Jí Jū Collective: ‘Our Shell’ Last week the Collective installed an exhibition entitled ‘Our Shell’, where we exhibited artworks from members of the collective alongside an installation we collectively created including pairings of images from our adopted home (Edinburgh) and our hometowns, exploring how we seek belonging and create a ‘shell’ in unfamiliar environments. This […]

Dr Chris Boyd is retiring after starting work at the University of Edinburgh 40 years ago. He started working independently in the Molecular Biology department in 1986 on small plasmid mobilisation systems in E coli. Despite good progress in establishing a one-person lab from scratch, building on related studies carried out as my first postdoc […]

In this extra post, Daisy Bao and Rosemary Banister showcase how essay-based assessments can be effectively approached by a student in a meta-cognitive process. They also discuss why AI tools may be unhelpful and time-consuming for certain aspects of producing high-quality academic writing. This post may be valuable for teaching staff in identifying possible gaps […]

About the Event The Engaging DoxyPEP impact team hosted a stakeholder event on Wednesday 22 Oct 2025 at Edinburgh Futures Institute. Participants explored key issues related to accessing DoxyPEP in Scotland and considered how to navigate issues of antimicrobial resistance and stewardship. Core Discussion In small groups across the in-person and online spaces, participants considered […]

The Centre for Research on Environment, Society & Health (CRESH) at the University of Edinburgh are looking to appoint a Postdoctoral Researcher in the field of ‘Environment and Health for a period of 4 years to contribute a UK Prevention Research Partnership (UKPRP) Consortium – SPECTRUM (Shaping Public hEalth poliCies To Reduce ineqUalities and harm) […]

We’re excited to announce that our new research paper has been published in Geophysical Research Letters. Please access it from here (Open Access). Apr 2, 2026