News 2018

How MRC HGU is contributing to global biobanking efforts

Mutations in Idh3a lead to defects in mitochondrial dysfunction: Dec 2018

Pleasantine Mill honoured with the 2019 Women in Cell Biology Early Career Medal: December 2018

Chromatin environment of CRISPR-Cas9 target sites affects rate of mutagenesis, but not types of mutation or frequency

UK biobank study reveals nearly 200 genes for hair colour: December 2018

Mutations in DNA replication gene, polymerase epsilon, lead to growth restriction, adrenal dysfunction and immunodeficiency: November 2018

Interplay between DNA methylation and Polycomb at key developmental regulators helps determine organism size in mammals: November 2018

Seeing is believing: monitoring real time changes in cilia during cell division in our bodies: November 2018

Hastie's Career Advancement Fund will support talented early-career scientists at IGMM: November 2018

David FitzPatrick honoured with Chancellor's Award for Impact at Holyrood Palace

Researchers, families and advocates discuss research, diagnostics  and the patient and family perspective for primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD): October 2018

Scientists have developed an atlas of genetic associations with data from over 452,000 individuals: October 2018

Gilbert and colleagues describe a new method for prediction of the 3 dimensional folding of chromatin in a Molecular Cell paper: October 2018

Patton and IGMM colleagues demonstrate potential use for nifuroxazide in melanoma: October 2018

International scientific meeting of Chromatin3D training network: September 2018

Collaborative workshop between Units held at the MRC HGU: September 2018

The fifth annual summer school of the Edinburgh Super-Resolution Imaging Consortium (ESRIC) took place at the MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine from the 16th - 20th July. It was attended by 32 students who came from as far afield as Canada and Australia to learn from leaders in the field and access state of the art technologies: August 2018

RNASEH2 deficiency impairs ribonucleotide excision repair to confer PARP inhibitor sensitivity: July 2018

Research challenges prior model of immune activation in Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome

It’s been another successful year for the Science Insights work experience week: August 2018

Findings may help guide clinical care: July 2018

Two new PAX6 regulatory elements identified and characterised

For the MRC Festival of Medical Research, the MRC Human Genetics Unit celebrated research findings that public participation in Generation Scotland has made possible: June 2018

Ian Jackson Inaugural Lecture - first at IGMM: June 2018

Congratulations to Irene Kallimasioti and Ilya Flyamer for winning the 2018 John Inglis prize for the best student presentation: June 2018

Chaperone protein could provide new therapeutic avenue for primary ciliary dyskinesia

Fellowship will support computational study of protein complexes in normal biological processes and human disease

PhD studentship will study immune differences in patients with ME: May 2018

Genetics of corneal thickness link to corneal disease: May 2018

​​​​​​​The MRC Human Genetics Unit has received a £53 million funding boost from the Medical Research Council (MRC), supporting research at the Unit for the next five years: May 2018

MRC Harwell join MRC Human Genetics Unit researchers in Edinburgh for a joint scientific meeting: April 2018

Congratulations to Dr David Hunt, who is based between the MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine and the Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, for winning the Medical Research Foundation’s first Emerging Leaders Prize: April 2018

The MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine hosted the first “Science at the Interface to Industry” 3 day workshop: April 2018

MRC HGU researchers win poster prizes and participate in Biotexcel Genomic Medicine meeting 2018: April 2018

Scientists in Edinburgh are leading a groundbreaking study that could help doctors and scientists identify patients at risk of developing bowel cancer and find new treatments for the disease: April 2018

Crow, Jackson and Ralston awarded grants to study interferonopathies, brain size and Paget’s disease: April 2018

Different types of ligand binding site affect the way that protein complexes have evolved: April 2018

Up to 8 fellows who have acquired strong data analytical and/or computational skills from their PhD studies in physics, mathematics, computer science, engineering, or similar are to be recruited: Closing date 8 March 2018

Visible Women initiative – celebrating women making a difference to society: March 2018

Professor Chris Ponting has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: February 2018

Drugs normally used to treat cancer could reduce the disfigurements of thousands of children born with life-threatening blood vessel defects: February 2018

The MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine launched its 2018-2022 Health, Safety and Wellbeing Strategy on Monday 5 February 2018

A new genetic cause of Cornelia de Lange–like syndrome improves our understanding of how our genome controls our development: January 2018

New Year Honour for IGMM Director: January 2018

The study in immune cells may help to explain why some people develop resistance to these drugs, which have powerful anti-inflammatory benefits: December 2017

Outstanding candidates are being invited to join an MRC funded 4-year multi-disciplinary PhD programme in Human Genetics, Genomics and Disease at the MRC Human Genetics Unit (HGU), within the Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine (IGMM) at the University of Edinburgh: December 2017

The annual Edinburgh Super-Resolution Imaging Consortium (ESRIC) Symposium Meeting promotes interdisciplinary research in advanced and super-resolution optical imaging and its application to biomedical science: December 2017