Cellular Medicine Division Head and Reader Dr Samantha Pitt has recently accepted an invitation to join the British Heart Foundation’s (BHF) Fellowships Committee. The committee meets four times a year to assess…
On 20 June, the School of Medicine hosted its annual Postgraduate Research Conference in the Gateway building. The day began with presentations from PhD students and early-career researchers on subjects ranging from…
On 17 April, members of the Pitt research team attended the Northern Cardiovascular Research Group (NCRG) 2024 meeting (#NCRG2024) in Liverpool. This one-day meeting showcased the latest developments in cardiovascular…
On Saturday, 3 February, the University of St Andrews had the pleasure of co-hosting the 27th annual meeting of the Scottish Cardiovascular Forum (SCF) with the University of Dundee. Held at St Andrews School of…
From 24-25 August, the School hosted “Membrane Transport 2023: Recent Research into Ion Channels, Transporters and Epithelial Physiology”, a meeting of the Physiological Society. Co-organised by lecturer Dr Morag…
Research Group attend the International Conference of Trace Elements in Aachen Seven members of the School of Medicine’s Metal Ions in Medicine Research Group, part of the Cellular Medicine Division, were in Aachen,…
Amy Dorward, a PhD student at the University of St Andrew’s School of Medicine, has begun a research fellow post at the University, a 3-year project grant funded by the British Heart Foundation. Amy, whose ambition is…
Dr Samantha Pitt, a senior lecturer at the School of Medicine, has been elected as the new president-elect for the International Society for Zinc Biology (ISZB). The ISZB brings together scientists from different parts…
Amy Dorward recently took part in the Dundee Science Festival where she volunteered at the British Heart Foundation’s “Air Street”.
Dr Samantha Pitt was invited to present her work at the meeting and gave a talk entitled “Cardiac dysfunction and the role of zinc in sarcoplasmic reticulum remodelling”.