Research output per year
Research output per year
Organisation profile
Organisation profile
Website: MRC Human Genetics Unit
Director: Professor Wendy Bickmore, FRSE, FMEdSci
The Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit is at the forefront of research into human genetics. Its role is to advance the understanding of genetic factors implicated in human disease and normal and abnormal development and physiology.
The Unit's programmes of work cover the themes of developmental genetics, common disease genetics, chromosome biology and models for human genetic diseases. The unit is one of the largest MRC research establishments supporting approximately 220 scientists, support staff, fellows, PhD students and visiting scientists.
The Unit is a partner in the Institute of Genetics and Cancer (IGC) at The University of Edinburgh - an exciting development bringing together the MRC Human Genetics Unit, the Centre for Genomics and Experimental Medicine and the Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre.
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Profiles
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Ian Adams
- Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies - Chair position in Reproductive Biotechnologies
- Institute of Genetics and Cancer
- Institute of Genetics and Cancer - Personal Chair of Germline Biology
Person: Academic: Research Active
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Stuart Aitken
- MRC Human Genetics Unit
- Institute of Genetics and Cancer - Bioinformatician
Person: Academic: Research Active
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Molecular profiling and tumour biomarker analysis of GOG281/LOGS: a positive late-phase trial of trametinib for recurrent/persistent low grade-serous ovarian carcinoma
Hollis, R. L., Miller, A., A. Lankes, H., Wong, K.-K., Rodgers, W., Millan, D., Carty, K., L Coleman, R., N. Moore, K., Alvarez Secord, A., O'Malley, D. M., K Chan, J., R. Hagemann, A., Gaillard, S., R Guntupalli, S., Edelson, M., Rose, P. G., Dorigo, O., Banerjee, S. & Ewing, A. & 5 others, , 11 Dec 2025, In: Clinical Cancer Research.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cholangiocarcinoma 2025: Status Quo, unmet needs and priorities
Banales, J. M., Rodrigues, P. M., Affo, S., Andersen, J. B., Aspichueta, P., Boulter, L., Bridgewater, J., Calvisi, D. F., Cardenas, A., Cardinale, V., Carpino, G., Coulouarn, C., Dopazo, C., Edeline, J., Fabris, L., Folseraas, T., Forner, A., Goeppert, B., Heikenwalder, M. & Kendall, T. J. & 20 others, , 10 Dec 2025, Nature Publishing Group.Research output: Other contribution
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Methylome-wide association studies and epigenetic biomarker development for 133 mass spectrometry-assessed circulating proteins in 14,671 Generation Scotland participants
Robertson, J. A., Bajzik, J., Vernardis, S., Chybowska, A. D., McCartney, D. L., Grauslys, A., Mur, J., Smith, H. M., Campbell, A., Drake, C., Grant, H., Pearce, J., Russ, T. C., Adkin, P., White, M., Brigden, C., Messner, C. B., Porteous, D. J., Hayward, C. & Cox, S. R. & 4 others, , 8 Dec 2025, In: Genome Biology. 26, 1, p. 417Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile
Activities
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Edinburgh Chromatin, Epigenetics and Transcriptional Regulation Network
Vernimmen, D. (Organiser), Pennings, S. (Organiser), Malysz, K. (Speaker), Watson, J. (Speaker) & Friman, E. (Speaker)
13 Nov 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Edinburgh Chromatin, Epigenetics and Transcriptional Regulation Network
Vernimmen, D. (Organiser), Pennings, S. (Organiser), Benabdallah, N. (Speaker), Kumar, Y. (Speaker), Witteveldt, J. (Speaker) & Bresson, S. (Speaker)
6 Mar 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Anatomical Society Summer Meeting
Olova, N. (Organiser)
Dec 2023 → 31 Jul 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Prizes
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Anatomical Society Aging Cell Best Paper Prize 2019
Olova, N. (Recipient), Simpson, D. (Recipient), Marioni, R. (Recipient) & Chandra, T. (Recipient), 21 May 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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CMVM Student experience award
Navarro, P. (Recipient), 10 Nov 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Elected as a member of the Latin American Academy of Sciences (ACAL)
Caceres, J. (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Election to learned society
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Computational and Disease Genomics (Transition Programme)
Ponting, C. (Principal Investigator)
1/04/23 → 31/03/28
Project: Research
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Mechanisms of long-range gene regulation in craniofacial development and disease
Long, H. (Principal Investigator)
1/04/23 → 31/03/28
Project: Research
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RNA processing and gene regulation
Caceres, J. (Principal Investigator)
1/04/23 → 31/03/28
Project: Research
Datasets
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Data from: Phylogenetic sampling affects evolutionary patterns of morphological disparity
Smith, T. (Creator), Puttick, M. (Creator), O'Reilly, J. (Creator), Pisani, D. (Creator) & Donoghue, P. (Creator), Dryad, 23 Jul 2021
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.dncjsxkzw, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5123523 and 2 more links, https://zenodo.org/records/5123523, https://zenodo.org/records/5123525 (show fewer)
Dataset
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Fossilization processes have little impact on tip-calibrated divergence time analyses
O'Reilly, J. (Creator), Dryad, 17 Jun 2021
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.b2rbnzsd4, https://datadryad.org/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.b2rbnzsd4
Dataset
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ARTIC RSV amplicon sequencing reveals global RSV genotype dynamics
Maloney, D. (Creator), Fernandes, G. (Creator), Jasim, S. (Creator), Williams, T. (Creator), Namugenyi, S. (Creator), Carr, M. (Creator), Meyer, J. R. (Creator), Sharma, A. (Creator), Marshal, L. (Creator), Nunley, B. E. (Creator), Xie, H. (Creator), Carvajal, M. (Creator), Kunerth, H. D. (Creator), Tanmoy, A. (Creator), O'Toole, Á. (Creator), Weixler, A. (Creator), Lanter, K. (Creator), Gonzalez, G. (Creator), Sereewit, J. (Creator), Guevara, R. (Creator), Loose, M. (Creator), Fanning, P. M. (Creator), Benítez, D. (Creator), Fernandez, J. C. (Creator), Cárdenas, P. (Creator), Hare, D. (Creator), Greninger, A. (Creator), Williams, T. (Creator), Nebbai, G. (Creator), Fries, A. C. (Creator), McClure, P. (Creator), Roychoudhury, P. (Creator), Wang, X. (Creator), Saha, S. (Creator), Dewar, R. (Creator), Templeton, K. (Creator), Rambaut, A. (Creator), Sarah, N. (Creator), Mateo, C. (Creator), Amelia, W. (Creator), Gabrial, G. (Creator), Rommel, G. (Creator), Padraic, F. M. (Creator), Carlos, F. J. (Creator), Paúl, C. (Creator), Daniel, H. (Creator), Alex, G. (Creator), Patrick, M. (Creator), Pavitra, R. (Creator), Xiong, W. (Creator), Senjuti, S. (Creator) & Rebecca, D. (Creator), Zenodo, 3 Jun 2025
Dataset
Press/Media
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Science behind DecodeME points to better treatments for Covid-19
Vitart, V.
14/12/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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Evidence for 28 genetic disorders discovered by combining healthcare and research data
14/10/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research