Dr Peter Stockwell

Contact Details
- Phone
- +64 3 479 7359
- peter.stockwell@otago.ac.nz
University Links
- Position
- Scientific Officer
- Department
- Department of Pathology (Dunedin)
- Qualifications
- BSc(Hons) PhD
- Research summary
- Bioinformatics
- Teaching
- Postgraduate diploma in Clinical Bioinformatics (BINF701) beginning second semester 2023
Research
Peter’s role includes computer analysis of epigenetic data, especially from bisulphite sequencing. He also writes software to support the epigenetics analysis.
Publications
Rodger, E. J., Stockwell, P. A., Almomani, S., Eccles, M. R., & Chatterjee, A. (2023). Protocol for generating high-quality genome-scale DNA methylation sequencing data from human cancer biospecimens. STAR Protocols, 4, 102714. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2023.102714
Lynch-Sutherland, C. F., McDougall, L. I., Stockwell, P. A., Almomani, S. N., Weeks, R. J., Ludgate, J. L., … Chatterjee, A., … Eccles, M. R., & Macaulay, E. C. (2023). The transposable element-derived transcript of LIN28B has a placental origin and is not specific to tumours. Molecular Genetics & Genomics. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s00438-023-02033-1
Rodger, E. J., Gimenez, G., Ajithkumar, P., Stockwell, P. A., Almomani, S., Bowden, S. A., Leichter, A. L., Ahn, A., Pattison, S., McCall, J. L., … Frizelle, F. A., Eccles, M. R., Purcell, R. V., & Chatterjee, A. (2023). An epigenetic signature of advanced colorectal cancer metastasis. iScience, 26(6), 106986. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106986
Gimenez, G., Stockwell, P. A., Rodger, E. J., & Chatterjee, A. (2023). Strategy for RNA-seq experimental design and data analysis. In G. J. Seymour, M. P. Cullinan, N. C. K. Heng & P. R. Cooper (Eds.), Oral biology: Molecular techniques and applications: Methods in molecular biology (Vol. 2588). (3rd ed.) (pp. 249-278). New York, NY: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2780-8_16
Hossain, S. M., Gimenez, G., Stockwell, P. A., Tsai, P., Print, C. G., Rys, J., … Jackson, C., Chatterjee, A., & Eccles, M. R. (2022). Innate immune checkpoint inhibitor resistance is associated with melanoma sub-types exhibiting invasive and de-differentiated gene expression signatures. Frontiers in Immunology, 13, 955063. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.955063
Gimenez, G., Stockwell, P. A., Rodger, E. J., & Chatterjee, A. (2023). Strategy for RNA-seq experimental design and data analysis. In G. J. Seymour, M. P. Cullinan, N. C. K. Heng & P. R. Cooper (Eds.), Oral biology: Molecular techniques and applications: Methods in molecular biology (Vol. 2588). (3rd ed.) (pp. 249-278). New York, NY: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2780-8_16
Chapter in Book - Research
Al Momani, S., Rodger, E. J., Stockwell, P. A., Eccles, M. R., & Chatterjee, A. (2022). Generating sequencing-based DNA methylation maps from low DNA input samples. In J. Horsfield & J. Marsman (Eds.), Chromatin: Methods and protocols: Methods in molecular biology (Vol. 2458). (pp. 3-21). New York, NY: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2140-0_1
Chapter in Book - Research
Chatterjee, A., Ahn, A., Rodger, E. J., Stockwell, P. A., & Eccles, M. R. (2018). A guide for designing and analyzing RNA-Seq data. In N. Raghavachari & N. Garcia-Reyero (Eds.), Gene expression analysis: Methods in molecular biology (Vol. 1783). (pp. 35-80). New York, NY: Humana Press. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7834-2_3
Chapter in Book - Research
Chatterjee, A., Rodger, E. J., Morison, I. M., Eccles, M. R., & Stockwell, P. A. (2017). Tools and strategies for analysis of genome-wide and gene-specific DNA methylation patterns. In G. J. Seymour, M. P. Cullinan & N. C. K. Heng (Eds.), Oral biology: Molecular techniques and applications: Methods in molecular biology (Vol. 1537). (2nd ed.) (pp. 249-277). New York, NY: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6685-1_15
Chapter in Book - Research
Chatterjee, A., Rodger, E. J., Stockwell, P. A., Le Mée, G., & Morison, I. M. (2017). Generating multiple base-resolution DNA methylomes using reduced representation bisulfite sequencing. In G. J. Seymour, M. P. Cullinan & N. C. K. Heng (Eds.), Oral biology: Molecular techniques and applications: Methods in molecular biology (Vol. 1537). (2nd ed.) (pp. 279-298). New York, NY: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6685-1_16
Chapter in Book - Research
Lynch-Sutherland, C. F., McDougall, L. I., Stockwell, P. A., Almomani, S. N., Weeks, R. J., Ludgate, J. L., … Chatterjee, A., … Eccles, M. R., & Macaulay, E. C. (2023). The transposable element-derived transcript of LIN28B has a placental origin and is not specific to tumours. Molecular Genetics & Genomics. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s00438-023-02033-1
Journal - Research Article
Rodger, E. J., Gimenez, G., Ajithkumar, P., Stockwell, P. A., Almomani, S., Bowden, S. A., Leichter, A. L., Ahn, A., Pattison, S., McCall, J. L., … Frizelle, F. A., Eccles, M. R., Purcell, R. V., & Chatterjee, A. (2023). An epigenetic signature of advanced colorectal cancer metastasis. iScience, 26(6), 106986. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106986
Journal - Research Article
Helliwell, A. M., Stockwell, P. A., Edgar, C. D., Chatterjee, A., & Tate, W. P. (2022). Dynamic epigenetic changes during a relapse and recovery cycle in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue ayndrome. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23(19), 11852. doi: 10.3390/ijms231911852
Journal - Research Article
Hossain, S. M., Gimenez, G., Stockwell, P. A., Tsai, P., Print, C. G., Rys, J., … Jackson, C., Chatterjee, A., & Eccles, M. R. (2022). Innate immune checkpoint inhibitor resistance is associated with melanoma sub-types exhibiting invasive and de-differentiated gene expression signatures. Frontiers in Immunology, 13, 955063. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.955063
Journal - Research Article
Ahn, A., Rodger, E. J., Motwani, J., Gimenez, G., Stockwell, P. A., Parry, M., … Chatterjee, A., & Eccles, M. R. (2021). Transcriptional reprogramming and constitutive PD-L1 expression in melanoma are associated with dedifferentiation and activation of interferon and tumour necrosis factor signalling pathways. Cancers, 13, 4250. doi: 10.3390/cancers13174250
Journal - Research Article
Motwani, J., Rodger, E. J., Stockwell, P. A., Baguley, B. C., Macaulay, E. C., & Eccles, M. R. (2021). Genome-wide DNA methylation and RNA expression differences correlate with invasiveness in melanoma cell lines. Epigenomics, 13(8), 577-598. doi: 10.2217/epi-2020-0440
Journal - Research Article
Stockwell, P. A., Lynch-Sutherland, C. F., Chatterjee, A., Macaulay, E. C., & Eccles, M. R. (2021). RepExpress: A novel pipeline for the quantification and characterization of transposable element expression from RNA-seq data. Current Protocols, 1(8), e206. doi: 10.1002/cpz1.206
Journal - Research Article
Tschirley, A. M., Stockwell, P. A., Rodger, E. J., Eltherington, O., Morison, I. M., Christensen, N., Chatterjee, A., & Hibma, M. (2021). The mouse papillomavirus epigenetic signature is characterised by DNA hypermethylation after lesion regression. Viruses, 13, 2045. doi: 10.3390/v13102045
Journal - Research Article
Voisin, A.-S., Ulloa, V. S., Stockwell, P., Chatterjee, A., & Silvestre, F. (2021). Genome-wide DNA methylation of the liver reveals delayed effects of early-life exposure to 17-α-ethinylestradiol in the self-fertilizing mangrove rivulus. Epigenetics, 17(5), 473-497. doi: 10.1080/15592294.2021.1921337
Journal - Research Article
Bowden, S. A., Stockwell, P. A., Rodger, E. J., Parry, M. F., Eccles, M. R., Stayner, C., & Chatterjee, A. (2020). Extensive inter-cyst DNA methylation variation in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease revealed by genome scale sequencing. Frontiers in Genetics, 11, 348. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2020.00348
Journal - Research Article
Harrop, T. W. R., Guhlin, J., McLaughlin, G. M., Permina, E., Stockwell, P., Gilligan, J., Le Lec, M. F., Gruber, M. A. M., … Lovegrove, M., … Dearden, P. K. (2020). High-quality assemblies for three invasive social wasps from the Vespula genus. Genes Genomes Genetics, 10, 3479-3488. doi: 10.1534/g3.120.401579
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Helliwell, A. M., Sweetman, E. C., Stockwell, P. A., Edgar, C. D., Chatterjee, A., & Tate, W. P. (2020). Changes in DNA methylation profiles of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome patients reflect systemic dysfunctions. Clinical Epigenetics, 12(1), 167. doi: 10.1186/s13148-020-00960-z
Journal - Research Article
Lynch-Sutherland, C. F., Chatterjee, A., Stockwell, P. A., Eccles, M. R., & Macaulay, E. C. (2020). Reawakening the developmental origins of cancer through transposable elements. Frontiers in Oncology, 10, 468. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2020.00468
Journal - Research Article
Rodger, E. J., Chatterjee, A., Stockwell, P. A., & Eccles, M. R. (2019). Characterisation of DNA methylation changes in EBF3 and TBC1D16 associated with tumour progression and metastasis in multiple cancer types. Clinical Epigenetics, 11, 114. doi: 10.1186/s13148-019-0710-5
Journal - Research Article
Chatterjee, A., Rodger, E. J., Ahn, A., Stockwell, P. A., Parry, M., Motwani, J., … Eccles, M. R., & Hersey, P. (2018). Marked global DNA hypomethylation is associated with constitutive PD-L1 expression in melanoma. iScience, 4, 312-325. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2018.05.021
Journal - Research Article
Falisse, E., Ducos, B., Stockwell, P. A., Morison, I. M., Chatterjee, A., & Silvestre, F. (2018). DNA methylation and gene expression alterations in zebrafish early-life stages exposed to the antibacterial agent triclosan. Environmental Pollution, 243(Part B), 1867-1877. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.10.004
Journal - Research Article
Thunders, M., Chinn, V., Bilewitch, J., & Stockwell, P. (2018). Identification of potential 'lifestyle-responsive' epigenomic biomarkers in healthy women aged 18-40. Biomarkers, 23(5), 453-461. doi: 10.1080/1354750x.2018.1443512
Journal - Research Article
Chatterjee, A., Macaulay, E. C., Ahn, A., Ludgate, J. L., Stockwell, P. A., Weeks, R. J., Parry, M. F., Foster, T. J., … Eccles, M. R., & Morison, I. M. (2017). Comparative assessment of DNA methylation patterns between reduced representation bisulfite sequencing and Sequenom EpiTyper methylation analysis. Epigenomics, 9(6), 823-832. doi: 10.2217/epi-2016-0176
Journal - Research Article
Chatterjee, A., Stockwell, P. A., Ahn, A., Rodger, E. J., Leichter, A. L., & Eccles, M. R. (2017). Genome-wide methylation sequencing of paired primary and metastatic cell lines identifies common DNA methylation changes and a role for EBF3 as a candidate epigenetic driver of melanoma metastasis. Oncotarget, 8(4), 6085-6101. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.14042
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Ludgate, J. L., Wright, J., Stockwell, P. A., Morison, I. M., Eccles, M. R., & Chatterjee, A. (2017). A streamlined method for analysing genome-wide DNA methylation patterns from low amounts of FFPE DNA. BMC Medical Genomics, 10, 54. doi: 10.1186/s12920-017-0290-1
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Poulter, R., Taiaroa, G., Sumpter, N., Stockwell, P., & Butler, M. (2017). Complete genome sequence of the kiwifruit pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae biovar 5, originating from Japan. Genome Announcements, 5(50), e01409-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01409-17
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Chatterjee, A., Lagisz, M., Rodger, E. J., Zhen, L., Stockwell, P. A., Duncan, E. J., Horsfield, J. A., … Nakagawa, S. (2016). Sex differences in DNA methylation and expression in zebrafish brain: A test of an extended ‘male sex drive’ hypothesis. Gene, 590, 307-316. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2016.05.042
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Chatterjee, A., Macaulay, E. C., Rodger, E. J., Stockwell, P. A., Parry, M. F., Roberts, H. E., Slatter, T. L., Hung, N. A., Devenish, C. J., & Morison, I. M. (2016). Placental hypomethylation is more pronounced in genomic loci devoid of retroelements. Genes Genomes Genetics, 6(7), 1911-1921. doi: 10.1534/g3.116.030379
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Chatterjee, A., Stockwell, P. A., Rodger, E. J., & Morison, I. M. (2016). Genome-scale DNA methylome and transcriptome profiling of human neutrophils. Scientific Data, 3, 160019. doi: 10.1038/sdata.2016.19
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Chatterjee, A., Stockwell, P. A., Rodger, E. J., Parry, M. F., & Eccles, M. R. (2016). scan_tcga tools for integrated epigenomic and transcriptomic analysis of tumor subgroups. Epigenomics, 8(10), 1315-1330. doi: 10.2217/epi-2016-0063
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Chatterjee, A., Stockwell, P. A., Rodger, E. J., Duncan, E. J., Parry, M. F., Weeks, R. J., & Morison, I. M. (2015). Genome-wide DNA methylation map of human neutrophils reveals widespread inter-individual epigenetic variation. Scientific Reports, 5, 17328. doi: 10.1038/srep17328
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Ha, M., Sabherwal, M., Duncan, E., Stevens, S., Stockwell, P., McConnell, M., Bekhit, A. E.-D., & Carne, A. (2015). In-depth characterization of sheep (Ovis aries) milk whey proteome and comparison with cow (Bos taurus). PLoS ONE, 10(10), e0139774. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139774
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Morris, J. N., Crawford, T. S., Jeffs, A., Stockwell, P. A., Eaton-Rye, J. J., & Summerfield, T. C. (2014). Whole genome re-sequencing of two ‘wild-type’ strains of the model cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. New Zealand Journal of Botany, 52(1), 36-47. doi: 10.1080/0028825X.2013.846267
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Stockwell, P. A., Chatterjee, A., Rodger, E. J., & Morison, I. M. (2014). DMAP: Differential methylation analysis package for RRBS and WGBS data. Bioinformatics, 30(13), 1814-1822. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btu126
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Butler, M. I., Stockwell, P. A., Black, M. A., Day, R. C., Lamont, I. L., & Poulter, R. T. M. (2013). Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae from recent outbreaks of kiwifruit bacterial canker belong to different clones that originated in China. PLoS ONE, 8(2), e57464. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057464
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Chatterjee, A., Ozaki, Y., Stockwell, P. A., Horsfield, J. A., Morison, I. M., & Nakagawa, S. (2013). Mapping the zebrafish brain methylome using reduced representation bisulfite sequencing. Epigenetics, 8(9), 979-989. doi: 10.4161/epi.25797
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Chatterjee, A., Rodger, E. J., Stockwell, P. A., Weeks, R. J., & Morison, I. M. (2012). Technical considerations for reduced representation bisulfite sequencing with multiplexed libraries. Journal of Biomedicine & Biotechnology, 2012, 741542. doi: 10.1155/2012/741542
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Chatterjee, A., Stockwell, P. A., Rodger, E. J., & Morison, I. M. (2012). Comparison of alignment software for genome-wide bisulphite sequence data. Nucleic Acids Research, 40(10), e79. doi: 10.1093/nar/gks150
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Kalamorz, F., Keis, S., McMillan, D. G. G., Olsson, K., Stanton, J.-A., Stockwell, P., Black, M. A., … Cook, G. M. (2011). Draft genome sequence of the thermoalkaliphilic Caldalkalibacillus thermarum strain TA2.A1. Journal of Bacteriology, 193(16), 4290-4291. doi: 10.1128/jb.05035-11
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Simpson, G. G., Laurie, R. E., Dijkwel, P. P., Quesada, V., Stockwell, P. A., Dean, C., & Macknight, R. C. (2010). Noncanonical translation initiation of the Arabidopsis flowering time and alternative polyadenylation regulator FCA. Plant Cell, 22(11), 3764-3777. doi: 10.1105/tpc.110.077990
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Jacobs, G. H., Chen, A., Stevens, S. G., Stockwell, P. A., Black, M. A., Tate, W. P., & Brown, C. M. (2009). Transterm: A database to aid the analysis of regulatory sequences in mRNAs. Nucleic Acids Research, 37(Database issue), D72-D76. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkn763
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Jacobs, G. H., Stockwell, P. A., Tate, W. P., & Brown, C. M. (2006). Transterm: Extended search facilities and improved integration with other databases. Nucleic Acids Research, 34(Database), D37-D40.
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Jacobs, G. H., Rackham, O., Stockwell, P. A., Tate, W. P., & Brown, C. M. (2002). Transterm: a database of mRNAs and translational control elements. Nucleic Acids Research, 30, 310-311.
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Hubbard, M. J., Faught, M. J., Carlisle, B. H., & Stockwell, P. A. (2001). ToothPrint a proteomic database for dental tissues. Proteomics, 1, 132-135.
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Jacobs, G. H., Stockwell, P. A., Schreiber, M. J., Tate, W. P., & Brown, C. M. (2000). Transterm: A database of messenger RNA components and signals. Nucleic Acids Research, 28, 293-295.
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Sowerby, S. J., Stockwell, P. A., Heckl, W. M., & Petersen, G. B. (2000). Self-programmable, self-assembling, two dimensional genetic matter. Origins of Life & Evolution of the Biosphere, 30, 81-99.
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Brown, C. M., Jacobs, G. H., Schreiber, M. J., Magnum, J., McNaughton, J. C., Cambray, M., Futschik, M., Major, L. L., Rackham, O., Tate, W. P., … Stockwell, P. A., & Kasabov, N. K. (1999). Using bioinformatics to investigate post-transcriptional control of gene expression. New Zealand BioScience, 7, 11-12.
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Dalphin, M. E., Stockwell, P. A., Tate, W. P., & Brown, C. M. (1999). TransTerm, the translational signal database, extended to include full coding sequences and untranslated regions. Nucleic Acids Research, 27, 293-294.
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Dalphin, M. E., Brown, C. M., Stockwell, P. A., & Tate, W. P. (1998). The translational signal database, TransTerm, is now a relational database. Nucleic Acids Research, 26, 335-337.
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McNaughton, J. C., Cockburn, D. J., Hughes, G., Jones, W. A., Laing, N. G., Ray, P. N., Stockwell, P. A., & Petersen, G. B. (1998). Is gene deletion in eukaryotes sequence-dependent? A study of nine deletion junctions and nineteen other deletion breakpoints in intron 7 of the human dystrophin gene. Gene, 222, 41-51.
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Dalphin, M. E., Brown, C. M., Stockwell, P. A., & Tate, W. P. (1997). The translational signal database, TransTerm: more organisms, complete genomes. Nucleic Acids Research, 25, 246-247.
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McNaughton, J. C., Hughes, G., Jones, W. A., Stockwell, P. A., Klamut, H. J., & Petersen, G. B. (1997). The evolution of an intron: analysis of a long, deletion-prone intron in the human dystrophin gene. Genomics, 40(2), 294-304.
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Dalphin, M. E., Brown, C., Stockwell, P. A., & Tate, W. P. (1996). TransTerm: a database of translational signals. Nucleic Acids Research, 24, 216-218.
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Rodger, E. J., Stockwell, P. A., Almomani, S., Eccles, M. R., & Chatterjee, A. (2023). Protocol for generating high-quality genome-scale DNA methylation sequencing data from human cancer biospecimens. STAR Protocols, 4, 102714. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2023.102714
Journal - Research Other
Thunders, M., Holley, A., Harding, S., Stockwell, P., & Larsen, P. (2019). Using NGS-methylation profiling to understand the molecular pathogenesis of young MI patients who have subsequent cardiac events [Brief report]. Epigenetics, 14(6), 536-544. doi: 10.1080/15592294.2019.1605815
Journal - Research Other
Chatterjee, A., Stockwell, P. A., Horsfield, J. A., Morison, I. M., & Nakagawa, S. (2014). Base-resolution DNA methylation landscape of zebrafish brain and liver [Data in brief]. Genomics Data, 2, 342-344. doi: 10.1016/j.gdata.2014.10.008
Journal - Research Other