Tissue Repair Postgraduate Training Programme

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'Best PhD Talk' awarded to Tissue Repair student Pieter Louwe

Third-year Tissue Repair student Pieter Louwe awarded ‘Best PhD talk’ at BSI Conference on Inflammation.

Tissue Repair student Jenny Cartwright reviews drugs to aid resolution of inflammation

Jenny Cartwright publishes review on cyclin dependent kinase inhibitors to target inflammation.

Darren Wisniewski takes on role as coordinator of pupil mentoring scheme

Third year Tissue Repair student Darren Wisniewski becomes the coordinator of CRM pupil mentoring scheme ‘Science Mentors @Castlebrae’.

Jenny Cartwright awarded research funding by Deanery of Clinical Sciences

Congratulations to Tissue Repair PhD student Jenny Cartwright on receiving an award to carry out efferocytosis research.

Tissue Repair student Jill Williamson publishes review on the dynamics of myelination

Jill Williamson publishes review paper ‘Myelin Dynamics Throughout Life: An Ever-Changing Landscape’.

Applications for Tissue Repair 2019 studentships have now closed

Tissue Repair Programme Studentship recruitment for September 2019 start is now closed.

Tissue Repair student Margarita Basi co-author on mast cell generation paper

Tissue Repair student Margarita Basi co-author of paper by the Dzierzak lab about stem cell derived mast cells.

Fifth Tissue Repair student of 2014 cohort passes viva - congratulations Dr Shaw

Congratulations to Isaac Shaw on passing his PhD viva voce.

Congratulations to Chandrika Rao on passing her PhD viva

Tissue Repair student Chandrika Rao passes PhD viva voce - congratulations Dr Rao.

Congratulations to Tess McCann on successful viva voce

Tess McCann successfully passes her PhD viva - the third Tissue Repair Doctor.

Pieter Louwe wins poster prize at international conference

Tissue Repair student Pieter Louwe scoops poster prize at 1st European Symposium on Myeloid Regulatory Cells in Health and Disease.

Tissue Repair student Phoebe Kirkwood Runner Up at Universitas 21 3MT® 2018 competition

Universitas 21 3MT® judges select Phoebe Kirkwood as Runner Up for talk on scarless wound healing.

Tissue Repair students participate in Midlothian Science Festival

Students of the three Edinburgh Wellcome Trust PhD programmes at Midlothian Science Festival.

Viva voce success for Phoebe - congratulations Dr Kirkwood

Phoebe Kirkwood second Tissue Repair student to pass PhD examination

Tissue Repair PhD student Sophie Quick wins 3MT competition at CRM

Three Minute Thesis competition at CRM retreat won by Tissue Repair PhD student Sophie Quick

Edinburgh represented by Tissue Repair PhD student Phoebe Kirkwood in Universitas 21 3MT® competition

Phoebe Kirkwood represents The University of Edinburgh in the Universitas 21 Three Minute Thesis competition

Tissue Repair student Darren Wisniewski contributes to paper on developmental patterning

Darren Wisniewski co-author on paper by Lowell lab on patterning during embryogenesis

First Tissue Repair student passes viva – congratulations Dr Annalucia Darbey!

Tissue Repair student Annalucia Darbey has successfully passed her viva.

Tissue Repair student Niya Aleksieva gets grant for Summer Program in Japan

Niya Aleksieva attended Summer Research Program 2018 at the University of Tsukuba, Japan.

Paper by Tissue Repair student Jose Meseguer-Ripolles on liver cell production

Jose Meseguer-Ripolles publishes protocol for the production of hepatocyte-like cells from pluripotent stem cells.

Tissue Repair student Sophie Quick co-author on small vessel disease study

Sophie Quick contributes to paper describing potential treatment approach for dementia and stroke.

Tissue Repair students win poster prize at Edinburgh Immunology symposium

Edinburgh Immunology Symposium Poster Prize awarded to Tissue Repair students.

Tissue Repair student Ella Mercer winner in ‘I’m a Scientist' competition

Ella Mercer voted zone winner of online X-Factor like competition 'I'm a Scientists, Get Me Out of Here!'.

Tissue Repair student Phoebe Kirkwood wins University of Edinburgh 3MT final

Phoebe Kirkwood scoops first prize in University's 'Three Minute Thesis' final.

Tissue Repair student Pieter Louwe contributes to paper in J Immunol

Tissue Repair student Pieter Louwe co-authors paper about mononuclear phagocytes in J Immunol.

Stellar student presentations at Tissue Repair Away Day 2018

Excellent student talks highlight interdisciplinary research projects during Tissue Repair Away Day 2018.

Tissue Repair student Phoebe Kirkwood co-authors paper on macrophages

The study demonstrates the therapeutic potential of a type of immune cells called macrophages, in a model of liver injury.

Tissue Repair student Sophie Quick wins prize in MRC Max Perutz Science Writing Competition 2017

Congratulations to Sophie Quick for winning runner up prize in MRC Max Perutz Science Writing competition.

Tissue Repair student Annalucia Darbey reviews gene editing for male reproductive disorders

Annalucia Darbey, 4th year Tissue Repair student, has published a review on editing and delivery technologies for treatment and diagnosis of common male reproductive disorders.

Tissue Repair workshop on macrophages at Midlothian Science Festival 2017

Tissue Repair students presented workshop ‘Macrophages - the unsung heroes of tissue repair’.