Chris Ponting

Professor Chris Pointing (Christopher Paul Pointing) is a British researcher with a special interest in genomics and bioinformatics. Prof. Ponting is Section Head at Biomedical Genomics, Chair of Medical Bioinformatics, and a Principal Investigator at the MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine at the University of Edinburgh.

In 2018, Professor Ponting replaced Esther Crawley as Deputy Chair of the UK CFS/ME Research Collaborative (CMRC). He is also a long term friend of ME patient and activist Simon McGrath.

Chris has been on the editorial boards of many different research journals and founded CGAT, a training center funded by the UK's Medical Research Council.

Professional organizations

• Fellow of the Academy of Medical Science
• Member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation

Notable studies

Chris Ponting has not published research on ME/CFS yet.

Talks and interviews

• 2018, Q&A with Prof Chris Ponting - Action for ME
• 2020, Q&A with Chris Ponting - s4me forum

News articles and blogs

• Mar 2018, CFS/ME Research Collaborative announces Major Change in Policy and New Deputy Chair

Online presence

• PubMed
• Twitter
• Facebook
• Edinburgh University profile
• Computational and Disease Genomics Research Group
• Researchgate profile
• ORCID profile
• Google scholar profile

See also

• UK ME/CFS Biobank
• UK CFS/ME Research Collaborative (CMRC)
• Chronic fatigue syndrome

UK CFS/ME Research Collaborative (CMRC) - A UK group of researchers and ME/CFS patient groups led by Professor Stephen Holgate. Its launch in 2013 was covered by the Science Media Centre. Since 2014, the collaborative sponsors the CFS/ME Research Collaborative Conference.

UK CFS/ME Research Collaborative (CMRC) - A UK group of researchers and ME/CFS patient groups led by Professor Stephen Holgate. Its launch in 2013 was covered by the Science Media Centre. Since 2014, the collaborative sponsors the CFS/ME Research Collaborative Conference.