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2019 promotions in Biomedical Sciences

06 June, 2019

Congratulations to all BMS colleagues on their promotions for 2019

Stroke-ImPACT group awarded €6M to study stroke and dementia

04 June, 2019

Congratulations to Dr Barry McColl (Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences) and his research group,…

New study shows that statins improve Fragile-X symptoms

04 June, 2019

Prof Peter Kind (Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences) and colleagues have published a study  in…

Alzheimer's funding boost for UKDRI Edinburgh

03 June, 2019

Prof Tara Spire-Jones' team have received £160,000 from Alzheimer's Research UK to…

Scientists discover circuit boards inside cells

29 May, 2019

Congratulations to Prof Mark Evans (Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences) and colleagues who have…

From the SCOPE blog: Teaching in China

08 May, 2019

Dr Sander van den Driesche (Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences) tells us more about being part of…

New study identifies activity-dependent bulk endocytosis proteome

07 May, 2019

A new study led by Professor Mike Cousin (Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences and Muir Maxwell…

“Anyone for Coffee?” Encouraging student and staff informal interactions

30 April, 2019

In the latest post from the 'Teaching Matters' blog, Dr Celine Caquineau and Dr Phil…

Parkinson’s disease clues from zebrafish study

09 April, 2019

Congratulations to Dr Thomas Becker (Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences) who has published new…

Graduate spotlight: Denisse Guitarra

03 April, 2019

A month in the life of a Conservation Advocate in America.

Principal formally opens ZJE Institute

28 March, 2019

Edinburgh Principal Professor Peter Mathieson has officially opened a campus in China that will…

Staff Spotlight: Dr Dorothy Tse

27 March, 2019

Our spotlight shines on Dr Dorothy Tse this month who explains about her research in the…

New collaborative paper in Molecular Cell

27 March, 2019

Dr Gracjan Michlewski (Infection Medicine) has published a collaborative paper in Molecular Cell on…

Edinburgh Neuroscience Members Elected to European Dana Alliance for the Brain (EDAB

27 March, 2019

Congratulations to Dr Jane Haley and Professor Tara Spires-Jones who have been elected as Term…

My Name'5 Doddie Foundation donates to MND Research

27 March, 2019

Congratulations to Professor Thomas Gillingwater (Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences) for his…

New Fellow of the Royal Society

27 March, 2019

Congratulations to Prof David Price (Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences) who was recently elected…

Publication and feature on cover of the Journal of Neuroscience

25 March, 2019

Congratulations to the Pratt group who have published their recent findings and featured on the…

Investigating the ageing brain

27 February, 2019

We talk to Dr Tara Spires-Jones, Chancellor’s Fellow and interim Director of the Centre for…

Do your looks betray you?

11 February, 2019

The evening of the 31st of January saw over 200 people fill the anatomy lecture theatre for the…

Staff spotlight - Dr Sharron Ogle

11 February, 2019

Dr Sharron Ogle, Programme Director of the online MSc Biodiversity, Wildlife and Ecosystem Health…