For International Women’s Day, IGC Bioinformatics Analysis Core Manager Dr Jing Su talks about her career and experience as a female leader. I come from China and was born and raised in Beijing, a city rich in history and heritage. Growing up in the capital, I was surrounded by centuries-old landmarks, with the Forbidden City […]

Image: Brothers Benjamin, seven, and Gabriel, three, both have ATR-X syndrome By Rebekah Tillotson, Chancellor’s Fellow at the Institute of Genetics and Cancer With Ben Harris and Jennifer Martinez-Harris, ATRX Research Alliance (a parent-led global group of families committed to accelerating research) ATR-X (Alpha-thalassemia X-linked intellectual disability) syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that affects […]

As a young girl growing up in the Palestinian city of Qalqilya in the West Bank, Roza Masalmeh always remembers wanting to do something related to science. “I loved science,” says Roza, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute of Genetics and Cancer. “I wanted to be an inventor or discoverer. I was always doing […]

Hi! My name is Gerda, and I very proudly count myself among the number of medics currently undertaking a PhD in Cancer Biology. Having been inspired by Rowan on the sister MB-PhD TRAM Programme (who’s put out a wonderful piece of writing which you can find here), I thought it might be nice to write […]

The Nicola Murray Centre for Ovarian Cancer Research brings together the laboratories of Professor Charlie Gourley (left), Professor Simon Herrington (centre) and Dr Robb Hollis (right) By Robb Hollis There are at least six different ‘types’ of ovarian cancer, each with their own unique behaviour, including differences in responsiveness to treatments. One of these types […]

About Me Hi everyone! I’m Alsadeg, a fifth-year medical student at the University of Edinburgh, currently in the first year of the PhD phase of my MB-PhD. I’d like to tell you a bit about this programme and, hopefully, shed some light on why I’ll be at University for nine years and how I ended […]

Dr Waad AlBawardi is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Genetics and Cancer investigating the role of nucleosome positioning in regulating chromatin structure and dynamics. She is mentoring a student at Holyrood RC High School in Edinburgh as part of a scheme run by the national social mobility charity Career Ready, which is supported […]

By Linda Clark, outgoing BVS Facility Manager I always wanted to work with animals – being a vet was my first choice, however I did not have the qualifications that would allow me to study for this. I was at an athletics meeting with the Penicuik Harriers when I got talking to a couple of […]

Tammy Piper’s role as Tissue Bank Manager at the IGC came about both as a result of, and despite, her upbringing. The oldest of three children growing up in a dysfunctional family in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, as a teenager she took to running away as things reached a ‘cooker pressure’ situation at home, often staying […]

By Ola Elbadry, a first-year Masters student in Cancer Biology and Precision Oncology (online learning) and Edinburgh Global Online Learning Masters Scholarship awardee. I completed my undergraduate studies in Pharmaceutical Sciences at Alexandria University, Egypt, where I developed an avid interest in cancer biology. My goal was to gain a profound understanding of the intricate […]