News and events 2018

November 2018: Pieter Louwe was awarded one of four prizes.

November 2018: Proteus leaders are to be awarded the Combined Royal Colleges Medal for "an outstanding contribution to the advancement and/or application of medical photography or the wider field of medical imaging".

November 2018: Phoebe Kirkwood from CIR has been awarded second prize in the prestigious international Universitas 21 3 Minute Thesis competition.

October 2018: Imaging technology that detects deadly pneumonia infections in under 60 seconds is safe and practical for clinical use, a study has found.

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

August 2018: On 21-22 August 2018, EPSRC Proteus IRC took part in the Edinburgh International Book Festival for the second year running, under the title 'Creativity for Breathing' and supported by the Wellcome Trust.

August 2018: Cancer treatments that involve transplanting cells into patients could move forward faster thanks to a new imaging system. 

August 2018: Dr Rodger Duffin has been promoted to the position of Reader

The biannual Androgens meeting brings together medical professionals and researchers of all disciplines interested in the action of androgen hormones in health and disease.

July 2018: Professors Jonathan Fallowfield and Peter Hayes appeared on a Channel 4 show to talk about coffee and liver health.

July 2018: Dr Helen Szoor-McElhinney, Public Engagement Strategist for the CIR-based Proteus collaboration, has earned a Postgraduate Certificate.

July 2018: Dr Douglas Gibson has been announced as the winner of the Society for Endocrinology Early Career Prize lecture 2018.

July 2018: EPSRC Proteus IRC hosted Dr Prajna and Dr Lalitha from Aravind Eye Care System (Madurai, India) last week.

June 2018: The EPSRC Proteus Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration were pleased to host Tommy Sheppard, MP for Edinburgh East, at the Centre for Inflammation Research.

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

June 2018: Phoebe Kirkwood has won the University of Edinburgh's 'Three Minute Thesis' competition, sending her on to the national finals.

June 2018: Fresh insights into a potentially life-threatening lung disease that causes persistent coughing could pave the way for new therapies

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

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

May 2018: Personal Chairs awarded to four CIR Principal Investigators

May 2018: Dr Douglas Gibson has been awarded a place on the Scottish Crucible, an award-winning leadership and development programme.

May 2018: Dr Calum Bain will join the BSI as an Early Career Trustee, commencing his term of office in July 2018.

May 2018: Treatments for incurable bowel conditions may be a step closer following the discovery of a key molecule associated with disease flare-ups.

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

April 2018: Dr Gwo-Tzer Ho will collaborate with Genentech to investigate the role of damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) in individuals with Crohn's disease and Ulcerative Colitis, with a goal to develop a new therapeutic approach in IBD.

March 2018: Proteus/OPTIMA PhD student Helen Parker was awarded both a gold medal and the overall prize for Physics during March’s STEM for BRITAIN showcase for early career researchers.

March 2018: CIR researcher Donald J Davidson has been appointed as the new Public Engagement Secretary for the British Society for Immunology.

March 2018: Professor Moira Whyte has been appointed as the new Vice-Principal and Head of the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine

March 2018: Professors Moira Whyte and Elaine Dzierzak have been elected as Fellows of the prestigious Royal Society of Edinburgh.

February 2018: Scientists have identified a hormone that could help prepare the womb lining for pregnancy.

February 2018: The MRC CIR’s Academic Lead for Public Engagement & Communication has been awarded a Beltane Public Engagement Fellowship in Infectious Diseases.

January 2018: A clinical study has been given a major financial boost to tackle a silent killer that could affect one in four Scots.

January 2018: Dr Marc Vendrell has been awarded a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant to further his group's research.