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Professor Tara Spires-Jones appointed new President-Elect of the British Neuroscience Association

20 April, 2021

Congratulations to Professor Tara Spires-Jones (Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, and UK…

New study on the role of the SMN protein in protein translation

16 December, 2020

The study, published in Nature Cell Biology, represents the first time that researchers have been…

How do Alzheimer’s risk factors change the brain?

16 December, 2020

Professor Tara Spires-Jones (UK Dementia Research Institute at Edinburgh and Centre for Discovery…

International acclaim for Prof Richard Morris in 2020

16 December, 2020

Congratulations to Professor Richard Morris who has been elected as an international member of the…

Post-doc Appreciation Week - Award winners

16 December, 2020

Congratulations to the CDBS post-docs who received the following awards at this years CMVM Post-doc…

Professor Richard Ribchester retires

07 December, 2020

Professor Richard Ribchester retired from the University of Edinburgh on 30th September 2020 after…

BMS student publication success

30 November, 2020

Four undergraduate students from the Biomedical Sciences programme have had their work published in…

Winner of Alison Douglas prize 2020

24 November, 2020

Congratulations to Dr Valerio Francioni (former Rochefort lab) who has been awarded this year&#039…

Michlewski Lab publishes a review paper on TRIM25

27 August, 2020

The study has opened up new lines of investigations into functional and molecular roles of TRIM25…

ZJE graduation celebration

25 June, 2020

The first cohort of students to graduate with a Dual Award from The University of Edinburgh and…

BMS staff promotions 2020

15 June, 2020

Biomedical Sciences is proud to announce the success of 10 colleagues in the latest Academic staff…

Book review: The Matter of Facts

15 June, 2020

Two reviews have been published on Professor Gareth Leng (Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences) and…

3 Minute Thesis Final 2020

15 June, 2020

Congratulations to Caroline Allen (Spears lab) and Sarah Neely (Lyons lab), two of the nine…

Dual BMS success in the EUSA 2020 student teaching awards.

06 May, 2020

Congratulations to Dr Dawn Livingstone, this year’s recipient of the EUSA Teaching Awards Kendall…

Infection Medicine joins the fight against COVID-19

24 April, 2020

COVID-19 is caused by SARS-CoV-2 and like all viruses there are many ways to combat the infection,…

COVID-19 research grants awarded to Welburn lab

16 April, 2020

Congratulations to Professor Sue Welburn and her team who have been awarded two grants in relation…

Prof David Lyons inaugural lecture now online

16 April, 2020

Professor David Lyons (Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences) gave his inaugural lecture on Monday…

Global resource available for COVID-19 scientists.

16 April, 2020

Experts in Biomedical Sciences have created a database that lists vital information about potential…

New publication in Journal of Neuroendocrinology

09 March, 2020

Congratulations to Prof Gareth Leng and Dr Luis Paiva (Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences) on…

Prof Tom Gillingwater elected as Fellow of the Royal Society

03 March, 2020

Congratulations to Professor Tom Gillingwater, who becomes a Fellow of the Royal Society in…