Exploring our past, sharing our present and building our future at IGC

Edinburgh Medical School is marking 300 years of life-changing medical education and research. The Edinburgh Medical School 300 project explores the University of Edinburgh’s historical impact, highlights our current innovation and sets a strategic direction for the future of medicine: https://medicine-vet-medicine.ed.ac.uk/300-years-of-medicine.

As part of a series of talks focusing on research and innovation, this event will explore the past, present and future of research at the Institute of Genetics and Cancer (IGC). The IGC is home to one of the largest human molecular genetics and cancer research communities in the UK, making significant impact through discovery and translation to improve the lives of those living with genetic disease and cancer.

You will hear from established and early career researchers about the range of research taking place today, how this builds on discoveries from the past and - looking to the future - what we might expect in the years ahead and how this will impact on society.

The talks will be held in the Lecture Theatre and will be followed by light refreshments at an informal reception in the Nucleus.

IGC Director Professor Joris Veltman will introduce the event and the speakers.

The three speakers are:

• Professor Malcolm Dunlop - Head of Colon Cancer Genetics
• Dr Hannah Long - Gene Regulation in Human Craniofacial Development & Disease
• Dr Catalina Vallejos - Biomedical Data Science

The talks will be followed by a panel discussion where the speakers will be joined by:

• Dr Roly Megaw - Inherited Retinal Dystrophies
• Professor Neil Carragher - Drug Discovery
• Jenny Sharma - Patient Public Involvement

Please feel free to submit questions for the speakers and panel members in advance to Maggie MacDonald: M.E.MacDonald@ed.ac.uk

We will also take questions from the audience on the day.

Following the event, there will be an informal reception in the Nucleus Cafe with tea, coffee and cakes.