MRC Human Genetics Unit
Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit

Seminar series

The Seminar Series attracts distinguished scientists from around the world working in the fields of genetics, molecular medicine and cancer research, and whose research complements that being done at the Institute of Genetics and Cancer.

Sessions are open to all within CMVM, University of Edinburgh - Please contact seminars@igc.ed.ac.uk for more information.

Unless stated, seminars take place on Thursdays at 1pm in the IGC Lecture Theatre

2023

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Thursday 16th March

Donal O’Carrol

Centre for Regenerative Medicine and Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, UoE

Deciphering the epigenetic mechanisms of the non-canonical SMC protein SMCHD1

Tuesday 21st March 11am  (PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A Tuesday)

Marnie Blewitt

The Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne

Human mouse disease positioning, codons, and data

Thursday 23rd March

Professor Crispin Miller

CRUK Beatson Institute, Glasgow

Host: Colin Semple

Title - TBC

Thursday 30th March

Greg Findlay

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Host: Greg Kudla

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Thursday 20th April

Professor Anne Schaefer

Max Planck Institute for Biology and Ageing, Cologne

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Thursday 23rd March

Professor Crispin Miller

CRUK Beatson Institute, Glasgow

Title - TBC

Thursday 4th May

Professor Melissa Little

Center for Stem Cell Medicine, reNEW, Copenhagen and Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne

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Thursday 11th May

Dr Jamie Hackett

EMBL, Rome

Host: Olga Stepanova

Title - TBC

Thursday 18th May

Gabriel Balmus 

UK Dementia, Cambridge

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Thursday 25th May

Dr Ge Guo

Living Systems Institute, University of Exeter

Title - TBC

Thursday 1st June

Professor Deborah BOURC'HIS

Institut Curie

Host: Duncan Sproul

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Thursday 8th June

Mariya Moosajee

UCL-Crick

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Thursday 15th June

Christine Klein

Lubeck, Germany            

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Thursday 22nd June

Nathalie Spassky

IBENS-ENS, Paris

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Thursday 5th October

Professor Andrew Beggs

University of Birmingham

Host: Professor Val Brunton