New iOS App – Discover: Old Aberdeen

The University of Aberdeen has launched a new interactive iOS App on iTunes, showcasing the beautiful Old Aberdeen campus.

Whether you’re a student, tourist or local, you can use this app to navigate 500 years of history in the picturesque location of Old Aberdeen.

The interactive app includes:

• audio tours
• archival images
• videos
• 360° tours
• digital reconstructions of lost sites.

This Discover: Old Aberdeen app was produced by the University of Aberdeen with support from the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

Click here to download the App from iTunes

New Central Building at Hillhead Student Village

Here’s a sneak preview of the New Central Building at Hillhead Student Village.

The new facility includes:

• Kitchen/Dining Space
• Sports Hall/Performance Space
• BBQ
• Music Room
• Study Rooms
• TV Lounge
• Cafe-bar

New link found between diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease

Drugs used to treat diabetes could also be used to treat Alzheimer’s disease, and vice versa, according to new research from the University of Aberdeen.

This is also the first study of its kind to show that Alzheimer’s disease can lead to diabetes, as opposed to diabetes occurring first as was previously thought.

The study reports that Alzheimer’s Disease and type 2 diabetes are so closely related that drugs currently used to control glucose levels in diabetes may also alleviate the symptoms and progression of Alzheimer’s disease.

The research was led by Professor Bettina Platt who formed a unique collaboration between her Alzheimer’s research team and the diabetes research team led by Professor Mirela Delibegovic.  The teams were keen to investigate why the two diseases are so commonly found together in elderly patients.

Read more here.

In Bloom

University showcases energy expertise to Mexican delegation

The University of Aberdeen showcased its expertise in energy teaching and research to a delegation of key figures from Mexico’s energy education sector who visited the city recently.

Representatives from several Mexican higher education institutions specialising in energy-related subjects visited the University as part of a UK-wide tour organised by the UK Higher Education International Unit.

The visit was led by the Secretariat of Energy of Mexico (SENER) with the participation of other Mexican governmental organisations including the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT), Secretariat of Public Education (SEP), and key education and research centres such as the Mexican Petroleum Institute (IMP).

The delegation participated in a morning session that consisted of a presentation on the University’s energy teaching and research expertise led by renowned energy economist Professor Alex Kemp and Dr David Vega-Maza, Head of the University’s multi-disciplinary Carbon Capture and Storage Research Group.