoV-2 introduction into Lothian care homes" (2023), published in Journal of Hospital Infection
  • "'Putting our heads together': insights into genomic conservation between human and canine intracranial tumors" (2020), published by UNC Libraries

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Cordelia Langford include:

  • Kate Templeton
  • Samuel C. Robson
  • Nicholas J. Loman
  • Thomas R. Connor
  • Tanya Golubchik

Publications by Cordelia Langford are found in various scientific venues such as:

  • Cell Reports
  • BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Hospital Infection
  • UNC Libraries

Their research addresses critical areas relevant to public health, including viral genomics, transmission dynamics, and outbreak investigations. This includes significant studies on SARS-CoV-2 variants and the implications of viral mutations on variant spread and public health responses.

Best Publications

  • Identification and analysis of functional elements in 1% of the human genome by the ENCODE pilot project

    Ewan Birney;John A. Stamatoyannopoulos;Anindya Dutta;Roderic Guigó

  • The zebrafish reference genome sequence and its relationship to the human genome.

    Kerstin Howe;Matthew D. Clark;Carlos F. Torroja;Carlos F. Torroja;James Torrance

  • The ENCODE (ENCyclopedia of DNA elements) Project

    E. A. Feingold;P. J. Good;M. S. Guyer;S. Kamholz

  • Genetic risk and a primary role for cell-mediated immune mechanisms in multiple sclerosis

    Stephen Sawcer;Garrett Hellenthal;Matti Pirinen;Chris C. A. Spencer

  • Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes

    Andrew P Morris;Benjamin F Voight;Benjamin F Voight;Tanya M Teslovich;Teresa Ferreira

  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies 13 new risk loci for schizophrenia

    Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Colm T. O'Dushlaine;Kimberly D. Chambert;Jennifer L. Moran

  • Large-scale association analysis identifies new risk loci for coronary artery disease

    Panos Deloukas;Stavroula Kanoni;Christina Willenborg;Martin Farrall

  • The DNA sequence of the human X chromosome

    Mark T Ross;Darren V Grafham;Alison J Coffey;Steven Scherer

  • Assessing transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7 in England.

    Erik Volz;Swapnil Mishra;Meera Chand;Jeffrey C. Barrett

  • Identification of 15 new psoriasis susceptibility loci highlights the role of innate immunity

    Lam C. Tsoi;Sarah L. Spain;Sarah L. Spain;Jo Knight;Eva Ellinghaus;Eva Ellinghaus

  • Dense genotyping identifies and localizes multiple common and rare variant association signals in celiac disease

    Gosia Trynka;Karen A Hunt;Nicholas A Bockett;Jihane Romanos

  • Genome-wide association study of CNVs in 16,000 cases of eight common diseases and 3,000 shared controls

    Nick Craddock;Matthew E. Hurles;Niall Cardin;Richard D. Pearson

  • Genome-wide association study identifies five new breast cancer susceptibility loci

    Clare Turnbull;Shahana Ahmed;Jonathan Morrison;David Pernet

  • High-density genetic mapping identifies new susceptibility loci for rheumatoid arthritis

    Steve Eyre;John Bowes;John Bowes;Dorothée Diogo;Dorothée Diogo;Annette Lee

  • Genomic Dissection of Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia, Including 28 Subphenotypes

    Douglas M. Ruderfer;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Andrew McQuillin;James Boocock

  • A Novel CpG Island Set Identifies Tissue-Specific Methylation at Developmental Gene Loci

    Robert Illingworth;Alastair Kerr;Dina DeSousa;Helle Jørgensen

  • The UK10K project identifies rare variants in health and disease

    Klaudia Walter;Josine L. Min;Jie Huang;Lucy Crooks

  • Interaction between ERAP1 and HLA-B27 in ankylosing spondylitis implicates peptide handling in the mechanism for HLA-B27 in disease susceptibility

    D.M. Evans;C.C.A. Spencer;J.J. Pointon;Z. Su

  • A genome-wide asociation study identifies new psoriasis susceptibility loci and an interaction betwEn HLA-C and ERAP1

    A. Strange;F. Capon;C. C. A. Spencer;J. Knight

  • Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility

    Anubha Mahajan;Min Jin Go;Weihua Zhang;Jennifer E. Below

Frequent Co-Authors

Sarah Hunt
Sarah Hunt European Bioinformatics Institute
Sarah Edkins
Sarah Edkins Cardiff University
Juan P. Casas
Juan P. Casas Boston University
Stephen Sawcer
Stephen Sawcer University of Cambridge
Peter Donnelly
Peter Donnelly University of Oxford
Colin N. A. Palmer
Colin N. A. Palmer University of Dundee
Janusz Jankowski
Janusz Jankowski University College of Osteopathy
Jenefer M. Blackwell
Jenefer M. Blackwell Telethon Kids Institute
Elvira Bramon
Elvira Bramon University College London
Nicholas W. Wood
Nicholas W. Wood University College London

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