Overview
Background
Dr Ewing leads the Translational Bioinformatics Group at the Mater Research Institute - UQ, located at the Translational Research Institute (TRI). His research interests follow a common theme of developing and applying computational methods to investigate genomic mutation in evolutionary and disease-related processes. Dr Ewing is a key collaborator on an array of projects spanning from basic research into clinical applications of Bioinformatics.
Availability
- Associate Professor Adam Ewing is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania
Research interests
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Computational methods for sequence analysis
Works
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2021
Journal Article
Long-read cDNA sequencing identifies functional pseudogenes in the human transcriptome
Troskie, Robin-Lee, Jafrani, Yohaann, Mercer, Tim R., Ewing, Adam D., Faulkner, Geoffrey J. and Cheetham, Seth W. (2021). Long-read cDNA sequencing identifies functional pseudogenes in the human transcriptome. Genome Biology, 22 (1) 146, 1-15. doi: 10.1186/s13059-021-02369-0
2021
Journal Article
Microdeletion of 9q22.3: a patient with minimal deletion size associated with a severe phenotype
Ewing, Adam D., Cheetham, Seth W., McGill, James J., Sharkey, Michael, Walker, Rick, West, Jennifer A., West, Malcolm J. and Summers, Kim M. (2021). Microdeletion of 9q22.3: a patient with minimal deletion size associated with a severe phenotype. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, 185 (7) ajmg.a.62224, 2070-2083. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.62224
2020
Journal Article
Nanopore sequencing enables comprehensive transposable element epigenomic profiling
Ewing, Adam D., Smits, Nathan, Sanchez-Luque, Francisco J., Faivre, Jamila, Brennan, Paul M., Richardson, Sandra R., Cheetham, Seth W. and Faulkner, Geoffrey J. (2020). Nanopore sequencing enables comprehensive transposable element epigenomic profiling. Molecular Cell, 80 (5), 915-928.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2020.10.024
2020
Journal Article
Multiscale imaging of basal cell dynamics in the functionally mature mammary gland
Stevenson, Alexander J., Vanwalleghem, Gilles, Stewart, Teneale A., Condon, Nicholas D., Lloyd-Lewis, Bethan, Marino, Natascia, Putney, James W., Scott, Ethan K., Ewing, Adam D. and Davis, Felicity M. (2020). Multiscale imaging of basal cell dynamics in the functionally mature mammary gland. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117 (43), 1-11. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2016905117
2020
Journal Article
Whole genome investigation of an atypical autism case identifies a novel ANOS1 mutation with subsequent diagnosis of Kallmann syndrome
Dawson, Paul A., Lee, Soohyun, Ewing, Adam D., Prins, Johannes B. and Heussler, Helen S. (2020). Whole genome investigation of an atypical autism case identifies a novel ANOS1 mutation with subsequent diagnosis of Kallmann syndrome. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports, 23 100593, 100593. doi: 10.1016/j.ymgmr.2020.100593
2020
Journal Article
Modulation of placental gene expression in small-for-gestational-age infants
O’Callaghan, Jessica L., Clifton, Vicki L., Prentis, Peter, Ewing, Adam, Miller, Yvette D. and Pelzer, Elise S. (2020). Modulation of placental gene expression in small-for-gestational-age infants. Genes, 11 (1) 80, 80. doi: 10.3390/genes11010080
2020
Journal Article
A community effort to create standards for evaluating tumor subclonal reconstruction
Salcedo, Adriana, Tarabichi, Maxime, Espiritu, Shadrielle Melijah G., Deshwar, Amit G., David, Matei, Wilson, Nathan M., Dentro, Stefan, Wintersinger, Jeff A., Liu, Lydia Y., Ko, Minjeong, Sivanandan, Srinivasan, Zhang, Hongjiu, Zhu, Kaiyi, Ou Yang, Tai-Hsien, Chilton, John M., Buchanan, Alex, Lalansingh, Christopher M., P’ng, Christine, Anghel, Catalina V., Umar, Imaad, Lo, Bryan, Zou, William, Jha, Alokkumar, Huang, Tanxiao, Yang, Tsun-Po, Peifer, Martin, Sahinalp, Cenk, Malikic, Salem, Vázquez-García, Ignacio ... Boutros, Paul C. (2020). A community effort to create standards for evaluating tumor subclonal reconstruction. Nature Biotechnology, 38 (1), 97-107. doi: 10.1038/s41587-019-0364-z
2019
Journal Article
CDCP1 enhances Wnt signaling in colorectal cancer promoting nuclear localization of β-catenin and E-cadherin
He, Yaowu, Davies, Claire M., Harrington, Brittney S., Hellmers, Linh, Sheng, Yonghua, Broomfield, Amy, McGann, Thomas, Bastick, Kate, Zhong, Laurie, Wu, Andy, Maresh, Grace, McChesney, Shannon, Yau Wong, Kuan, Adams, Mark N., Sullivan, Ryan C., Palmer, James S., Burke, Lez J., Ewing, Adam D., Zhang, Xin, Margolin, David, Li, Li, Lourie, Rohan, Matsika, Admire, Srinivasan, Bhuvana, McGuckin, Michael A., Lumley, John W. and Hooper, John D. (2019). CDCP1 enhances Wnt signaling in colorectal cancer promoting nuclear localization of β-catenin and E-cadherin. Oncogene, 39 (1), 219-233. doi: 10.1038/s41388-019-0983-3
2019
Journal Article
LINE-1 Evasion of epigenetic repression in humans
Sanchez-Luque, Francisco J., Kempen, Marie-Jeanne H.C., Gerdes, Patricia, Vargas-Landin, Dulce B., Richardson, Sandra R., Troskie, Robin-Lee, Jesuadian, J. Samuel, Cheetham, Seth W., Carreira, Patricia E., Salvador-Palomeque, Carmen, García-Cañadas, Marta, Muñoz-Lopez, Martin, Sanchez, Laura, Lundberg, Mischa, Macia, Angela, Heras, Sara R., Brennan, Paul M., Lister, Ryan, Garcia-Perez, Jose L., Ewing, Adam D. and Faulkner, Geoffrey J. (2019). LINE-1 Evasion of epigenetic repression in humans. Molecular Cell, 75 (3), 590-604.e12. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2019.05.024
2019
Journal Article
Dynamic methylation of an L1 transduction family during reprogramming and neurodifferentiation
Salvador-Palomeque, Carmen, Sanchez-Luque, Francisco J., Fortuna, Patrick R. J., Ewing, Adam D., Wolvetang, Ernst J., Richardson, Sandra R. and Faulkner, Geoffrey J. (2019). Dynamic methylation of an L1 transduction family during reprogramming and neurodifferentiation. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 39 (7) e00499-18, 1-19. doi: 10.1128/mcb.00499-18
2019
Journal Article
Arginine to glutamine variant in olfactomedin like 3 (OLFML3) is a candidate for severe goniodysgenesis and glaucoma in the border collie dog breed
Pugh, Carys A., Farrell, Lindsay L., Carlisle, Ailsa J., Bush, Stephen J., Ewing, Adam, Trejo-Reveles, Violeta, Matika, Oswald, de Kloet, Arne, Walsh, Caitlin, Bishop, Stephen C., Prendergast, James G. D., Rainger, Joe, Schoenebeck, Jeffrey J. and Summers, Kim M. (2019). Arginine to glutamine variant in olfactomedin like 3 (OLFML3) is a candidate for severe goniodysgenesis and glaucoma in the border collie dog breed. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 9 (3), 943-954. doi: 10.1534/g3.118.200944
2018
Journal Article
Combining accurate tumor genome simulation with crowdsourcing to benchmark somatic structural variant detection
Lee, Anna Y., Ewing, Adam D., Ellrott, Kyle, Hu, Yin, Houlahan, Kathleen E., Bare, J. Christopher, Espiritu, Shadrielle Melijah G., Huang, Vincent, Dang, Kristen, Chong, Zechen, Caloian, Cristian, Yamaguchi, Takafumi N., Kellen, Michael R., Chen, Ken, Norman, Thea C., Friend, Stephen H., Guinney, Justin, Stolovitzky, Gustavo, Haussler, David, Margolin, Adam A., Stuart, Joshua M. and Boutros, Paul C. (2018). Combining accurate tumor genome simulation with crowdsourcing to benchmark somatic structural variant detection. Genome Biology, 19 (1) 188, 188. doi: 10.1186/s13059-018-1539-5
2018
Journal Article
Rare variants in Fanconi anemia genes are enriched in acute myeloid leukemia
Maung, Kyaw Ze Ya, Leo, Paul J., Bassal, Mahmoud, Casolari, Debora A., Gray, James X., Bray, Sarah C., Pederson, Stephen, Singhal, Deepak, Samaraweera, Saumya E., Nguyen, Tran, Cildir, Gökhan, Marshall, Mhairi, Ewing, Adam, Duncan, Emma L., Brown, Matthew A., Saal, Russell, Tergaonkar, Vinay, To, Luen Bik, Marlton, Paula, Gill, Devinder, Lewis, Ian, Deans, Andrew J., Brown, Anna L., D’Andrea, Richard J. and Gonda, Thomas J. (2018). Rare variants in Fanconi anemia genes are enriched in acute myeloid leukemia. Blood Cancer Journal, 8 (6) 50, 50. doi: 10.1038/s41408-018-0090-7
2018
Journal Article
Human-specific NOTCH2NL genes affect notch signaling and cortical neurogenesis
Fiddes, Ian T., Lodewijk, Gerrald A., Mooring, Meghan, Bosworth, Colleen M., Ewing, Adam D., Mantalas, Gary L., Novak, Adam M., van den Bout, Anouk, Bishara, Alex, Rosenkrantz, Jimi L., Lorig-Roach, Ryan, Field, Andrew R., Haeussler, Maximilian, Russo, Lotte, Bhaduri, Aparna, Nowakowski, Tomasz J., Pollen, Alex A., Dougherty, Max L., Nuttle, Xander, Addor, Marie-Claude, Zwolinski, Simon, Katzman, Sol, Kriegstein, Arnold, Eichler, Evan E., Salama, Sofie R., Jacobs, Frank M.J. and Haussler, David (2018). Human-specific NOTCH2NL genes affect notch signaling and cortical neurogenesis. Cell, 173 (6), 1356-1369. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.03.051
2018
Journal Article
L1 retrotransposition is a common feature of mammalian hepatocarcinogenesis
Schauer, Stephanie N., Carreira, Patricia E., Shukla, Ruchi, Gerhardt, Daniel J., Gerdes, Patricia, Sanchez-Luque, Francisco J., Nicoli, Paola, Kindlova, Michaela, Ghisletti, Serena, Santos, Alexandre Dos, Rapoud, Delphine, Samuel, Didier, Faivre, Jamila, Ewing, Adam D., Richardson, Sandra R. and Faulkner, Geoffrey J. (2018). L1 retrotransposition is a common feature of mammalian hepatocarcinogenesis. Genome Research, 28 (5), 639-653. doi: 10.1101/gr.226993.117
2018
Journal Article
Germline contamination and leakage in whole genome somatic single nucleotide variant detection
Sendorek, Dorota H., Caloian, Cristian, Ellrott, Kyle, Bare, J Christopher, Yamaguchi, Takafumi N., Ewing, Adam D., Houlahan, Kathleen E., Norman, Thea C., Margolin, Adam A., Stuart, Joshua M. and Boutros, Paul C. (2018). Germline contamination and leakage in whole genome somatic single nucleotide variant detection. BMC Bioinformatics, 19 (1) 28, 1-9. doi: 10.1186/s12859-018-2046-0
2018
Journal Article
L1 retrotransposon heterogeneity in ovarian tumor cell evolution
Nguyen, Thu H. M., Carreira, Patricia E., Sanchez-Luque, Francisco J., Schauer, Stephanie N., Fagg, Allister C., Richardson, Sandra R., Davies, Claire M., Jesuadian, J. Samuel, Kempen, Marie-Jeanne H. C., Troskie, Robin-Lee, James, Cini, Beaven, Elizabeth A., Wallis, Tristan P., Coward, Jermaine I. G., Chetty, Naven P., Crandon, Alexander J., Venter, Deon J., Armes, Jane E., Perrin, Lewis C., Hooper, John D., Ewing, Adam D., Upton, Kyle R. and Faulkner, Geoffrey J. (2018). L1 retrotransposon heterogeneity in ovarian tumor cell evolution. Cell Reports, 23 (13), 3730-3740. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.05.090
2017
Other Outputs
Combining accurate tumour genome simulation with crowd-sourcing to benchmark somatic structural variant detection
Lee, Anna Y., Ewing, Adam D., Ellrott, Kyle, Hu, Yin, Houlahan, Kathleen E., Bare, J.Christopher, Espiritu, Shadrielle Melijah G., Huang, Vincent, Dang, Kristen, Chong, Zechen, Caloian, Cristian, Yamaguchi, Takafumi N., Participants, ICGC-TCGA DREAM Somatic Mutation Calling Challenge, Kellen, Michael R., Chen, Ken, Norman, Thea C., Friend, Stephen H., Guinney, Justin, Stolovitzky, Gustavo, Haussler, David, Margolin, Adam A., Stuart, Joshua M. and Boutros, Paul C. (2017). Combining accurate tumour genome simulation with crowd-sourcing to benchmark somatic structural variant detection. doi: 10.1101/224733
2017
Other Outputs
Germline Contamination and Leakage in Whole Genome Somatic Single Nucleotide Variant Detection
Sendorek, Dorota H., Caloian, Cristian, Ellrott, Kyle, Bare, J. Christopher, Yamaguchi, Takafumi N., Ewing, Adam D., Houlahan, Kathleen E., Norman, Thea C., Margolin, Adam A., Stuart, Joshua M. and Boutros, Paul C. (2017). Germline Contamination and Leakage in Whole Genome Somatic Single Nucleotide Variant Detection. doi: 10.1101/204370
2017
Journal Article
On the role of H3.3 in retroviral silencing
Wolf, Gernot, Rebollo, Rita, Karimi, Mohammad M., Ewing, Adam D., Kamada, Rui, Wu, Warren, Wu, Brenda, Bachu, Mahesh, Ozato, Keiko, Faulkner, Geoffrey J., Mager, Dixie L., Lorincz, Matthew C. and Macfarlan, Todd S. (2017). On the role of H3.3 in retroviral silencing. Nature, 548 (7665), E1-E6. doi: 10.1038/nature23277
Funding
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Supervision
Availability
- Associate Professor Adam Ewing is:
- Available for supervision
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Available projects
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Developing software to support Cancer Genomics
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Genomic and epigenomic correlates of prostate cancer therapy
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Applying long-read sequencing technologies to cancer genomes
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Jodi Saunus, Dr Yuanhao Yang, Dr Sandra Richardson
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Doctor Philosophy
Genomic and epigenomic correlates of prostate cancer therapy
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Longitudinal evaluation of glucocorticoid receptor isoforms and glucocorticoid responsive genes in medical patients on prednisolone.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Warrick Inder
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Doctor Philosophy
Mobile DNA Activity in the Mammalian Primordial Germline
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Josephine Bowles, Dr Sandra Richardson
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Doctor Philosophy
Epigenomic determinants of chemotherapy response in triple-negative breast cancer
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Chris Pyke, Dr Jodi Saunus
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Doctor Philosophy
Epigenomic determinants of chemotherapy response in triple-negative breast cancer
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Chris Pyke, Dr Jodi Saunus
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Master Philosophy
Developing Companion Biomarkers Application in Follicular Lymphoma
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Maher Gandhi, Dr Joshua Tobin
Completed supervision
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Investigating a possible causal relationship between bone mineral density, osteoarthritis, and chronic pain
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Daniel Hwang, Dr John Kemp
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Nanopore Sequencing for Mobile Element Research: The Long and Short of It
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Seth Cheetham, Professor Geoff Faulkner
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Functional coding and noncoding pseudogenes in the human genome
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Geoff Faulkner, Associate Professor Seth Cheetham
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