Chris Ponting
Professor Chris Ponting (Christopher Paul Ponting) is a British researcher with a special interest in genomics and bioinformatics.[1][2] 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.[1][2]
In 2018, Professor Ponting replaced Esther Crawley as Deputy Chair of the UK CFS/ME Research Collaborative (CMRC).[3] He is also a long term friend of ME patient and activist Simon McGrath.[4]
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
ME/CFS research
Professor Ponting is principle investigator on a large study that will use the UK Biobank data to "investigate the biomolecular and genetic bases to myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS)".[5]
DecodeME
Ponting is principle investigator for DecodeME, the largest ever study of genetic factors in ME/CFS.[6]
Notable studies
- 2020, Genetic risk factors of ME/CFS: a critical review[6] - [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7530519 (Full text)
Clinic location
Talks and interviews
- 2018, Q&A with Prof Chris Ponting - Action for ME
- 2020, Q&A with Chris Ponting - Science for ME forum
News articles and blogs
- May 2020, Coronavirus in Scotland: Charity warns Covid will cause a spike in ME cases
- Jan 2020, Trial By Error: The UK’s Proposed Genetics Study
- Apr 2019, Blood test for chronic fatigue syndrome could speed diagnosis, study says
- Mar 2018, CFS/ME Research Collaborative announces Major Change in Policy and New Deputy Chair
- Jul 2017, At least 75 per cent of our DNA really is useless junk after all
- May 2016, How do our genes actually work? - podcast
Online presence
- Edinburgh University profile
- Computational and Disease Genomics Research Group
- PubMed
- Researchgate profile
- ORCID profile
- Google scholar profile
See also
Learn more
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Professor Christopher Paul Ponting FMedSci FRSE". The Royal Society of Edinburgh. March 24, 2020. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Professor Chris Ponting". The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
- ↑ "The CFS/ME Research Collaborative (CMRC) Announces Major Change in Policy and New Deputy Chair | 07 March 2018". ME Association. March 7, 2018. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
- ↑ "Science for ME written Q&A with Prof Chris Ponting". Science for ME. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
- ↑ "Using UK Biobank data to investigate the biomolecular and genetic bases to myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS) | UK Biobank". UK Biobank. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Dibble, Joshua J; McGrath, Simon J; Ponting, Chris P (August 3, 2020). "Genetic risk factors of ME/CFS: a critical review". Human Molecular Genetics. 29 (R1): R117–R124. doi:10.1093/hmg/ddaa169. ISSN 0964-6906. PMC 7530519. PMID 32744306.
