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RCSEd honours Dr Mark Hughes

29 September, 2015

Sep 15: Congratulations to Dr Mark Hughes who has been awarded the prestigious Syme medal by the…

Richard Ribchester receives MRC grant

27 August, 2015

June: Congratulations to Richard Ribchester (CIP) who has been awarded an MRC grant

Study suggests brain activity regulates myelination

23 July, 2015

Dr David Lyons and his team have published a study in Nature Neuroscience which suggests that…

SBMS Students awarded Masters Scholarships

22 July, 2015

Eight SBMS students have been awarded a UK/EU University of Edinburgh Masters Scholarship for the…

Brophy Lab wins Wellcome Investigator Award

17 July, 2015

April: Congratulations to Prof Peter Brophy who has won a Wellcome Trust Investigator Award

G2PD host first Postdoctoral Retreat

15 July, 2015

June: G2PD host their first Postdoctoral Retreat at Firbush

New Fellow elected to the Academy of Medical Sciences

15 July, 2015

May: Congratulations to Prof Peter Ghazal (DIPM) who has been elected as a Fellow to the Academy of…

Ker Memorial Prize 2015

15 July, 2015

May: Congratulations to Wei Yuan Hsieh who has been awarded the Ker Memorial Prize 2015.

Henderson scholarship award

15 July, 2015

June: Congratulations to Teresa Spano (2nd year Biomedical Sciences) who has been awarded a…

Winner of the Kendell Award for Teaching in Medicine

15 July, 2015

April: Congratulations to Prof Jamie Davies who has been awarded the Kendell Award for Teaching in…

Sir Henry Dale Fellowship awarded

15 July, 2015

June: Congratulations to Dr Christos Gkokgas who has been awarded a Sir Henry Dale Fellowship from…

New Joint Zhejiang - Edinburgh Institute is unveiled

22 May, 2015

May: The unveiling of the new Zhejiang-Edinburgh institute took place at a ceremony in Hangzhou on…

Edinburgh Anatomy workshops

16 April, 2015

March: The Edinburgh Anatomists invite you into one of the oldest medical schools in the country to…

Edinburgh International Science Festival 2015

16 April, 2015

March: There are a number of SBMS staff playing their part in this year's Edinburgh…

New Fellow to the Royal Society of Edinburgh

16 April, 2015

February: Professor Sue Welburn has been appointed as a Fellow to the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

New paper in Neuron

16 April, 2015

February: Dr Tara Spires-Jones, CCNS, has collaborated on a paper published in Neuron.

Sugar solution could reduce osteoarthritis surgery

16 April, 2015

January: Dr Andrew Hall and his team have found that adding sugar to the saline solution used to…

Spears' Lab awarded first ESHRE grant

16 April, 2015

January: Professor Norah Spears, has been awarded the first research grant by The European Society…

Putting Pharmacology on the map

16 April, 2015

January: The British Pharmacological Society has presented an award to the School's Department…

New website for the Muir Maxwell Epilepsy Centre

16 April, 2015

January: The Muir Maxwell Epilepsy Centre has launched its new website.