Key contacts
Please direct any enquiries to the relevant member of staff.
Undergraduate and MSc (Taught) Admissions Enquiries
Entry requirements and information about the application process is available on our individual degree programme pages.
Recruitment and Admissions Team
- College of Science and Engineering
Contact details
- Work: +44 (0)131 650 5737
- Fax: +44 (0)131 650 5738
- Web: UG and PGT admissions enquiry form
Address
- Street
Murchison House
King’s Buildings
West Mains Road- City
- Edinburgh
- Post Code
- EH9 3JY
Undergraduate and MSc (Taught) Programme Enquiries
- Biology Teaching Organisation
- School of Biological Sciences
Contact details
- Work: +44(0)131-650-8649
- Fax: +44(0)131-650-5539
- Email: bto@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
James Clerk-Maxwell Building
The King’s Buildings- City
- Edinburgh
- Post Code
- EH9 3FD
PhD and MSc (by Research) Enquiries
- Graduate School
- School of Biological Sciences
Contact details
- Email: futurestudents@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
Mary Brück Building
The King's Buildings
Colin Maclaurin Road- City
- Edinburgh
- Post Code
- EH9 3DW
School of Biological Sciences
- The University of Edinburgh
Contact details
- Work: +44 (0) 131-650-5525
- Email: biology@ed.ac.uk
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Address
- Street
Roger Land Building
The King's Buildings
Alexander Crum Brown Road- City
- Edinburgh
- Post Code
- EH9 3FF
School management and administration
Role | Person | Phone number | |
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Head of School | Professor Thorunn Helgason | +44 (0) 131 650 5525 | hossbs@ed.ac.uk |
Director of Professional Services | Anna Gibbons | +44 (0) 131 650 5525 | |
Deputy Director of Professional Services & Administration Manager | Richard Yardley | +44 (0) 131 650 5552 | |
PA to Head of School and PA to Director of Professional Services | Karen Rafferty | +44 (0) 131 650 5525 | karen.rafferty@ed.ac.uk |
Business Development Team Manager | Dr Emma Elliott | +44 (0) 7773 166813 | emma.elliott@ei.ed.ac.uk |
Business Development Executive(s) |
Dr John Morrow Dr Axel Thomson |
+44 (0) 7919 286838 +44 (0) 7989 224442 |
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Director of Research | Prof Teuta Pilizota | +44 (0) 131 650 5331 | SBS.ResearchDirector@ed.ac.uk |
Research Development Manager |
Dr Theodora Lola-Luz Kirsten Paterson |
+44(0) 131 650 7405 +44(0) 131 650 7292 |
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Public Engagement Manager | Dr Janet Paterson | +44(0) 131 650 7123 | janet.paterson@ed.ac.uk |
Science Communications Manager | Marie-Anne Robertson | +44(0) 131 651 9064 | marie-anne.robertson@ed.ac.uk |
Director of Teaching | Dr Patrick Walsh | +44 (0) 131 650 5520 | |
Academic Administrator (Undergraduate and Taught Postgraduate programmes) | Dr Ann Haley | +44(0) 131 650 5538 | ann.haley@ed.ac.uk |
Director of International Engagement | Dr Tilo Kunath | +44 (0) 131 651 9546 | tilo.kunath@ed.ac.uk |
Director of Industrial Engagement | Prof Susan Rosser | +44(0) 131 650 5086 | SBSDirector.IndustrialEngagement@ed.ac.uk |
Director of Inclusion & Diversity | Prof Sinead Collins | +44(0) 131 650 8657 | s.collins@ed.ac.uk |
Director of Graduate School | Dr Gerben van Ooijen | +44 (0) 131 651 3314 | futurestudents@ed.ac.uk |
Graduate School and Staffing Services Manager | Lindsey Singleton | +44 (0) 131 650 5327 | lindsey.singleton@ed.ac.uk |
Director of Career Development | Prof Dan Nussey | +44 (0) 131 650 5413 | SBSDirector.CareerDev@ed.ac.uk |
Technical Services Manager | Dr Claudia Schaffner | +44 (0) 131 651 3537 | claudia.schaffner@ed.ac.uk |
Health & Safety Manager |
Fiona Duerden |
+44 (0) 131 650 5364 | sbsafety@ed.ac.uk |
Finance Business Partner |
Katherine Malin-August |
+44 (0) 131 650 5551 | |
IT Service Manager |
Gareth Poxon | +44 (0) 131 650 8645 | g.poxon@ed.ac.uk |
Web & Learning Technologies Manager |
Dr Yuhua Hu |
+44 (0) 131 651 7090 |
Institutes and Centres
Institute of Cell Biology
Role | Person | Phone number | |
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Head of Institute |
Dr JP Arulanandam Dr Liz Bayne |
+44 (0) 131 650 7113 +44 (0) 131 651 7789 |
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Institute Secretary | Louise Bishop | +44 (0) 131 650 5366 | louise.Bishop@ed.ac.uk |
Institute of Evolutionary Biology
Role | Person | Phone number | |
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Head of Institute | Professor Nick Colegrave | +44 (0) 131 650 7705 | iebhead@ed.ac.uk |
Institute Secretary | Roz Shields | +44 (0) 131 650 5464 | r.shields@ed.ac.uk |
Institute of Immunology and Infection Research
Role | Person | Phone number | |
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Head of Institute |
Dr Amy Buck Professor Keith Matthews |
+44 (0) 131 651 3686 | iiirhead@ed.ac.uk |
Institute Secretary | Roz Shields | +44 (0) 131 650 5464 | r.shields@ed.ac.uk |
Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences
Role | Person | Phone number | |
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Head of Institute | Professor Steven Spoel | +44 (0) 131 650 7065 | steven.spoel@ed.ac.uk |
Institute Secretary | Louise Bishop | +44 (0) 131 650 5366 | louise.Bishop@ed.ac.uk |
Institute of Stem Cell Research
Role | Person | Phone number | |
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Head of Institute | Professor Ian Chambers | +44 (0) 131 651 9562 | hoi.iscr@ed.ac.uk |
Institute Secretary | Jillian Hosie | +44 (0) 131 651 9514 | j.hosie@ed.ac.uk |
Institute of Quantitative Biology, Biochemistry and Biotechnology
Role | Person | Phone number | |
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Head of Institute | Professor Lynne Regan | +44 (0) 131 650 5482 | IQB3HOI@ed.ac.uk |
Institute Secretary | Louise Bishop | +44 (0) 131 650 5366 | louise.Bishop@ed.ac.uk |
Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology
Role | Person | Phone number | |
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Director | Professor David Tollervey | +44 (0) 131 650 7092 | wcb.director@ed.ac.uk |
Centre Manager |
Dr Karen May |
+44 (0) 131 650 5933 |
Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution
Role | Person | Phone number | |
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Centre Director | Professor Keith Matthews | +44 (0) 131 651 3683 | ciie@ed.ac.uk |
Centre for Regenerative Medicine
Role | Person | Phone number | |
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Director | Professor Stuart Forbes | +44 (0) 131 650 9500 | stuart.forbes@ed.ac.uk |
Director PA | +44 (0) 131 651 9511 | IRR-Director@ed.ac.uk | |
Centre Manager | Dr Gordon McLean | +44 (0) 131 651 9500 | g.mclean@ed.ac.uk |
Centre Manager PA | vacant | +44 (0) 131 651 9514 |
Centre for Translational and Chemical Biology
Role | Person | Phone number | |
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Director | Professor Malcolm Walkinshaw | +44 (0) 131 650 7054 | malcolm.walkinshaw@ed.ac.uk |
Facilities Manager | Dr Martin Wear | +44 (0) 131 650 7045 | martin.wear@ed.ac.uk |
SynthSys – Synthetic & Systems Biology Centre
Role | Person | Phone number | |
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Director | Professor Meriem el Karoui | +44 (0) 131 650 5086 | SynthSysDirector@ed.ac.uk |
Director of Operations | vacant | ||
Administrator | Julie Fyffe | +44 (0) 131 651 9065 | j.fyffe@ed.ac.uk |
Website |
Centre for Adapting to Changing Environments
Role | Person | Phone number | |
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Director |
Dr Emma Cunningham |
+44 (0) 131 651 6557 |
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Research Development Manager |
Dr Dora Lola-Luz |
+44 (0) 131 650 7405 |
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Website |
Facilities and Services
Facility/Service | Contact | Phone | |
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Darwin Workshop | N/A | +44 (0) 131 650 5406 | darworks@ed.ac.uk |
Press gang