News 2020

An archive of Institute News from 2020

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Cross-Disciplinary Fellow contributes to Nature paper on multi-omics profiling of gastrulation

27 January, 20202020

The research Dr Chantriolnt-Andreas Kapourani was involved in has implications for the role of the…

University of Edinburgh team identify possible trigger of devastating spinal cord inflammation

23 January, 20202020

A report published in this month’s Lancet Neurology shows how a novel ultrasensitive assay can help…

Dissection of the genetic basis of childhood lupus

23 January, 20202020

A large genetic panel analysis published in Lancet Rheumatology provides important new insights…

Prestigious RSE medal awarded to Dr Joe Marsh

21 January, 20202020

The Royal Society of Edinburgh awards medals each year to pioneering scientists and researchers in…

Studying intracellular drug distribution using stimulated Raman scattering microscopy

20 January, 20202020

Scientists from the Cancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre applied stimulated Raman scattering…

Characterisation of IFIH1 gain-of-function

17 January, 20202020

The largest published study to date defines the phenotypic and molecular landscape associated with…

Genetic study seeks people with Northern Isles ancestry

14 January, 20202020

People with at least two grandparents who were born in Orkney or Shetland are being asked to join a…

Synergistic anticancer inhibitor combination discovered by a novel phenotypic screen

13 January, 20202020

Scientists from the Cancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre used a novel chemical-genetic high-content…

Our Clinical Academic Training Programme is recruiting now!

03 January, 20202020

The TRACC (to Train and Retain Academic Cancer Clinicians) Programme aims to build a cadre of…

Major science prize for former MRC PhD student

03 January, 20202020

Judith Reichmann has been awarded the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize for Young…