Research
Christine Fosker
Head of Research Faculty Office
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Biography
Christine Fosker is responsible for the Institute's scientific administration, supporting the Director with strategy development, Faculty recruitment, career development and project management of the complete life-cycle of the Institute’s research grants.
Christine has worked in the field of Genomics for +25 years, beginning her career working on the Human Genome Project at the Sanger Centre. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute (funded by the MRC and the WTSI) supervised by Professor Emmanouil (Manolis) Dermitzakis on the topic of the evolution of functional non-coding DNA in humans. She worked as a Research Associate at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute for her secondary supervisor Professor Matthew Hurles, studying the evolution of the regulation of duplicated genes and the mechanisms forming Copy Number Variants. She joined the Earlham Institute in 2010 as Head of Directorate to support the founding Director Dr Jane Rogers set-up the Institute’s governance and administration.
Publications
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15 September 2023
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Retargeting drugs to win hearts and minds
New knowledge, approaches, and technologies being used at the Earlham Institute and the University of Oxford may bring us a step closer to a safe and effective treatment for serious mental health conditions.
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01 August 2023
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Investigating accidents on the DNA highway
A long-haul truck clocks up the miles as it journeys across the land, dealing with the ebb and flow of commuters around it. A motorway fills with traffic, then slowly empties. The police secure the scene of an accident and redirect oncoming vehicles out of the way.
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24 July 2023
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Assembly line: making sense of metagenomics through MAGs
Etiquette for microbes, non-viral gastroenteritis, and shotgunning DNA are all in a day’s work for Dr Chris Quince.
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05 July 2023
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Celebrating 75 years of the National Health Service with groundbreaking research
It’s nearly impossible for us to imagine life without the National Health Service.
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03 July 2023
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Decoding Biodiversity: bridging the gap between data and discoveries.
A new era in our relationship with nature is dawning.
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12 June 2023
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Single cells offering limitless potential
Revolutionary techniques to extract and sequence the genetic material of a single cell are allowing scientists to begin to answer fundamental questions.
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05 June 2023
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Cellular Genomics: understanding why being different is normal
What does a “healthy” or “normal” cell look like?
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22 May 2023
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Bananas are on the brink but close cousins could save their skins
With the growing spread of a new strain of Panama disease, which is devastating banana crops, there is an urgent need to boost their resilience - and potentially apply the same approach to protect other vulnerable crops.
19 June 2023
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Healthy gut microbiomes defined by five signatures
Researchers from the Quadram Institute and Earlham Institute have developed a new way to define states of the human gut microbiome, and how this links to our health.
12 June 2023
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Genomic resources to help boost climate resilience of fisheries
Candidate genes that could help fish to tolerate warmer and saltier water have been identified in new research from the Earlham Institute, potentially providing a vital resource to guide breeding programmes in freshwater aquaculture.
10 April 2023
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Engineered plants produce sex perfume to trick pests and replace pesticides
Tobacco plants have been engineered to manufacture an alluring perfume of insect sex pheromones, which could be used to confuse would-be pests looking for love and reduce the need for harmful pesticides.
28 March 2023
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Human body a breeding ground for antimicrobial resistance genes
The community of microbes living in and on our bodies may be acting as a reservoir for antibiotic resistance, according to new research from the Earlham Institute and Quadram Institute in Norwich.
06 February 2023
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Key tilapia genome offers boost to global food security
The first full, high-quality reference genome for a genetically improved tilapia strain has been published, offering the potential to improve food security for billions of the world’s poorest people.
10 January 2023
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Exotic wheat DNA could help breed ‘climate-proof’ crops
Wheat containing exotic DNA from wild relatives benefits from up to 50 per cent higher yields in hot weather compared with elite lines lacking these genes.
22 November 2022
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Sequencing project to unleash the huge potential of euglenoids
An ambitious plan to sequence the genomes of all known species of euglenoids over the next decade has been launched today.
24 October 2022
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Circadian clock insights could be key to increased wheat yields
New research carefully measuring the influence and regulation of the circadian clock in wheat could help breeders improve key agricultural traits in one of the world’s most important crops.