2016

Knit, origami, crochet, recycle - we want critters and creatures, microscopes and microbes.

This month we focus on Janet Philp, Head of Administration in the Deanery of Biomedical Sciences, sporting guru, and author of a new book about one of Edinburgh’s most notorious residents.

Congratulation to Prof Gordon Findlater who has created the worlds first 3D atlas of the human body

Congratulations to Prof. Karen Horsburgh who has been awarded two major research grants to study cerebral vascular disease and Alzheimer’s disease.

Congratulations to Iris Oren, Tara Spires-Jones (CCNS) and Matt Nolan (CIP), who have been awarded a joint new pilot project grant from Alzheimers Research UK.

The third annual Deanery Symposium took place on the 7th September 2016

A study led by the University of Edinburgh has shed new light on the biological mechanisms that drive the process, known as flashbulb memory.

Following a successful run of careers sessions for Biomedical students, the University of Edinburgh Careers Service is delighted to announce that these will now be a regular feature.

The first cohort of students reading for a MSc degree by Research in Biomedical Sciences (3+1 programme with Zhejiang University) completed their studies in August.

From monitoring oxen on treadmills to chauffeuring Burke’s skeleton to the Royal Infirmary for a scan; Iain Campbell’s 37 year career at the University of Edinburgh has certainly been diverse.

Chemotherapy treatment during pregnancy may affect the future fertility of unborn baby girls, a study suggests.

The redesigned Science and Technology Gallery at the National Museum of Scotland contains an early example of an engineered kidney produced by Professor Jamie Davies and Dr Melanie Lawrence.

Melanie Stefan is investigating what happens within nerve cells when we learn and remember.

Medical Sciences students Katie Howlett and Rhona Duff presented findings from their recently completed Honours projects to NHS Lothian on 16 June 2016.

People with Alzheimer’s disease could benefit from earlier diagnosis if a long-term memory test combined with a brain scan were carried out, a study suggests.

Treasures from Scotland’s medical past are on display to global audiences for the first time.

EUSA teaching award winner Jamie Davies questions how complex biological form develops from simple beginnings.

Postgraduate Taught students have until the 17th of June to fill in the Higher Education Academy's Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey.

Professor Becker receives prestigious award and delivers lecture on regeneration of the zebrafish spinal cord.

Apr 16: Is yoga all in the mind? This was the question that was asked at the sold out Neuroyoga event in the 2016 Edinburgh International Science Festival.

Apr 16: Researchers indicate that pregnant women should be at the centre of new efforts to control one of Africa’s deadliest diseases if targets for elimination by 2030 are to be met.

Biomedical educators Dr Kim Picozzi and Professor Jamie Davies were recognised for excellence in teaching at the EUSA Teaching Awards on the 20th of April.

Apr 16: Dr Oliver Hardt and his research group have recently published a new article in The Journal of Neuroscience addressing processes underpinning the natural forgetting of long-term memories.

Apr 16: MSc students on the Biomedical Sciences (Life Sciences), Biomedical Sciences (Zhejiang) and Infectious Diseases programmes presented posters on their research projects at the CMVM Poster day at Little France.

If you're a student in your final year, there's still time to tell us about your satisfaction levels with the University in the annual National Student Survey.

Public anatomy workshops are taking place at the University for a second year.

On the 23rd of March 2016, the Biomedical Science’s Academic Family Peer Support Scheme was awarded a EUSA Impact Award for Best Peer Support Group.

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Mar 16: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been renewed between the institutes at the Bangalore Life Science Cluster and The University of Edinburgh on the 18th of February 2016.

Mar 16: Biomedical Sciences students will have an exciting opportunity to get career advice in two drop-in Career sessions.

The Biomedical Teaching Organisation has been awarded £50 000 to refurbish the Student Common Room for Edinburgh Medical School students at Teviot.

Mar 16: Biomedical Sciences Academic Families has been nominated for the 2016 EUSA Impact Awards for Best Peer Support Group.

Mar 16: Congratulations to Prof Catherina Becker who has won a Suffrage Science award

Mar 16: Lewis Green, a Medical Sciences student, and Judith Sim, a lecturer at the Biomedical Teaching Organisation (BMTO), took part in the University of Edinburgh's Summer School, visiting the University of Madras and Garden of Peace in rural Tamil Nadu.

This semester our Academic Families got a delicious welcome back with a pizza party, part of our Peer Group Support programme in which more experienced students guide new students, helping them to have the best possible experience with access to a wide range of facilities.

Mar 16: Congratulations to Professor Richard Morris who has been jointly awarded the most valuable research prize for brain science in recognition of his work to understand the mechanisms of memory.

Feb 16: Biomedical Sciences hosted a successful and highly enjoyable visit by a group of Chinese secondary school students on the 2nd and 3rd of February.

Feb 16: People with a condition that causes them to stop breathing in their sleep could be helped by new research. 

Jan 16: The world's first vaccine for a disease that causes misery for millions in Africa could be tested within five years.