A pioneering new research centre in Exeter, which aims to revolutionise the diagnosis and prognosis of a range of common chronic health conditions using predictive mathematical models, will celebrate its official launch this month.
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) centre for Predictive Modelling in Healthcare will host a world-leading team of mathematicians, statisticians, and clinicians who will be working with a range of industrial partners, patients, and other stakeholders on diagnosing and treating conditions such as cardiac arrhythmias, diabetes,...
A University of Exeter expert will describe his fascinating work to unlock the secrets of Shakespeare’s grave at an event held to mark 400 years since the playwright’s death.
Professor Philip Schwyzer has been trying to solve the mystery of the curious forbidding curse on the writer’s tombstone. He will share information about his quest during a public lecture at Exeter Cathedral next week.
Visitors will also be able to view an early collection of Shakespeare’s plays which is held in Exeter Cathedral Library. This rare book is known as the ‘second folio’. The engraved...
A clinical study evaluating a new hypothesis that an inexpensive drug with a simple treatment regimen can prevent type 1 diabetes will be launched tomorrow.
The autoimmune diabetes Accelerator Prevention Trial (adAPT) is led by Professor Terence Wilkin, of the University of Exeter Medical School, with support from colleagues at the University of Dundee and NHS Tayside. It will be launched at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, on Tuesday, 19th April.
Initial funding of $1.7 million is being provided by JDRF, the leading global organisation backing type 1 diabetes research.
Previous holders Afghan United were edged out in a tight final of Exeter City’s One Game One Community Futsal tournament at the University of Exeter Sports Centre on Sunday (17 April). The new champions are FC Ballers, a group of friends from Exeter and East Devon who formed a team especially for the competition. They won the final 2-1. The third place play-off winners were Kurdish FC who beat 99 Problems, from South Devon, 4-2. The Kurds also took the tournament Fair Play Award. The trophies and medals were presented by members of the Amir family from Exeter, Fatima (9), Sakina (7) and...
University of Exeter experts will be able to examine and preserve important historical objects thanks to a new £1.2m Digital Humanities research space.
The investment in the Digital Humanities laboratories will allow researchers to use high-tech equipment to find out more about our cultural heritage and creative past and share their discoveries with the public.
The laboratory will confirm the University of Exeter’s position at the forefront of international research into historical and cultural artefacts.
In the space, researchers will have the opportunity to curate...
Blood pressure differences between each arm can signal an increased risk of dying of heart disease, even in healthy people, a new large-scale study has found.
The University of Exeter Medical School has led an analysis of more than 3,000 people in Scotland who each had blood pressure measurements taken from both arms, published today in the British Journal of General Practice. Researchers say the findings show the importance of routinely measuring blood pressure in both arms.
Up to now, such research has mainly focussed on people who have already encountered heart disease...
Researchers from the University of Exeter are involved in a major European £13.3 million funding initiative which aims to unpick the biological reasons underlying social withdrawal.
Withdrawing from family and friends is a common symptom of Schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease and Major Depressive Disease, and discovering the cause could pave the way for new drug treatments.
Professor Jonathan Mill, Professor of Epigenetics and his team at the University of Exeter Medical School, are part of the PRISM project (Psychiatric Ratings using Intermediate Stratified Markers), a...
The Devon Lions, the county’s first openly Gay Friendly football team, are preparing to defend their Exeter City Futsal title this Sunday (17 April).
They will be taking part in the third annual Exeter City One Game One Community Futsal tournament which takes place at the University of Exeter Sports Centre, starting at 11am.
Entries have been particularly sought from local black and minority ethnic players and other community teams. Afghan United won the inaugural tournament in 2014.
The event has been organised by Exeter City Football in the Community and has been...
PKF Francis Clark today announced its fourth annual innovation and technology conference taking place at the Exeter University Innovation Centre on Tuesday 19 April 2016.
Innovation and technology plays an increasingly important role in South West businesses, improving products and production processes and in accessing new markets both at home and overseas. Alongside tax experts from PKF Francis Clark, there will be presentations from Ashfords and Crowdcube, who will bring their considerable experience and expertise to the conference.
Illuminating fishing nets is a cost-effective means of dramatically reducing the number of sea turtles getting caught and dying unnecessarily, conservation biologists at the University of Exeter have found.
Dr Jeffrey Mangel, a Darwin Initiative research fellow based in Peru, and Professor Brendan Godley, from the Centre for Ecology and Conservation at the University’s Penryn Campus, were part of a team of researchers who found that attaching green battery powered light-emitting diodes (LED) to gillnets used by a small-scale fishery reduced the number of green turtle deaths by 64...
