Archived news from the Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences 2019 Edin Fish Tech 2019 Frontier Technologies in Zebrafish: single-cell transcriptomics, genome-editing, imaging, and behaviour. Scottish Microscopy Society Logo Competition Winner Congratulations to Helen Marshall who has won the Scottish Microscopy Society Logo Competition. David Munro wins the Alison Douglas Prize for the Best PhD Thesis 2018/2019 Congratulations to David Munro - winner of this year's Alison Douglas Prize Sandy MacMillan (formerly Evans lab) wins 'best poster' prize! Sandy MacMillan wins best poster prize in the Respiratory Section Trainee Poster Presentations at Experimental Biology 2019 Denholm lab awarded a Leverhulme Trust Research Grant Congratulations to the Denholm lab who have been awarded a Leverhulme Trust Research Grant to explore the physiological mechanisms underpinning one of most powerful water-extraction systems in nature. 2019 Scottish Developmental Biology Group Best Talk Prize Winners Dr Leonardo Cavone (Becker lab) and Dr Sybille Köhler (Denholm lab) win 'Best Talk' prize at this year's SDBG meeting (Scottish Developmental Biology Group) Evans Lab Study Published in Nature Communications The discovery of this cell-wide web reveals for the first time how cells deliver function-specific calcium signals to coordinate the wide diversity of cellular processes that are modulated by this divalent cation. Becker Group publish paper in Journal of Neuroscience Research using zebrafish has revealed how key brain cells that are damaged in people with Parkinson’s disease can be regenerated. Dementia 'Buddy Scheme' Featured on BBC News The pioneering dementia ‘buddy scheme’ headed by Dr Chris Henstridge (Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences) and co-ordinated by Lilian Kennedy (Social Anthropology) brings together university researchers and people living with dementia to enable them to learn from each other. Pratt Lab article published and featured on cover of the Journal of Neuroscience. Congratulations to the Pratt Lab for article published and featured on cover of the Journal of Neuroscience. New PNAS paper for Cousin lab reveals the “ADBE Proteome” New PNAS paper for Cousin Lab Congratulations to Dr Nathalie Rochefort who has been awarded a ERC Consolidator Grant! The European Research Council awarded Consolidator Grants to 301 top scientists and scholars across Europe. Funding for these researchers, part of the Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, is worth in total €600 million, and is very competitive. With this support, the new grantees will have a chance to build up their teams and have far-reaching impact. ‘Anatomicum’ – Dr Jennifer Paxton publishes new anatomy book A new anatomy book describing the wonder and beauty of the human body has been published by Big Picture Press as part of the ‘Welcome to the Museum’ series, and in collaboration with the Wellcome Collection. Memoir of Mary Pickford FRS commissioned by The Royal Society By John F. B. Morrison and John A. Russell 'Why the drugs don’t work for women and what to do about it' - The Times (2nd July) Whether you are male or female can make a significant difference to the safety and effectiveness of your medication. Mason and Price lab members meet FOXG1 families Members of the Mason and Price labs met with families affected by the neurodevelopmental disorder FOXG1 Syndrome at a recent event in Birmingham. Stroke-ImPACT, awarded €6M funding from Fondation Leducq Edinburgh research group led by Dr Barry McColl is part of an international consortium, Stroke-ImPACT, awarded €6M funding from Fondation Leducq to study the immunological mechanisms that link stroke and dementia. David Munro awarded Beddington Medal Congratulations to David Munro who has been awarded the British Society for Developmental Biology's Beddington Medal for PhD students Professor Tara Spires-Jones Elected to European Dana Alliance for the Brain (EDAB) Congratulations to Professor Tara Spires-Jones from Centre of Discovery Brain Sciences, who has been elected as Term Members for European Dana Alliance for the Brain. Congratulations to Prof David Price on his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. David Price is elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Immune cells could hold key to therapies for spinal cord injuries Insights into how zebrafish repair their damaged nerve connections This article was published on 2022-10-19
