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Listen to this podcast from The Lancet Group with Shahida Din and Beatriz Gros discussing the potential harms of receiving placebo treatments in IBD drug trials:

Congratulations to Cancer Biology and Precision Oncology Masters student Ola Elbadry who has been awarded an Edinburgh Medical School Edinburgh Global Online Learning Masters Scholarship.

Professor Chris Ponting, lead on the DecodeME study, has written about the need for researchers, clinical specialists, hospital managers and politicians to give priority to people diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis, better known as ME, in this article for the The Conversation UK: https://bit.ly/4e3bmw8

IGC technicians are invited to apply for money from the Technician Training Fund on an individual or group basis to attend a conference or workshop, visit a lab to learn a new technique, or bring in an external trainer. Find out more here: https://buff.ly/4fbDlLk

With applications for @The University of Edinburgh's prestigious ECAT-i programme open until 29 October, we spoke to two former participants to find out more about how the posts have benefited them.

Health & care professionals, GPs and hospital specialists are invited to apply for the next ECAT-i Clincial Lectureships/PhD Fellowships intake in August 2025. Deadline: 29 October 2024. Medical, Surgical and GP: https://bit.ly/48962WQ Health and Care Professionals: https://bit.ly/3YuT0yD

Learn more about the importance of creating a culture of public involvement in this blog post by Jenny Sharma, Public Involvement Manager at the Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Scotland Centre.

Are you interested in working at the University of Edinburgh looking at the role of autophagy and lysosomal degradation in aging and aging-related diseases? Then apply for this postdoctoral research fellow position in the Noor Gammoh laboratory at the Institute of Genetics and Cancer by 25 October: https://buff.ly/3XUR3Le.

We're looking for a UK Research and Innovation funded Research Assistant to work on Polycystic Liver Disease with Scott Waddell and Pleasantine Mill lab. Apply by 23 October: https://bit.ly/4eD2U88

Last week early career researchers (ECRs) from One Health Genomics Edinburgh hosted their Edinburgh Next Generation of Genomics Symposium 2024 event. This event drew together ECR's from across the University that are utilising genomic technology or genome information to connect, collaborate and share their research. The event was a huge success with 160 attending to hear 15 short talks from ECRs and take part in a lively poster session with keynote presentations given by: - Professor Kenneth Baillie - Dr Robb Hollis - Dr Emily Clark Congratulations to the winners for best posters and presentations: - Melissa Marr - Jing Qi Chong - Vasilis Raptis - Caelinn James - Laurence Nisbet - Shipra Bhatia - Ismail Ozkaraca Find out more about One Health Genomics Edinburgh 👉 https://edin.ac/3BxX1uj Institute for Regeneration and Repair | Institute of Genetics and Cancer | Roslin Institute | SRUC