C3 Director, Ian McGrath, wins prestigious JR Vane medal for Pharmacology
We are delighted to report that Professor Ian McGrath has just been awarded this year’s JR Vane medal by the British Pharmacological Society. Read more…
The importance of perivascular adipocytes.
In the last few years there has been a steadily increasing interest in the possible importance of perivascular fat. Like the endothelium (pre 1980s), the…
Future Cardiovascular Research Demand The medics speak
This seminar (22nd Feb 2011) was hosted by NEXXUS who invited Dr Colin Berry and Prof. Matthew Walters to speak about technologies for studying cardiac…
Perivascular Fat: Cause of Diabetes & Hypertension
The seminar (22nd Feb 2011) was beautifully delivered by Prof Tony Hegarty who spoke about the importance of perivascular fat (i.e. the fat around blood…
The appliance of Cardiovascular Science in the West of Scotland
This was the title of the lecture given today at the Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre by Prof. Graham Watt. First the bad news; Life expectancy…
SCF 2011 – University of Aberdeen
As always this was a great (intimate meeting). At £10 a head for registration it is probably the best value for money of any of…
Hypertension Workshop (BPS)
Last week I attended the British Pharmacological Society workshop on Hypertension. This was a fantastic meeting with a great line-up of speakers. Prof. Tom McDonald…
Scottish Cardiovascular Forum
The Scottish Cardiovascular Forum meets annually and tomorrow it all happens in Aberdeen. I will post a report early next week.