The Medical Research Council (UK) Human Genetics Unit is situated at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh. It is one of the largest MRC research establishments, housing over two hundred scientists, support staff, research fellows, PhD students, and visiting workers.

Staff

current and former staff at the MRC HGU include:

Directors

• 1956–1969 Dr Michael Court Brown

• 1969–1994 Professor John Evans

• 1994–2015 Professor Nicholas Hastie

• 2015– Professor Wendy Bickmore

Group leaders

• Pleasantine Mill

• Chris Ponting

• Wendy Bickmore

Institute of Genetics and Cancer (IGC)

The MRC Human Genetics Unit is based at the Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh at the site of the Western General Hospital.

References

External links

• Medical Research Council (UK)

• MRC Human Genetics Unit

• Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine

• Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine

• Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre

• Western General Hospital