Ahsan Akram awarded Future Leaders Fellowship

Ahsan Akram awarded Future Leaders Fellowship

u-Care's Dr Ahsan Akram has been awarded a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship to accelerate his work in lung cancer within the Centre for Inflammation Research (CIR) at the University of Edinburgh. UKRI’s Future Leaders Fellowships provide researchers and innovators with...

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Postdoctoral Research Visit to Critical Care

Postdoctoral Research Visit to Critical Care

Written by u-Care postdoctoral researcher Syam Mohan Through an NHS Lothian observer placement, I was able to spend a half day in the Critical Care Unit of the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, which was a truly enlightening experience. Dr Craven, a critical care consultant,...

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u-Care are heading to Orkney International Science Festival!

u-Care are heading to Orkney International Science Festival!

The u-Care team are heading to Orkney International Science Festival this September! Join us 10am-4pm on Saturday the 9th of September at Kirkwall Grammar School for Family day. You can get involved with our interactive activities including a laser maze, ultraviolet...

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Professor Rob Thomson visits Balfron High School

Professor Rob Thomson visits Balfron High School

Rob was delighted to return to his old school, Balfron High School, for the first time since leaving nearly 27 years ago. The visit was organised as part of a careers event being held at the school. During the event, Rob talked to groups of school pupils about his...

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Inspiring the next generation of scientists

Inspiring the next generation of scientists

U-Care researcher, Syam Mohan P.C. Mohanan, has been out to a local primary school to inspire and engage children in STEM. Here is what he had to say about his experience: "I visited Prestonfield primary school in Edinburgh for a science outreach activity. Our team...

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Getting Inside a Neurosurgeons Brain.

Getting Inside a Neurosurgeons Brain.

Sitting down with Dr Paul Brennan of the U-Care project as part of World Health Day, I was ready to pick his brain about his journey to becoming a neurosurgeon. Paul is a Reader and Honorary Consultant Neurosurgeon at the University of Edinburgh and NHS Lothian. He...

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Project Manager: Dr Natalie Jones

e-mail: natalie.jones@ed.ac.uk

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He is especially focused on the generation and use of bright, tuneable, and ultrashort laser pulses in the ultraviolet, both in applied contexts and experiments in fundamental science. During his PhD at Imperial College London, he also worked on X-ray high-harmonic generation, strong-field physics, and ultrafast spectroscopy.

When he is not fiddling with laser beams, he can most often be found climbing various rocks.

Funding Bodies

EPSRC

UKRI

u-CARE Universities

Heriot-Watt University

University of Edinburgh

University of Bath 

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