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As part of Brain Awareness Week 2025, Dr Rana Fetit, a postoc in Anna Williams' lab, delivered a number of workshops at Danderhall Primary School and
By Hannah Gofton
There is a pressing need to investigate the neurodevelopmental consequences of early-onset epilepsy and the risk factors contributing to them. Understanding these neurodevelopmental issues and their associated risks is crucial for improving patients’ quality of life and implementing early interventions to mitigate these adverse effects.
Professor Martyn Pickersgill was recently awarded funding for his project, 'Neurology Navigates Neurotech (3N): Understanding the Experiences and Expectations of Neurology Clinicians in relation to the Promise of Precision Neurotechnology’. This award forms part of a £69 million ARIA programme of 18 projects aimed at unlocking new methods to interface with the human brain at the circuit level, with unprecedented precision. This ground-breaking programme is seeking to address some of the most complex and devastating brain disorders which will impact millions of people worldwide.
This week, the Edinburgh Neuroscience team were delighted to have the opportunity to join a lab tour. CDBS Lab Manager, Jane Tulloch was hosting a group of visitors from Alzheimer Scotland (AS) who had an array of lived experiences of dementia - those living with the disease, carers, advisors and health professionals.
Congratulations to Grant Marshall from Cathy Abbott's lab who has received a Scottish Neurological Research Fund 2024 award for his project, Development of Knockdown-Replace Vectors for eEF1A2-Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder. This is a joint with Joe Symonds from the University of Glasgow.
Congratulations to Dr Rozanna Meijboom and colleagues from the MS imaging group, who have awarded funding by the MS Society to undertake a pilot (preliminary) study called CORD-MS.
The Scottish Brain Tumour Research Centre of Excellence was officially launched on Thursday on 30 January 2025 at the Institute for Regeneration and Repair (IRR).
Last year, the British Heart Foundation (BHF) hosted a remarkable evening at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh as part of its Alumni Voices series, featuring a conversation between two of the UK’s leading medical researchers: Professor Joanna Wardlaw CBE and Professor James Leiper.
Congratulations to Dr Aja Murray and the DigiCAT team for receiving the Wellcome Data Prize in Mental Health. DigiCAT (Digital Counterfactual Analysis Tool) is an app that analyses cause and effect in observational mental health data. This can accelerate progress in identifying potential intervention targets.
Edinburgh Neuroscience will be moving to a new site in early 2025. Watch this space :)