Public Engagement News & Events

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MRC CIR Away Day

02 July, 2018

June 2018: Staff and students from across the Centre attended the second CIR away day

CIR PhD student wins University 'Three Minute Thesis' competition

27 June, 2018

June 2018: Phoebe Kirkwood has won the University of Edinburgh's 'Three Minute Thesis&…

CIR PhD student wins University 'Three Minute Thesis' competition

27 June, 2018

June 2018: Phoebe Kirkwood has won the University of Edinburgh's 'Three Minute Thesis&…

MRC CIR 2018 Trainee award for "Excellence in Public Engagement"

27 June, 2018

June 2018: The 2018 trainee award for "Excellence in Public Engagement" was presented to…

MRC Festival of Medical Research 2018: Supercytes Teacher Training

26 June, 2018

June 2018: The MRC CIR ran a free interactive workshop to train teachers how to use our “Supercytes…

Lung study points to therapies for chronic coughing disease

07 June, 2018

June 2018: Fresh insights into a potentially life-threatening lung disease that causes persistent…

Vote for Phoebe!

06 June, 2018

October 2018: The final section of the 3MT competition sees Phoebe up for a public vote.

MRC Centre for Inflammation Research appoints new Director

06 June, 2018

June 2018: The new Director and Deputy Director start their roles effective immediately.

Postdoctoral researcher wins communication prize

06 June, 2018

June 2018: Dr Douglas Gibson was awarded a presentation prize at a recent meeting.

CIR PhD student through to the "Three Minute Thesis" competition final

04 June, 2018

April 2018: PhD student Phoebe Kirkwood will compete in the University of Edinburgh's TMT…