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IRR Science Festival group builds vaccines with families at the Edinburgh Science Festival

05 May, 2022

Two years after planning a workshop about vaccines, the IRR Science Festival Subcommittee was…

Antibiotics affect gut microbes of newborns

16 March, 2022

Treating babies with antibiotics in the first week of life is linked with a decrease in a number of…

Science Insights 2022 applications are now live for S5 pupils

16 March, 2022

Science Insights is an exciting work experience programme designed to give 5th year high school…

Walking Through the COVID-19 Vaccine

08 March, 2022

As part of the University of Edinburgh’s contribution to the 2021 Edinburgh Science Festival,…

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…

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…

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…