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‘Anatomicum’ – Dr Jennifer Paxton publishes new anatomy book

18 September, 2019

A new anatomy book describing the wonder and beauty of the human body has been published by Big…

ZJE Student Welcome Ceremony 2019

16 September, 2019

On 8 September 2019, more than 100 new undergraduate and postgraduate students attended the…

Why the drugs don’t work for women and what to do about it

30 August, 2019

Whether you are male or female can make a significant difference to the safety and effectiveness of…

New paper in Nature Communications

30 August, 2019

Dr Gracjan Michlewski has published a paper in Nature Communications - "Loss of 5-…

Michlewski lab awarded new BBSRC grant

30 August, 2019

Congratulations to the Michlewski lab who have been awarded a grant worth £510,000 to investigate…

Denholm lab awarded a Leverhulme Trust Research Grant

30 August, 2019

Congratulations to the Denholm lab who have been awarded a Leverhulme Trust Research Grant to…

Dr Jane Haley awarded MBE

09 July, 2019

Congratulations to Dr Jane Haley (Edinburgh Neuroscience) who has been awarded a Member of the…

Dementia gene linked to connections in brain

09 July, 2019

Insights into how a gene that increases the risk of Alzheimer’s disease disrupts brain cells have…

Partnership Win at NHS Awards

07 June, 2019

A Biomedical Sciences collaboration with Fife college has won a prestigious national award for an…

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…