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Dr Niki Vermeulen, Senior Lecturer in the History and Sociology of Science at the School of Social and Political Science, has been awarded the 2018 Outstanding Mentor Award by The University of Edinburgh Graduate School. This award recognises the quality of the support and guidance she has provided to her research students.

Innogen researcher Vera Mugittu contributed to the Antimicrobial Resistance panel discussion at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, during World Antibiotic Awareness Week.

The contribution of Joyce Tait to healthcare innovation has been recognised in this year’s BioBeat report.

As a member of the UK's Council for Science and Technology, Innogen Institute co-director Joyce Tait was a key contributor to its recent initiative to promote a regulatory landscape that is more proportionate and adaptive to the needs of emerging technologies.

Professor Theo Papaioannou is the new Director of the Innogen Institute, The Open University - University of Edinburgh centre for research on the social, political and economic implications of emerging technologies.

Innogen members compile Evidence Brief for Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

Innogen member Geoff Banda has been invited to attend the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) Expert Group Meeting.

Innogen’s research on on the Scottish referendum debates on science and innovation is published.

Gill Haddow and Niki Vermeulen critique attitudes towards scientists ‘playing God’.

At Synbiobeta 2017 Joyce Tait and Mark Lynas share their ideas about ways nations can regulate gene-editing technologies so as to encourage more innovation in agriculture.