Upcoming local research events
The next in-person ERIG event is at the Centre for Regenerative Medicine on Saturday 17 May. This is for members of ERIG. If you have not already joined, you will have to do so in order to attend (Use this link and select the option to Join ERIG )
Dr Tom MacGillivray, Principal Investigator at the Robert O Curle Eyelab, University of Edinburgh, will give us a talk:
- Using Eye Scans to Uncover Early Indicators of Parkinson’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases
We will start at 10:00 with tea and coffee and finish after a light lunch at around 12:30.
Free car parking for those attending is available at the Centre for Regenerative Medicine (Little France) courtesy of our host, Prof. Tilo Kunath.
Please let ERIG Chair David Melton know if you will be attending by emailing: davidm@edinburghparkinsons.org and please also confirm if you have any dietary requirement other than vegetarian.
Reports from local research events
Talk by Maria Doitsidou
A meeting of the Edinburgh Research Interest Group was held on Saturday, 7th November 2015 at the Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine, courtesy of Dr Tilo Kunath. Dr Maria Doitsidou,…
Talk by Gordon Duncan
At the Branch meeting held on 8 April 2015, Dr Conor Maguire, Consultant Physician, Medicine for the Elderly, at the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, introduced his recently-appointed consultant colleague, Dr…
Talk by Dario Alessi
Members of the Edinburgh Research Interest Group who attended a meeting last Saturday, 28th February, at the Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine were treated to a comprehensive review of ongoing…
Talk by Julie Jones
Julie Jones, lecturer in Physiotherapy at Robert Gordon University, gave a spell-binding presentation entitled Physiotherapy – are we walking in the right direction? on Saturday 24 January, 2015, at the…
Visit to Parkure
On 7th January 2015 a group of six members of the Edinburgh Research Interest Group visited the start-up company, Parkure. We met the CEO, Dr Lysimachos Zografos, 32, an Athens-born…
Talk by Dr Carl Counsell
Research Group Meeting Saturday 8th February 2014, Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Edinburgh Bio-Quarter, 5 Little France Drive, Edinburgh. Dr Carl Counsell (University of Aberdeen) gave a talk entitled: “What…