2018

Professor Tom Gillingwater delivered his inaugural lecture to a packed anatomy lecture theatre on the 29th October 2018.

Fresh insights into how zebrafish repair their damaged nerve connections could aid the development of therapies for people with spinal cord injuries.

A new study led by Professor Mike Cousin (Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences and Muir Maxwell Epilepsy Centre) published in PNAS has revealed the ADBE proteome, which will allow for researchers to decode how ABDE controls brain function.  

Success for inaugural Wade Programme in Surgical Anatomy (RCSEd and Anatomy@Edinburgh)

Professor Mike Shipston, Professor Sue Welburn, Dr John Menzies, and Cristina Matthews showcase the award-winning Zhejiang University – University of Edinburgh Institute (ZJE) in the latest 'Teaching Matters' blog

In August 2018, as part of the Edinburgh Art Festival, artists Steven Anderson, Laura Gonzalez, Laura Bradshaw, Paul Michael Henry and John Clark performed their site-specific performance ‘Warmed Air’ to a combined audience of over 100 people in our historic lecture theatre, foyer and Anatomical Museum. 

Prof Gareth Leng's (Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences) new book explores how the hypothalamus, although a small structure, influences our behaviour, our ability to love, and more....

They are among the world’s most notorious serial killers but the details of their story are often mis-told....

Medical research will be translated into technologies to improve healthcare as part of a new collaboration between Chinese researchers and the University of Edinburgh.

Congratulations to Dr Kim Picozzi who won the Kendall Award for Teaching in Medicine at this year's EUSA Teaching Awards.

Professor Mark Evans' lab (Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences) have found a new target for treating pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). The research could lead to treatments for this life changing condition with no cure.

Professor Tom Gillingwater and Dr Erwout Groen, in collaboration with Oxford University have published a major overview on therapy developments for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA).

Edinburgh’s alliance with Zhejiang University has received a leading international business award

New findings have been published in Trends in Parasitology by Catriona Baker, a medical student, from the Welburn lab.

Congratulations to all our staff who have gained Fellowships from the Higher Education Academy this year.

This piece was written by Sophie Craik and featured on the Edinburgh Global website

Congratulations to ZJU-UoE Institute Executive Dean Professor Susan Welburn, who has been appointed as the first ever co-chair of the UK-China Joint Institute Alliance.

Dr Ewan MacLeod from the Division of Infection and Pathway Medicine and the Biomedical Teaching Organisation led workshops in Nairobi, Kenya as part of the Spheir funded project Partnership for Enhanced and Blended Learning (PEBL) which is led by the Association of Commonwealth Universities.

Congratulations to Professor Giles Hardingham (Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences and UK Dementia Research Institute at Edinburgh), who is one of four outstanding Edinburgh Neuroscience researchers elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh this week.  

The Zhejiang - Edinburgh Institute has been shortlisted for the Education Institutional Partnership of the Year at the British Business Awards, organised by the British Chamber of Commerce in China.

Fresh insights into changes in the brain linked to depression could pave the way for new therapies.

A collaboration between Anatomy@Edinburgh and the ASCUS lab at Summerhall provided a Valentines Day with a difference this year.

The University of Edinburgh and The National Autonomous University Mexico (UNAM) came together on the 9th-13th January to host a joint workshop, 'Mitigating Emerging Infection: Challenges for Public Security and Justice', in Mexico.

A £3 million interdisciplinary research project is to address the growing threat of drug-resistant infections in India.

New discovery reveals insights into both spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT)

Anatomy@Edinburgh successfully hosted the first ‘One Day Review of Whole Body Anatomy’ as part of a new training programme in Regional Anatomy for Core Surgical Trainees.

Taking advantage of the optical transparency of zebrafish, researchers have imaged the dynamic signalling activity that regulates myelination in the living animal.

Medical Sciences student Harris MacLennan returns to his second year at the University of Edinburgh fresh from winning the Grade 1 World Pipe Band Championships 2018 with pipe band Field Marshal Montgomery.

Dr Gracjan Michlewski's lab, in the Division of Pathway and Infection Medicine, have published new findings of a cancer-causing molecule in gene regulation

The Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences hosted a special group of athletes who are raising funds for the Australian Dementia Research Foundation and Alzheimer’s Research UK

We celebrated the success of our Biomedical Sciences graduates on Tuesday 10th July 2018.

Congratulations to Professor Gordon Findlater who has been appointed as the Wade Professor of Anatomy at the Royal College of Surgeons after Professor David Sinclair retired from the post.

Prof Mike Ludwig (Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences) features in a short film about his work published in the Journal of Physiology about vasopressin and nerve cells that control jet lag.

Congratulations to Eilidh Gibson, a current Biomedical Sciences student, who has been inducted into the University’s Sports Hall of Fame.

Dr Giuseppa Pennetta reviews emerging evidence of supporting a prominent and previously unappreciated role of Lipid Droplets in Motor Neuron Diseases, in the latest issue of Developmental Cell journal.

The DIPM welcomed a group of student visitors from University College of South Denmark on 22 May 2018. Their visit was organised by the Division of Infection & Pathway Medicine (DIPM) and Edinburgh Infectious Diseases (EID) .

Bacteria that were thought to be resistant to a powerful antibiotic may be susceptible to treatment after all, research has found.

Congratulations to Professor Giles Hardingham, City of Edinburgh Professor of Pharmacology and the Associate Director of the UK Dementia Research Institute Edinburgh Centre, who has been elected to join the prestigious Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences.

We welcome our latest cohort of Academic Track lecturers who joined Biomedical Sciences in 2018. They bring a wealth of expertise and excellence in research and teaching for both the Deanery and the Zhejiang Institute in China.

Congratulations to Prof Jose Vazquez-Boland who has been elected as one of the 96 new Fellows to the Academy

The Biomedical Netball team have reached the top of the 1st Division in the University of Edinburgh. Jodie Smith, this year's Team Captain, tells us how a team that started with no members managed to get so far so fast.

Professor Richard Morris (Professor of Neuroscience, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, and 2016 Brain Prize Winner) gave a TEDx talk in Madrid at the end of 2017.