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Thesis title: Exploring Trait Architecture of Human Complex Traits Related to Anthropometrics and Cardio-Metabolism in Generation Scotland

Genetics and Molecular Medicine (PhD)

Year of study: 4

  • MRC Human Genetics Unit
  • MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine

Contact details

PhD supervisors:

Address

Street

MRC Human Genetics Unit
MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine
The University of Edinburgh
Western General Hospital
Crewe Road

City
Edinburgh
Post code
EH4 2XU

Biography

Background

Charley Xia is a PhD student at the MRC Human Genetics Unit. Charley studied Biological Sciences in Fudan University of Shanghai and undertook his MSc in Quantitative Genetics in University of Edinburgh. He was awarded Sir Kenneth Mather Memorial Prize and Douglas Falconer Prize for his work in MSc. In 2014, he was offered Edinburgh Global Research Scholarship and joined Chris Haley’s group as a PhD student, where he started his research into exploring human complex trait architecture.

Qualifications

2012 BSc. in Biological Sciences. Fudan University, Shanghai, China

2013 MSc. in Quantitative Genetics and Genome Analysis. University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

Postgraduate teaching

MSc Teaching

I have been participated in some computer practicals of the QGGA MSc in KB 

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