News Jul-Dec 2018

CCBS news from July to December 2018.

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Physio4FMD - new NIHR trial announced

30 January, 2018

Jan 2018: Congratulations to Dr Jon Stone & Dr Alan Carson, honorary Readers in the Centre for…

Joanna Wardlaw receives the 2018 William M Feinberg Award

30 January, 2018

Jan 2018: Congratulations to Professor Joanna Wardlaw who has been awarded the 2018 William M…

Two simple tests could help to pinpoint cause of stroke

10 January, 2018

Jan 2018: CCBS researchers suggest that detecting the cause of the deadliest form of stroke could…

Seizure study sheds light on lasting brain effects in children

11 December, 2017

Dec 2017: A study by Richard Chin and colleagues at the Muir Maxwell Epilepsy Centre provides…

Dr Sinéad Rhodes awarded Public Engagement prize

07 December, 2017

Dec 2017: Congratulations to Dr Sinéad Rhodes, who was awarded the Royal Society of Edinburgh…

Highlights from Preventing Dementia conference

05 December, 2017

Dec 2017: The Centre for Dementia Prevention hosted a sell-out public conference last week on …

Brain protein expression map links genetics to behaviour

04 December, 2017

Dec 2017: A map of post-synaptic protein expression in the neocortex of the brain has been…

Success for FND2017 International Conference on Functional Neurological Disorders

28 November, 2017

Nov 2017: The 3rd International Conference on Functional Neurological Disorders, held in Edinburgh…

Stroke trial wins data-sharing prize!

28 November, 2017

Nov 2017: The data from stroke trial IST-1 have won a prize for the most accessed data on Edinburgh…

Brain cell advance brings fresh hope for CJD therapies

19 November, 2017

Nov 2017: CCBS scientists have generated a stem cell-based model of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease by…