Ross Hannah

Thesis title: Investigating Sequence-dependent DNA Methylation Changes Associated with Subtype-Specific Breast Cancer

Precision Medicine DTP

Year of study: 2

  • MRC Human Genetics Unit
  • MRC Institute of Genetics and Cancer

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MRC Human Genetics Unit
MRC Institute of Genetics & Cancer
The University of Edinburgh
Western General Hospital
Crewe Road
EH4 2XU

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Biography

Background

Ross completed an undergraduate degree in genetics at the University of Glasgow in 2018, before spending an additional year studying an MSc in Bioinformatcis to complement his molecular genetics development with training in functional genomics. Ross then began a PhD here as a student of the MRC Precision Medicine doctoral training programme. Ross is part of the Sproul group in MRC Human Genetics Unit of the Institute of Genetics and Cancer (IGC) with his supervisor, Dr Duncan Sproul, who focusses  on mechanisms of epigenetic dysregulation in cancer. Ross is interogating the relationship between DNA methylation changes in breast cancer subtypes and how this interacts with transcription factor binding in a sequence-dependent mechansim.

Qualifications

BSc (hons), Genetics, University of Glasgow, 2018

MSc, Bioinformatics, University of Glasgow, 2019 

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