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Million-euro research project will focus on a progressive brain disease in deer, to inform strategies to detect and control infection.
At the end of March, after 14 years at the University of Edinburgh, we bid farewell to Professor Charles ffrench-Constant as he moves to a new and exciting role as Pro Vice Chancellor of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of East Anglia. Charles' contribution to Edinburgh Neuroscience has been enormous and we will miss his foresight, insight, and good humour.
A group of University of Edinburgh neuroscience researchers organised the annual Edinburgh Brain Bee competition, which was held on 20 March 2021. This was the first online Edinburgh Brain Bee competition.
Edinburgh Neuroscience has further committed to fostering a equal and inclusive working environment by formally endorsing the 'Equity and Inclusion Declaration' from ALBA, a network of brain scientists committed to fostering fair & diverse scientific communities.
CAMARADES (Collaborative Approach to Meta Analysis and Review of Animal Experimental Studies) have been awarded the inaugural British Neuroscience Association Team Credibility Prize for 2021 for their work to improve translation of research from bench to bedside.
Dr Tilo Kunath (Centre for Regenerative Medicine) has co-authored a study, led by colleges at University of Manchester, that could lead to the development of a test for Parkinson’s that would only require a skin swab.
Congratulations to Professor Gillian Mead (Geriatric Medicine and Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences) on being awarded the prestigeous Lady Illingworth Prize, which is only awarded every 5 years, for her work on post-stroke rehabilitation
The Edinburgh Centre for Neuro-Oncology, based at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children and Young People/Division of Clinical Neurosciences Hospital, and the Western General Hospital, has been awarded Tessa Jowell Centre of Excellence Status. Nine centres across the UK were selected for their excellence across clinical practice, patient care and research and truly embodied the human-centred culture of kindness and compassion that Tessa Jowell advocated for during her lifetime.
Dr Alison Green and Dr Renata Riha (both Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences) have published a study in Lancet Neurology that paves the way for an early diagnostic test for Parkinson’s.
The MS Society has awarded over £1.8 million to fund a research ‘Centre of Excellence’ at the University of Edinburgh, as part of its fight to stop multiple sclerosis (MS). This major grant will allow scientists at the centre, led by Professor Siddharhtan Chandran, to find new treatments, faster, for tens of thousands of people living with progressive forms of MS in Scotland and across the UK, who currently have nothing to stop disability progression.