A list of research groups engaged in genomics research at the University of Edinburgh. Below are links to over a hundred research groups working on genomics research covering all aspects of the biomedical sciences who have signed up to be part of Genomics at Edinburgh. If you are a member of the University of Edinburgh and would like to add your research group to our website list, please complete the below form Research group form Website Research Interest Group Leader Aitman Group Genomic medicine, cancer genomics, cell-free DNA, COVID-19 diagnostics Aitman, Tim Prof Archibald Group Pigs, suina, reference genomes, variation, FAANG Archibald, Alan Prof Atkins Group Phylogenetic analysis, mathematical modelling, infectious diseases Atkins, Katherine Dr Bain Group Macrophages, inflammation, infection, lung, gut, transcriptomics Bain, Calu Dr Barker Group Bioinformatics education, phylogeny, comparative genomics, sonification, philosophy of science Barker, Daniel Dr Bayne Lab Epigenetics, RNAi, heterochromatin, centromere, fission yeast Bayne, Liz Dr Beentjes Group Population genetics, functional genomics, mathematical statistics, targeted learning, causal inference Beentjes, Sjoerd Dr Bickmore Group 3D genome, enhancers, polycomb, human disease Bickmore, Wendy Prof Blackburn Group Thymus, stem cells, development, reprogramming, organoids Blackburn, Clare Prof Bochkina Group Statistical analysis, single cell data, Bayesian modelling, differential clustering, periodicity Bochkina, Natalia Dr Bogaert Group Child Health, global health, respiratory, microbiome-host-environment, infection Bogaert, Debby Prof Brook Group Post-transcriptional regulation, RNA-binding proteins, cardiometabolic disease, post-translational modification, mRNA translation Brook, Matthew Dr Buonomo Group Replication-timing, nuclear architecture, epigenetics Buonomo, Sara Dr Brown Lab Translational, genetics, genomics, skin, atopic eczema Brown, Sara Prof Campbell Group Genetics, heritability, epigenetics, epidemiology, mental health Campbell, Archie Caporali Group MicroRNA, vascular biology, extracellular vesicles, ncRNA delivery, cell-to-cell communication Caporali, Andrea Dr Cawthorn Group Bone marrow adipose tissue, caloric restriction, ageing, metabolism, bone, immunology Cawthorn, William Dr Clark Group Ruminant, gene expression, functional genomics, FAANG, gene regulation Clark, Emily Dr Cobb Lab Gene therapy, genetic brain disorders, neurology, genetic therapy Cobb, Stuart Dr Cowan Lab Immune response, antibody, t-cell receptor, AIRRseq, autoimmunity Cowan, Graeme Dr Cox Group Cognitive, brain, lifestyle, ageing, omics Cox, Simon Dr Cunningham Group Parasitism, disease, ecology, early-life effects, maternal effects Cunningham, Emma Dr DARTH Group Data analytics, pattern recognition, signal processing, time-series analysis, machine learning Tsanas, Thanasis Prof Davidson Lab Cathelicidin, antimicrobial peptide, host defence peptide, immunomodulation, respiratory syncytial virus Davidson, Donald Prof De Sousa Group Development, stem cells, stromal cells, therapeutics De Sousa, Paul Dr Dexter Group Evolutionary ecology, tropical ecology, biogeography, systematics, botany Dexter, Kyle Dr Diaz - Castro Lab Blood-brain barrier, brain vascular disease, dementia, astrocyte, brain endothelial cells Diaz-Castro, Blanca Dr Digard Group Influenza virus, coronavirus, evolution, pathogenicity, host range Digard, Paul Prof Evans Group Neurodegeneration, psychiatric, cellular, omics, crispr Evans, Kathy Dr Ewing Group Statistics, cancer, genomics, evolution, structural variation Ewing, Ailith Dr Feng Group ScRNAseq, zebrafish, live imaging, cancer, metabolomic Feng, Yi Dr Fitzgerald Lab Bacteriology, pathogenesis, populations, genomics, evolution Fitzgerald, Ross Prof Forrester Group Human iPSCs, haematopoiesis, RNA sequencing, proteomics Forrester, Lesley Prof Free Group Metataxonomics, metagenomics, genomics, microbial ecology, biotechnology Free, Andrew Dr Gibson Group Hormones, inflammation, repair, endometrium, women Gibson, Douglas Dr Gillingwater Group Neuroscience, anatomy, motor neuron disease, neurodegeneration, synapse Gillingwater, Tom Prof Gram Hansen Lab Hippo pathway, cell size, mechanotransduction, mesothelioma, regeneration Hansen, Carsten Dr Guschanski Lab Conservation genomics, speciation, ancient DNA, metagenomics, population genomics Guschanski, Katerina Dr Harrison Group Surgery, cancer, machine learning, predictive modelling, global health Harrison, Ewen Prof Hay Group Pluripotent stem cells, liver, tissue engineering, modelling, implantable human tissue Hay, Dave Prof Hayward Group GWAS, quantitative genetics, genomics, genotype analysis, electronic health record linkage Hayward, Caroline Prof Headon Group Animal, chicken, skin, intestine, development Headon, Denis Dr Henderson Lab Single cell genomics, spatial transcriptomics, single Nuclei RNA Sequencing, fibrosis, liver regeneration Henderson, Neil Prof Highlander Lab Population, improvement, data science, genetics, breeding Gorjanc, Gregor Dr Ho Group IBD, Crohn’s, UC, microbiome, metagenomics, gut barrier Ho, Gwo-tzer Dr Hoyle Group Molecular epidemiology, zoonoses, AMR, One Health Hoyle, Deborah Dr Hudson Group Evolution, adaptation, antirrhinum, snapdragon, evo-devo Hudson, Andrew Prof Kaji Group Cellular reprogramming, iPS cells, hepatocytes, knockout screen, gene targeting Kaji, Keisuke Prof Karagianni Group Multiomics, RNAseq, proteomics, spatial-transrciptomics, immunology Karagianni, Anna Eleanora Dr Kaufman Group Chicken, vertebrates, MHC, TCR, NKR Kaufman, Jim Prof Kidner Group Plant, evolution, speciation, evo-devo, herbarium Kidner, Catherine Dr Kranis Group Genomic prediction, big data, genome evolution, genetic architecture, genetic diversity Kranis, Andreas Dr Kudla Group Codon usage, RNA structure, variant effects, mutational scanning, synthetic biology Kudla, Grzegorz Dr Kustatscher Group Proteomics, bioinformatics, high-throughput proteomics, protein synthesis, degradation kinetics Kustatscher, Georg Dr Law Group Bioinformatics, research software development, data management Law, Andy Dr Lin Group Female Fertility, oocyte, embryo, epigenetics, histone Lin, Chin-Jen Dr Lisowski Group Horse, inflammation, intestine, immune cells Lisowski, Zofia Dr Lohse Lab Population genomics, population genetics theory, speciation, comparative genomics Lohse, Konrad Dr Luciano Group Behavioural genetics, GWAS, gene-environment interplay, human cognitive abilities, personality Luciano, Michelle Dr Lycett Group Phylodynamics, epidemiology, viruses, bacteria, phylogenetics Lycett, Samantha Dr Mabbott Group Host-pathogen interactions, mucosal immunity, neuroimmunology, neurodegeneration, aging Mabbott, Neil Prof Macias Lab RNA, viruses, transposable elements, interferon, embryonic development Macias, Sara Dr Macqueen Lab Genomics, functional genomics, evolution, fish biology, aquaculture Macqueen, Dan Prof Marioni Group Genetics, epigenetics, proteomics, epidemiology, biostatistics Marioni, Riccardo Dr Marston Lab Meiosis, mitosis, genome organisation, yeast, mammalian oocyte Marston, Adele Prof Martin Lab Evolution, speciation, hybridisation, population genomics, butterflies Martin, Simon Dr Mason Group Brain development, cerebral organoids, transcription factors Mason, John Prof Matthews Lab African trypanosomes, non pathogenic trypanosomes, development, genome, gene expression Matthews, Keith Prof McCormick Lab Plants, cyanobacteria, algae, photosynthesis, synthetic biology McCormick, Alistair Dr McCulloch Group Stroke, infection, immune suppression, B cells, mucosal immunity McCulloch, Laura Dr McLaren Group Personalisation of Radiotherapy, biomarkers of normal tissue and tumour response, cell-free DNA, imaging biomarkers and breath analysis McLaren, Duncan Prof Meddle Group Behaviour, neuroendocrinology, bird, stress, reproduction Meddle, Simone Prof Minchin Lab Adipose tissue, in vivo imaging, zebrafish, large-scale CRISPR screens, genetics Minchin, James Dr Murray Group Motor neuron, neuromuscular junctions, degeneration, disease, mouse models Murray, Lyndsay Dr Muwonge Group Antimicrobial resistance, gut ecology, epidemiology, microbiome Muwonge, Adrian Dr Nolan Lab Neural circuits, neural computation, molecular neuroanatomy, learning and memory, spatial cognition Nolan, Matthew Prof Obbard Lab Evolution, population genetics, insects, viruses, RNAi Obbard, Darren Dr Ogden Group Conservation, genomics, bioinformatics, wildlife, endangered Ogden, Rob Prof Osterweil Lab Autism, neuroscience, protein synthesis, RNA-seq, fragile X Osterweil, Emily Dr Ottersbach Group Haematopoietic stem cells, development, infant leukaemia, niche, haematopoiesis Ottersbach, Katrin Prof Oyarzún Group Machine learning, data science, personalized medicine, synthetic biology, genome-scale metabolic modelling Oyarzún, Diego Dr Pedersen Group Disease ecology, wild immunology Pedersen, Amy Dr Pickersgill Group The social dimensions of (epi)genetics Pickersgill, Martyn Prof Ponting Group Trait-causal variants, functional genomics, single cell genomics, ME/CFS genetics, lncRNAs Ponting, Chris Prof Pollard Lab Neural stem cell, glioblastoma, transcription, epigenetics, gene therapy Pollard, Steven Prof Prendergast Group Genomics, genetics, gene regulation, evolution, mammals Prendergast, James Dr Ramachandran Group Liver, fibrosis, monocyte, macrophage, single-cell Ramachandran, Prakash Dr Reynolds Group Pregnancy, lifecourse, diabetes, glucocorticoids, birthweight Reynolds, Rebecca Prof Robertson Group Ontologies, protocols, inference Robertson, David Prof Robledo Group Aquaculture, genetics, disease resistance, editing, fish Robledo, Diego Dr Rochefort Lab Visual cortex, neuronal circuits, sex-specificity, inhibition, calorie restriction Rochefort, Nathalie Dr Romano Group Heterogeneity, pituitary, stress, endocrinology Romano, Nicola Dr Ross Lab Evolutionary genomics, insects, unusual inheritance, sex chromosomes Ross, Laura Dr Sargison Group Haemonchus contorts model parasitic nematode, Haemonchus contorts genome assembly, post genomic research of parasite diversity, nemabiome metabarcoding, nematode population genetics Sargison, Neil Prof Schoenebeck Group Assembly, annotation, WGS, GWAS, imputation Schoenebeck, Jeffrey Dr Schumacher Group Mathematical modelling, cell dynamics, cell interactions, cell state transitions, regeneration Schumacher, Linus Dr Semple Lab Bioinformatics, genomics, transcriptomics, evolution, cancer Semple, Colin Prof Semple Group Genetics, insulin resistance, diabetes, adipose tissue, PI 3-Kinase Semple, Robert Prof Sibley Lab Functional genomics, ALS, autism, iCLIP, scRNA-seq Sibley, Chris Dr Simm Group Food systems, planetary health Simm, Geoff Prof Simpson Group Gene-expression, networks, machine-learning, statistics, neuroscience Simpson, Ian Dr Smith Group Avian, genomics, host response, disease resistance, environmental adaptation Smith, Jacqueline Dr Stevens Group Bacterial pathogenesis, functional genomics, animal disease, food safety Stevens, Mark Prof Stimson Group Obesity, metabolism, brown adipose tissue, experimental medicine, tracers Stimson, Roland Prof Stone Group Entomology, phylogenomics, population genetics, transcriptomics, coevolution Stone, Graham Prof Stracquadanio Lab Synthetic biology, synthetic genomics, protein engineering, cancer biology, machine learning Stracquadanio, Giovanni Dr Surmeli Lab Neural, networks, transcriptome, cell, identity Surmeli, Gulsen Dr Vernimmen Lab Role of epigenetic regulators during cell differentiation Vernimmen, Douglas Dr Taylor Group Genome, mutation, selection, evolution, regulation Taylor, Martin Prof Tenesa Group Complex traits, genetics, genomics, disease, quantitative genetics Tenesa, Albert Prof Thomson Group Cancer, genomics, epigenetics, informatics, NHS patient data Thomson, John Dr Thomson Group Statistical genetics, psychiatric illness, depression, sequence, bioinformatics Thomson, Pippa Dr Twyford Lab Plant evolution, genome structure, population genetics, hybridisation and speciation Twyford, Alex Dr Vale Lab Host-pathogen interactions, evolutionary ecology, invertebrate immunity, pathogen evolution, experimental epidemiology Vale, Pedro Dr Vallejos Group Bayesian, statistics, single cell, electronic health records, risk prediction Vallejos, Catalina Dr Van Ooijen Circadian clocks, cell biology, multi-omics, algae and plants, chronobiology Van Ooijen, Gerben Dr Wallace Lab RNA, protein synthesis, fungi, stress, bioinformatics Wallace, Edward Dr Walmsley Group Neutrophil, inflammation, hypoxia, metabolism, epigenetic Walmsley, Sarah Prof Watson Group Microbiome, genomics, bioinformatics, livestock, sequencing Watson, Mick Prof Wiener Group Domesticated animals, selection, adaptation, complex traits, population genomics Wiener, Pam Dr Williams Group Myelin pathology, oligodendrocyte, multiple sclerosis, cerebral small vessel disease, remyelination Williams, Anna Prof Wilson Group Embryo, development, mammalian, spinal cord, somitogenesis Wilson, Val Prof Wilson Group GWAS, rare variants, genetic drift, omics, inbreeding depression Wilson, Jim Prof Woolhouse Group Epidemiology, zoonoses, metagenomics, microbial genomics, antimicrobial resistance Woolhouse, Mark Prof Young Group Evolution, population genetics, transcriptomics, promoters, enhancers Young, Rob Dr
