
Overview
Background
Naomi Wray is the Michael Davys Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford. She holds an appointment at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) within the University of Queensland. She joined UQ Queensland Brain Institute in 2011 moving to the IMB in 2015. She was Head of the Centre for Population & Disease Genomics within IMB 2018-2023. Her Oxford appointment started in 2023.
Her research focuses on development and application of quantitative genetics and genomics methodologies across complex diseases, disorders and traits, but particularly psychiatric-related traits.
She is a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Leadership Fellow, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science. In 2020 she was awarded the NHMRC Elizabeth Blackburn Award for Leadership in Basic Science and the 2021 International Society of Psychiatric Genetics Ming Tsuang Lifetime Achievement Award. She is a Clarivate Highly Cited researcher.
She was Director of the Program in Complex Trait Genomics (PCTG) funded as an NHMRC Program Grant 2017-2022. She plays a key role in the International Psychiatric Genomics Consortium and established the sporadic ALS Australia systems genomics consortium (SALSA) funded by the MND Research Australia IceBucket Challenge and FightMND. She is a co-investigator on the Australian Genetics of Depression Study (AGDS) and is currently launching the AGDS-Cello project focussed on establishing a cell line resource from participants with a detailed history of anti-depressant use and response measures. She is part of an NHMRC Synergy (2023-2027) "Rhythms and blues: Personalising care for body clock dysfunction in mood disorders".
She is secretary of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics, and is on the editorial advisory boards of JAMA Psychiatry, Neuron, Royal Society Open and Research Directions: Depression.
Availability
- Professor Naomi Wray is:
- Not available for supervision
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Edinburgh
Research interests
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Genetics of complex genetic traits, disease and disorders
Quantitative genetics methodology Genetics of Psychiatric Disorder Genetics of Motor Neurone Disease Genetics of Cognitive Ageing Systems Genomics
Works
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2022
Journal Article
Association between DNA methylation variability and self-reported exposure to heavy metals
Freydenzon, Anna, Nabais, Marta F., Lin, Tian, Williams, Kelly L., Wallace, Leanne, Henders, Anjali K., Blair, Ian P., Wray, Naomi R., Pamphlett, Roger and McRae, Allan F. (2022). Association between DNA methylation variability and self-reported exposure to heavy metals. Scientific Reports, 12 (1) 10582, 1-9. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-13892-w
2022
Journal Article
Comprehensive genetic analysis of the human lipidome identifies loci associated with lipid homeostasis with links to coronary artery disease
Cadby, Gemma, Giles, Corey, Melton, Phillip E., Huynh, Kevin, Mellett, Natalie A., Duong, Thy, Nguyen, Anh, Cinel, Michelle, Smith, Alex, Olshansky, Gavriel, Wang, Tingting, Brozynska, Marta, Inouye, Mike, McCarthy, Nina S., Ariff, Amir, Hung, Joseph, Hui, Jennie, Beilby, John, Dubé, Marie-Pierre, Watts, Gerald F., Shah, Sonia, Wray, Naomi R., Lim, Wei Ling Florence, Chatterjee, Pratishtha, Martins, Ian, Laws, Simon M., Porter, Tenielle, Vacher, Michael, Bush, Ashley I. ... Moses, Eric K. (2022). Comprehensive genetic analysis of the human lipidome identifies loci associated with lipid homeostasis with links to coronary artery disease. Nature Communications, 13 (1) 3124, 1-17. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-30875-7
2022
Journal Article
Identifying the Common Genetic Basis of Antidepressant Response
Pain, Oliver, Hodgson, Karen, Trubetskoy, Vassily, Ripke, Stephan, Marshe, Victoria S., Adams, Mark J., Byrne, Enda M., Campos, Adrian I., Carrillo-Roa, Tania, Cattaneo, Annamaria, Als, Thomas D., Souery, Daniel, Dernovsek, Mojca Z., Fabbri, Chiara, Hayward, Caroline, Henigsberg, Neven, Hauser, Joanna, Kennedy, James L., Lenze, Eric J., Lewis, Glyn, Müller, Daniel J., Martin, Nicholas G., Mulsant, Benoit H., Mors, Ole, Perroud, Nader, Porteous, David J., Rentería, Miguel E., Reynolds, Charles F., Rietschel, Marcella ... Major Depressive Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (2022). Identifying the Common Genetic Basis of Antidepressant Response. Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science, 2 (2), 115-126. doi: 10.1016/j.bpsgos.2021.07.008
2022
Journal Article
Mapping genomic loci implicates genes and synaptic biology in schizophrenia
Trubetskoy, Vassily, Pardiñas, Antonio F, Qi, Ting, Panagiotaropoulou, Georgia, Awasthi, Swapnil, Bigdeli, Tim B, Bryois, Julien, Chen, Chia-Yen, Dennison, Charlotte A, Hall, Lynsey S, Lam, Max, Watanabe, Kyoko, Frei, Oleksandr, Ge, Tian, Harwood, Janet C, Koopmans, Frank, Magnusson, Sigurdur, Richards, Alexander L, Sidorenko, Julia, Wu, Yang, Zeng, Jian, Grove, Jakob, Kim, Minsoo, Li, Zhiqiang, Voloudakis, Georgios, Zhang, Wen, Adams, Mark, Agartz, Ingrid, Atkinson, Elizabeth G ... Schizophrenia Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (2022). Mapping genomic loci implicates genes and synaptic biology in schizophrenia. Nature, 604 (7906), 502-508. doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04434-5
2022
Journal Article
The role of critical immune genes in brain disorders: insights from neuroimaging immunogenetics
Bian, Beilei, Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Wray, Naomi R. and McRae, Allan F. (2022). The role of critical immune genes in brain disorders: insights from neuroimaging immunogenetics. Brain Communications, 4 (2) fcac078, fcac078. doi: 10.1093/braincomms/fcac078
2022
Journal Article
Genome-wide identification of the genetic basis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Zhang, Sai, Cooper-Knock, Johnathan, Weimer, Annika K., Shi, Minyi, Moll, Tobias, Marshall, Jack N.G., Harvey, Calum, Nezhad, Helia Ghahremani, Franklin, John, Souza, Cleide dos Santos, Ning, Ke, Wang, Cheng, Li, Jingjing, Dilliott, Allison A., Farhan, Sali, Elhaik, Eran, Pasniceanu, Iris, Livesey, Matthew R., Eitan, Chen, Hornstein, Eran, Kenna, Kevin P., Blair, Ian, Wray, Naomi R., Kiernan, Matthew, Mitne Neto, Miguel, Chio, Adriano, Cauchi, Ruben, Robberecht, Wim, van Damme, Philip ... Snyder, Michael P. (2022). Genome-wide identification of the genetic basis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Neuron, 110 (6), 992-1008. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2021.12.019
2022
Journal Article
Perinatal depression is associated with a higher polygenic risk for major depressive disorder than non-perinatal depression
Kiewa, Jacqueline, Meltzer‐Brody, Samantha, Milgrom, Jeanette, Guintivano, Jerry, Hickie, Ian B., Whiteman, David C., Olsen, Catherine M., Colodro‐Conde, Lucía, Medland, Sarah E., Martin, Nicholas G., Wray, Naomi R. and Byrne, Enda M. (2022). Perinatal depression is associated with a higher polygenic risk for major depressive disorder than non-perinatal depression. Depression and Anxiety, 39 (3), 182-191. doi: 10.1002/da.23232
2022
Journal Article
Genome-wide study of DNA methylation shows alterations in metabolic, inflammatory, and cholesterol pathways in ALS
Hop, Paul J., Zwamborn, Ramona A.J., Hannon, Eilis, Shireby, Gemma L., Nabais, Marta F., Walker, Emma M., van Rheenen, Wouter, van Vugt, Joke J.F.A., Dekker, Annelot M., Westeneng, Henk-Jan, Tazelaar, Gijs H.P., van Eijk, Kristel R., Moisse, Matthieu, Baird, Denis, Al Khleifat, Ahmad, Iacoangeli, Alfredo, Ticozzi, Nicola, Ratti, Antonia, Cooper-Knock, Jonathan, Morrison, Karen E., Shaw, Pamela J., Basak, A. Nazli, Chiò, Adriano, Calvo, Andrea, Moglia, Cristina, Canosa, Antonio, Brunetti, Maura, Grassano, Maurizio, Gotkine, Marc ... Brain MEND Consortium (2022). Genome-wide study of DNA methylation shows alterations in metabolic, inflammatory, and cholesterol pathways in ALS. Science Translational Medicine, 14 (633) eabj0264, 1-15. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abj0264
2022
Journal Article
Methylome-wide association study of early life stressors and adult mental health
Howard, David M., Pain, Oliver, Arathimos, Ryan, Barbu, Miruna C., Amador, Carmen, Walker, Rosie M., Jermy, Bradley, Adams, Mark J., Deary, Ian J., Porteous, David, Campbell, Archie, Sullivan, Patrick F., Evans, Kathryn L., Arseneault, Louise, Wray, Naomi R., Meaney, Michael, McIntosh, Andrew M. and Lewis, Cathryn M. (2022). Methylome-wide association study of early life stressors and adult mental health. Human Molecular Genetics, 31 (4), 651-664. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddab274
2022
Journal Article
Dissecting the shared genetic architecture of suicide attempt, psychiatric disorders, and known risk factors
Mullins, Niamh, Kang, JooEun, Campos, Adrian I., Coleman, Jonathan R I, Edwards, Alexis C., Galfalvy, Hanga, Levey, Daniel F., Lori, Adriana, Shabalin, Andrey, Starnawska, Anna, Su, Mei-Hsin, Watson, Hunna J., Adams, Mark, Awasthi, Swapnil, Gandal, Michael, Hafferty, Jonathan D., Hishimoto, Akitoyo, Kim, Minsoo, Okazaki, Satoshi, Otsuka, Ikuo, Ripke, Stephan, Ware, Erin B., Bergen, Andrew W., Berrettini, Wade H., Bohus, Martin, Brandt, Harry, Chang, Xiao, Chen, Wei J., Chen, Hsi-Chung ... Ruderfer, Douglas M. (2022). Dissecting the shared genetic architecture of suicide attempt, psychiatric disorders, and known risk factors. Biological Psychiatry, 91 (3), 313-327. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2021.05.029
2022
Journal Article
Author Correction: Common and rare variant association analyses in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis identify 15 risk loci with distinct genetic architectures and neuron-specific biology
van Rheenen, Wouter, van der Spek, Rick A. A., Bakker, Mark K., van Vugt, Joke J. F. A., Hop, Paul J., Zwamborn, Ramona A. J., de Klein, Niek, Westra, Harm-Jan, Bakker, Olivier B., Deelen, Patrick, Shireby, Gemma, Hannon, Eilis, Moisse, Matthieu, Baird, Denis, Restuadi, Restuadi, Dolzhenko, Egor, Dekker, Annelot M., Gawor, Klara, Westeneng, Henk-Jan, Tazelaar, Gijs H. P., van Eijk, Kristel R., Kooyman, Maarten, Byrne, Ross P., Doherty, Mark, Heverin, Mark, Al Khleifat, Ahmad, Iacoangeli, Alfredo, Shatunov, Aleksey, Ticozzi, Nicola ... SLAP Consortium (2022). Author Correction: Common and rare variant association analyses in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis identify 15 risk loci with distinct genetic architectures and neuron-specific biology. Nature Genetics, 54 (3), 361-361. doi: 10.1038/s41588-022-01020-3
2022
Journal Article
Impact of CYP2C19 metaboliser status on SSRI response: a retrospective study of 9500 participants of the Australian Genetics of Depression Study
Campos, Adrian I., Byrne, Enda M., Mitchell, Brittany L., Wray, Naomi R., Lind, Penelope A., Licinio, Julio, Medland, Sarah E., Martin, Nicholas G., Hickie, Ian B. and Rentería, Miguel E. (2022). Impact of CYP2C19 metaboliser status on SSRI response: a retrospective study of 9500 participants of the Australian Genetics of Depression Study. The Pharmacogenomics Journal, 22 (2), 130-135. doi: 10.1038/s41397-022-00267-7
2022
Journal Article
Functional characterisation of the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis risk locus GPX3/TNIP1
Restuadi, Restuadi, Steyn, Frederik J., Kabashi, Edor, Ngo, Shyuan T., Cheng, Fei-Fei, Nabais, Marta F., Thompson, Mike J., Qi, Ting, Wu, Yang, Henders, Anjali K., Wallace, Leanne, Bye, Chris R., Turner, Bradley J., Ziser, Laura, Mathers, Susan, McCombe, Pamela A., Needham, Merrilee, Schultz, David, Kiernan, Matthew C., van Rheenen, Wouter, van den Berg, Leonard H., Veldink, Jan H., Ophoff, Roel, Gusev, Alexander, Zaitlen, Noah, McRae, Allan F., Henderson, Robert D., Wray, Naomi R., Giacomotto, Jean and Garton, Fleur C. (2022). Functional characterisation of the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis risk locus GPX3/TNIP1. Genome Medicine, 14 (1) 7, 7. doi: 10.1186/s13073-021-01006-6
2021
Journal Article
Common and rare variant association analyses in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis identify 15 risk loci with distinct genetic architectures and neuron-specific biology
van Rheenen, Wouter, van der Spek, Rick A. A., Bakker, Mark K., van Vugt, Joke J. F. A., Hop, Paul J., Zwamborn, Ramona A. J., de Klein, Niek, Westra, Harm-Jan, Bakker, Olivier B., Deelen, Patrick, Shireby, Gemma, Hannon, Eilis, Moisse, Matthieu, Baird, Denis, Restuadi, Restuadi, Dolzhenko, Egor, Dekker, Annelot M., Gawor, Klara, Westeneng, Henk-Jan, Tazelaar, Gijs H. P., van Eijk, Kristel R., Kooyman, Maarten, Byrne, Ross P., Doherty, Mark, Heverin, Mark, Al Khleifat, Ahmad, Iacoangeli, Alfredo, Shatunov, Aleksey, Ticozzi, Nicola ... SLAP Consortium (2021). Common and rare variant association analyses in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis identify 15 risk loci with distinct genetic architectures and neuron-specific biology. Nature Genetics, 53 (12), 1636-1648. doi: 10.1038/s41588-021-00973-1
2021
Journal Article
Autism-related dietary preferences mediate autism-gut microbiome associations
Yap, Chloe X., Henders, Anjali K., Alvares, Gail A., Wood, David L.A., Krause, Lutz, Tyson, Gene W., Restuadi, Restuadi, Wallace, Leanne, McLaren, Tiana, Hansell, Narelle K., Cleary, Dominique, Grove, Rachel, Hafekost, Claire, Harun, Alexis, Holdsworth, Helen, Jellett, Rachel, Khan, Feroza, Lawson, Lauren P., Leslie, Jodie, Frenk, Mira Levis, Masi, Anne, Mathew, Nisha E., Muniandy, Melanie, Nothard, Michaela, Miller, Jessica L., Nunn, Lorelle, Holtmann, Gerald, Strike, Lachlan T., de Zubicaray, Greig I. ... Gratten, Jacob (2021). Autism-related dietary preferences mediate autism-gut microbiome associations. Cell, 184 (24), 5916-5931.e17. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.10.015
2021
Other Outputs
Lifetime Prevalence and Risk Factors for Perinatal Depression in a Large Cohort of Women with Depression
Kiewa, Jacqueline, Meltzer-Brody, Samantha, Milgrom, Jeanette, Bennett, Elizabeth, Mackle, Tracey, Guintivano, Jerry, Hickie, Ian B, Colodro-Conde, Lucía, Medland, Sarah, Martin, Nicholas G, Wray, Naomi R and Byrne, Enda M (2021). Lifetime Prevalence and Risk Factors for Perinatal Depression in a Large Cohort of Women with Depression. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-362347/v2
2021
Journal Article
Understanding genetic risk factors for common side effects of antidepressant medications
Campos, Adrian I., Mulcahy, Aoibhe, Thorp, Jackson G., Wray, Naomi R., Byrne, Enda M., Lind, Penelope A., Medland, Sarah E., Martin, Nicholas G., Hickie, Ian B. and Rentería, Miguel E. (2021). Understanding genetic risk factors for common side effects of antidepressant medications. Communications Medicine, 1 (1) 45, 1-10. doi: 10.1038/s43856-021-00046-8
2021
Journal Article
A comparison of ten polygenic score methods for psychiatric disorders applied across multiple cohorts
Ni, Guiyan, Zeng, Jian, Revez, Joana A., Wang, Ying, Zheng, Zhili, Ge, Tian, Restuadi, Restuadi, Kiewa, Jacqueline, Nyholt, Dale R., Coleman, Jonathan R.I., Smoller, Jordan W., Yang, Jian, Visscher, Peter M. and Wray, Naomi R. (2021). A comparison of ten polygenic score methods for psychiatric disorders applied across multiple cohorts. Biological Psychiatry, 90 (9), 611-620. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2021.04.018
2021
Journal Article
The Australian Genetics of Depression Study: new risk loci and dissecting heterogeneity between subtypes
Mitchell, Brittany L., Campos, Adrian I., Whiteman, David C., Olsen, Catherine M., Gordon, Scott D., Walker, Adam J., Dean, Olivia M., Berk, Michael, Hickie, Ian B., Medland, Sarah E., Wray, Naomi R., Martin, Nicholas G. and Byrne, Enda M. (2021). The Australian Genetics of Depression Study: new risk loci and dissecting heterogeneity between subtypes. Biological Psychiatry, 92 (3), 227-235. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2021.10.021
2021
Journal Article
Polygenic burden could explain high rates of affective disorders in a community with restricted founder population
Wang, Xiaotong, Lin, Tian, Yengo, Loic, Sidorenko, Julia, Wray, Naomi R. and Levinson, Douglas F. (2021). Polygenic burden could explain high rates of affective disorders in a community with restricted founder population. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 186 (6), 367-375. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32876
Funding
Current funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Professor Naomi Wray is:
- Not available for supervision
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
ELUCIDATING LIFESTYLE AND GENETIC FACTORS UNDERLYING DEPRESSION HETEROGENEITY AND TREATMENT RESPONSE
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Enda Byrne
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Doctor Philosophy
Multi-Omic Analyses of a Clinical Trial Cohort of Young People at Ultra-High Risk for Psychosis
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Enda Byrne, Dr Allan McRae
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Doctor Philosophy
Genetics of childhood onset psychiatric symptoms, their persistence and comorbidity with other traits
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Enda Byrne
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding cellular and molecular heterogeneity in endometriosis using multi-omics data
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Sally Mortlock, Dr Allan McRae
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Doctor Philosophy
Genetic architecture and evolution of complex traits across populations in humans
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Peter Visscher, Dr Fleur Garton, Dr Jian Zeng
Completed supervision
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Studying the effects of DNA methylation variation across neurodegenerative disorders
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Allan McRae
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Genetic analyses of complex traits using biobank data
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Peter Visscher
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
A Complex Trait Genomics Approach to Investigating Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Allan McRae
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
The Genetic Architecture of Psychiatric Disorders
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Peter Visscher
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
The Role of Cytokines and Inflammatory Markers in Depression in Adolescents
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Gerard Byrne, Professor James Scott, Professor Nick Martin
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Using genomic data to advance understanding of heart failure aetiology
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Sonia Shah
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Development and application of statistical methods to identify genes and cell types associated with complex traits
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Jian Zeng
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Complement Modulation of Peripheral Immunity in Motor Neurone Disease and Huntington's Disease
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr John Lee, Professor Trent Woodruff
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
The Genomics of Perinatal Depression
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Enda Byrne
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Exploring the influence of genetics and heritability on the heterogeneity of ADHD presentations
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Sarah Medland
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Systems biology of motor neurone disease
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Shyuan Ngo, Dr Allan McRae
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Multi-omics data offer systemic insights into autism
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Gerald Holtmann, Honorary Professor Jake Gratten
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Genetic influences on substance use behaviour, substance use disorders and psychiatric disorders
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Sarah Medland, Professor Nick Martin, Dr Lucia Colodro-Conde
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Improving fine-mapping methodology using DNA methylation as a model trait
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Peter Visscher, Dr Allan McRae
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2018
Master Philosophy
Integrating genome-wide association study data with gene expression to understand complex traits and common diseases
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Allan McRae, Honorary Professor Jake Gratten
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