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University of Edinburgh's Easter Bush Campus set for trigeneration scheme
Thursday 9th February 2017, 4:00pm

The University of Edinburgh is set to harness the power of trigeneration in a new £9 million energy project which will revolutionise the way heating, cooling and electricity are produced at Easter Bush Campus.

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CRISPR pioneers receive BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Biomedicine
Tuesday 31st January 2017, 5:00pm

Francisco Martínez Mojica, Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna receive prestigious international award for identifying and demonstrating the utility of CRISPR/Cas9 system as an easy-to-use genome editing tool.

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Easter Bush Campus retains Gold Sustainability Award
Tuesday 17th January 2017, 11:00am

The Easter Bush Campus is delighted to have received a Gold Office Award from the University of Edinburgh's Department of Social Responsibility and Sustainability.

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Gene-edited pigs to help spread desirable traits
Friday 13th January 2017, 12:00pm

Male pigs that are unable to produce sperm could be ideal surrogates for the transplantation of gametes from elite sires.

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Zebrafish aid quest to fight disease
Friday 6th January 2017, 3:00pm

Tropical fish are helping scientists investigate how to stop inflammation in the body before it causes damage to healthy tissues.

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New Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Security
Tuesday 20th December 2016, 4:00pm

A new Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Security will help tackle the problem of feeding the growing human population well, while protecting the natural systems on which we all depend.

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Key crops are focus of farming research
Friday 16th December 2016, 4:00pm

Farmers could be helped to grow crops more sustainably, thanks to research involving scientists at the University of Edinburgh.

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Scottish scientists develop vaccine against E.coli cattle strain
Thursday 15th December 2016, 12:00pm

A new vaccine aiming to control E.coli 0157 in cattle, which can prove fatal in humans, has been developed by a team of scientists in Scotland.

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Gut cells are gatekeepers of infectious brain diseases
Wednesday 14th December 2016, 10:00am

New insights into infectious brain conditions help to explain why some people and animals are more at risk than others.

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Easter Bush: A Year of Engagement
Monday 5th December 2016, 3:00pm

It is almost a year since the Easter Bush Campus received Scotland's Life Sciences Community Engagement Award and among the many building developments and scientific advances on Campus, the programme of engagement and outreach events has gone from strength to strength.

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