2024

Last week (2-6 September) we participated in Technician Week 2024 as part of the University-wide programme to celebrate the hard work and vital contributions of our technicians.

Centre for Reproductive Health researchers are contributing to a trial of a new drug for the treatment of ectopic pregnancy. The drug could help hundreds of women every year avoid emergency surgery.

Dr Chelsea Morroni is one of seven researchers to be awarded a 2024 National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Global Research Professorship, and the first in Scotland to receive this prestigious funding.

The Institute for Regeneration and Repair (IRR) celebrated Early Career researchers at its first annual symposium. 

Professor Moira Whyte and Dr Jasmin Paris have been named among those in the King's Birthday Honours

The Institute for Regeneration and Repair have welcomed three new Group Leaders who have been awarded one of the University of Edinburgh’s prestigious Chancellor's Fellowships. 

IRR's Richard Weller among three CMVM researchers to give inaugural lectures in the Skin showcase event

Scott Sutherland and Kelly Douglas share how Modern Apprenticeships have been a rewarding opportunity for the IRR.

A type of cell responsible for repairing damaged liver tissue has been uncovered for the first time by Institute scientists.

Wellbeing of Women has appointed IRR PI Professor Hilary Critchley as its new Research Advisory Committee Chair.

Biotechnology spinout company Kynos Therapeutics has announced positive results from its first in-human phase I trial of its lead drug candidate, KNS366

A £9.4 million collaborative research centre will accelerate improved tests, treatments and potentially cures for thousands of people living with rare respiratory diseases.

Professor Sally Lowell has been awarded the 2024 Wolpert Medal by the British Society for Developmental Biology (BSDB).

David Dockrell, Hamish Simpson, Lorna Marson, Marc Vendrell and Neil Carragher from IRR's Centre for Inflammation Research have been named among 57 new Fellows to be elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Lung cancer could be spotted and treated more quickly thanks to a €12 million investment in cutting-edge technology that promises to diagnose and treat disease in minutes rather than weeks.

A technique identifying the signs of motor neurone disease (MND) in humans earlier than current tests has been discovered, research reveals.

For International Women's Day, we are profiling six women from across IRR.

The new Robert O Curle (ROC) Eye Lab celebrates its official opening alongside the new IRR South building.

Professor Andrew Horne has been appointed as the new Director of IRR's Centre for Reproductive Health (CRH).

Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh, Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, has opened the Institute for Regeneration and Repair South building (IRR South).