CPChris Ponting — no licensed photograph is available, so the academic plate is shown instead.

Academic

Chris Ponting

Professor of Genetics at the University of Edinburgh, co-lead investigator of Sequence ME & Long Covid

Press citations

2

Topic

1

Long Covid

Last quoted

Sept 2026

Chris Ponting: key facts

Kind of voice
Academic
Role
Professor of Genetics at the University of Edinburgh, co-lead investigator of Sequence ME & Long Covid
Quoted on
Long Covid
Tracked press citations
2
Most recently quoted
30 Sept 2026

“By deeply sequencing the complete genomes of 6,000 DecodeME participants using advanced long-read technology, this project will allow us to pinpoint individual genes disrupted in ME/CFS, moving beyond broader chromosomal signals identified to date.”

What Chris Ponting has said

Where Chris Ponting has been quoted

  1. Thousands of ME/CFS patients to benefit from genomics studygov.uk · 30 Sept 2026
  2. Trial By Error: Interview with Chris Ponting about "Sequence ME & Long Covid"virology.ws · 30 Sept 2026

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