Sally Lowell receives Wolpert Medal!

Professor Sally Lowell has been awarded the 2024 Wolpert Medal by British Society for Developmental Biology for her extraordinary contributions to the teaching and communication of Developmental Biology.

📰Read the full article here: edin.ac/4aYTO35

Congratulations to Dervil Dockrell and Kathryn Berg who were runners up in the Community Engagement Award category today for their ongoing work with the hEDS/HSD community! Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine Institute of Genetics and Cancer Ehlers-Danlos Support UK

Absolutely over the moon to receive the College Award for Student Experience, especially up against such amazing nominees! Thank you! 😊

A nationwide study will track teen loneliness in the digital age. The Generation Scotland research aims to capture the impact of online socialising on young people’s loneliness and mental health. Find out more 👇
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3 nominations, 1 award! 🎉

We were nominated collectively for the Team Excellence Award, while Robin Flaig was nominated as Outstanding Colleague and Sarah Robertson won Best Newcomer Award!

Feeling very lucky to attend today's event courtesy of The University of Edinburgh Edinburgh Medical School 🙏

Fab day at CMVM Staff Recognition awards presenting an award as team ZebrafishHGU and winning the Innovation award as part of University of Edinburgh Technicians Steering Committee. Well done to all nominees, shortlisted staff, runners up and winners! Edinburgh Medical School

The UoE Technician Steering Committee are honoured to have won the Innovation Award at the CMVM Research Office Staff Recognition Awards 🎉 Congratulations to all nominees!! #Techniciansmakeithappen #UoETechnicians #CMVMStaffRecognitionAwards

Delighted to have been awarded Runners Up in the 'Team Excellence' category for the CMVM Staff Recognition Awards Edinburgh Medical School. Great to see our Live Human Brain Tissue Research Team of scientists, research nurses and neurosurgeons recognised for our collaborative research!🧠

Up next is the team excellence award category.

Congratulations to our winners ZJU-UoE Institute Edinburgh and China Professional Services (PS) Team.

The team works with hundreds of undergraduate and postgraduates students, 50+ academics, and dozens of technical and PS staff.

Now the Student Experience Award for an outstanding effort to deliver excellence to our students.

Congratulations Jennifer Paxton for winning this category!

Senior lecturer in anatomy she continues to lead the way in developing engaging approaches to anatomy teaching.

Next up we have the Innovation Award.

And the winner is: The Technician Steering Committee!

A cross-Uni committee of individuals that include research technicians, technical managers, technical specialists and Human Resources.

Congratulations to you all!

The third category is for the equality, diversity and inclusion award, and big congratulations to our winner: Janette Dinse-Harrower.

Receiving this prize for her dedication to improving British Sign Language (BSL) resources in the workplace, incredibly well deserved!