History of Genetics and Biotechnology Tour
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1. Original home of the Institute of Animal Genetics The Institute of Animal Genetics owed its existence to a scheme initiated in 1911 to encourage research into animal breeding. Read more… |
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2. Dolly the Sheep, the National Museum of Scotland Dolly the Sheep was the first mammal cloned from an adult somatic (body) cell. Read more… |
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3. Institute of Animal Genetics building The Institute of Animal Genetics was founded in 1919 as the Animal Breeding Research Department, with F.A.E. Crew (1886-1973) as its first director. Read more… |
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4. Mutagenesis Research Unit, Institute of Animal Genetics The Mutagenesis Research Unit of the Institute of Animal Genetics was established in 1958 with Medical Research Council funding. Read more… |
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5. Darwin Building, King’s Buildings This building was occupied from 1968 by Britain’s first university department of molecular biology, founded in 1965. Read more… |
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6. Mortonhall House Originally a country mansion built in 1769 and thought to be designed by the Edinburgh architect John Baxter, this house was occupied by scientists at the new Unit of Animal Genetics and their families during the late 1940s and early 1950s.Read more… |
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7. Roslin Institute, Easter Bush EAfter becoming part of the University of Edinburgh’s College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, in 2011 the Roslin Institute moved to new premises on the Easter Bush campus, across the road from the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies. Read more… |
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8. Site of the original Roslin Institute Originally part of the Poultry Research Centre (PRC), from 1987 this site was home to the newly-formed Edinburgh Research Station of the Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research (IAPGR). Read more… |
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9. James Cossar Ewart’s experimental station, ‘The Bungalow,’ Penicuik ‘The Bungalow’ was originally home to James Cossar Ewart (1851–1933), Regius Professor of Natural History at the University of Edinburgh between 1882 and 1927. Read more… |