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Shaun Aron

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Aron S, Jongeneel C, Chauke P, Chaouch M, Kumuthini J, Zass L, et al.
PLoS Comput Biol . 2021 Dec; 17(12):e1009592. PMID: 34882684
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Choudhury A, Aron S, Botigue L, Sengupta D, Botha G, Bensellak T, et al.
Nature . 2021 Apr; 592(7856):E26. PMID: 33846614
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Sengupta D, Choudhury A, Fortes-Lima C, Aron S, Whitelaw G, Bostoen K, et al.
Nat Commun . 2021 Apr; 12(1):2080. PMID: 33828095
South Eastern Bantu-speaking (SEB) groups constitute more than 80% of the population in South Africa. Despite clear linguistic and geographic diversity, the genetic differences between these groups have not been...
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Ras V, Botha G, Aron S, Lennard K, Allali I, Claassen-Weitz S, et al.
PLoS Comput Biol . 2021 Feb; 17(2):e1008640. PMID: 33630830
With more microbiome studies being conducted by African-based research groups, there is an increasing demand for knowledge and skills in the design and analysis of microbiome studies and data. However,...
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Sooklal S, Mpangase P, Tomescu M, Aron S, Hazelhurst S, Archer R, et al.
Sci Rep . 2020 Nov; 10(1):20539. PMID: 33239700
Dichapetalum cymosum produces the toxic fluorinated metabolite, fluoroacetate, presumably as a defence mechanism. Given the rarity of fluorinated metabolites in nature, the biosynthetic origin and function of fluoroacetate have been...
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Choudhury A, Aron S, Botigue L, Sengupta D, Botha G, Bensellak T, et al.
Nature . 2020 Oct; 586(7831):741-748. PMID: 33116287
The African continent is regarded as the cradle of modern humans and African genomes contain more genetic variation than those from any other continent, yet only a fraction of the...
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Nweke E, Naicker P, Aron S, Stoychev S, Devar J, Tabb D, et al.
PLoS One . 2020 Oct; 15(10):e0240453. PMID: 33048956
Pancreatic cancer accounts for 2.8% of new cancer cases worldwide and is projected to become the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths by 2030. Patients of African ancestry appear to...
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Ahmed A, Mpangase P, Panji S, Baichoo S, Souilmi Y, Fadlelmola F, et al.
AAS Open Res . 2020 May; 1:9. PMID: 32382696
The need for portable and reproducible genomics analysis pipelines is growing globally as well as in Africa, especially with the growth of collaborative projects like the Human Health and Heredity...
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Baichoo S, Souilmi Y, Panji S, Botha G, Meintjes A, Hazelhurst S, et al.
BMC Bioinformatics . 2018 Nov; 19(1):457. PMID: 30486782
Background: The Pan-African bioinformatics network, H3ABioNet, comprises 27 research institutions in 17 African countries. H3ABioNet is part of the Human Health and Heredity in Africa program (H3Africa), an African-led research...
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Choudhury A, Aron S, Sengupta D, Hazelhurst S, Ramsay M
Hum Mol Genet . 2018 May; 27(R2):R209-R218. PMID: 29741686
Genetic variation and susceptibility to disease are shaped by human demographic history and adaptation. We can now study the genomes of extant Africans and uncover traces of population migration, admixture,...