2018

In collaboration with the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, we are delighted to have successfully hosted the inaugural series of Wade Study Days here in Edinburgh.

Professor Tom Gillingwater has been elected as a Fellow of the RSA (Royal Society of Arts / Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce).

The process through which new proteins are made in all cells of the body is known as translation. The translation process converts genetic material (in the form of RNA) into new protein by using a specialised molecular machine known as a ribosome.

Anatomy@Edinburgh recently hosted a one-day abdominal wall reconstruction course in conjunction with the British Hernia Society (7thNovember 2018).

Anatomy@Edinburgh was delighted to support a demonstration of foot and ankle surgery at the recent British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Conference 2018.

In August 2018, as part of the Edinburgh Art Festival, artists Steven Anderson, Laura Gonzalez, Laura Bradshaw, Paul Michael Henry and John Clark performed their site-specific performance ‘Warmed Air’ to a combined audience of over 100 people in our historic lecture theatre, foyer and Anatomical Museum.

PhD project available for an October 2019 start funded by EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership

Many types of neuromuscular disease, such as spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), share similar symptoms. A new study, published by a research team from the University of Edinburgh, working with colleagues at UCL, Dundee University and the University of Cologne, has shown that these similar symptoms are likely caused by overlapping molecular mechanisms.

Dr Alashkham and his colleagues have published a paper in the British Institute of Radiology (BIR).

The Chair of Anatomy at the University of Edinburgh - the first such position to be created anywhere in Britain - was founded in 1705. The purpose was to promote teaching and understanding of anatomy “in all nations and cities where the health of the bodies of men are regarded”.

On behalf of the Scotland Deanery, we are pleased to report that Anatomy@Edinburgh successfully hosted the first ‘One Day Review of Whole Body Anatomy’ (on Monday 27 August) as part of a new training programme in Regional Anatomy for Core Surgical Trainees.

On behalf of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, we are pleased to announce that Anatomy@Edinburgh will be hosting the next series of MRCS Level Study Days, which form part of the Wade Programme in Surgical Anatomy.

Our great current MSc students have just finished the course.

An exciting and moving exhibition, Anatomy of Fleeting Moments, set within the historic Anatomical Museum is now open at the University of Edinburgh as part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.

We are pleased to announce the recipient of the Glenmore Medical Postgraduate Scholarship for 2018/2019.

Mr Sameer Dhumale and supervisor Mr Wee Lam have published their work investigating the role of 3D-printing in producing anatomical models for medical and surgical education.

On Tuesday 1st May Anatomy@Edinburgh attended the Celebration of Global Surgery, held at Chancellor's Building, the University of Edinburgh.

As part of this year's Festival of Creative Learning, Teaching Fellow in Anatomy, Victoria McCulloch and colleagues organised two creative anatomy focused workshops.

Dr Alashkham and his colleagues have reported that the long head of the biceps tendon (LHBT) provides stability to the glenohumeral joint.

Dr Alashkham and his colleagues have reported that the glenoid labrum is fibrocartilaginous, being more fibrous in its periphery, and is vascularised, with the anterosuperior aspect having a rich blood supply.

MSc Human Anatomy graduate Mark McCann and supervisor Phillipa Rust have their biomechanical cadaveric study published in the Archives of Bone and Joint Surgery.

Dr Alashkham and his colleagues have reported that due to the close association between the superior thyroid arteries (STA) and external laryngeal nerve (ELN) one potential complication of thyroidectomy is trauma to the ELN.

A collaboration between Anatomy@Edinburgh and the ASCUS lab at Summerhall lent for an alternative night out on Valentines Day this year.

On Saturday 10th February, ArtBeat were invited to give an interactive workshop on the brain at the Edinburgh University Neurological Society's 2018 conference 'Neuroscience to Neurology'.

Tom Gillingwater, working with Ewout Groen from the Gillingwater lab and Kevin Talbot from Oxford University, has just published a new review paper in Nature Reviews Neurology covering exciting recent progress in the development of new therapies and treatments for the childhood motor neuron disease, spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).

A recent paper by the Gillingwater Lab (Jones et al; Cell Reports; 2017) has been featured in BioExplorer’s ‘Top 15 Anatomy & Physiology Innovations & Breakthroughs For 2017’.

Springer have just published a new book containing an anatomy chapter authored by two members of our department, Ross Jones and Jeremy Mortimer.

The level and depth of knowledge required for nursing sciences has been debated for over thirty years.

Dr Alashkham and his colleagues have reported that the definition of the bare spot and tubercle of Assaki is controversial, with studies reporting different incidences, locations, and clinical significance.