Email:edmundgilbert@rcsi.com
Add:111 St. Stephens Green, Dublin 2, Ireland
Biography
Dr Gilbert is a researcher in population genetics and genomics. Dr Gilbert studied his undergraduate and Masters in Biochemistory and Genetics at the University of Nottingham in the UK before moving to RCSI in 2015 where he completed his PhD in population genetics and genomics. Dr Gilbert is currently a Lecture in the School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, and is also a member of the RCSI FutureNeuro SFI Research Centre
Research Interests
Dr Gilbert's research is focused on the genetics of human populations, with a focus of Irish and British ancestry. His research aims to understand the role of history on the extant genetic variation of a population. During his PhD and postdoctoral research Dr Gilbert has been leader author on studies investigating the genetics of Ireland, neighbouring Scotland, and the Irish genetic isolate population of the Irish Travellers.
Recent Publications
1.The Newfoundland and Labrador mosaic founder population descends from an Irish and British diaspora from 300 years ago.[Journal Article]Gilbert E, Zurel H, MacMillan ME, Demiriz S, Mirhendi S, Merrigan M, O’Reilly S, Molloy AM, Brody LC, Bodmer W, Leach RA, Scott REM, Mugford G, Randhawa R, Stephens JC, Symington AL, Cavalleri G, Phillips MSPublished 28 Apr 2023
2.The genetic history of Scandinavia from the Roman Iron Age to the present.[Journal Article]Rodríguez-Varela R, Gilbert E, Cavalleri G, Götherström APublished 5 Jan 2023
3.The population genomic legacy of the second plague pandemic.[Journal Article]Gopalakrishnan S, Gilbert E, Cavalleri G, Gilbert MTPPublished 30 Sep 2022
4.Population history and genome wide association studies of birth weight in a native high altitude Ladakhi population.[Journal Article]Bhandari S, Dolma P, Mukerji M, Prasher B, Montgomery H, Kular D, Jain V, Dadhwal V, Williams DJ, Bhattacharyaa A, Gilbert E, Cavalleri G, Hillman SLPublished 20 Sep 2022
5.Revealing the recent demographic history of Europe via haplotype sharing in the UK Biobank.[Journal Article]Gilbert E, Shanmugam A, Cavalleri GPublished 13 Jun 2022
6.The genetic landscape of polycystic kidney disease in Ireland.[Journal Article]Benson K, Murray S, R.Senum S, Elhassan E, Conlon ET, Kennedy C, Conlon S, Gilbert E, Connaughton D, O'Hara P, Khamis S, Cormican S, Brody LC, Mollloy AM, Lynch SA, Casserly L, Griffin MD, Carton R, Yachnin K, Harris PC, Cavalleri G, Conlon PPublished 16 Jan 2021
7.The ENIGMA-Epilepsy working group: Mapping disease from large data sets.[Journal Article]Sisodiya SM, Whelan C, Cavalleri G, Group ENIGMACEWPublished 29 May 2020
8. The genetic landscape of Scotland and the Isles. [Journal Article] Gilbert E, O'Reilly S, Merrigan M, McGettigan D, Vitart V, Joshi PK, Clark DW, Campbell H, Hayward C, Ring SM, Golding J, Goodfellow S, Navarro P, Kerr SM, Amador C, Campbell A, Haley CS, Porteous DJ, Cavalleri GL, Wilson JF, Cavalleri G Published 17 Sep 2019
