CRF Biomedical Conference

The Foundation provides financial support for a two-day international conference of the Royal Society of Edinburgh on aspects of biomedical research. Its aim is to encourage the participants to take a multidisciplinary approach to consideration of problems in current biomedical research and the conference themes reflect this.

Conference 2010

Future options for management of obesity, metabolic syndrome and long-term health risks

Joint conference with The Academy of Medical Sciences and The Royal Society of Edinburgh

Wednesday 26 May 2010

The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh,
9 Queen Street,Edinburgh,
EH2 1JQ

Further details will appear on the RSE Events website when available .  

Supported by The Caledonian Research Fund of the RSE Scotland Foundation

Previous conferences

2009 : Stem Cells as Therapy
2007 : inflammation & inflammatory disease
2006 : beyond the human genome
2004 : reproductive health
2003 : infection and the threat to the food chain (Download Conference report - PDF)
2002 : psychological processes and clinical applications
2000 : cloning, stem cells and cell therapy
1999 : genetic regulation of gametogenesis and development
1998 : cellular engineering
1996 : signal transduction mechanisms
1995 : pathology of apoptosis - implications for mechanisms of disease
1993 : biological effects of ionising low-level radiation
1992 : biomedical aspects of nutrition
1991 : molecular biology of common diseases