Public Engagement News & Events

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CIR takes part in Midlothian Science Festival online

07 March, 2022

From 11th to 29th October, the Centre for Inflammation Research delivered Supercytes as an online…

IRR takes part in BioQuarter primary school STEM clubs

07 March, 2022

Over the course of five weeks, scientists and researchers from across the Edinburgh BioQuarter will…

Vaccine Workshop - Trial run in local primary school

07 March, 2022

On 21 February, six members of the IRR Science Festival subcommittee visited a P5/6 class at…

Tam Dalyell public engagement award win

21 February, 2022

February 2022: Philippa Saunders, Chair of Reproductive Steroids in the Centre for Inflammation…

Local Scout group learn about immunology with Supercytes

10 December, 2021

November 2021 - CIR Researcher, Chengcan Yao, led a local Scout group through CIR's…

Flow Cytometry Team recognised with Hidden REF Award

06 December, 2021

December 2021: Shonna Johnson, Will Ramsay, and Mari George, of QMRI's Flow Cytometry and Cell…

A Scientist Just Like Me - CIR PhD Students share their experience of being scientists

03 December, 2021

November 2021 – CIR PhD students, Jenny Shelley and Nelly Mak, created school resources to…

Introducing the iTPA 50K Impact Fund

18 November, 2021

November 2021: First call is open now! Deadline: Apply before Friday 10th December 2021

Kenneth Baillie awarded Wellcome Trust Fellowship

19 October, 2021

December 2021 – Dr Kenneth Baillie has been awarded a Wellcome Trust Senior Fellowship for the…

Postdoc Appreciation Week

05 October, 2021

September 2021 – Love Postdocs