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Insights into neuromuscular diseases published in Brain

28 September, 2018

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

The journey of the Zhejiang University-University of Edinburgh Institute

27 September, 2018

This piece was written by Sophie Craik and featured on the Edinburgh Global website

ZJE shortlisted for top British Business Award

27 September, 2018

The Zhejiang - Edinburgh Institute has been shortlisted for the Education Institutional Partnership…

Student spotlight: Medical Sciences student and champion piper Harris MacLennan

17 September, 2018

Medical Sciences student Harris MacLennan returns to his second year at the University of Edinburgh…

TEDx talk - The making and keeping of memory

29 August, 2018

Professor Richard Morris (Professor of Neuroscience, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, and 2016…

New Insight into the Maturation of miRNAs

29 August, 2018

Dr Gracjan Michlewski's lab, in the Division of Pathway and Infection Medicine, have published…

Many Miles for Mary Runners visit dementia research labs

01 August, 2018

The Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences hosted a special group of athletes who are raising funds…

Can we cure jet lag with eye drops?

06 June, 2018

Prof Mike Ludwig (Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences) features in a short film about his work…

Canoeist Eilidh Gibson inducted to Hall of Fame

06 June, 2018

Congratulations to Eilidh Gibson, a current Biomedical Sciences student, who has been inducted into…

BMS Summer Graduations 2018

31 May, 2018

We celebrated the success of our Biomedical Sciences graduates on Tuesday 10th July 2018.

A warm welcome to our new colleagues

29 May, 2018

We welcome our latest cohort of Academic Track lecturers who joined Biomedical Sciences in 2018…

DIPM host 2nd year students from Denmark

29 May, 2018

The DIPM welcomed a group of student visitors from University College of South Denmark on 22 May…

Bridging the gap between Lipid Droplets and Motor Neuron Diseases

28 May, 2018

Dr Giuseppa Pennetta reviews emerging evidence of supporting a prominent and previously…

Success in annual awards for outstanding teaching

14 May, 2018

Congratulations to Dr Kim Picozzi who won the Kendall Award for Teaching in Medicine at this year&…

New Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences

14 May, 2018

Congratulations to Professor Giles Hardingham, City of Edinburgh Professor of Pharmacology and the…

Healthcare research centre boosts Edinburgh-Zhejiang alliance

23 April, 2018

Medical research will be translated into technologies to improve healthcare as part of a new…

New insights into deadly heart condition

23 April, 2018

Professor Mark Evans' lab (Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences) have found a new target for…

New publication in Nature Reviews Neurology

05 April, 2018

Professor Tom Gillingwater and Dr Erwout Groen, in collaboration with Oxford University have…

1st Division success for Biomedical Netball Team

20 March, 2018

The Biomedical Netball team have reached the top of the 1st Division in the University of Edinburgh…

First co-chair to the China-UK Joint Institute Alliance

13 March, 2018

Congratulations to ZJU-UoE Institute Executive Dean Professor Susan Welburn, who has been appointed…