The Centre for Molecular Medicine (continued)
Professor David Porteous
The Genetics, Biology and Behaviour of the DISC1 Pathway in Relation to Major Mental Illness, Learning and Memory.
Generation Scotland:quantitative trait genetics in a large family based resource.
Dr Mary Porteous
Clinical Genetics
Professor Stuart Ralston
Genetics of Osteoporosis, Bone Cell Biology
Professor Jack Satsangi
Genetics of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Dr Pippa Thomson
Psychiatric Genetics
Dr Rob van t'Hof
Bone Cell Biology
Dr Gwo-Tzer Ho
Modulating the intestinal epithelial barrier defence as a therapeutic target in Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's disease
Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre
Dr Kathryn Ball
Interferon and Cell Signaling
Dr John Bartlett
Endocrine Cancer Group
Dr Val Brunton
Tumour Cell Invasion and Metastasis
Mr Michael Dixon
Edinburgh Breast Unit Research Group
Dr Charlie Gourley
Ovarian Cancer Genetics and Translational Research
Professor Malcolm Dunlop(MRC HGU also)
Dr Lesley Stark(MRC HGU also)
Colon Cancer Genetics and Chemoprevention Group
Professor Margaret Frame
Cancer Adhesion Signaling Group
Dr Fouad Habib
Prostate Cancer Research Group
Professor Ted Hupp
P53 Signal Transduction Group
Dr Ian Kunkler
Clinical Trials
Dr Simon Lhangdon
Targetting Cell Signaling Pathways in Ovarian and Breast Cancer
Professor David Harrison
Cancer Pathology
Dr Dana Faratian
Quantitative and Systems Pathology Group
Professor David Melton
DNA Repair and Cancer
Dr Elizabeth Patton (MRC HGU also)
Melanocyte Development and Melanoma
Professor Michael Sharpe
Psychological Medicine Research
Professor Scott Murray
Primary Palliative Care Research Group
Professor Marie Fallon
Palliative Medicine
Professor David Weller
Cancer and Primary Care
IGMM PARTNERS
MRC Human Genetics Unit
The Centre for Molecular Medicine
Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre
To avoid duplication of information, the IGMM website does not hold details of the research programmes led by IGMM scientists. Instead, you will find links to the relevant web pages of every IGMM scientist here.
MRC Human Genetics Unit
Dr Ian Adams
Germ cell development in mice
Dr Irene Aligianis
Identifying genes in brain and eye development
Professor Richard Baldock
Gene expression: a 3-D digital atlas and database
Professor Wendy Bickmore
Integrating chromosome structure and function
Dr Javier Caceres
Eukaryotic mRNA processing
Professor Howard Cooke
Genes involved in the germ line
Dr Duncan Davidson
Mapping gene function in the developing face
and limb
Dr Julia Dorin
Innate immunity and inflammatory disease
Professor Malcolm Dunlop
Genetics of colon cancer
Professor David FitzPatrick
Common congenital malformations in humans
Dr Colin Gordon
The ubiquitin pathway in fission yeast
Professor Nicholas Hastie
The role of WT1 and interacting genes in development, physiology and disease
Professor Bob Hill
The Genetic Basis of Limb and Gut Congenital Malformations
Dr Andrew Jackson
Disorders of human brain development:
genetics and function
Dr Ian Jackson
Molecular genetics and development of melanocyte
Genetic models of human disease
Dr Richard Meehan
Epigenetic Mechanisms in Development and Disease
Dr Mary O'Connell
Nucleic acid editing: From germline to the cns
Dr Colin Semple
Computational biology with applications to human evolution and disease
Professor Veronica van Heyningen
PAX6 and related genes in development, disease and evolution
Mr Jim Wilson
Genetics of common complex diseases
Professor Alan Wright
Inherited retinopathies
Quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping in human population samples
The Centre for Molecular Medicine
Dr Cathy Abbott
The roles of translation elongation factors in health and disease: from cancer to motor neuron disease
Dr Omar Albagha
Genetics of osteoporosis
Dr Chris Boyd
Gene therapy for cystic fibrosis
Dr Anna Daroszewska
Genetics of Paget's Disease
Dr Kathy Evans
Discovery and investigation of genes involved in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia
Dr Kirsty Millar
DISC Pathway Genetics and Biology
