Edinburgh Neuroscience

08/09/2025

📢 Job Alert: Postdoctoral Research Associate in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. Full details: edin.ac/3Ibm1uQ

Deadline for applications: Friday 19 September 2025

04/09/2025

Quick read on a PhD student’s experience of and interest in working with the public during her studies. Her work focuses on trying to understand the cellular and molecular mechanisms that determine disease duration in motor neuron disease (MND). 👇🏼

📑Have you about 4 mins to read the science communication blog by Anne Rowling Clinic PhD student Jade Lucas? In her blog, Jade shares her enthusiasm & experience of science communication and engaging with our local community:

▶️ https://edin.ac/4mMrLKE

13/08/2025

Cats get dementia, too! This paper is an example of collaboration across different research institutes to drive forward advances in treating diseases such as ’s.
This research is opening the door to develop new therapies that could help both cats and humans with dementia. Read the full paper: https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.70180
🧠🐱🔬🧫

12/08/2025

If you are in our neck of the woods on Thurs 21st August, do drop in to our Open Evening, any time from 5-7pm at the Anne Rowling Clinic, Edinburgh, EH16 4SB.

Meet our wonderful staff and students, and probe them with difficult questions about our research and clinical trials! You can also join a lab tour to see first-hand how we use human stem cell models for drug discovery.

All welcome, no need to book.
https://www.annerowlingclinic.org/events/research-open-evening

Uni

01/08/2025

Woop Woop, the Fringe is here! It would not be complete without a Rana show 👇🏼

11/07/2025

📢JOB ALERT📢 .bsky.social is looking for a postdoctoral Research Fellow to join the Rajani Lab as part of the new national BHF-UK DRI Centre for Vascular Dementia Research. Apply here:
edin.ac/3GGUwZn

11/07/2025

A recent paper from Michael Zakharin and Timothy C Bates: ‘Higher cognitive ability linked to weaker moral foundations in UK adults’. Read the full article here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2025.101930

02/07/2025

Wowzers: exactly 10yrs since Edinburgh Neuroscience cut this fantastic video to encapsulate daily life in our community (themed with the 🧠 life course). Hairdos and tech have changed quite a bit with lots more to enjoy. A sequel? Yes please! 🧠🔬🧫🎬🎥🍿

The Edinburgh Neuroscience community presents Ages of the Brain, a collaborative and crowd-sourced project from Edinburgh's neuroscientists. Ages of the Brai...

02/07/2025

📢 Applications are OPEN! Whether you’re an organization planning a meeting, or a navigating early parenthood and looking for research support, we've got a for you!

👉 Find out more about eligibility and benefits on our website - and apply before the deadlines! https://ibro.org/grants/?tab=open-calls

25/06/2025

Read on for a comprehensive introduction to the emerging field of metabolic psychiatry, exploring the relationship between metabolism and mental health: https://edin.ac/4enoEp9

23/06/2025

Saturday was . Launched in 2007, the
The Euan MacDonald Centre for Motor Neuron Disease Research
aims to make discoveries that will slow, stop and eventually reverse MND. Read more about Euan MacDonald's remarkable legacy as well as the Centre's ongoing research. 👇

We honour Euan MacDonald's contributions to the ALS/MND community in Scotland and beyond.Euan was a champion for ALS/MND research and awareness. Diagnosed in...

13/06/2025

Big congratulations to undergraduate, Isabel, for winning outstanding poster prize at the .org unconventional vertebrate models conference, debuting her 1st class thesis work on social behaviour of the Spiny mouse 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼