Researchers in the Unit

 

Research Biographies

This page lists research leaders within the Unit. Projects are organised into internal research groups within the areas of:

 

|Biomedical Systems Analysis |Chromosomes and Gene Expression

|Medical and Developmental Genetics |Core Scientific Services


Human Genetics Unit Director: Professor Nick Hastie


Dr Ian Adams

Dr Ian Adams

germ cell development, spermatogenesis, oogenesis, meiosis

Professor Richard Baldock

Professor
Richard
Baldock

mouse developmental atlas, gene-expression atlases, bioinformatics

Professor Wendy Bickmore

Professor Wendy Bickmore

genome organisation, chromatin, nucleus

Dr Javier Caceres

Professor Javier Caceres

RNA processing in eukaryotes, alternative splicing, microRNAs

Dr Julia Dorin

Dr Julia Dorin

host defence peptides, inflammatory modulation, models of human disease

Professor Malcolm Dunlop

Professor Malcolm Dunlop

colorectal cancer, genetic susceptibility, prevention

Dr David FitzPatrick

Professor David FitzPatrick

malformation, cleft palate, anophthalmia

Professor Chris Haley

Professor Chris Haley

complex traits, quantitative genetics

Professor Nick Hastie

Professor Nick Hastie

developmental genetics, pediatric cancer, tissue maintenance

Dr Sasha Kagansky

IGMM Chancellor's Fellowship

Dr Sasha Kagansky

epigenetics, chromatin

Dr Greg Kudla

Dr Grzegorz Kudla

gene expression, codon usage

Professor Bob Hill

Professor Robert Hill

limb development, left right asymmetry, sonic hedgehog, long range regulation

Dr Andrew Jackson

Dr Andrew Jackson

genetic disorders of brain size, nucleic-acid mediated inflammation

Professor Ian Jackson

Professor Ian Jackson

mouse genetics, melanocytes, mouse genomics

Dr Richard Meehan

Dr Richard Meehan

epigenetics of development, DNA methyltransferases, methyl-CpG binding proteins

Dr Ian Overton

Dr Ian Overton

Data integration, network biology, systems medicine

Dr Elizabeth Patton

Dr Elizabeth Patton

melanocyte, melanoma, zebrafish, MAPK-signaling developmental disease

Dr Colin Semple

Dr Colin Semple

bioinformatics, regulatory genomics

Dr Martin Taylor

Dr Martin Taylor

Mutation, selection, regulation, disease

Professor Alan Wright

Professor Alan Wright

retina, population isolates

 

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