The Medical Research Council (UK) Human Genetics Unit is situated at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh.
As of 2018[update] current and former staff at the MRC HGU include:[1] The Human Genetics Unit is divided into three sections: Biomedical Genomics -Research harnesses the power of large genome-size and population data to reveal the complex nature of disease processes.
Section Head: Professor Chris Ponting Genome Regulation -Research focuses on mechanisms that maintain the stability of the genome between cells and between generations, regulate the expression of genes and how changes to these contribute to disease.
Joint Section Heads: Professor David FitzPatrick and Professor Ian Jackson In 2007 the Human Genetics Unit formed a partnership with two neighbouring research centres on the Western General Hospital campus, the Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine (University of Edinburgh) and the Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre (Cancer Research UK), to create the Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine.
The three partner centres comprising the Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine were linked with a new building in 2015.