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School students hosted by Dr Erika Kague through In2STEM programme

31 July, 20242024

Two high school students learnt about the use of zebrafish to study human bone diseases and had the…

High school pupils get insight into science careers

30 July, 20242024

Forty high school pupils from across Central and Southern Scotland visited the Institute as part of…

Communicating complicated science concepts through video

25 July, 20242024

The Institute for Genetics and Cancer recently hosted colleagues from across the University of…

Researchers define fundamental molecular mechanism in DNA replication

24 July, 20242024

A new study from Tom Deegan’s lab, published in The EMBO Journal, describes a mechanism for how the…

Royal Society of Edinburgh grants awarded to IGC researchers

16 July, 20242024

Research projects by Dr Erika Kague (Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine), and Dr Carlos…

New Science Director at Edinburgh Cancer Research

04 July, 20242024

Professor Neil Carragher has been appointed as Director of Science at Edinburgh Cancer Research in…

Early Career Award for Andrii Iakovliev at European Human Genetics Conference

02 July, 20242024

Andrii, a Cross-disciplinary Fellow, receives award for outstanding research presentation: July 2024

Surgical resection outcome depends on ovarian cancer type

01 July, 20242024

A new paper shows the survival benefit associated with complete resection in ovarian cancer is…

Research findings could guide treatment which minimises mutations

13 June, 20242024

Research investigates the strand specificity of DNA damage, repair and its subsequent mutagenicity:…

Prestigious fellowships recognise talent of early career researchers

11 June, 20242024

Two early career researchers have been awarded Chancellor's Fellowships at the Institute of…