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May 29, 2023
Edinburgh’s first geneticist: Arthur Darbishire (1879-1915) TAGS: animal genetics | genetics | Towards Dolly | Untold stories In 1911, the University of Edinburgh appointed its first Lecturer in Genetics. The Lectureship was the first academic genetics post in Britain – the Balfour Chair in Genetics at the …Continue reading →
FAE Crew’s Off-Prints (1814-1940) TAGS: animal genetics | biology | birds | human genetics In addition to the off-prints of the various past organizations that made up the Roslin Institute, we have FAE Crew’s collection. The majority of the off-prints in his collection, found …Continue reading →
Come Hither: Walter de la Mare and the Young of All Ages
The English writer Walter de la Mare was born 150 years ago this week on...
The History of Access to University
Ash Mowat is one of our volunteers in the Civic Engagement Team. Ash has been...
Bearing Witness: The Pre-Digitisation Conservation Treatment of The Witness, Part 1
This week we have the first instalment of a two-part series by Projects Conservator Mhairi...
Glazy in Love: Rehousing the Emma Gillies Collection
Today we have the first instalment of a two-part series from Collections Care Assistant, Sarah...
