Email: joris.veltman@ncl.ac.uk

Research profile and key clinical specialties

My areas of expertise are:

• Genomics technology
• Male infertility genetics
• Translational genomics
• Personalised medicine

Two key publications

• Gilissen C, Hehir-Kwa JY, Thung DT, van de Vorst M, van Bon BW, Willemsen MH, Kwint M, Janssen IM, Hoischen A, Schenck A, Leach R, Klein R, Tearle R, Bo T, Pfundt R, Yntema HG, de Vries BB, Kleefstra T, Brunner HG#, Vissers LE, Veltman JA. Genome sequencing identifies major causes of severe intellectual disability. Nature 511: 344-7 (2014).
• Vissers LE, de Ligt J, Gilissen C, Janssen I, Steehouwer M, de Vries P, van Lier B, Arts P, Wieskamp N, Del Rosario M, van Bon BW, Hoischen A, de Vries BB, Brunner HG, Veltman JA. A de novo paradigm for mental retardation. Nature Genetics 42: 1109-12 (2010).

Possible PhD projects

• Genetic of severe male infertility.
• Improved detection of de novo mutations using long read sequencing.
• Assessing the risks of assisted reproductive technologies for the offspring.

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Keywords: male, infertility, Joris, Veltman, Newcastle

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