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SESMOS, the University of Edinburgh start-up with Siemens and Scottish Enterprise exhibited at its first investor showcase event yesterday at the Assembly rooms in Edinburgh.  The event organised by Informatics Ventures was a great success and seen some of the best start-ups in Scotland pitch to investors from the Information Technology, Life Sciences and Energy sectors.

SESMOS, which is based in the CH Waddington building and Professor Auer laboratory had lots of interesting feedback and looks forward to following up on investor interest.

Deadline is 8 April 2013. A new position in our team of Synthetic and Systems Biologists is available now, in the School of Biological Sciences. Informal enquiries to Head of School d.leach@ed.ac.uk.

Applications online only, please, via https://www.vacancies.ed.ac.uk/pls/corehrrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=010725

Dr Guido Sanginetti has been awarded the Cozzarelli prize in Engineering and Applied Science. The annual award acknowledges papers that reflect scientific excellence and originality. This is the first time this prize has been won in Scotland and the first time it has won in Informatics or Computer Science worldwide.

The full announcement can be viewed at  http://www.nasonline.org/news-and-multimedia /news/PNAS-Cozzarelli-Prizes-2012.html

In August this year, Dr Sander Granneman was appointed as an academic editor for the journal Plos One, a peer-reviewed open access journal.  His areas of expertise cover Nucleic acids, RNA, RNA stability, Biochemistry, Model organisms, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Cellular structures, RNA synthesis, Nucleolus, RNA processing, Macromolecular assemblies, Yeast and fungal models. To log on to Plos One's website please use the link given below:

http://www.plosone.org/home.action

BBSRC are seeking examples of how maths can be used in biology to be developed into 'innovative resources featuring explanations of the role of maths in scientific discovery as well as engaging activities and exercises to enable school pupils to develop their mathematical proficiency.  The aim is to inspire pupils to continue to study maths, by making a strong connection at school age between maths and biology.  Showing the relevance of maths lessons at school level will encourage pupils to continue in further education so it is hoped that research projects which demonstrate the strong link between the two subjects.

SynthSys should be able to produce some stimulating examples and members of staff are asked to approach BBSRC regarding any examples they feel may be of interest relevant to this call out - members of staff have already been getting in touch with BBSRC.