Robert Young
Academic Track Lecturer (Zhejiang)
- Usher Institute
- College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Contact details
Address
- Street
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Usher Institute – University of Edinburgh
Old Medical School
Teviot Place - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 9AG
Background
2019 – Present: Academic Track Lecturer (Zhejiang)
2012 – 2019: Research Associate, MRC Human Genetics Unit, University of Edinburgh
2007 – 2011: DPhil, MRC Functional Genomics Unit, University of Oxford
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Bidirectional transcription initiation marks accessible chromatin and is not specific to enhancers
In:
Genome Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-017-1379-8
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Aberrant ribonucleotide incorporation and multiple deletions in mitochondrial DNA of the murine MPV17 disease model
In:
Nucleic Acids Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkx1009
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RNA MEETS DNA: The potential for gene expression to produce short RNA molecules capable of generating DNA mutation and driving genome evolution
In:
BioEssays
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/bies.201700141
Contribution to journal › Comment/debate (Published) -
Genetic variation and RNA structure regulate microRNA biogenesis
In:
Nature Communications, vol. 8
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15114
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
Lineage-specific genomics : Frequent birth and death in the human genome: The human genome contains many lineage-specific elements created by both sequence and functional turnover
In:
BioEssays
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/bies.201500192
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Enhancer Turnover Is Associated with a Divergent Transcriptional Response to Glucocorticoid in Mouse and Human Macrophages
In:
Journal of Immunology, vol. 196, no. 2, pp. 813-822
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1502009
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The Constrained Maximal Expression Level Owing to Haploidy Shapes Gene Content on the Mammalian X Chromosome
In:
PLoS Biology, vol. 13, no. 12
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002315
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Divergent transcriptional activation by glucocorticoids in mouse and human macrophages
In:
The Lancet, vol. 385 , no. Suppl 1, pp. S54
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60369-5
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The frequent evolutionary birth and death of functional promoters in mouse and human
In:
Genome Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/gr.190546.115
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
The RNA-Editing Enzyme ADAR1 Controls Innate Immune Responses to RNA
(13 pages)
In:
Cell Reports, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 1482-94
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2014.10.041
Contribution to journal › Article (Published)