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A University of Edinburgh research institute. Our scientists & clinicians study tissue regeneration and repair to advance human health and reproductive outcomes
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£70 million investment in IRR spinout Trogenix to tackle aggressive cancers.
The funding will enable the rapid advancement of its pipeline of potentially curative cancer therapies across multiple treatment-resistant cancers
regeneration-repair.ed.ac.uk/ps70-million...
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Do you experience problematic menstrual bleeding or do you treat or care for someone who does?
We need your help in understanding what you think are the most important research questions to improve experiences of problematic bleeding.
Fill out our survey: exe.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Richard Weller featured on ITV & STV, sharing expert insights on skin health & eczema. The segment highlighted @heriotwattuni.bsky.social (HWU), who have developed a technology that could transform treatment of eczema & psoriasis. Congrats to HWU for this exciting step forward!
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It is time to change medical abortion law, a 5 year review finds.
The review, published in BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health, found that having an early medical abortion at home up to 12 weeks of pregnancy is safe, effective, and comparable to hospital care.
Read our article: edin.ac/3IKrrx5
Last Saturday, we opened our doors to the public once again for Doors Open Day.
Visitors were invited to take part in lab tours, a specialist talk and our science marketplace, exhibiting research from across our Institute and the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine.
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Andrew Horne introduces a 5 year plan for the Centre for Reproductive Health at the CRH away day.
📖Read more about our plans reproductive-health.ed.ac.uk/about-crh/ou...
🎉 Congratulations to Emily Walshe on winning the PhD Flash Talk Competition!
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Behind the scenes: researching long COVID and menstruation
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#WomensHealth #LongCovid #Periods #COVID19 #menstruation #Health
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IRR Doors Open Day is happening tomorrow! Make sure you don't miss the fun ⬇️
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Dr Sofia Ferreira has been awarded a prestigious LEO Foundation grant to advance research into skin wound healing and regeneration, with a focus on improving outcomes for elderly and vulnerable patients.
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Congratulations to IRR Group Leader Prof Jose Vazquez-Boland on becoming the inaugural Editor-in-Chief of Animal Microbiology, a new American Society for Microbiology (ASM) journal - making him the first UK-based Editor-in-Chief of one of its journals.
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Closing Date: 09 October 2025
📣Job Opportunity: A postdoctoral research associate (PDRA) position that will focus on exploring the role of macrophages during salivary gland development in our Emmerson Lab.
Applications close 09 October 2025. Further information: edin.ac/42uTVlc
Long Covid study sheds light on link with period disruption 🩸
Women with long Covid experience longer, heavier periods compared with those never infected with the virus, new research suggests.
Read our article: edin.ac/3VQcV9Z
Prothea Technologies has enrolled the first patient in its Precision Lung clinical trial, a major step in revolutionising lung cancer diagnosis and treatment. Co-founded by IRR’s Kev Dhaliwal, Prothea is developing technologies designed to “see and treat” cancer in one visit.
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bioinformatician cellular responses centre for inflammation research vacancy closing 24 sep 25
📣Job Opportunity: We are looking for a Bioinformatician to study cellular responses to injury and ageing using integrated single-cell, spatial and proteomic technologies.
More info: edin.ac/46llKxH
Postdoctoral Research associate developmental congitive neuroscience vacancy closing 19 September 2025
📣Job Opportunity: To collect and analyse cognitive and neuroimaging data from the UKRI MRC-funded PREterm Neurodevelopment and COGnition study (PRENCOG).
More info: edin.ac/3VI7F8i
Vacancy Job research postdoctoral closing 26 September 2025
📣Job Opportunity: A vacancy has arisen to conduct research in the development of MicroPhysiological Systems (MPS), and, in the context of this position, this will involve evaluation of the integrity of the system to synthesise steroid hormones.
More Information: edin.ac/4gf2tCl
2025 BioQuarter Doors Open Day
Join us for our #DoorsOpenDay on Saturday 27 September! 🧑🔬
We have a fun-fuelled day of science activities, expert talks, laboratory tours and specialist insight into our current research and facilities.
Find out more on our events page: edin.ac/45XvrlF
We celebrated Technician Week (1–5 Sept) with talks, a conference & our annual awards 🎉
🎙️ IRR Technology & Services Director Shonna Johnston @technicallyedin.bsky.social on the UK Technology Specialists Network: edin.ac/46nCSUs
🥼IRR Technical Manager Steven McLean on his career: edin.ac/4gcCdso
IRR spinout Resolution Therapeutics doses first patient in clinical trial
The first patient has been dosed and safety cleared in the Phase I/II EMERALD study of its novel therapy for end-stage liver disease.
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Read the article: edin.ac/4ndJdHU
IRR Chemistry Hub and the School of Chemistry researchers at The University of Edinburgh have developed a new method to detect small biological particles in blood samples. This opens new possibilities for earlier, more accurate disease diagnosis.
Summary: edin.ac/45JWzFV
Full paper: edin.ac/3K1CbaA
Researchers have traced Cyprus’ 2023 deadly cat coronavirus outbreak to a hybrid of cat and dog coronaviruses. This is the first study that shows cross-species “mix and match” genes can form dangerous new strains in cats.
Summary: edin.ac/4oZgZlL
Full paper: edin.ac/4lRB8ay
Congratulations to our three IRR colleagues promoted to Professor!
Professors Chelsea Morroni, Christopher Lucas and Ahsan Akram have been promoted ahead of the 2026 academic year as personal chairs in their respective fields.
Read our article: edin.ac/41WQT94
Students celebrate their IRR internship 🧑🔬
For four weeks this summer, IRR hosted local high school students as part of both the Edinburgh BioQuarter’s Summer Interns and @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social’s Career Ready programmes.
Read about the experience on IRR stories: edin.ac/4oPP33G
IRR researchers and colleagues discover that the common childhood virus, RSV, leaves lasting ‘immune memory’ in lungs.
Proteins that help fight infection (MHCs) stay elevated, boosting protection for subsequent infections but also increases the risk of allergies.
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IRR Group leader Dr Hansen and colleagues have developed a new testing pipeline that can compare the performance of drugs for the aggressive cancer, pleural mesothelioma. This approach has the potential to help develop better treatments for this and other cancers.
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Job Clinical Research Fellow Obstetrics CRH closing 20th August 2025
📣Job Opportunity: The opportunity has arisen for an innovative obstetric doctor with a passion for increasing global access to high quality intrapartum care to join the I3P team, working within the Centre for Reproductive Health.
More info: edin.ac/3J67PU2
IRR at the Fringe!
Tickets for tomorrow to see Rod Mitchell's science-based stand-up are selling fast! Get yours here:
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Tomorrow, the Provocateurs present: 'Deconstructing Brains and 999 WTF' at the EdFringe!
Join CRM researcher Dr Rana Fetit as she builds human brains in the laboratory... just how alive are they?
11:15am Sat 2 Aug, The Stand 2
See our full IRR Fringe line-up: regeneration-repair.ed.ac.uk/events
The Provocateurs presents: 'Life as a fetus & 600 year old fart joke' at the EdFringe!
Join CRH researcher Dr Rosie Townsend as she reveals how your months in the womb continue to shape your life.
5:30pm Sat 2 Aug, The Stand 4
See our full IRR Fringe line-up: regeneration-repair.ed.ac.uk/events
Job NHS Academic Clinical Fellow Obstetrics Closing 6th August 2025
📣 Job Opportunity: The post holder will contribute to a research project: three obstetric projects are available. The post holder will join a forward looking and vibrant academic department and contribute to clinical services in this tertiary care setting.
More info: edin.ac/4l0HIeA
