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David K. Jackson

Wellcome Sanger InstituteORCID 0000-0002-8090-9462Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:human· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Approach:benchmark study· 1 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:deconvolution· 1 Research Focus:GWAS / association mapping· 1 Assay:GWAS summary statistics· 1

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Aaron Day-Williams· 1 shared Adrianne Lignes· 1 shared Aileen Reghan FoleyiD· 1 shared Allan Daly· 1 shared Andrea Frick-Kretschmer· 1 shared Andrew P. JacksoniD· 1 shared Anna F. DominiczakiD· 1 shared Antonio CiampiiD· 1 shared

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Benchmarking of Human ReadRemoval Strategies for Viral andMicrobial Metagenomics

Matthew Forbes, Duncan Y. K. Ng, Róisín M. Boggan, Andrea Frick-Kretschmer, Jillian Durham, Oliver Lorenz, Bruhad Dave, Florent Lassalle, Carol Scott, Josef Wagner, Adrianne Lignes, Fernanda Noaves, David K. Jackson, Kevin Howe, Ewan M. Harrison

The paper benchmarks human read removal methods in metagenomics, finding that high-sensitivity Bowtie2 with T2T-CHM13 reference improves removal while preserving microbial data.

Cell Reports Methods · Nov 1, 2025Peer-reviewedGenomics

Low-frequency variation in TP53 has large effects on head circumference and intracranial volume

Simon J. Haworth, Chin Yang Shapland, Caroline Hayward, Bram Peter Prins, Janine F. Felix, Carolina Medina‐Gómez, Fernando Rivadeneira, Carol A. Wang, Tarunveer S. Ahluwalia, Martine Vrijheid, Mònica Guxens, Jordi Sunyer, Ioanna Tachmazidou, Klaudia Walter, Valentina Iotchkova, , David K. Jackson

The paper identifies 9 novel genetic loci, including low-frequency variants in TP53, associated with head circumference and intracranial volume in up to 46,000 individuals.

Nature Communications · Jan 21, 2019Peer-reviewedGenetics