By Sunandan Mukherjee, Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Protein Engineering, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw When we think of a research visit abroad, we often imagine long hours in the lab, scientific discussions, and perhaps the occasional sightseeing weekend. My journey to the Institute of Genomics and Cancer (IGC) at the University of Edinburgh, however, […]
by Lu Luque A couple of weeks ago I was asked to write something for Ada Lovelace Day, and I felt that bright, unmistakable jolt—thrilled, grateful, a little awed. I would take any chance to honour this woman. But I want to honour her properly—not with a polite nod to a portrait on the wall, […]
Gunjan Sinha, from the Max Delbrück Center in Berlin, interviewed Yun-Hsuan Huang about her experience of spending two weeks in Professor Nick Gilbert’s lab at the Institute of Genetics and Cancer as part of a PhD exchange program in Medical Systems Biology. How did you first hear about the exchange program? I came across […]
At the start of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Professor Lesley Stark talks about the challenges of being diagnosed with cancer while working in cancer research. Lesley, a professor at the Institute of Genetics and Cancer specialising in colon cancer, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2023. When she was due to attend a routine mammogram […]
In her day job, Waad AlBawardi is a postdoctoral research fellow focusing on understanding the principles of chromatin folding, the process by which the DNA in chromosomes is organised into compact structures within the nucleus. Outside of the lab, she is an artist creating multimedia work which explores complex patterns in nature. She also collaborates […]
A new research project at the Institute of Genetics and Cancer aims to tackle the poor response of immune-cold colorectal cancers to immunotherapies. Immune-cold tumours are those which don’t trigger a strong immune response and therefore don’t respond well to these therapies. Dr Kevin Myant, who has been awarded a Discovery Programme Foundation Award of […]
By Josie Robertson As a PhD student in the Marioni group here at the IGC, I recently had the opportunity to contribute to an international study seeking to understand associations between DNA methylation and cells of the innate immune system on ageing and related health outcomes. DNA methylation patterns (called Epigenetic clocks) measured across our […]
In our second blog for Postdoc Appreciation Week 2025, we speak to Giovana Carrasco Gonzalez about working as a postdoc at the Institute of Genetics and Cancer (IGC). What was your route to becoming a postdoc? I did lab rotations during my undergraduate degree and really enjoyed doing cancer research so I decided to pursue […]
For Postdoc Appreciation Week 2025, we speak to Natalia Jimenez Moreno about her role as a postdoc at the Institute of Genetics and Cancer. What was your route to becoming a postdoc? I graduated with a degree in Biochemistry from the Autonomous University of Madrid in 2014 and completed a Masters in Molecular Biomedicine there […]
Dr Chris Boyd, Institute of Genetics and Cancer Can you explain in lay terms what cystic fibrosis is and how many people it affects? Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a life-limiting genetic disease affecting people inheriting bad mutations (DNA mistakes) in both copies of a gene called CFTR. Their cells cannot produce normal CFTR protein which […]
