College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, Edinburgh Uni
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We are the University of Edinburgh’s College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine; a community united by a shared ambition to turn ideas into positive health outcomes for humans, animals and our planet.
Welcome back! We are delighted to begin 2026 with some exciting news that Prof Danielle Gunn-Moore, Personal Chair of Feline Medicine, has been appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to feline veterinary medicine.
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January 6, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Welcome back! We are delighted to begin 2026 with some exciting news that Prof Danielle Gunn-Moore, Personal Chair of Feline Medicine, has been appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to feline veterinary medicine.
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As we log off for Christmas, we’d like to wish our College community a very happy festive break and a great start to the New Year. 🎄✨
Visit the University website for festive closure information and dates 👉 edin.ac/4j5XW6B
Visit the University website for festive closure information and dates 👉 edin.ac/4j5XW6B
December 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
As we log off for Christmas, we’d like to wish our College community a very happy festive break and a great start to the New Year. 🎄✨
Visit the University website for festive closure information and dates 👉 edin.ac/4j5XW6B
Visit the University website for festive closure information and dates 👉 edin.ac/4j5XW6B
New research shows a sharp rise in young people using NHS mental health services with one in five young people in the UK now access specialist support by the age of 18, four times more than in the early 2000s.
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December 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
New research shows a sharp rise in young people using NHS mental health services with one in five young people in the UK now access specialist support by the age of 18, four times more than in the early 2000s.
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Read more 👉 edin.ac/3YsJ3Sl
A new research facility dedicated to axolotls, will be opening soon. Hosting the UK’s only dedicated axolotl research colony and will support world class studies into regeneration, ageing, cancer resistance and stem cell biology.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:28 PM
A new research facility dedicated to axolotls, will be opening soon. Hosting the UK’s only dedicated axolotl research colony and will support world class studies into regeneration, ageing, cancer resistance and stem cell biology.
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A major study of over one million people has found a gene already known for its role in Alzheimer’s disease called APOE, also increases the risk of delirium, a condition that causes sudden confusion, especially in older people in hospital.
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November 28, 2025 at 10:48 AM
A major study of over one million people has found a gene already known for its role in Alzheimer’s disease called APOE, also increases the risk of delirium, a condition that causes sudden confusion, especially in older people in hospital.
Read more 👉 edin.ac/4irhWR4
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We recently held our final inaugural lecture showcase of the year featuring talks from Professors Joris Veltman and Charlie Lees from our Institute of Genetics and Cancer.
Veltman is tackling male infertility through advanced genomics, while Lees is enhancing IBD treatment with AI and datasets.
Veltman is tackling male infertility through advanced genomics, while Lees is enhancing IBD treatment with AI and datasets.
November 25, 2025 at 9:41 AM
We recently held our final inaugural lecture showcase of the year featuring talks from Professors Joris Veltman and Charlie Lees from our Institute of Genetics and Cancer.
Veltman is tackling male infertility through advanced genomics, while Lees is enhancing IBD treatment with AI and datasets.
Veltman is tackling male infertility through advanced genomics, while Lees is enhancing IBD treatment with AI and datasets.
A new trial is testing whether a vaccine against the Epstein–Barr virus could help people recently diagnosed with MS. It’s early research, but it may open the door to a new way of tackling the condition.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A new trial is testing whether a vaccine against the Epstein–Barr virus could help people recently diagnosed with MS. It’s early research, but it may open the door to a new way of tackling the condition.
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Read more 👉 edin.ac/3KalsT5
Tickets are now available for this event exploring how compassion and empathy can help shape a more connected and humane future.
The event will mark ten years of the Global Compassion & Empathy Initiative.
📅 2 December, 10am–12.30pm
📍 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh
Register 👉 edin.ac/4nK2Oix
The event will mark ten years of the Global Compassion & Empathy Initiative.
📅 2 December, 10am–12.30pm
📍 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh
Register 👉 edin.ac/4nK2Oix
November 12, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Tickets are now available for this event exploring how compassion and empathy can help shape a more connected and humane future.
The event will mark ten years of the Global Compassion & Empathy Initiative.
📅 2 December, 10am–12.30pm
📍 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh
Register 👉 edin.ac/4nK2Oix
The event will mark ten years of the Global Compassion & Empathy Initiative.
📅 2 December, 10am–12.30pm
📍 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh
Register 👉 edin.ac/4nK2Oix
Considering a PhD in medical, veterinary or biomedical sciences? Join our Virtual Open Day session on Friday 21 November.
Hear from Professor Ruth Andrew and current students about programmes, campuses and how to apply.
Register: edin.ac/4id5YKR
#PhD #PhDLife #UniversityOfEdinburgh
Hear from Professor Ruth Andrew and current students about programmes, campuses and how to apply.
Register: edin.ac/4id5YKR
#PhD #PhDLife #UniversityOfEdinburgh
November 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Considering a PhD in medical, veterinary or biomedical sciences? Join our Virtual Open Day session on Friday 21 November.
Hear from Professor Ruth Andrew and current students about programmes, campuses and how to apply.
Register: edin.ac/4id5YKR
#PhD #PhDLife #UniversityOfEdinburgh
Hear from Professor Ruth Andrew and current students about programmes, campuses and how to apply.
Register: edin.ac/4id5YKR
#PhD #PhDLife #UniversityOfEdinburgh
We recently held our third Inaugural Lecture Showcase. We got to hear from two professors, Katrin Ottersbach and Brian Bigger, Chair in Advanced Therapeutics.
Thank you to everyone who joined us for this event and to our speakers for sharing their research journeys and insights with such passion!
Thank you to everyone who joined us for this event and to our speakers for sharing their research journeys and insights with such passion!
November 4, 2025 at 10:29 AM
We recently held our third Inaugural Lecture Showcase. We got to hear from two professors, Katrin Ottersbach and Brian Bigger, Chair in Advanced Therapeutics.
Thank you to everyone who joined us for this event and to our speakers for sharing their research journeys and insights with such passion!
Thank you to everyone who joined us for this event and to our speakers for sharing their research journeys and insights with such passion!
Join us for another inaugural lecture showcase, with two professors from our Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, exploring what keeps dogs healthy and how nutrition and new technologies are transforming farm animal health.
📅 Tue 4 Nov | 🕒 5–7:30pm | 📍 Easter Bush Campus
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📅 Tue 4 Nov | 🕒 5–7:30pm | 📍 Easter Bush Campus
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October 30, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Join us for another inaugural lecture showcase, with two professors from our Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, exploring what keeps dogs healthy and how nutrition and new technologies are transforming farm animal health.
📅 Tue 4 Nov | 🕒 5–7:30pm | 📍 Easter Bush Campus
👉 edin.ac/47fQUYV
📅 Tue 4 Nov | 🕒 5–7:30pm | 📍 Easter Bush Campus
👉 edin.ac/47fQUYV
Only 3 days left to grab your ticket!
Join us this Thursday for our inaugural lecture showcase:
“Childhood Therapies: it’s all in the blood.”
Hear from world leading experts shaping the future of childhood treatments.
🕔 30 Oct, 5–7:30pm
🎟️ Free — register now: edin.ac/46Zjz4s
Join us this Thursday for our inaugural lecture showcase:
“Childhood Therapies: it’s all in the blood.”
Hear from world leading experts shaping the future of childhood treatments.
🕔 30 Oct, 5–7:30pm
🎟️ Free — register now: edin.ac/46Zjz4s
October 27, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Only 3 days left to grab your ticket!
Join us this Thursday for our inaugural lecture showcase:
“Childhood Therapies: it’s all in the blood.”
Hear from world leading experts shaping the future of childhood treatments.
🕔 30 Oct, 5–7:30pm
🎟️ Free — register now: edin.ac/46Zjz4s
Join us this Thursday for our inaugural lecture showcase:
“Childhood Therapies: it’s all in the blood.”
Hear from world leading experts shaping the future of childhood treatments.
🕔 30 Oct, 5–7:30pm
🎟️ Free — register now: edin.ac/46Zjz4s
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Kirsten Furley lived with multiple spinal fractures for months before discovering she had pregnancy-associated osteoporosis. Watch this @stv.news news report about how research at #IGC is tackling this issue: i.stv.tv/42u82Y3
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'I'd broken my back without knowing': How a rare pregnancy condition goes undiagnosed
Kirsten Furley lived with multiple spinal fractures for months before discovering she had pregnancy-associated osteoporosis.
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October 7, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Kirsten Furley lived with multiple spinal fractures for months before discovering she had pregnancy-associated osteoporosis. Watch this @stv.news news report about how research at #IGC is tackling this issue: i.stv.tv/42u82Y3
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Registration is now open for our Autumn Showcase! 🍂🎉
📅 Friday 21 November
🕑 2:00–3:30pm
📍MS Teams
Join us to hear some of the most impactful mental health research at the University of Edinburgh.
🔗Register now: tinyurl.com/3ty3w5d6
📅 Friday 21 November
🕑 2:00–3:30pm
📍MS Teams
Join us to hear some of the most impactful mental health research at the University of Edinburgh.
🔗Register now: tinyurl.com/3ty3w5d6
October 21, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Registration is now open for our Autumn Showcase! 🍂🎉
📅 Friday 21 November
🕑 2:00–3:30pm
📍MS Teams
Join us to hear some of the most impactful mental health research at the University of Edinburgh.
🔗Register now: tinyurl.com/3ty3w5d6
📅 Friday 21 November
🕑 2:00–3:30pm
📍MS Teams
Join us to hear some of the most impactful mental health research at the University of Edinburgh.
🔗Register now: tinyurl.com/3ty3w5d6
Researchers from our Roslin Institute have developed pigs that are resistant to classical swine fever (CSF), a highly contagious disease that affects pig farms around the world.
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October 23, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Researchers from our Roslin Institute have developed pigs that are resistant to classical swine fever (CSF), a highly contagious disease that affects pig farms around the world.
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🫶 “Edinburgh really has my heart in every single way.”
A look at international student life – from the Royal Mile to a welcoming community.
Thinking about a masters or a PhD? Join our Postgraduate Virtual Open Days next month: edin.ac/4ofmAmM
#Edinburgh #Postgraduate
A look at international student life – from the Royal Mile to a welcoming community.
Thinking about a masters or a PhD? Join our Postgraduate Virtual Open Days next month: edin.ac/4ofmAmM
#Edinburgh #Postgraduate
October 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
🫶 “Edinburgh really has my heart in every single way.”
A look at international student life – from the Royal Mile to a welcoming community.
Thinking about a masters or a PhD? Join our Postgraduate Virtual Open Days next month: edin.ac/4ofmAmM
#Edinburgh #Postgraduate
A look at international student life – from the Royal Mile to a welcoming community.
Thinking about a masters or a PhD? Join our Postgraduate Virtual Open Days next month: edin.ac/4ofmAmM
#Edinburgh #Postgraduate
Join us for “Childhood Therapies: It’s All in the Blood” an inaugural lecture showcase. Hear from:
Prof Katrin Ottersbach – how the fetal environment shapes infant leukaemia
Prof Brian Bigger – gene & cell therapies for rare childhood neurological diseases
Thurs 30 Oct, 5–7:30pm
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Prof Katrin Ottersbach – how the fetal environment shapes infant leukaemia
Prof Brian Bigger – gene & cell therapies for rare childhood neurological diseases
Thurs 30 Oct, 5–7:30pm
edin.ac/46Zjz4s
October 21, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Join us for “Childhood Therapies: It’s All in the Blood” an inaugural lecture showcase. Hear from:
Prof Katrin Ottersbach – how the fetal environment shapes infant leukaemia
Prof Brian Bigger – gene & cell therapies for rare childhood neurological diseases
Thurs 30 Oct, 5–7:30pm
edin.ac/46Zjz4s
Prof Katrin Ottersbach – how the fetal environment shapes infant leukaemia
Prof Brian Bigger – gene & cell therapies for rare childhood neurological diseases
Thurs 30 Oct, 5–7:30pm
edin.ac/46Zjz4s
Postgraduate Virtual Open Days at The University of Edinburgh are on 19-21 November.
Sessions about our programmes, student panels and one-to-one admissions text-chat – all live online.
Register now to build your schedule: edin.ac/4n7oBAu
#Postgraduate #PhD #Masters #Edinburgh
Sessions about our programmes, student panels and one-to-one admissions text-chat – all live online.
Register now to build your schedule: edin.ac/4n7oBAu
#Postgraduate #PhD #Masters #Edinburgh
October 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Postgraduate Virtual Open Days at The University of Edinburgh are on 19-21 November.
Sessions about our programmes, student panels and one-to-one admissions text-chat – all live online.
Register now to build your schedule: edin.ac/4n7oBAu
#Postgraduate #PhD #Masters #Edinburgh
Sessions about our programmes, student panels and one-to-one admissions text-chat – all live online.
Register now to build your schedule: edin.ac/4n7oBAu
#Postgraduate #PhD #Masters #Edinburgh
Congratulations to Trogenix!
University of Edinburgh spinout, Trogenix, has secured £70 million in Series A financing to advance groundbreaking cancer therapies, starting with brain cancer➡️ eil.ac/Trogenixfund...
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£70 million investment in biotech spinout Trogenix to tackle…
University of Edinburgh spinout Trogenix announces £70 million / $95 million Series A financing to drive clinical development of potentially curative therapies for aggressive cancers
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October 6, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Congratulations to Trogenix!
5 days to go!
Join us at the Usher Institute Inaugural Showcase exploring how we shape the future of health through behavioural science, systems engineering, and unconventional collaborations.
📅 Tuesday, 7th October
⏰ 5pm – 7:30pm
This event is free and open to all 👉 edin.ac/4gphtOl
Join us at the Usher Institute Inaugural Showcase exploring how we shape the future of health through behavioural science, systems engineering, and unconventional collaborations.
📅 Tuesday, 7th October
⏰ 5pm – 7:30pm
This event is free and open to all 👉 edin.ac/4gphtOl
October 2, 2025 at 9:34 AM
5 days to go!
Join us at the Usher Institute Inaugural Showcase exploring how we shape the future of health through behavioural science, systems engineering, and unconventional collaborations.
📅 Tuesday, 7th October
⏰ 5pm – 7:30pm
This event is free and open to all 👉 edin.ac/4gphtOl
Join us at the Usher Institute Inaugural Showcase exploring how we shape the future of health through behavioural science, systems engineering, and unconventional collaborations.
📅 Tuesday, 7th October
⏰ 5pm – 7:30pm
This event is free and open to all 👉 edin.ac/4gphtOl
Researchers from our Institute for Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Research were recently interviewed to shed light on newly uncovered insights of GRIN2B-Related Disorder, a rare condition impacting the nervous systems of young children.
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Epilepsy medication could control seizures in children with rare brain disorder
Scientists have been studying GRIN2B-Related Disorder, a rare condition that affects the nervous system of young kids.
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October 1, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Researchers from our Institute for Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Research were recently interviewed to shed light on newly uncovered insights of GRIN2B-Related Disorder, a rare condition impacting the nervous systems of young children.
👉 edin.ac/3Kz2Mw1
👉 edin.ac/3Kz2Mw1
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Waad AlBawardi is a postdoc working on chromatin folding. Outside of the lab, she's an artist creating multimedia work exploring complex patterns in nature. Her latest work Morphogen is inspired by chemical molecules that control patterning in nature: edin.ac/46YP8Lr
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September 29, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Waad AlBawardi is a postdoc working on chromatin folding. Outside of the lab, she's an artist creating multimedia work exploring complex patterns in nature. Her latest work Morphogen is inspired by chemical molecules that control patterning in nature: edin.ac/46YP8Lr
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Applications are open for up to four TRACC+ Clinical Lectureships in Cancer Research, starting August 2026.
Posts combine clinical training with a fully funded 3 year PhD fellowship, preparing the next generation of clinical academic leaders in oncology.
Closing: 16 October 2025
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Posts combine clinical training with a fully funded 3 year PhD fellowship, preparing the next generation of clinical academic leaders in oncology.
Closing: 16 October 2025
edin.ac/4gGHf0l
September 25, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Applications are open for up to four TRACC+ Clinical Lectureships in Cancer Research, starting August 2026.
Posts combine clinical training with a fully funded 3 year PhD fellowship, preparing the next generation of clinical academic leaders in oncology.
Closing: 16 October 2025
edin.ac/4gGHf0l
Posts combine clinical training with a fully funded 3 year PhD fellowship, preparing the next generation of clinical academic leaders in oncology.
Closing: 16 October 2025
edin.ac/4gGHf0l
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Professor Sara Brown talks to @stv.news about concerns around children using adult skincare products.
Watch here: edin.ac/46DK5Pm
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Watch here: edin.ac/46DK5Pm
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'My nine-year-old was hooked on skincare, I had no idea it was so damaging'
YouTube video by STV News
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September 23, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Professor Sara Brown talks to @stv.news about concerns around children using adult skincare products.
Watch here: edin.ac/46DK5Pm
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Watch here: edin.ac/46DK5Pm
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September is #BloodCancerAwarenessMonth🩸 and today is also #WorldCancerResearchDay. At IGC, @anetamikulasova.bsky.social is researching multiple myeloma, a blood cancer which effects plasma cells.
Find out more here 👉 edin.ac/429oeOf
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IGC Research in a Nutshell Dr Aneta Mikulasova. (Epi)genomic Instability in Multiple Myeloma.
IGC Research in a Nutshell. Dr Aneta Mikulasova.Institute of Genetics and Cancer, The University of Edinburgh.(Epi)genomic Instability in Multiple Myeloma.
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September 24, 2025 at 8:47 AM
September is #BloodCancerAwarenessMonth🩸 and today is also #WorldCancerResearchDay. At IGC, @anetamikulasova.bsky.social is researching multiple myeloma, a blood cancer which effects plasma cells.
Find out more here 👉 edin.ac/429oeOf
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Find out more here 👉 edin.ac/429oeOf
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