Biography
Dr Rodrigo Duarte is a Research Fellow (Lecturer or Assistant Professor grade equivalent) in the Psychiatric Biogerontology & Translational Medicine Group led by Dr Timothy Powell. He is based at the Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre (SGDP) at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN).
His work explores the biological processes underlying genetic susceptibility to psychiatric conditions and other heritable conditions, including infectious diseases. He uses bioinformatics and data from cell models and clinical studies to functionally characterise genes and transposable elements associated with these complex traits.
He has experience in bioinformatics, statistical genetics, molecular biology and tissue culture.
Research interests
- Population genetics
- Transposable elements
- Transcriptomics
- Psychiatry
- Immunology and infectious diseases
Research groups
Psychiatric Biogerontology & Translational Medicine (Powell)
Teaching
Dr Duarte teaches on the Developmental Psychology & Psychopathology MSc, and is a Teaching Fellow for the Applied Neuroscience MSc and the Psychology & Neuroscience of Mental Health MSc programmes at King’s College London.
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Depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder linked with ancient viral DNA in our genome – new research
Around 8% of human DNA is made up of genetic sequences acquired from ancient viruses. These sequences, known as human endogenous retroviruses (or Hervs), date...
Ancient viral DNA in the human genome linked to major psychiatric disorders
New research has found that thousands of DNA sequences originating from ancient viral infections are expressed in the brain, with some contributing to...
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Depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder linked with ancient viral DNA in our genome – new research
Around 8% of human DNA is made up of genetic sequences acquired from ancient viruses. These sequences, known as human endogenous retroviruses (or Hervs), date...
Ancient viral DNA in the human genome linked to major psychiatric disorders
New research has found that thousands of DNA sequences originating from ancient viral infections are expressed in the brain, with some contributing to...