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John Tolmie is a researcher affiliated with Southern General Hospital in the United Kingdom. Their work is situated primarily within the broad field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with particular focus on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Plant Science.

The main topics Tolmie explores include:

  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Congenital heart defects research
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations

Tolmie has published research in several notable venues. Frequent publication outlets for their work include:

  • Genetics in Medicine
  • Scientific Reports

Their recent papers cover a range of topics, including functional classifications of gene variants and genetic analysis of rare syndromes. Selected recent publications are:

  • "Quantifying prediction of pathogenicity for within-codon concordance (PM5) using 7541 functional classifications of BRCA1 and MSH2 missense variants," published in 2021 in Genetics in Medicine
  • "Identification and analysis of deletion breakpoints in four Mohr-Tranebjærg syndrome (MTS) patients," published in 2022 in Scientific Reports

Throughout their research career, Tolmie has collaborated with various co-authors. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Lucy Loong
  • Cankut Çubuk
  • Subin Choi
  • Sophie Allen
  • Beth Torr

Best Publications

  • Recurrent Rearrangements of Chromosome 1q21.1 and Variable Pediatric Phenotypes

    Heather C Mefford;Andrew J Sharp;Carl Baker;Andy Itsara

  • Mutations in genes encoding ribonuclease H2 subunits cause Aicardi-Goutières syndrome and mimic congenital viral brain infection.

    Yanick J Crow;Yanick J Crow;Andrea Leitch;Bruce E Hayward;Anna Garner

  • Constitutional aneuploidy and cancer predisposition caused by biallelic mutations in BUB1B

    Sandra Hanks;Kim Coleman;Sarah Reid;Alberto Plaja

  • A systematic, large-scale resequencing screen of X-chromosome coding exons in mental retardation.

    Patrick S Tarpey;Raffaella Smith;Erin Pleasance;Annabel Whibley

  • PTEN Mutation Spectrum and Genotype-Phenotype Correlations in Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba Syndrome Suggest a Single Entity With Cowden Syndrome

    Debbie J. Marsh;Debbie J. Marsh;Jennifer B. Kum;Jennifer B. Kum;Kathryn L. Lunetta;Michael J. Bennett

  • Gain-of-function mutations in IFIH1 cause a spectrum of human disease phenotypes associated with upregulated type I interferon signaling

    Gillian I Rice;Yoandris del Toro Duany;Yoandris del Toro Duany;Emma M Jenkinson;Gabriella M A Forte

  • Clinical and Molecular Phenotype of Aicardi-Goutières Syndrome

    Gillian Rice;Teresa Patrick;Rekha Parmar;Claire F Taylor

  • Mutations in STRA6 cause a broad spectrum of malformations including anophthalmia, congenital heart defects, diaphragmatic hernia, alveolar capillary dysplasia, lung hypoplasia, and mental retardation

    Francesca Pasutto;Heinrich Sticht;Gerhard Hammersen;Gabriele Gillessen-Kaesbach

  • A novel mutation in the human voltage-gated potassium channel gene (Kv1.1) associates with episodic ataxia type 1 and sometimes with partial epilepsy.

    S. M. Zuberi;L. H. Eunson;A. Spauschus;R. De Silva

  • Human ABC7 transporter: gene structure and mutation causing X-linked sideroblastic anemia with ataxia with disruption of cytosolic iron-sulfur protein maturation

    Soumeya Bekri;Gyula Kispal;Gyula Kispal;Gyula Kispal;Heike Lange;Edward Fitzsimons

  • Autosomal Dominant Nocturnal Frontal-Lobe Epilepsy: Genetic Heterogeneity and Evidence for a Second Locus at 15q24

    H.A. Phillips;I.E. Scheffer;K.M. Crossland;K.P. Bhatia

  • Mutations in CTC1, encoding conserved telomere maintenance component 1, cause Coats plus

    Beverley H Anderson;Paul R Kasher;Josephine Mayer;Marcin Szynkiewicz

  • Mutation update for the CSB/ERCC6 and CSA/ERCC8 genes involved in Cockayne syndrome.

    V. Laugel;C. Dalloz;M. Durand;F. Sauvanaud

  • CDKL5 mutations cause infantile spasms, early onset seizures, and severe mental retardation in female patients

    H L Archer;J Evans;S Edwards;J Colley

  • Mutations in the Embryonal Subunit of the Acetylcholine Receptor (CHRNG) Cause Lethal and Escobar Variants of Multiple Pterygium Syndrome

    Neil V. Morgan;Louise A. Brueton;Phillip Cox;Marie T. Greally

  • How genetically heterogeneous is Kabuki syndrome?: MLL2 testing in 116 patients, review and analyses of mutation and phenotypic spectrum

    Siddharth Banka;Ratna Veeramachaneni;William Reardon;Emma Howard

  • Next generation sequencing for molecular diagnosis of neurological disorders using ataxias as a model

    Andrea H. Németh;Andrea H. Németh;Andrea H. Németh;Alexandra C. Kwasniewska;Alexandra C. Kwasniewska;Stefano Lise;Ricardo Parolin Schnekenberg;Ricardo Parolin Schnekenberg

  • Genetic heterogeneity in Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS) and CdLS-like phenotypes with observed and predicted levels of mosaicism

    Morad Ansari;Gemma Poke;Quentin Ferry;Kathleen Williamson

  • Functional characterization of GATA3 mutations causing the hypoparathyroidism-deafness-renal (HDR) dysplasia syndrome: insight into mechanisms of DNA binding by the GATA3 transcription factor

    Asif Ali;Paul T. Christie;Irina V. Grigorieva;Brian Harding

  • Mutations at a single codon in Mad homology 2 domain of SMAD4 cause Myhre syndrome

    Carine Le Goff;Clémentine Mahaut;Avinash Abhyankar;Wilfried Le Goff

Frequent Co-Authors

Yanick J. Crow
Yanick J. Crow Université Paris Cité
Sameer M. Zuberi
Sameer M. Zuberi University of Glasgow
Sahar Mansour
Sahar Mansour St George's, University of London
Raoul C.M. Hennekam
Raoul C.M. Hennekam University of Amsterdam
David Chitayat
David Chitayat University of Toronto
Sébastien Jacquemont
Sébastien Jacquemont University of Montreal
Jozef Gecz
Jozef Gecz University of Adelaide
Malcolm A. Ferguson-Smith
Malcolm A. Ferguson-Smith University of Cambridge
Han G. Brunner
Han G. Brunner Radboud University
Evan E. Eichler
Evan E. Eichler University of Washington

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