Differentiation in Vitro. Proceedings of the British Society for Cell Biology Symposium Held at the University of Edinburgh, from 24 to 25 September 1980. The Fourth Symposium of the British Society for Cell Biology. M. M. Yeoman , D. E. S. Truman

1983 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-247
Author(s):  
Maurizio Pacifici
Keyword(s):  
Cell Biology ◽  
British Society ◽  
Fourth Symposium ◽  
University Of Edinburgh ◽  
Biology Symposium ◽  
The University

scholarly journals Interview with 2020 Hooke medal winner Ian Chambers

2020 ◽  
Vol 133 (20) ◽  
pp. jcs254219
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cell ◽  
Stem Cell Research ◽  
Cell Biology ◽  
Embryonic Stem ◽  
British Society ◽  
Control Of Gene Expression ◽  
Erythroid Precursor ◽  
Cell Fate Decisions ◽  
University Of Edinburgh ◽  
The University

ABSTRACTIan Chambers studied biochemistry at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, UK. He then did his PhD in the laboratory of Paul Harrison at the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, also in Glasgow. Ian studied the control of gene expression during the differentiation of erythroid precursor cells, discovering that the amino acid selenocysteine is encoded by UGA, which until then was thought to work only as a termination codon. Ian did his post-doctoral work on the regulation of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) with Paul Berg at Stanford University in California, USA. In 1991, he returned to Scotland to work on stem cell regulation with Austin Smith at the Centre for Genome Research (later the Institute for Stem Cell Research) at the University of Edinburgh, UK. During that time, Ian identified the transcription factor Nanog, which directs efficient embryonic stem cell self-renewal. Ian started his research group in 2006 at the University of Edinburgh, where he is also a Professor of Pluripotent Stem Cell Biology. His laboratory tries to understand the regulatory networks and transcription factors that control the identity of pluripotent embryonic stem cells, and how these modulate cell fate decisions during the differentiation process. Ian is now the Head of the Institute for Stem Cell Research at University of Edinburgh, an EMBO member and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Ian is the recipient of the 2020 Hooke Medal from the British Society for Cell Biology (BSCB).

scholarly journals German Genetics Society Meeting 2009: Session VI

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Fenner
Keyword(s):  
Cell Biology ◽  
Society Meeting ◽  
University Of Edinburgh ◽  
The University

Another guest post by Alex Knoll reporting from the German Genetics Society Meeting in Cologne.Saturday had two more sessions before the end of the meeting. Irina Stancheva from the Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology at the University of Edinburgh ...

scholarly journals J. Murdoch Mitchison. 11 June 1922—17 March 2011

2019 ◽  
Vol 67 ◽  
pp. 279-306
Author(s):  
Peter Fantes ◽  
Sally Mitchison
Keyword(s):  
Cell Biology ◽  
Sea Urchins ◽  
Growth Cycle ◽  
Cell Physiology ◽  
Time Work ◽  
University Of Edinburgh ◽  
Membrane Changes ◽  
Post War ◽  
The University ◽  
Zoology Department

John Murdoch Mitchison, known as Murdoch, was elected FRS in recognition of his work on the cell cycle. This emerged from a lifelong interest in the natural sciences, interrupted by war-time work in Operational Research which developed his critical appraisal of research technique. Post-war, he completed a PhD at Cambridge, then worked with Sir Michael Swann FRS (1962) on mitotic membrane changes in sea urchins. In 1953 Murdoch joined the University of Edinburgh Zoology Department and in time switched his interest to the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe . Over the next 30 years he investigated cell growth and division, employing a meticulous approach to experiments. He considered there to be a ‘growth cycle’ in cells, independent of the DNA-division cycle. There is experimental evidence to support this idea, but further investigations of it have been limited. Actively fostering a relaxed but industrious and enquiring ethos in the lab, Murdoch ran the department jointly with Aubrey Manning. The Mitchison group's work at Edinburgh attracted students including Paul Nurse (later Sir Paul Nurse; FRS 1989, PRS 2010–2015), Béla Novak, Kim Nasmyth (FRS 1989) and Peter Fantes as well as many visiting academics. Murdoch's work on S. pombe came to both national and international recognition, forming a foundation for the current thriving community of researchers in cell physiology, cell genetics and molecular biology. Murdoch is remembered for his single-minded commitment to cell biology research and his generous, fair-minded support of younger colleagues and students. He was, additionally, an expert landscape gardener, a convivial host and phenomenally well-informed on most subjects.

scholarly journals An interview with Jamie Davies

Development ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 148 (15) ◽  
Author(s):  
Seema Grewal
Keyword(s):  
Tissue Engineering ◽  
Developmental Biology ◽  
Public Engagement ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
Significant Contribution ◽  
British Society ◽  
University Of Edinburgh ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The University ◽  
Young Researchers

Jamie Davies is Professor of Experimental Anatomy at the University of Edinburgh. Spanning the fields of developmental biology, tissue engineering and synthetic biology, his research aims to understand the mechanisms by which cells organise themselves into tissues, focussing on the kidney. In addition to his research, Jamie is involved in science communication and public engagement, having written several books for specialist and non-specialist readers, and having given numerous public lectures and broadcasts. In April 2021, Jamie was awarded the inaugural Wolpert Medal from the British Society for Developmental Biology (BSDB), which is presented to outstanding developmental biologists who have made a significant contribution to teaching and communicating developmental biology in the UK. We spoke to Jamie to ask him about his cross-disciplinary research interests, his thoughts on public engagement and his advice for young researchers.

The legacy of Douglas Guthrie (1885–1975), surgeon and medical historian

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-101
Author(s):  
Iain Macintyre
Keyword(s):  
History Of Medicine ◽  
British Society ◽  
Second Career ◽  
Arts And Humanities ◽  
Medical Undergraduates ◽  
History Of ◽  
University Of Edinburgh ◽  
Medical Historian ◽  
The University ◽  
Bernard Shaw

After graduating in medicine Douglas Guthrie embarked on a career as an ENT surgeon. When his Edinburgh hospital appointment ended in 1936 he began to write History of Medicine, which, thanks to a favourable review by George Bernard Shaw, became a worldwide best seller when first published in 1945. This marked the start of Guthrie’s second career as a lecturer in history of medicine at the University of Edinburgh where his prime responsibility was delivering systematic lectures on medical history to medical undergraduates. At a time when history of medicine was virtually the exclusive preserve of medical doctors, Guthrie promoted to them the historiography techniques of the academic historian. His vision that social historians should become involved in the field and that history of medicine should be taught in arts and humanities faculties began to be adopted in British universities a decade or so after Guthrie made the recommendation. His legacy includes the Scottish Society of the History of Medicine and the British Society for the History of Medicine, both of which he helped to found. His name is commemorated in various charitable trusts which he established to promote the study of history of medicine.

scholarly journals Cell scientist to watch – Christine Faulkner

2020 ◽  
Vol 133 (24) ◽  
pp. jcs256826
Keyword(s):  
Cell Biology ◽  
Cell Communication ◽  
Plant Cells ◽  
Postdoctoral Position ◽  
Molecule Transport ◽  
University Of Edinburgh ◽  
The Uk ◽  
And Function ◽  
The University ◽  
Sydney Australia

ABSTRACTChristine Faulkner pursued her undergraduate degree at the University of Sydney, Australia. She then joined Robyn Overall's research group at the same institution to obtain her PhD in molecular and cell biology, where she characterised plasmodesmata, which are connection channels between plant cells that allow for communication and molecule transport. In 2005, Christine moved to the UK to continue studying plasmodesmata characterisation and function, as well as trying to understand their link to infection outcomes. Her first postdoctoral position was with Karl Oparka at the University of Edinburgh, followed by a second at the John Innes Centre in Norwich with Professor Andrew Maule. She subsequently joined the lab of Silke Robatzek at The Sainsbury Laboratory, also in Norwich, before starting an independent fellowship at Oxford Brookes University, in Oxford, in 2012. In December 2013, Christine returned to the John Innes Centre to establish her own lab. In 2016, she was awarded an ERC Consolidator grant. Her lab is trying to understand how cell–cell communication occurs in plants, focusing on plasmodesmata, and how this process is crucial for regulation of the plant immune response.

scholarly journals Dr. Subhash Mukhopadhyay, The Unsung Indian-Bengali Hero

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dattatreya Mukherjee ◽  
Shibam Kundagrami
Keyword(s):  
Nobel Prize ◽  
Doctor Who ◽  
Major Work ◽  
Vitro Fertilization ◽  
Science College ◽  
University Of Edinburgh ◽  
The University ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Indian Physician

India is the brain hub of the world’s scientific research. When it comes to Indian science, how can one forget the contributions of Bengal, and Kolkata? If you calculate the number of Nobel prize winners from India, you will find an astounding majority of them are connected to Kolkata. Dr. CV Raman was highly connected to the Indian Association of Cultivation of Science [IACS], Kolkata where he did the major work which brought him the Nobel Prize in 1930.[1,2] In 1917, he was appointed to the Palit chair of physics at Raza bazar Science College, University of Calcutta.[1] Yet surprisingly, many researchers in Bengal were unrecognized and didn’t receive their deserved fame. Their work sang but they were unsung. In this editorial, we try to know about one such legendary Indian Physician-Doctor who hadn’t received the proper recognition he deserved. Dr. Subhash Mukhopadhyay was an extraordinary Indian Physician Researcher who was born on 16th January 1931 in Hazaribagh, India [3]. At the University of Edinburgh, he did an extraordinary work on hormones. Title of his thesis was, “Some Observations on The Biological Assay of Gonadotropic Hormones”. You can read the full thesis PDF from the following link present at Archives of University of Edinburgh,[4]. Before him, there was no great way to detect the levels of this hormone, but his remarkable work in this field opened many avenues for which he also received his second PhD. He is famous for India’s first and world’s second In Vitro Fertilization [IVF] work.

scholarly journals Cell scientist to watch – Yanlan Mao

2020 ◽  
Vol 133 (17) ◽  
pp. jcs252569
Keyword(s):  
Cell Biology ◽  
Shape Control ◽  
Cell Signalling ◽  
Tissue Mechanics ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Women In Science ◽  
British Society ◽  
University College London ◽  
Cell Shape Control ◽  
The University

ABSTRACTYanlan Mao graduated in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge, UK, followed by a PhD in developmental biology and genetics at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (MRC-LMB), Cambridge, UK. During this time, she studied cell signalling and epithelial patterning in Drosophila, under the supervision of Matthew Freeman. For her postdoctoral research, Yanlan moved to the Cancer Research UK London Research Institute (now part of the Francis Crick Institute), to study the role of mechanical forces in the orientation of cell division and cell shape control in Nic Tapon's laboratory. She established her own research group in 2014 at the MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology (MRC-LMCB), University College London, where she addresses the importance of tissue mechanics during development, homeostasis and repair. She was awarded a L'Oreal UNESCO Women in Science Fellowship and the Lister Institute Research Prize in 2018. In 2019, she was awarded the Biophysical Society Early Career Award in Mechanobiology and also became part of the EMBO Young Investigator Programme. Yanlan is the recipient of the 2020 Women in Cell Biology Early Career Award Medal from the British Society for Cell Biology (BSCB).

scholarly journals Cell scientist to watch – Vivian Li

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (16) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Research ◽  
Mouse Models ◽  
Cell Biology ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Wnt Signalling ◽  
Early Career ◽  
British Society ◽  
Francis Crick ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
The University

ABSTRACT Vivian Li obtained her PhD from the University of Hong Kong in 2008, where she investigated the molecular mechanisms of human colonic development and tumorigenesis. Funded by a Croucher Foundation Fellowship, she joined the lab of Hans Clevers at the Hubrecht Institute in the Netherlands for her postdoctoral work. There, she identified novel Wnt signalling mechanisms at different subcellular levels and characterised intestinal stem cell genes using newly created transgenic mouse models. Vivian established her group at the MRC National Institute for Medical Research, which is now part of the Francis Crick Institute, London, in February 2013. In her lab she uses genetic mouse models and organoids to investigate the regulation of intestinal homeostasis and cancer with a primary focus on the Wnt signalling pathway. Vivian was awarded a Future Leaders in Cancer Research Prize in 2018 by Cancer Research UK and is the winner of the 2021 Women in Cell Biology Early Career Medal awarded by the British Society for Cell Biology.

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