Abstract
Professor Nick Hastie is Director of the MRC Human Genetics Unit in Edinburgh, a centre originally famous for early studies of chromosome biology. He is also Director of the newly formed Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, which includes the Human Genetics Unit. In addition to overseeing the work on cancer and developmental genetics in his own lab, he is involved in a number of large-scale genetic studies aimed at uncovering genetic risk factors for various human diseases.