2013

Gareth Leng and the School warmly welcomes the news that John Stewart has been awarded the title of Professorial Director for his role as Director of the BMTO.

Congratulations to Sandra Hapca who has been awarded the Society for General Microbiology’s Undergraduate Microbiology Prize 2013.

Dr. Tara Spires-Jones, Chancellor's Fellow and Reader with the Centre for Cognitive and Neural Systems, has secured funding to lead a 3 year project, with co-investigators Dr. Iris Oren and Dr. Oliver Hardt.

A full colour, animated 3D hologram of the human body - the first anatomy teaching tool of its kind - is to go on public display for the first time.

Edinburgh Neuroscience has won an award for public engagement.

Professor Sue Welburn has accepted the new rotational Headship of the Division of Pathway Medicine.

Why some people are troubled by cold sores while others are not has finally been explained by scientists.

People with epilepsy could be helped by new research into the way a key molecule controls brain activity during a seizure.

SBMS research into diseases of neurodegeneration and demylenation is to be boosted with an international collaboration into the further understanding of these disorders.

Fresh insights gained from a study of tropical fish could help our understanding of how the nervous system works.

Staff members from the School of Biomedical Sciences are helping to establish Scotland’s first community farm.

This year saw another great success for SBMS in the University sustainability awards. The awards, run by the University's Students' Association and the Sustainability Office, rewards the efforts of staff and students to make their departments more sustainable and socially responsible.

Could obesity, in some cases, result from an addiction, and if so, do we need to change the way we treat it?

Students and staff are invited to join innovative live-streamed collaborative learning sessions, exploring topics of mutual interest at University of Edinburgh and University of Delhi

Professor Alison Jane Douglas, 27 September 1961 - 9 May 2012

Staff in the School have received grants from the following funding sources.

The School of Biomedical Sciences has been nominated for a range of Teaching Awards in 2012/13.

Dr David Lyons,has been awarded a Lister Institute Research Prize.

We have recently welcomed several new members of staff who have been appointed under the Chancellor’s Fellowship scheme.

Richard Morris (Centre for Cognitive and Neural Systems), Royal Society/Wolfson Professor of Neuroscience, has been named as the co-recipient of this year’s Fondation Ipsen Prize for Neuronal Plasticity.