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Landmark trial seeks people with MND to test potential treatments

26 February, 2020

Hundreds of people living with motor neurone disease are being invited to take part in one of the…

Dr Barry McColl awarded Brain Research UK funding

26 February, 2020

Congratulations to Dr Barry McColl, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, who has been awarded a 3…

The Matter of Facts - New book by Prof Gareth Leng

25 February, 2020

Congratulations to Professor Gareth Leng (Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences) and his son Dr…

Stay strong Zhejiang!

19 February, 2020

A message of support from Biomedical Sciences to all our colleagues, students, alumni and friends…

Prof Sue Welburn wins Haining Friendship Award

13 February, 2020

Congratulations to Prof Sue Welburn, Executive Dean of the ZJE Institute, who was presented with…

Probiotic hope for Parkinson's disease

12 February, 2020

Dr Maria Doitsidou's lab (Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences) and colleagues from Dundee…

Congratulations Dr Haley MBE!

06 February, 2020

Our very own Dr Jane Haley (Edinburgh Neuroscience Scientific Coordinator) was presented with an…

Further HEA Fellowship success

03 February, 2020

Congratulations to our staff who were awarded Fellowships from the Higher Education Academy (HEA),…

Dr Dorothy Tse awarded PTAS Small Grant Award

20 January, 2020

Congratulations to Dr Dorothy Tse (Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences) who has been awarded a…

Brain function discovery that could help halt Alzheimer's disease

20 January, 2020

A new study, published in the journal Current Biology, has discovered the functions of the area of…

New BBSRC Project Grant Award

14 January, 2020

Congratulations to Dr Carole Torsney and Professor Dies Meijer (Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences…

BNA Undergraduate Prize awarded to Neuroscience graduate

07 January, 2020

University of Edinburgh student Pia Siegele has been awarded the 2019 British Neuroscience…

New paper in Reproduction

20 December, 2019

Congratulations to the Spears Lab, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, for their new paper…

Wellcome Trust Fellowship success

20 December, 2019

Congratulations to Dr Emily Osterweil, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, for being awarded a…

New insights into the memory functions of LEC

17 December, 2019

A team of researchers from Centre of Discovery Brain Sciences led by Prof Matthew Nolan, in…

ERC grant award success

17 December, 2019

Congratulations to Dr Nathalie Rochefort, Centre of Discovery Brain Sciences,  who has been awarded…

Dementia study reveals how proteins interact to stop brain signals

09 December, 2019

Fresh insights into damaging proteins that build up in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s…

Grant success from the Simons Foundation

09 December, 2019

Congratulations to Prof Peter Kind (Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences) and his colleagues on the…

New insights into the cause of cancer cachexia

05 December, 2019

A team of researchers from Anatomy@Edinburgh and Clinical Surgery at the University of Edinburgh,…

Ancestral remains return to homeland of Sri Lankan tribespeople

25 November, 2019

An elder from an ancient Sri Lankan tribe has taken part in a ceremony to mark the return of human…