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Organisation profile
Organisation profile
We provide support to large sequence analysis and functional genomics projects. We work with researchers in running analysis and providing training as well as getting involved in grant applications and publication writing. Please contact us for any query [email protected]
We are currently working in the following research lines:
- genome-wide association studies (GWAS)
- de novo assembly
- resequencing
- transcriptomics
- annotation
- differential gene expression
- biomedical computation tools
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Profiles
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Nathan Bailey
- School of Biology - Professor of Evolutionary Biology
- Centre for Biological Diversity
- Institute of Behavioural and Neural Sciences
- St Andrews Bioinformatics Unit
Person: Academic
Projects
- 1 Finished
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Who bears the burden of antibiotic resistance in East Africa? Mathematical modelling of socioeconomic disadvantage and resistance
Sippy, R. (PI), Keenan, K. (CoI), Lynch, A. (CoI), Holden, M. (CoI), Kesby, M. (CoI) & Smith, V. A. (CoI)
STAIRS - St Andrews Interdisciplinary Research Support
1/09/22 → 31/07/23
Project: Standard
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2025 joint BMC ecology and evolution and BMC zoology image competition: the winning images
Harman, J., Fenton, B., Ferrier, D., Hipsley, C. A., Liberles, D. A., McDougall, C. & Narayan, E., 15 Aug 2025, In: BMC Ecology and Evolution. 25, p. 1-12 12 p., 80.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
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A high-quality reference genome and comparative genomics of the widely farmed banded cricket (Gryllodes sigillatus) identifies selective breeding targets
Zhang, S., Duffield, K. R., Foquet, B., Ramirez, J. L., Sadd, B. M., Sakaluk, S. K., Hunt, J. & Bailey, N. W., 16 Mar 2025, In: Ecology and Evolution. 15, 3, 12 p., e71134.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A history of studies of reproductive isolation between Drosophila pseudoobscura and D. persimilis
Leigh, S. & Ritchie, M. G., 1 Jan 2025, In: Fly. 19, 1, 22 p., 2439111.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Open AccessFile
Datasets
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Rocky Shore Samples: Bayesian Networks as a novel tool to enhance interpretability and predictive power of ecological models.
Hui, E. (Creator), Stafford, R. (Owner), Matthews, I. M. (Owner) & Smith, V. A. (Owner), University of St Andrews, 10 May 2022
DOI: 10.17630/f2b69f88-efb7-43a1-96e9-70012256a752
Dataset
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Shedding Light on DNA-Protein Interactions involved in the Nucleotide Excision Repair pathway - Chapter III - SSBs (thesis data)
Fritzen, R. (Creator), Penedo, C. (Supervisor) & White, M. (Supervisor), University of St Andrews, 4 Feb 2023
DOI: 10.17630/963932fc-cc3e-4b69-b92d-58108e138657
Dataset: Thesis dataset
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De novo genome assembly of Plasmodium knowlesi from contemporary clinical isolates - a novel scalable resource to take forward malaria research (thesis data)
Oresegun, D. R. (Creator), Cox-Singh, J. (Supervisor) & Reynolds, P. A. (Supervisor), University of St Andrews, 2 Nov 2023
DOI: 10.17630/541e495e-231a-4c43-bd02-904bc3fd6f79
Dataset: Thesis dataset
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Prizes
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Best Abstract Poster
MacKinnon, H. (Recipient), Paracchini, S. (Recipient), Harris-Birtill, D. (Recipient), Hipwell, J. (Recipient) & Goatman, K. (Recipient), 17 Jul 2025
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Holden, M. (Recipient), 22 Mar 2022
Prize: Election to learned society
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Life Membership of Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour
Gardner, A. (Recipient), 2025
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Outreach: A Physical Simulation of Natural Selection
Gardner, A. (Organiser)
4 Dec 2025Activity: Other activity types › Other
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External PhD examiner, Imperial College London
Holden, M. (External examiner)
2 Dec 2025Activity: Examination types › External examination
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The Centre for Bacterial Resistance Biology (CBRB) Seminar Series
Holden, M. (Speaker)
1 Dec 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk