News 2021

A selection of news from the Usher Institute in 2021.

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New tech spin-out to boost drug discovery with streamlined analysis of genomic data

07 April, 2022

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

22 March, 2022

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

15 March, 2022

A new study sheds light on how structures within developing cities can be exploited by new diseases

Usher Masters Alumni network

09 March, 2022

New network for alumni of the Usher Institute launched

Dr Ahmar Shah - Director of Innovation

08 March, 2022

Dr Ahmar Shah succeeds Dr Kathrin Cresswell as the Director of Innovation for the Usher Institute.

Lockdown boost for kids’ vaccination rates in Scotland

24 February, 2022

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

23 February, 2022

Two large studies carried out independently in the UK both found a slight increase in risk of…

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