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One of our YAS emeritus members, Ian Overton and his research group, supported by an RSE Scottish Government Fellowship, have published research entitled, “Overcoming intratumoural heterogeneity for reproducible molecular risk stratification: a case study in advanced kidney cancer”   You can read an abstract and…

    On 15th March 2017, one of our YAS members, Ian Le Bruce, represented the Young Academy of Scotland and the Royal Society of Edinburgh at Voice of the Future 2017. You can read his write-up on the event below and his other articles…

On Tuesday 23rd May the Young Academy of Scotland hosted the first ever YAS Emeritus dinner at the Royal Society of Edinburgh. The dinner was attended by several Emeritus members, as well as the current YAS Facilitating Group (FG) and YAS staff. The objective of…

An exciting new project begins for YAS next month, YAS members, Dr Maiwenn Kersaudy-Kerhoas and Debora Kayembe have organised a Universities Family Visit Day for refugee and minorities families. The event is co-hosted by the University of Heriott Watt, Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow…

On the 20th April, the Young Academy of Scotland held its first Plenary meeting of 2017 at the Scottish Government buildings in Edinburgh. The theme of this Spring Plenary was: For a Progressive and Open Society: A YAS Routemap. The day included a Horizon Scanning…

Congratulations to YAS member, Dr Theodore Koutmeridis on receiving the British Academy Rising Star Engagement Award (BARSEA) for his interdisciplinary project, “Inequality, Conflict and Violence.” The project connects economics to applied social science research methods and evidence-based policymaking on the issues of inequality, criminal behaviour,…

Earlier this week, Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, concluded the last of the David Hume Institute’s Politicians & Professionals series. The Young Academy of Scotland supports the series along with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Scotland, the Law Society of Scotland, the Royal Society…

Last month, AcademiaNet interviewed one of our own members, Dr Silvia Paracchini, about her work in the field of Dyselxia and genetics. Dr Paracchini’s main interest is in dyslexia and identifying and mapping the genes that contribute to the disorder. You can read the full…

Last week, two of the Young Academy’s working groups – Health & Wellbeing and Industry – helped to organise an event at the Edinburgh City Chambers about tech and lifesciences enterprises with StartEDIN. Over 60 people attended the event, which included interactive sessions and discussions…