News 2023

An archive of Institute News from 2022

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Study shows women more severely affected by ME/CFS

24 August, 20232023

MRC funded research gives insight into disease severity and co-existing conditions inn study…

School pupils take part in Science Insights work experience programme

04 August, 20232023

Over 40 pupils from 37 schools across Scotland, from Nairn to the Scottish Borders, visited the…

Watch a new series of health data masterclasses

01 August, 20232023

Professor Helen Colhoun explains how the health data we obtain helps us treat disease.

New members join Dr Peter Bankhead’s research group

01 August, 20232023

Four new researchers have joined Dr Bankhead’s group in the last year.

John Inglis Prize Awarded for Best PhD Student presentations

01 August, 20232023

Congratulations to Sarah Muise and Linda Nguyen for winning the 2023 John Inglis prize for best…

£46.3 million funding boost to MRC Human Genetics Unit

24 July, 20232023

Ongoing research into how genetic code can influence health and disease has secured major financial…

Over 100 associations between blood DNA methylation sites and common disease states identified

12 July, 20232023

Researchers from the Institute of Genetics and Cancer have established a comprehensive map of…

CGEM welcomes the 2023 cohort of PhD students

11 July, 20232023

Four new PhD students have begun their studies this year with CGEM based researchers as supervisors…

PhD student exchange with University of Queensland promotes collaboration in genomics research

03 July, 20232023

Danni Gadd and Alesha Hatton of the Marioni and McRae Research Groups visited each others…

Institute welcomes UK Eye Genetics Group annual conference

23 June, 20232023

On 9 June, the IGC hosted the 2023 meeting of the UK Eye Genetics Group (UK-EGG) – a community of…