MRC Human Genetics Unit
Encyclopedia
| Founded | 1967 |
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| Location | Edinburgh, UK |
| Director | Prof Nick Hastie FRS CBE |
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http://www.hgu.mrc.ac.uk/ |
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Medical Research Council (UK)
The Medical Research Council is a publicly-funded agency responsible for co-ordinating and funding medical research in the United Kingdom. It is one of seven Research Councils in the UK and is answerable to, although politically independent from, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills...
Human Genetics Unit is situated at the Western General Hospital
Western General Hospital
The Western General Hospital , at Crewe Road, Edinburgh, Scotland is part of NHS Lothian, a Heath Board which provides a comprehensive range of adult and paediatric care to the people of Edinburgh, the Lothians and beyond.It is one of the main teaching hospitals affiliated to the University of...
in Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
. It is one of the largest MRC research establishments, housing over two hundred scientists, support staff, research fellows, PhD students, and visiting workers.
Directors
- 1956 - 1969 Dr Michael Court Brown
- 1969 - 1994 Professor John Evans
- 1994–Present Professor Nick Hastie
Sections
The Human Genetics Unit is divided into four sections. Three are research sections and the fourth provides administrative, computing and technical services for the Unit as a whole.- Medical and Developmental Genetics Section
- Heads: Professor Veronica van HeyningenVeronica Van HeyningenVeronica van Heyningen CBE FRS is a British geneticist who specialises in the etiology of anophthalmia. She is head of medical genetics at the MRC Human Genetics Unit in Edinburgh and the current president of The Genetics Society....
, Professor Ian Jackson
- Heads: Professor Veronica van Heyningen
- Chromosome and Gene Expression Section
- Head: Professor Wendy Bickmore
- Biomedical Systems Analysis Section
- Head: Professor Richard Baldock
- Administration, Computing and Technical Services
- Head: Dr Kate Wilson
Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine (IGGM)
The Human Genetics Unit recently formed a partnership with two neighbouring research centres on the Western General Hospital campus, the Centre for Molecular Medicine (University of EdinburghUniversity of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, is a public research university located in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The university is deeply embedded in the fabric of the city, with many of the buildings in the historic Old Town belonging to the university...
) and the Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre (Cancer Research UK
Cancer Research UK
Cancer Research UK is a cancer research and awareness charity in the United Kingdom, formed on 4 February 2002 by the merger of The Cancer Research Campaign and the Imperial Cancer Research Fund. Its aim is to reduce the number of deaths from cancer. As the world's largest independent cancer...
), to form the Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine.