Latest news
The latest news from the Centre of Integrative Physiology
Patrick Wild Centre receives £1 million donation
Jan 2012: The Patrick Wild Centre has received a very generous £1 million donation from Dame Stephanie Shirley.
New MRC grant award
Jan 2012: Congratulations to Professor David Price and co-PI John Mason, who have been awarded £1.2 million for an MRC grant on "Regulation of gene expression in developing cortex by the transcription factor Pax6".
New Editor-in-Chief at Journal of Anatomy
Nov 2011: Congratulations to Prof Tom Gillingwater (Centre for Integrative Physiology and Euan MacDonald Centre) on becoming the new Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Anatomy.
Brain study sheds light on stroke risk
Oct 2011: A new study by the University's Centre for Integrative Physiology offers fresh insights into the way the brain protects itself when starved of its blood supply.
Paper published in Neuron
Jun 2011: Tom Pratt has co-authored a recent paper in Neuron which was featured both in a Neuron Editorial and the Wellcome Trust website.
CIP awarded silver Sustainability Award
May 2011: Congratulations to Janet Philp and team HRB who have been awarded a silver Sustainability Award. This award is only one of 3 in the university and the only one in a research based building.
GUDMAP receives NIH funding
May 2011: As part of an international team, Prof Jamie Davies' lab, has received funding for a 5-year programme from the National Institutes of Health, USA, to develop their GUDMAP database.
PhD students scoop Physiological Society prizes
Apr 2011: Congratulations to Paul Baxter and Clare Puddifoot for winning prizes at the 2011 Physiological Society's Cellular & Integrative Neuroscience Meeting.
Nerve repair gene identified
Apr 2011: Scientists have pinpointed a gene that controls how quickly a person’s nerves can regenerate after injury or disease.
New book: An introduction to neural development
Apr 2011: A new book by Profs' Price, Jarman, Mason and Kind has been published, and is aimed at undergraduates and others new to the field.
Inaugural Research Symposium seeks expressions of interest
The Inaugural Symposium, on 23-24th August 2011, invites expressions of interests for poster presentations.
Study sheds light on brain signalling
Mar 2011: Scientists at the University of Edinburgh have identified a protein crucial for maintaining the health and function of the segment of nerve fibres that controls transmission of messages within the brain.
Major food, hunger and brain study launched
Mar 2011: Physiologists from the Centre for Integrative Physiology are participating in a major international study determining the links between the gut, brain and food consumption.
New spinout company launched
Feb 2011: Tom Gillingwater and colleagues have successfully launched a new management consultancy as a spinout from the University of Edinburgh: NeuroORG Business Consulting Ltd.
ISN Young Scientist Award 2011
Feb 2011: Professor Giles Hardingham has been chosen as the 2011 recipient of the International Society for Neurochemistry Young Scientist Award.
New MRC panel member
Prof Giles Hardingham has been appointed to the MRC Neuroscience and Mental Health Board from April 2011.
Athena SWAN award
The School of Biomedical Sciences Athena team have conducted a short survey on issues from all staff and at all academic levels, from postgraduate students to professors
Keeping minds healthy
Jan 2011: The Centre for Integrative Physiology has become the first University department, to achieve the Healthy Working Lives Mental Health and Wellbeing Commendation award.
Major new Research Centre launched
Dec 2010: The Patrick Wild Centre will investigate the neurological basis of autism and fragile X syndrome, with the goal to developing new therapies for these conditions.
Runner-up in Society of Biology photographic competition
Lynsey Hall, a Medical Biology Hons student, has been recognised in the Society of Biology's Photographic Competition. Her photograph of a leaping salmon was the runner-up in the Water category.
New PhD projects for 2011
Applications are invited for the Centre for Integrative Physiology PhD projects for 2011.
2010 Medical Detectives lecture series
Nov 2010: Professor Jamie Davies presents a public lecture on Thursday 11 November, and will reveal clues uncovered to help build tissues in the laboratory, which could help save the lives of people requiring an organ transplant.
New appointment to the BBSRC Pool of Experts: Strategy
Nov 2010: Professor Gareth Leng, Head of School of Biomedical Sciences, has recently been appointed to to the BBSRC Pool of Experts: Strategy. This three year appointment will begin on 1st January 2011.
New chair of The British Society of Neuroendocrinology
Dr Alison Douglas has been voted as the next Chair of the British Society for Neuroendocrinology (BSN) .
Brain study offers treatment hope for Alzheimer's patients
A protein that controls brain activity may offer hope of new drug treatments for Alzheimer's disease and epilepsy, a study has found.
Prof Leng comments on hormone spray
Professor Gareth Leng said the research used some cleverly-designed tests.
PhD students scoop Edinburgh Neuroscience prizes
Many congratulations to Cian O'Donnell and Owen Jeffries for winning the 2010 Edinburgh Neuroscience PhD poster prizes
This article was published on Jan 26, 2012