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UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH CHANCELLOR'S FELLOWSHIPS : An opportunity for Principal Investigators

An opportunity for Principal Investigators to join the faculty of the University/BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science.  This opportunity is idea for:

University/BHF Symposium Day Prize Winners - Wednesday 30 May 2012

Congratulations to all the University/BHF Symposium Day poster prize winners.

Student Prizes: 1. Louise Evans 2. Kat Wilson 3. James O’Reilly

Postdoc Category: 1. Karen Sooy 2. Linda Mullins 3. Karolina Duthie.

University/BHF Symposium Day : Wednesday 30 May 2012

The Centre for Cardiovascular Science Symposium Day has been arranged to take place this year on Wednesday 30 May 2012.  The Centre is pleased to announce the Keynote Speaker : KW Donald Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Professor Peter Carmeliet

Society for Endocrinology Early Career Grant Award

Congratulations to Dr Dawn Livingstone and Dr Mark Nixon on their Early Career Grant Awards from the Society for Endocrinology (http://www.endocrinology.org).

Annual CVS Symposium June 2011

Congratulations to all the BHF Centre of Research Excellence poster prize winners. Student Prizes: 1. Anna Stefanska 2. Gianfranco Matrone 3. Kathryn Wilson Open Category: 1. Fraser Millar/Michelle Williams 2. Sophie Turban-Rajaonah 3. Marc Dweck. Please take peruse the photographs of our winners and of the event.

CONGRATULATIONS TO CATHERINE ROSE

Catherine was awarded the prize for best oral presentation at the Biochemical Society Annual Symposium held in Cambridge on 13 December 2013. 

BHF 4-year PhD programme is now recruiting for September 2013

We are currently recruiting highly-motivated students for our BHF 4-year PhD programme  (4 places) and  BHF CoRE 4-year PhD programme (3 places), which is specifically targeted to non-biologists (including backgrounds in the physical sciences, engineering, mathematics, computer science and informatics). See "Training" for more details

Endo 2012 : Poster Prize Winner

Congratuations to Dr Roland Stimson who won a presidential poster prize at the Endo 2012 annual meeting held this year in Houston, Texas.  

Poster Title : Distinct Effects of Macronutrients on Post-Prandial Adrenal and Extra-Adrenal Cortisol Production in Humans

Curt Richter Award : International Society for Psychoneuroendocrinology.

Congratulations to Rebecca Reynolds who has received the Curt Richter award from the International Society for Psychoneuroendocrinology for 2012.

Well Done to CVS Staff for their contribution to the Edinburgh Science Festival : 2012

The University of Edinburgh family events at the Science Festival  were a great success.  "The Heart" activity was very popular and a great addition to the CMVM events.  The Museum was delighted with the event and the visitor comments were extremely positive :