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Edinburgh Neuroscience News
2007
Edinburgh Neuroscience Newsletters for 2007: Spring Autumn/Winter 'The Art of Science; Build-a-Brain workshop' - fabulously enjoyable!
Dr Lizzie Burns, 'Artist in Residence' at the Medical Research Council, visited Edinburgh Neuroscience recently and presented two very successful workshops at The University of Edinburgh on The 16th November with over 100 people attending. She also took part in the 'meet the scientist' slot at The Royal Museum of Scotland on 17th November which was incredibly popular and busy all day. When I arrived at noon, there were already children wandering around the museum holding their colourful brain models and the modelling table was occupied by a group of Brownies from Fife!
click here for a report (with photographs of peoples brains!)
click here for a profile of Lizzie's work in The Scotsman Newspaper (09Nov07)
click here for Lizzie Burns own website
November 2007
Disconnected Mind Project Profiled in the media
This Help the Aged suported project was highlighted on Channel 4 last week to coincide with the first full day of brain imaging.
click here to see the Channel 4 report which also has a link to a video of the broadcast
November 2007Scientist-turned-Artist Lizzie Burns' Visit to Edinburgh is reported in The Scotsman
Dr Lizzie Burns, Artist-in-Residence at the Medical Research Council is visiting Edinburgh on 16th and 17th November to run some Workshops for Edinburgh Neuroscience and The Royal Museum of Scotland using hand's-on modeling to explore the structure and function of the brain. Her work and her visit to Scotland were profiled in the following review articles:
The Scotsman
University of Edinburgh Bulletin
November 2007
Edinburgh Brain Imaging Team in the News
The work of Dr Alasdair MacLullich was profiled in the media recently. Using MRI imaging scans and IQ tests his team have been investigating whether there are any links between intelligence and brian volume. Apparently the bigger the better! You can read a report in the following newspaper article:
The Independent
October 2007The work of CAMARADES is profiled at the BA Festival of Science
The work of Dr Malcolm Macleod (Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences) was reported in the media last week after he gave a lecture at the British Association for the Advancement of Science Festival of Science in York. He highlighted the work of the international consortium CAMARADES (which examines animal experiments for stroke) and the difficulties of using data obtained in animal experiments to predict the human efficacy of new drugs.
You can read reports in the following articles:
Financial Times, Independent, Scotsman
You can download a podcast or steaming server video of a talk by Dr Macleod and his work with CAMARADES, presented as part of Neuroscience Day 2007 at The University of Edinburgh via the following links:
CAMARADES website (podcast and video), Neuroscience Day 2007 webpage (online video)
September 2007Edinburgh Neuroscientists Work on Drosophila Profiled
The work of the Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit based at The University of Edinburgh was profiled today in The Scotsman newspaper. The work of Dr Mary O'Connell and Dr Liam Keegan was descibed and the applicaiton of their work to brain disorders highlighted.
click here to read the article.
September 2007Neuroscientists from across Scotland gathered in Edinburgh for the 4th Annual Scottish Neuroscience Group meeting
Attended by 200 Neuroscientists from across Scotland, this meeting was designed to provide a forum for PhD students and young postdoctoral workers to present their work in talks and posters. It was a fantastic day, hosted by The University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh Neuroscience, where everyone got a chance to meet and chat. For the first time, the meeting ended with a wine reception and hopefully many neuroscience friendships were forged and renewed.
Edinburgh Neuroscience would like to thank the generous support of our many sponsors who made this meeting possible.
click here for a report of the meeting
August 2007The Euan MacDonald Centre launched with an inaugral translational research symposium; Moving Forward with Motor Neurone Disease
Attended by 115 Neuroscientists from across the UK, Ireland and the USA, this 2 day meeting brought together research scientists, clinicians and members of the public. They had one thing in common - they were all interested in Motor Neurone Disease. With a mixture of stunning talks, posters and a wine reception, this meeting was exciting and dynamic, with exchanges of ideas and future new collaborations being formed.
Edinburgh Neuroscience would like to thank the generous support of the sponsors who made this meeting possible.
Click here to donate to the Euan MacDonald Centre for Motor Neurone Disease Research
August 2007Bipolar Research Group in the News
Scientists at The University of Edinburgh have discovered that people suffering from Bipolar Disorder (manic depression) have a reduced amount of grey matter tissue in areas associated with memory, recognition and coordination, as they age. This work has been highlighted in the following articles:
University of Edinburgh, BBC, Nature, The Herald, Full Research paper via Science Direct
July 2007CJD Surveillance Unit in the News!
The researchers in the National CJD Surveillance Unit were in the news this week. They have developed a better test for diagnosing vCJD, and this was highlighted in the following news articles:
University of Edinburgh, The Scotsman, Metro
July 2007Motor Neurone Disease Research Initiative for Edinburgh
We are delighted to announce that a generous donation from Donald and Euan MacDonald will allow the University to create the 'Euan MacDonald Centre for Motor Neurone Disease Research'. This represents a major step forward for the Edinburgh Motor Neurone Research Group (EdMoND) currently convened by Professor Richard Ribchester (Centre for Neuroscience Research). The University will begin recruiting shortly for a senior clinical fellow specialising in Motor Neurone Disease. The donation will also establish a doctoral training programme in Edinburgh for the next generation of MND researchers. The EdMoND group will be working closely with the MacDonald family and with the Scottish Motor Neurone Disease Association to ensure the development and growth of the centre. Media coverage of this announcement can be found at the following links
The University of Edinburgh, BBC News Scotland, The Scotsman Newspaper, Herald Newspaper
The EdMoND consortium currently comprises about 20 research groups at the University of Edinburgh who work on various aspects of motor neurone biology and MND. EdMoND they had their inaugural national conference on Motor Neurone Disease at the Royal Society of Edinburgh on 29th & 30th August.
Click here to donate to the Euan MacDonald Centre for Motor Neurone Disease Research
June 2007
Edinburgh Neuroscientists Honoured
We are delighted that members of the neuroscience community in Edinburgh have recently been honoured:
Professor Jeanne Bell (Neuropathology) - awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours
Professor Peter Brophy (Neuroscience Research) - elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Professor Ian Deary (Human Cognitive Neuroscience) - elected to the Academy of Medical Sciences
Professor Richard Morris (Cognitive and Neural Systems) - awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours
June 2007
The Disconnected Mind Project
click here for the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 Study homepage
recent articles in the media:
click here for the Guardian article (03june07)
click here for the BBC article (26mar07)
click here for the Scotsman article (26mar07)
click here for the Sunday Times article (25mar07)
click here for the Sunday Herald article (25mar07)
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