Good luck to Larissa Palethorpe, SoPA PhD student who is presenting at the 3 Minute Thesis ( #3MT ) College heat tomorrow!🍀

If you are free to support Larissa, please do!

⏲️14:00
📅2 May
📍 Oak Lecture Theatre, Nucleus Building, KB

For 3MT info visit:
edin.ac/3y82Dtd

Congratulations to Professor Victoria Martin (Victoria Martin) based in the School’s Particle Physics Experiment - PPE - Edinburgh research group who is among the 57 individuals elected to become Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
➡️edin.ac/3Qraw3s

Congratulations to Davide Michieletto who has been awarded the BBS Louise Jonson Early Career Award for outstanding contributions in the field of #biophysics .

➡️edin.ac/4aRez14

King's Fest 2024 is College of Science and Engineering, Edinburgh Uni's very first post exam celebration for our students. Come along and enjoy hot food, an inflatable assault course, music and unlimited ice-cream!
24/25 May - booking required, more info: edin.ac/kingsfest

Congratulations to PhD student Annemiek Waajen who has been selected as a Schmidt Science Fellow. 👏

Annemiek will undertake a postdoctoral research placement which focuses on #permafrostthawing and its impact on #climatechange .

➡️edin.ac/3QgJQlH

Schmidt Science Fellows

Congratulations to Dr Sally Shaw (Dr Sally Shaw) from research group Particle Physics Experiment - PPE - Edinburgh who has been awarded the Institute of Physics High Energy Particle Physics Group Prize for outstanding contributions to particle physics research.👏

edin.ac/4d8YLIF

🗓️Join us this Thurs 25 April for the next Biofilm Research hybrid seminar from our Physics Astro @ Edin team

Hear from Ross Fitzgerald of The Roslin Institute The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies about Staphylococcus aureus - its adaptation to the dairy niche and #biofilm formation in milk

➡️tinyurl.com/yyvdhtwh

Great to see some new hot food options King's Buildings today! Outside Nucleus Building.

📢 #SustainableMining and the future of #CriticalMinerals recovery workshop💎 Discover the latest research and innovations from The University of Edinburgh #Biomining tech #Wastewater treatment #MetalRecovery

📅 25–26 April
➡️ Register eil.ac/Sustainable-mi…

College of Science and Engineering, Edinburgh Uni Science and Technology Facilities Council UoE Sustainability

Getting ready for exams? Here are our top revision tips! Check out our Instagram for more! 📚💻💪

#Physics #Revision #UniversityofEdinburgh

It was great to share our science at this year’s Edinburgh Science Festival! Thank you to all who visited. 🤗

We could not take part without the input from our enthusiastic students & staff. 🥰

Here is some feedback from those involved along with photo highlights.

#outreach

Colleagues from the Institute for Astronomy’s Wide-Field Astronomy Unit were involved in the ESA Gaia discovery of #GaiaBH3 . This is the first time a #blackhole of stellar origin this big has been spotted so close to home.

🔭edin.ac/3Q4Byxl

📷ESA/Gaia/DPAC

Do you know a social impact or sustainability hero at the University? 🦸

Nominations for the Changemaker Award are now open! Give recognition to those making a difference and celebrate the champions of change! 🌟🌿

💚 Make a nomination by Friday 3 May
➡️ edin.ac/changemaker

Following the passing of Professor Peter Higgs, the University has set up an online book of remembrance:
online-tribute.com/PeterHiggs

Read the School tribute:
edin.ac/49wxUDn

Image credit: Maverick Photo Agency

Fantastic Breaking News! Our brilliant group member Sally Shaw (Dr Sally Shaw) has won the IOP High Energy Particle Physics Group Prize for her outstanding contributions to particle physics research.

iop.org/physics-commun…

Congratulations to Professors Marialuisa Aliotta and Annette Ferguson who have received grants from European Research Council (ERC) which will help expand their research in #nuclearastrophysics and #galaxyevolution .

⚛️🔭 edin.ac/43WZmJ2

#ERCAdG

We are sad to announce the death of Professor Peter Higgs.

Professor Higgs is best known for proposing a mechanism for how particles acquire mass. Key to this was a particle that subsequently became known as the Higgs Boson.

edin.ac/49wxUDn

Credit: Peter Tuffy/UoE

📢 Please note these diversions will impact staff and students travelling to King's Buildings from Tuesday 2nd April for approx 3 weeks.

.Andy Lawrence worries that we are destroying the last great wilderness - the sky.

Find out why we need to be the ‘custodians of the cosmos’ via this 3 April talk:
edin.ac/43xGO20

and article:
scotsman.com/news/environme…

Photo: satellite trails
Credit: Max Alexander

Essential network maintenance across King's Buildings - Sat 30 Mar 2024, 08:00 to 12:00.

There will be disruption to network services in all KB buildings during this period. ⚠️

This work is part of the wider Network Replacement Programme currently in progress across The University of Edinburgh