Mary Lyon (1925-2014) – Edinburgh connections TAGS: Edinburgh | genetics | genome | mary lyon | mottled | mouse | muscular dystrophy | mutants | x-chromosome We were saddened to hear recently of the passing of Mary Lyon, a distinguished mouse geneticist. Born in 1925 in Norwich, Mary was best known for her X-chromosome inactivation hypothesis, …Continue reading →

It’s Bound to be a Pamphlet TAGS: Archives | conservation | Pamphlets | treatment As part of my ongoing conservation treatment plan, I have been asked to address the needs of the Special Collections popular and regularly consulted pamphlet series. We are all used …Continue reading →

Frozen: The story of Frostie the calf TAGS: biotechnology | calf | chris polge | dolly the sheep | Edinburgh | embryo | freezing | frostie | liquid nitrogen | reproductive physiology | roslin | wilmut Ian Wilmut is best known for his involvement with the team which cloned Dolly the sheep in 1996. However, his scientific career, which spans more than five decades, includes a variety …Continue reading →

‘Doing their bit’: the remarkable life of nurse Yvonne FitzRoy TAGS: Elsie Inglis | Nursing | Scottsih Women's Hospitals | WW1 | Yvonne FitzRoy Today’s blog is by Louise, archivist at Lothian Health Services Archive (LHSA), as she looks into a very singular wartime life: On the surface, Yvonne FitzRoy (1891 – 1971) seemed an …Continue reading →

We want more corpses In 1828 the University of Edinburgh’s medical students were desperate to get their hands on cadavers – so they could study Anatomy from real subjects.  This amazing document, measuring 190 …Continue reading →

Explore your Archives! TAGS: Archives | Archives and Records Association | Centre for Research Collections | Edinburgh College of Art | explorearchives | The National Archives Next week is Explore your Archives Week, join us in celebrating our archives at the Centre For Research Collections!

Science From The Tomb… TAGS: ancient egypt | beatty | Edinburgh | genetics | halloween | institute of animal genetics | mummies | reproductive physiology It’s nearly Hallowe’en, when spooky subjects are foremost in our minds. An ideal time, then, to look at some rather unusual correspondence from the Richard Alan Beatty archive about Egyptian mummies! At first …Continue reading →

Dame Anne McLaren (1927-2007) TAGS: alan beatty | anne mclaren | fertility | in vitro | institute of animal genetics | mammalian development | reproductive biology | royal society | waddington It’s always great to receive comments and feedback from our blog readers, especially those which suggest subjects or people which we haven’t yet featured. We have a growing list of posts …Continue reading →

Conservation, with Honours With Fresher Week just past, it seems fitting that this post should be based around diplomas – even if graduating does seem a long way off for these new students! …Continue reading →

Metadata Musing in Madrid: From Google to Big Data and Collections Norman, Rachel and Claire have been spreading the word on our work on collections.ed.ac.uk, ArchivesSpace and Cross Cutting Groups at the 4th International Conference on Integrated Data. They presented a …Continue reading →