Edinburgh Neuroscience had its first social event in January with a traditional Burns Supper and Ceilidh at Teviot House, Bristo Square. Almost 90 neuroscientists gathered to celebrate Scotlands most famous poet with a full Burns Supper complete with bagpipes, speeches, Haggis and an incredible rendition of Tam O'Shanter! Amazingly even more people arrived to join in the ceilidh and 180 neuroscientists and students danced the night away courtesy of the Bobby More Band!

Speaking at a Burns Supper can be rather intimidating but our contributers were fabulous. They ranged from students to professors and represented some of the neuroscience research centres at The University of Edinburgh. So a huge thank you to the following brave souls who made it an evening to remember:

Professor Alan Wright (Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences) - Piper
Dr Malcolm Macleod (Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences) - Chairman
Dr David Wyllie (Centre for Neuroscience Research) - Address to the Haggis
Dr Colin Mumford (Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences) - Translation of Address to the Haggis for the English!
Professor David Stevenson (Public Health Sciences) - The Immortal Memory
Professor Jim McCulloch (Centre for Neuroscience Research) - Toast to the Lasses
Ms Ruth Philip, Ms Heidi Bonnici, Ms Liana Romaniuk (Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences) - Response on behalf of the Lasses
Mr Derek Thomson (Centre for Neuroscience Research) - Tom O'Shanter