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Male fertility gene discovery reveals path to success for sperm

14 February, 2024

Discovery of a pair of genes that work in perfect harmony to protect male fertility, could provide…

Game-changing gene therapies are focus of £14m research hub

09 February, 2024

The University is to establish a new research and innovation hub focused on developing gene…

Strategy set to strengthen research and innovation excellence

29 January, 2024

The University has launched a new strategy on how it will use its world-class research and…

World-class medical science facility opened by The Princess Royal

23 January, 2024

Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh, Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, has opened the…

New Discovery Research Platform to reveal the hidden world of cells

30 November, 2023

A new Discovery Research Platform launched today and funded by £9 million grant from Wellcome, will…

Purple Bar moth is 1,000th species sequenced in landmark project

23 November, 2023

An ambitious project to sequence the genomes of all eukaryotic species found in Britain and…

Sandy Hetherington wins prestigious Leverhulme Prize

20 October, 2023

Dr Sandy Hetherington, a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, has been awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize in…

Dr Amy Buck is honoured with the Max Planck-Humboldt Medal

12 September, 2023

The Max Planck-Humboldt medal 2023 has been awarded to Dr Amy Buck, Professor of RNA and Infection…

Sandy Hetherington wins the European Research Council Starting Grant 2023

05 September, 2023

Dr Sandy Hetherington, UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, has been awarded a prestigious European Research…

Researcher wins UKRI - Artificial Intelligence for Health award

11 August, 2023

Dr Giovanni Stracquadanio, Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Synthetic Biology, and Co-…