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The MRC Human Genetics Unit at the University of Edinburgh discovers how changes in our DNA impact our lives
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http://www.ed.ac.uk/mrc-human-genetics-unit 08-11-2016 14:08:40
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Fascinating work by team The University of Edinburgh who set out to unravel lung disease #PCD and made a breakthrough discovery in one of their own patientsš
EXC Young Scot one of only 12 people in world found to have rare lung disorder gene heraldscotland.com/news/health/24ā¦
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Fascinating work. Weldone to all the researchers involved. #ciliopathies ed.ac.uk/institute-geneā¦
Registration closes 21 March for the Mutations in Space and Time conference, Edinburgh 23-25 April. A fascinating programme will explore the wider significance of mutagenesis and genetic variation. Supported by MRC_HGU The Genetics Society Active Motif More here: mutationmeeting.com
Research Assistant post available in the Chromatin Regulators in Cancer lab led by Dr Nezha Benabdallah Nezha Benabdallah ! Application deadline 11 March 2024. Details in the link below š:
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New study from authors including Caroline Hayward, and using data from Generation Scotland, uncovers the mechanisms behind pregnancy sickness and nausea. Institute of Genetics and Cancer MRC_HGU
Read more here: ed.ac.uk/centre-genomicā¦
The family of a woman who died from a brain tumour aged just 31 have unveiled a plaque on the wall of the Neil Carragher Research Group lab in Edinburgh Cancer Research Institute of Genetics and Cancer, where the work theyāve helped to fund takes place. Read more on our website: ed.ac.uk/cancer-centre/ā¦
Congratulations to Caroline Hayward, who recently retired after 45 years of service, on receiving the title of Professor Emeritus from The University of Edinburgh. She talks to Shona M Kerr about her career for the Institute of Genetics and Cancer
blog, read the article here:blogs.ed.ac.uk/institute-geneā¦ #IDWGS #IDWGS 24
Warm welcome to our new Principal Investigator Dr Nezha Benabdallah Nezha Benabdallahš! Nezha leads the Chromatin Regulators in Cancer research group. Her scientific interests focus on sarcoma research and chromatin biology. Read more on our website:
ed.ac.uk/cancer-centre/ā¦
It was a great pleasure to host our partner in the Horizon Europe Teaming for Excellence: RACE project, IIMCB, Warsaw, Poland for the RACE Teaming kickoff meeting. The start of an amazing collaborative journey together #RACEkickoff Institute of Genetics and Cancer
So happy to see this preprint - the result of years of behind the scenes bioinformatics graft and painstakingly careful analysis. Massive kudos to Ailith Ewing and Colin Semple for pulling it all together into a cohesive narrative.
Prof Chris Ponting Chris Ponting š and team, @PrecisionLife and Action for M.E. have been awarded a grant by Innovate UK's Advancing Precision Medicine programme to improve diagnosis and treatment for millions of people in the UK affected by #MECFS and #longCOVID . ed.ac.uk/mrc-human-geneā¦
Researchers from MRC_HGU show slower DNA methylation rates in longer lived mammals, such as whales, compared to shorter lived mammals, like rats. Read more about new paper from Systems Biology of Ageing and Disease in Nature Aging here: ed.ac.uk/institute-geneā¦