Robert Thomson elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
Principal investigator of u-Care, Professor Robert Thomson, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. Announced at its AGM on 17 September 2024, the 71 new fellows consist of 60 Fellows, six International Fellows and five Honorary Fellows, awarded...
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...
u-Care exhibit accepted to Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition
The u-Care research group has been selected for a prestigious exhibition place at the Royal Society’s annual Summer Science Exhibition (SSE) in London. We will join just 13 other flagship exhibitors to present hands-on public engagement activities demonstrating the...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
John Travers awarded the IET A F Harvey Engineering Research Prize
John Travers, professor of physics at Heriot-Watt University and director of the Laboratory of Ultrafast Physics and Optics, has been awarded the Harvey Engineering Research Prize by the IET. This prize of £350,000 is awarded to phenomenal researchers working in the...
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...
Breakthrough advancement in creating a tuneable, bright, and compact source of Deep Ultraviolet Light.
Working as part of the initial phases in the U-Care project, Professor John Travers and Research Associate Dr Christian Brahms have developed a first-of-its-kind compact tuneable high brightness laser that operates using optical soliton dynamics in gas-filled hollow...
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