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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-…

Project aims to prove plastic can be fantastic for pharmaceuticals

26 July, 2023

A team of Scottish researchers is exploring a new process that could see plastic waste from…

Frank Qasim Machin wins SULSA Early Career Researcher Prize

12 July, 2023

Dr Frank Machin, a Postdoctoral Research Associate has won the Scottish Universities Life Sciences…

Professor Eleanor Riley recognised in King’s Birthday Honours

19 June, 2023

Professor Eleanor Riley has been awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for…

Fossil study sheds light on famous spirals found in nature

16 June, 2023

A 3D model of a 407-million-year-old plant fossil has overturned thinking on the evolution of…

Funding boost for scientists using AI to identify treatments for rare diseases

15 June, 2023

A research team developing enzyme replacement therapies for people with rare diseases has been…

Stephen Wallace wins prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry Prize

12 June, 2023

Dr Stephen Wallace, a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Biotechnology, has been…