A selection of news from the Usher Institute in 2020.
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New tech spin-out to boost drug discovery with streamlined analysis of genomic data
Omecu Ltd was developed following an MRC Confidence in Concept project, part-funded by the Usher…
Professors Gillian Mead and John Norrie - Fellows of Royal Society of Edinburgh
Professors Gillian Mead and John Norrie from the Usher Institute become Fellows of the Royal…
A new model of pathogen transmission in developing urban landscapes
A new study sheds light on how structures within developing cities can be exploited by new diseases
Dr Ahmar Shah - Director of Innovation
Dr Ahmar Shah succeeds Dr Kathrin Cresswell as the Director of Innovation for the Usher Institute.
Lockdown boost for kids’ vaccination rates in Scotland
Childhood vaccination rates significantly increased in Scotland during the first lockdown compared…
Two studies independently find only small increased risk of blots clots in the veins of the brain following COVID-19 vaccination
Two large studies carried out independently in the UK both found a slight increase in risk of…
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