Applications are invited for an Assistant or Associate Professorship in Pathogen Genetics to be held in the Department of Genetics. We are searching for a talented individual with a track record of fu...

We are happy to announce this 5-day intensive course in Applied Meta-Analysis in R, held by visiting researcher Dr Maria Giovanna Scarale. The course is aimed at biomedical researchers and PhD candida...

An encyclopedia of more than 92 million enhancer–gene regulatory interactions created as part of the ENCODE4 project provides a valuable resource for future studies of gene regulation and human geneti...

Two constituencies to gain over £1bn, with each overseas recruit contributing £100,000, study finds

Susan Smith urges next prime minister to commission review of higher education and research

Author summary Over 90% of human genetic variants associated with human traits and diseases lie in non-coding regions of the genome, making it difficult to interpret the mechanisms by which these vari...

The conversations we have today and in the next few days will be key to fighting the hateful narratives being pushed by well-funded people like Nigel Farage and Tommy Robinson.

Applications are invited for fully funded, four-year PhD studentships based at the Cambridge Institute for Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease (CITIID), within the Department of Medicine at…

Research Associate in Population Genetics Modelling and Environmental DNA (Fixed Term) in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge.

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Author summary Most of the genetic variants associated with complex traits are located outside genes, limiting functional interpretation. Genetic colocalisation helps identify candidate causal genes b...

AbstractBackground:. Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) affects lipid metabolism. A recent study identified an association between rs562556 within the PCSK9 gene and breast cancer s...