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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…

Anatomy Nights: Matters of the Heart

07 March, 2018

A collaboration between Anatomy@Edinburgh and the ASCUS lab at Summerhall provided a Valentines Day…

New Fellow elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh

07 March, 2018

Congratulations to Professor Giles Hardingham (Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences and UK Dementia…

Insights into depression could speed new treatments

27 February, 2018

Fresh insights into changes in the brain linked to depression could pave the way for new therapies.

Live imaging study sheds light on myelination

08 February, 2018

Taking advantage of the optical transparency of zebrafish, researchers have imaged the dynamic…

Researchers host Emerging Infection Challenges workshop in Mexico

07 February, 2018

The University of Edinburgh and The National Autonomous University Mexico (UNAM) came together on…

Alumnus honoured at major US science awards

06 December, 2017

Dr Alan Healy (Biomedical Science 2011) has been named as an honouree at the 2017 Blavatnik…

Spinal column: let’s look on the bright side

05 December, 2017

Melanie Reid, an award winning journalist, writes about her visit to our third year Medical…

Nerve cell findings may aid understanding of movement disorders

30 November, 2017

Fresh insights into the links between nerve and muscle cells could transform our understanding of…

Brain study sheds light on how dementia spreads

21 November, 2017

Insights into how a key chemical disrupts brain cells in a common type of dementia have been…

SHAAP celebrates successful Supreme Court MUP decision

21 November, 2017

The Scottish medical professions are celebrating today’s decision by the UK Supreme Court which…

Anatomy in Art Exhibition

17 November, 2017

Anatomy@Edinburgh are holding their first 'Anatomy in Art' exhibition featuring artwork…

Skull study Reveals Origin of Canary Island's Aboriginal People

30 October, 2017

Aboriginal people who lived on the Canary Islands before European colonisation originated from…