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Nicholas A. Watkins is affiliated with NHS Blood and Transplant in the United Kingdom and has an extensive research profile spanning medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work focuses primarily on genetics, infectious diseases, molecular biology, hematology, and pediatric health.

The scientist's publications cover a wide range of topics, including genetic associations and epidemiology, genomics and rare diseases, BRCA gene mutations in cancer, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, prenatal screening and diagnostics, COVID-19 clinical research studies, and blood groups and transfusion.

Recent papers by Nicholas A. Watkins include:

  • The Polygenic and Monogenic Basis of Blood Traits and Diseases, 2020, Cell
  • Trans-ethnic and Ancestry-Specific Blood-Cell Genetics in 746,667 Individuals from 5 Global Populations, 2020, Cell
  • Community transmission of monkeypox in the United Kingdom, April to May 2022, 2022, Eurosurveillance
  • Antibody testing for COVID-19: A report from the National COVID Scientific Advisory Panel, 2020, Wellcome Open Research
  • Antibody testing for COVID-19: A report from the National COVID Scientific Advisory Panel, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Watkins include:

  • David J. Roberts
  • John Danesh
  • Emanuele Di Angelantonio
  • Adam S. Butterworth
  • Willem H. Ouwehand

The scientist has published regularly in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Genetics in Medicine Open
  • Journal of Medical Genetics
  • Cell
  • Eurosurveillance

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls

    Paul R. Burton;David G. Clayton;Lon R. Cardon;Nick Craddock

  • Six new loci associated with body mass index highlight a neuronal influence on body weight regulation

    Cristen J. Willer;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Ruth J. F. Loos;Shengxu Li

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight loci associated with blood pressure

    Christopher Newton-Cheh;Christopher Newton-Cheh;Toby Johnson;Toby Johnson;Vesela Gateva;Martin D. Tobin

  • Association scan of 14,500 nonsynonymous SNPs in four diseases identifies autoimmunity variants

    Paul R Burton;David G Clayton;Lon R Cardon;Nick Craddock

  • 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

  • Localization of type 1 diabetes susceptibility to the MHC class I genes HLA-B and HLA-A

    Sergey Nejentsev;Joanna M. M. Howson;Neil M. Walker;Jeffrey Szeszko

  • The polygenic and monogenic basis of blood traits and diseases

    Dragana Vuckovic;Erik L. Bao;Parsa Akbari;Caleb A. Lareau

  • Trans-ethnic and Ancestry-Specific Blood-Cell Genetics in 746,667 Individuals from 5 Global Populations.

    Ming-Huei Chen;Laura M Raffield;Abdou Mousas;Saori Sakaue

  • A genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 22 loci associated with eight hematological parameters in the HaemGen consortium

    Nicole Soranzo;Nicole Soranzo;Tim D Spector;Massimo Mangino;Brigitte Kühnel

  • Genetic determinants of ulcerative colitis include the ECM1 locus and five loci implicated in Crohn's disease

    Sheila A Fisher;Mark Tremelling;Carl A Anderson;Rhian Gwilliam

  • Loss of function of a lupus-associated FcgammaRIIb polymorphism through exclusion from lipid rafts.

    R Andres Floto;Menna R Clatworthy;Karen R Heilbronn;Dalya R Rosner

  • Nomenclature of human platelet antigens.

    P. Metcalfe;N. A. Watkins;W. H. Ouwehand;W. H. Ouwehand;C. Kaplan

  • A HaemAtlas: Characterizing gene expression in differentiated human blood cells

    Nicholas A. Watkins;Arief Gusnanto;Bernard de Bono;Subhajyoti De

  • Efficiency and safety of varying the frequency of whole blood donation (INTERVAL): a randomised trial of 45 000 donors

    Emanuele Di Angelantonio;Simon G Thompson;Stephen Kaptoge;Carmel Moore

  • Investigation of Crohn's Disease Risk Loci in Ulcerative Colitis Further Defines Their Molecular Relationship

    Carl A. Anderson;Dunecan C.O. Massey;Jeffrey C. Barrett;Natalie J. Prescott

  • Antibody testing for COVID-19: A report from the National COVID Scientific Advisory Panel

    E R Adams;M Ainsworth;R Anand;M I Andersson

  • Platelet genomics and proteomics in human health and disease

    Iain C. Macaulay;Philippa Carr;Arief Gusnanto;Willem H. Ouwehand

  • Systemic lupus erythematosus-associated defects in the inhibitory receptor FcγRIIb reduce susceptibility to malaria

    Menna R. Clatworthy;Lisa Willcocks;Britta Urban;Jean Langhorne

  • Antibody testing for COVID-19: A report from the National COVID Scientific Advisory Panel

    Emily Adams;Mark Ainsworth;Rekha Anand;Monique I Andersson

  • The Polygenic and Monogenic Basis of Blood Traits and Diseases

    Dragana Vuckovic;Dragana Vuckovic;Erik L. Bao;Erik L. Bao;Parsa Akbari;Caleb A. Lareau;Caleb A. Lareau

Frequent Co-Authors

Willem H. Ouwehand
Willem H. Ouwehand University of Cambridge
David J. Roberts
David J. Roberts University of Oxford
Nicole Soranzo
Nicole Soranzo Wellcome Sanger Institute
Panos Deloukas
Panos Deloukas Queen Mary University of London
Nilesh J. Samani
Nilesh J. Samani University of Leicester
Adam S. Butterworth
Adam S. Butterworth University of Cambridge
Alison H. Goodall
Alison H. Goodall University of Leicester
Frank Dudbridge
Frank Dudbridge University of Leicester
Emanuele Di Angelantonio
Emanuele Di Angelantonio University of Cambridge
Jonathan Stephens
Jonathan Stephens University of Cambridge

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