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Professor Mayank Dutia retires

06 February, 2019

Professor Mayank Dutia has retired from his role as Director of Postgraduate Teaching at the…

Warmed Air, Edinburgh Art Festival 2018

04 February, 2019

In August 2018, as part of the Edinburgh Art Festival, artists Steven Anderson, Laura Gonzalez,…

Transforming educational partnerships in China

19 December, 2018

Professor Mike Shipston, Professor Sue Welburn, Dr John Menzies, and Cristina Matthews showcase the…

Mob leader who tamed Edinburgh’s unruly masses returns to city

17 December, 2018

A notorious 18th century rabble rouser has returned to Edinburgh in the form of a life-sized model…

Success for inaugural Wade Programme in Surgical Anatomy (RCSEd and Anatomy@Edinburgh)

05 December, 2018

Success for inaugural Wade Programme in Surgical Anatomy (RCSEd and Anatomy@Edinburgh)

New Fellow to the American Academy of Microbiology

27 November, 2018

Congratulations to Prof Jose Vazquez-Boland who has been elected as one of the 96 new Fellows to…

Professor Gordon Findlater Appointed as Wade Professor of Anatomy

27 November, 2018

Congratulations to Professor Gordon Findlater who has been appointed as the Wade Professor of…

The Heart of the Brain by Prof Gareth Leng

27 November, 2018

Prof Gareth Leng's (Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences) new book explores how the…

Immune cells could hold key to therapies for spinal cord injuries

27 November, 2018

Fresh insights into how zebrafish repair their damaged nerve connections could aid the development…

Dr Nathalie Rochefort selected as EMBO young investigator

27 November, 2018

Congratulations to Dr Nathalie Rochefort (Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences) who has been…

Superbug discovery renews hope for antibiotic treatment

27 November, 2018

Bacteria that were thought to be resistant to a powerful antibiotic may be susceptible to treatment…

Standing on the shoulders of giants

21 November, 2018

Professor Tom Gillingwater delivered his inaugural lecture to a packed anatomy lecture theatre on…

Zhejiang biomedical alliance wins major award

16 November, 2018

Edinburgh’s alliance with Zhejiang University has received a leading international business award

Experts teach tour guides the real story of Burke and Hare

24 October, 2018

They are among the world’s most notorious serial killers but the details of their story are often…

Partnership for Enhanced and Blended Learning

10 October, 2018

Dr Ewan MacLeod from the Division of Infection and Pathway Medicine and the Biomedical Teaching…

HEA Fellowship success

08 October, 2018

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

UK-India project combats infections threat with diagnostics

01 October, 2018

A £3 million interdisciplinary research project is to address the growing threat of drug-resistant…

Success for Inaugural Anatomy Training Programme

01 October, 2018

Anatomy@Edinburgh successfully hosted the first ‘One Day Review of Whole Body Anatomy’ as part of a…

The Long Wait for a New Drug for Human African Trypanosomiasis

28 September, 2018

New findings have been published in Trends in Parasitology by Catriona Baker, a medical student,…

Insights into neuromuscular diseases published in Brain

28 September, 2018

New discovery reveals insights into both spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and Charcot-Marie-Tooth…