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William Roberts-Sengier

Wellcome Sanger Institute

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Bioinformatics· 1 Genetic & Genomic Medicine· 1 Genomics· 1 Microbiology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 3 Research Focus:variant calling· 2 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Organism:human· 1

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Nicholas Robert ThomsoniD· 2 shared Alexandria J. R. HarrottiD· 1 shared Beauty Makamure· 1 shared Beth BlaneiD· 1 shared Beth SampheriD· 1 shared Bianca Da Costa DiasiD· 1 shared Collins Misita Morang’aiD· 1 shared Dinesh AggarwaliD· 1 shared

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2022-2026 · peak 2/yr

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Phylo-Plex: A phylogenetically informed, low-cost amplicon sequencing platform for deployable high-resolution genomic epidemiology

Mathew A. Beale, Vignesh Shetty, Kirsty Ambridge, George Lacey, Sam Dougan, William Roberts-Sengier, Beth Sampher, Florent Lassalle, Matthew J. Dorman, Mahlape P. Mahlangu, Johanna M. E. Venter, Bianca Da Costa Dias, Martha Chipinduro, Tendai Washaya, Luanne Rodgers, , Nicholas Robert Thomson

Phylo-Plex is a low-cost amplicon sequencing method for high-resolution genomic epidemiology, achieving fine-scale lineage discrimination comparable to whole-genome sequencing in resource-limited settings.

Nature Communications · Jul 9, 2026Peer-reviewedGenetic & Genomic Medicine

BaGPipe: an automated, reproducible, and flexible pipeline for bacterial genome-wide association studies

Kuangyi Wei, Beth Blane, Jacqueline Toussaint, Sandra Reuter, Michelle S. Toleman, M. Estée Török, Sharon J. Peacock, Ewan M. Harrison, Dinesh Aggarwal, William Roberts-Sengier

BaGPipe automates bacterial GWAS workflows, improving efficiency and reproducibility by integrating preprocessing, analysis, and visualization in a scalable pipeline.

BMC Microbiology · Mar 27, 2026Peer-reviewedBioinformatics

High-quality transcriptome profile of Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum: confirmation of transcriptional landscape

Linda Grillová, Eli M. Carrami, William Roberts-Sengier, Nicholas Robert Thomson

This study uses RNA-sequencing to generate a high-quality transcriptome profile of Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum, confirming transcription of previously hypothetical genes and revealing new gene organization features.

Scientific Reports · Jul 2, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

Nanopore sequencing for real-time genomic surveillance of Plasmodium falciparum

Sophia T. Girgis, Edem Adika, Felix E. Nenyewodey, Dodzi Kwaku Jnr Senoo, Joyce Mwongeli Ngoi, Kukua Bandoh, Oliver Lorenz, Guus van de Steeg, Alexandria J. R. Harrott, Sebastian Nsoh, Kim Judge, Richard D. Pearson, Jacob Almagro Garcia, Samirah Saiid, Solomon Atampah, , William L. Hamilton

This study implements a Nanopore sequencing workflow for P. falciparum genomic surveillance in Ghana, identifying drug resistance patterns and vaccine antigen variations.

bioRxiv · Dec 20, 2022 · PreprintGenomics