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Gordon D. Waiter

University of AberdeenORCID 0000-0002-5313-9845Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:human· 6 Approach:statistical model· 5 Research Focus:differential expression· 4 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 3 Research Focus:benchmarking· 2 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 2 Approach:benchmark study· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1

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Machine learning identifies routine blood tests as accurate predictive measures of pollution-dependent poor cognitive function

Hamish Johnson, James Longden, Gary A. Cameron, Gordon D. Waiter, Fergal M. Waldron, Jenna M. Gregory, Holly Spence

This study uses machine learning to identify routine blood tests as predictive markers of pollution-related poor cognitive function in a cohort without neurological disease.

Scientific Reports · Jul 29, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

General cognitive function and the brain's structural connectome

Colin R. Buchanan, Joanna E. Moodie, Venia Batziou, Eleanor L.S. Conole, Susana Muñoz Maniega, Mathew A. Harris, Hon Wah Yeung, Janie Corley, David C M Liewald, Paul H. Redmond, J. Douglas Steele, Gordon D. Waiter, Heather Clare Whalley, Andrew Mark McIntosh, Joanna Marguerite Wardlaw, , Simon R. Cox

The paper shows that general cognitive function is supported by a widespread white matter network across multiple brain regions and connectivity measures.

bioRxiv · Jul 21, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

The influence of birthweight, socioeconomic status, and adult health on brain volumes during aging

Christopher J. McNeil, Tina Habota, Anca‐Larisa Sandu, Gordon D. Waiter, Heather Clare Whalley, Alison D. Murray

This study examines how birthweight, socioeconomic status, and adult health influence late-life brain volumes and dementia risk.

Neuroepidemiology · Oct 14, 2024Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Associations between sex, systemic iron and inflammatory status and subcortical brain iron

Holly Spence, Stephanie Mengoa‐Fleming, Alan A. Sneddon, Christopher J. McNeil, Gordon D. Waiter

This study examines sex differences in associations between systemic iron, inflammation markers, and subcortical brain iron levels in older adults.

European Journal of Neuroscience · Aug 7, 2024Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

General and specific patterns of cortical gene expression as substrates of complex cognitive functioning

Joanna E. Moodie, Sarah E. Harris, Mathew A. Harris, Colin R. Buchanan, Gail Davies, Adele M. Taylor, Paul H. Redmond, David C M Liewald, Maria del Carmen Valdés Hernández, Susan Deborah Shenkin, Tom C. Russ, Susana Muñoz Maniega, Michelle Luciano A, Janie Corley, Aleks Stolicyn, , Simon R. Cox

The paper identifies general and specific patterns of cortical gene expression related to cognitive functioning using principal component analysis and validates them across datasets.

Human Brain Mapping · Mar 1, 2024Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Local CpG density affects the trajectory of age-associated epigenetic changes

Jonathan Higham, Lyndsay Kerr, Qian Zhang, Rosie May Walker, Sarah E. Harris, David M. Howard, Emma L. Hawkins, Anca‐Larisa Sandu, J. Douglas Steele, Gordon D. Waiter, Alison D. Murray, Kathryn Louise Evans, Andrew Mark McIntosh, Peter M. Visscher, Ian J. Deary, , Duncan Sproul

The paper shows that local CpG density influences age-related DNA methylation changes in humans by analyzing longitudinal methylation data and SNP data from 600 individuals.

Genome biology · Oct 17, 2022Peer-reviewedGenetics