Academic Department of Medical Genetics

Genome sequencing is set to revolutionise the diagnosis of rare childhood conditions, according to researchers in Cambridge. 1 of 8
‘Fingerprint database’ could help scientists to identify new cancer culprits 2 of 8
Launchpad for Next Generation Medicine 3 of 8
Medgen Data Browser 4 of 8
Germline pathogenic variants in PALB2 and other cancer-predisposing genes in families with hereditary diffuse gastric cancer without CDH1 mutation: a whole-exome sequencing study 5 of 8
Multiple Inherited Cancer Gene Defects 6 of 8
Seasonal immunity: Activity of thousands of genes differs from winter to summer 7 of 8
Gene increases risk of breast cancer to one in three by age seventy 8 of 8

Welcome

The University of Cambridge Department of Medical Genetics was established in 1995 (previously, medical genetics research had been based within the Department of Pathology). The Head of Department is Professor Eamonn Maher and the other Principal Investigators in the Department are Professor Fiona Karet, Professor David Rubinsztein, Professor Lucy Raymond , Dr Evan Reid, Dr Richard Sandford, Dr Marc Tischkowitz, Dr Leonardo Bottolo, Professor Geoff Woods and Dr Serena Nik-Zainal .

We are located at Addenbrooke’s Treatment Centre on Lv 6. To contact us click here.

There are close interactions between the University Department of Medical Genetics and members of the NHS East Anglian Medical Genetics Service including NHS consultants (Dr Helen Firth, Dr Ruth Armstrong, Dr Joan Paterson, Dr Soo-Mi Park, Dr Sarju Mehta and Dr Simon Holden) and the Directors of the NHS Molecular and Cytogenetics Laboratories (Dr Steve Abbs and Dr Ingrid Simonic). Medically qualified members of the University Department also have clinical duties in the NHS Clinical Genetics Department.

The Department of Medical Genetics adopts a broad approach to ‘Medical Genetics’, encouraging interests in genomics and the functional biology of genetic disease, as well as applying genetics to diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to disease. Ongoing research addresses a broad range of monogenic and multifactorial genetic disorders and many research programmes and clinical activities are run jointly with other departments at Addenbrooke’s and elsewhere.

We encourage you to explore this site to find out more about our research and graduate programmes that are available.

Graduate Programmes

The Department of Medical Genetics is offering excellent graduate programmes to develop student's knowledge of human genetics and genomics, including understanding of recent developments in genomic medicine and genomics technologies, as well as application of genomics to infectious disease and cancer diagnosis. Click here for more information.