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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

By Ewa Ozga, MRC PhD Student in Human Genetics, Genomics, and Disease The Edinburgh Super-Resolution Imaging Consortium (ESRIC) is an initiative connecting state-of-art imaging facilities staffed by an exceptional team which works towards advancing microscopy techniques and sharing knowledge and resources. The consortium is a collaboration between the University of Edinburgh’s Advanced Imaging Resource at […]

Hi, my name is Yujia and I am a first year PhD student in Kevin Myant’s lab studying cell plasticity in bowel cancer and metastasis. Inspired by the initiatives of charities like Bowel Cancer UK during Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, I would like to share our current research and its importance in understanding the disease […]

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 […]

“Agile Project Management” by VFS Digital Design is licensed under CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=openverse Research. The Cambridge Dictionary1 defines research as ‘a detailed study of a subject, especially in order to discover (new) information or reach a (new) understanding’. The word ‘research’ may evoke an image of […]

Image reference: Created using Google Gemini (1.5 Flash) Quick question, do you also aspire to become a scientist? If you dream of becoming a biomedical scientist, you probably picture yourself in a white lab coat, big goggles on your nose, surrounded by test tubes, and maybe even a few white mice nearby. Or, if space […]

Hi! My name is Janice, and I’m a first-year PhD student in the Genetics and Molecular Medicine programme at the Institute of Genetics and Cancer (IGC). My PhD programme is a collaboration with the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in Berlin, so I’ll spend 4–5 months there as part of my studies. I’m excited […]

If someone had told me a year ago that I’d be five months into a PhD in Edinburgh, I probably wouldn’t have believed them. Not because it wasn’t something that I aspired to, but because the reality of uprooting my life, moving to a new city and being miles away from my family and friends […]