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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 one of the funded centres in the Institute of Genetics and Cancer (IGC) at The University of Edinburgh - which constitutes one of the largest aggregates of human molecular genetics and biology research capacity in the UK and brings together nearly 400 research and support scientists in a single, scientific endeavour.
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Profiles
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Ian Adams
- MRC Human Genetics Unit
- Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies - Chair position in Reproductive Biotechnologies
- Institute of Genetics and Cancer
- School of Genetics and Cancer - Personal Chair of Germline Biology
Person: Academic: Research Active
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Stuart Aitken
- MRC Human Genetics Unit
- School of Genetics and Cancer - Bioinformatician
Person: Academic: Research Active
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Identifying severe COVID-19 risk variants modulating enhancer reporter activity in lung cells
Weykopf, G., Bickmore, W. A., Biddie, S. C. & Friman, E. T., 17 Jul 2026, In: PLoS Genetics.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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NANOG Assembles into Self-Limiting Aging Micelles That Drive a Sol-Gel Transition and Modulate DNA Dynamics
Hong-Minh, A., Fosado, Y. A. G., Guild, A., Mullin, N., Spagnolo, L., Chambers, I. & Michieletto, D., 3 Jul 2026, In: Physical Review Letters. 137, 1, p. 1-7 7 p., 018402.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Interferon-α as a precision medicine tool in Sjögren's disease: a cohort and experimental medicine study
Forbes, D., Jorgacevic, I., Tarn, J., Reid, K. R., Rioux, B., Thompson, K., Kleemann, K. L., McGlasson, S., Casement, J., Berry, J., Müller, P., Eberle-Reece, H., Haase, C., Conn, B., Boon, L., McDade, K., Whiteley, W., Roers, A., Ng, W.-F. & Behrendt, R. & 1 others, , 2 Jul 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: The Lancet Rheumatology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
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Edinburgh Chromatin, Epigenetics and Transcriptional Regulation Network
Vernimmen, D. (Organiser), Pennings, S. (Organiser), Lan, L. (Speaker), Sproul, D. (Speaker), Long, H. (Speaker) & Unlu Bektas, F. (Speaker)
11 Mar 2026Activity: 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), 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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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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RNA processing and gene regulation
Caceres, J. (Principal Investigator)
1/04/23 → 31/03/28
Project: Research
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Mechanism and regulation of chromosome replication
Deegan, T. (Principal Investigator)
1/04/23 → 31/03/28
Project: Research
Datasets
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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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Modulation of Genetic Associations with Serum Urate Levels by Body-Mass-Index in Humans
Vitart, V. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 4 Feb 2015
DOI: 10.7488/ds/212
Dataset
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Dataset pertaining to the publication "Increased Level of Linkage Disequilibrium in Rural Compared with Urban Communities"
Vitart, V. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 5 Aug 2016
DOI: 10.7488/ds/1456
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