We were delighted to host the Minister for Health and Secondary Care, Andrew Stephenson CBE MP, on Friday 5 January for a tour of the UK DRI at Edinburgh.
Minister Stephenson was shown around the UK DRI Centre, which is based within the University of Edinburgh, by Prof Siddharthan Chandran (Director of the UK DRI), Prof Giles Hardingham (Centre Director of the UK DRI at Edinburgh), Prof Sir Peter Mathieson (Principal and Vice Chancellor, University of Edinburgh) and Prof David Argyle (Head of the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh).
As part of his visit, Minister Stephenson met UK DRI scientists of all levels, who are taking a variety of scientific approaches in their research, from working with zebra fish and human stem cells in the lab, to running an innovative clinical trial, MND-SMART. The Minister also visited the Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic, where Prof Chandran is Director, to see first-hand how the UK DRI’s research links directly to clinical practice.
