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‘Anatomicum’ – Dr Jennifer Paxton publishes new anatomy book
A new anatomy book describing the wonder and beauty of the human body has been published by Big…

ZJE Student Welcome Ceremony 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
Whether you are male or female can make a significant difference to the safety and effectiveness of…
New paper in Nature Communications
Dr Gracjan Michlewski has published a paper in Nature Communications - "Loss of 5-…
Michlewski lab awarded new BBSRC grant
Congratulations to the Michlewski lab who have been awarded a grant worth £510,000 to investigate…
Denholm lab awarded a Leverhulme Trust Research Grant
Congratulations to the Denholm lab who have been awarded a Leverhulme Trust Research Grant to…
Dr Jane Haley awarded MBE
Congratulations to Dr Jane Haley (Edinburgh Neuroscience) who has been awarded a Member of the…
Dementia gene linked to connections in brain
Insights into how a gene that increases the risk of Alzheimer’s disease disrupts brain cells have…
Partnership Win at NHS Awards
A Biomedical Sciences collaboration with Fife college has won a prestigious national award for an…
2019 promotions in Biomedical Sciences
Congratulations to all BMS colleagues on their promotions for 2019
Stroke-ImPACT group awarded €6M to study stroke and dementia
Congratulations to Dr Barry McColl (Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences) and his research group,…
New study shows that statins improve Fragile-X symptoms
Prof Peter Kind (Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences) and colleagues have published a study in…
Alzheimer's funding boost for UKDRI Edinburgh
Prof Tara Spire-Jones' team have received £160,000 from Alzheimer's Research UK to…
Scientists discover circuit boards inside cells
Congratulations to Prof Mark Evans (Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences) and colleagues who have…
From the SCOPE blog: Teaching in China
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
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
In the latest post from the 'Teaching Matters' blog, Dr Celine Caquineau and Dr Phil…
Parkinson’s disease clues from zebrafish study
Congratulations to Dr Thomas Becker (Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences) who has published new…
Graduate spotlight: Denisse Guitarra
A month in the life of a Conservation Advocate in America.

Principal formally opens ZJE Institute
Edinburgh Principal Professor Peter Mathieson has officially opened a campus in China that will…

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