The dementia research charity BRACE and Kirby Laing Foundation have together awarded more than £190,000 to the University of Exeter Medical School to support cutting-edge genomic research to better understand the causes of dementia
Kirby Laing has provided £90,000 of funding to support a three-year PhD post in the Complex Disease Epigenetics Group within the Medical School’s world-leading research team that investigates how the way genes are activated influences disease.
Previously, the team has been involved in identifying a number of regions of the genome that are altered...
How do you link one of the University of Exeter’s many world class research themes to an artistic vision or idea?
Well that is what south west artists are being encouraged to explore in entries for a new art exhibition.
Called the Observatory; perspectives on landscape, society and spirit, the aim is also for artists to share their observations about University of Exeter research with academics and a public audience.
The exhibition takes place this summer on the University of Exeter Streatham campus from Sunday 11 to 18 June and artists are now being invited to...
Prof Janice Kay, Provost of the University of Exeter, has accepted an invitation to join Pearson’s Expert Panel for its new WCQ (World Class Qualifications) group. Prof Kay is the only panel member to come from a UK university.
Pearson's World Class Qualifications programme is bringing together international assessment and education experts to develop qualifications that will support young people globally to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow; qualifications which are a recognised and respected passport to progression in today’s fast changing world, as well being engaging,...
Researchers from Biosciences at the University of Exeter will be working closely with school pupils from Newton Abbot College as part of the Small World Initiative which aims to discover new antibiotics from soil bacteria.
Teachers and researchers at the University of Exeter and Newton Abbot College, have successfully won a grant from the Society for General Microbiology which aims to engage students with the problems surrounding drug resistance and drug discovery.
The Small World Initiative will support teachers in providing practical lessons with links to the wider...
Fifteen ancient skeletons have been discovered on an archaeological dig in Ipplepen, a major Romano-British settlement in Devon and now the best preserved Roman cemetery in the county.
University of Exeter archaeologists and a team of students and volunteers uncovered the human remains during an excavation of a Roman Road and found a roadside cemetery, the like of which has never been seen in the region. The significance of the discovery took on further importance when one of the skeletons was found to date from around 250 to 350 years after the Roman period, an era often referred...
School children from Devon and Cornwall were given a hands-on insight into life as a medical student as part of a programme designed to encourage Westcountry youngsters to consider a career in medicine. It comes as a report by the Medical Schools Council highlights the need for Medical Schools to engage with schools to address the fact that most Medicine applicants come from a small minority of schools.
The University of Exeter Medical School hosted 27 children from Helston Community College and Torpoint Community College (Cornwall), Petroc College and Ilfracombe Academy (North...
High levels of calcium in blood, a condition known as hypercalcaemia, can be used by GPs as an early indication of certain types of cancer, according to a study by researchers from the University of Exeter Medical School and the University of Bristol.
Hypercalcaemia is the most common metabolic disorder associated with cancer, occurring in 10 to 20 per cent of people with cancer. While its connection to cancer is well known, this study has, for the first time, shown that often it can predate the diagnosis of cancer in primary care.
A short film by a University of Exeter film student has been selected to be showcased as part of Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival. Aygul Bakanova’s film the‘Void’, includes famous actors and is the product of collaboration with the Danish director Milad Alami. The film takes place on a ferry from Køge to Bornholm, a Danish island in the Baltic Sea. It features a star-studded cast including Lars Mikkelsen of The Killing, Borgen and Sherlock fame, and Game of Thrones actor Dar Salim. The Void will premiere on Thursday 15 May at the Théâtre Croisette as part of the Cannes Film...
Puzzled about depression? Come to a free open day at the University of Exeter Mood Disorders Centre. Researchers from the University of Exeter are inviting members of the public to visit the Mood Disorders Centre on Saturday 12 October between 10am – 4pm to find out about the latest depression treatments and research. Therapists, researchers, GPs and pharmacists, as well as with people who live with depression, will be on hand to answer questions and discuss ideas with visitors. Experts will demystify the claims of miracle cures including the recent headline that wine drinking can protect...
Astronomers from the University of Exeter using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope along with an international team of researchers have, for the first time, determined the true colour of a planet orbiting another star.
If seen up close this planet, known as HD 189733b, would be a deep cobalt blue, reminiscent of Earth’s colour as seen from space.
But that's where the similarities end. This deep blue dot is a huge gas giant orbiting very close to its host star. The planet's atmosphere is scorching with a temperature of over 1000 degrees Celsius, and it rains glass, sideways...
