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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…

Grant success from the Simons Foundation

09 December, 2019

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

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…

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…

New Fellowship funded by Race against Dementia

20 November, 2019

A warm welcome to postdoctoral fellow Dr Claire Durrant who has taken up post in Prof Tara Spires-…

Edinburgh representation on SFN Neuroscience Training Committee

20 November, 2019

Congratulations to Dr Jane Haley (Edinburgh Neuroscience) who has been appointed to the Society for…

Partnership success with McGill University

20 November, 2019

Congratulations to Profs David Wyllie, Catherina Becker and Dr Emma Wood (Centre for Discovery…

ZJE students win first Prize at Student Leadership Forum

07 November, 2019

After a weekend of extensive and lively debate, planning and organization a team of three…

BBSRC award for study on appetite regulation in birds

07 November, 2019

Congratulations to Professors Gareth Leng (Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences) and Simone Meddle (…

Prof Song receives Honorary Degree

06 November, 2019

Professor Yonghua Song, Executive Vice-President of Zhejiang University and the founding Dean of…

New papers in Nature Communications

05 November, 2019

Congratulations to first authors Dr Sam Booker and Dr Aleks Domanski and senior authors Profs Peter…

HEA Fellowship success

29 October, 2019

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

Alison Douglas Prize for the Best PhD Thesis 2018/19

14 October, 2019

The Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences is delighted to announce the winner of the Alison Douglas…

Poet-in-Residence for the Anatomical Museum

14 October, 2019

The Anatomical Museum is delighted to introduce Georgi Gill, our poet-in-residence for 2019-20.

Brainwaves: Interview with Professor Gareth Leng

02 October, 2019

Prof Gareth Leng, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, was recently interviewed by Agnes Becker, a…