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Last month, the School of Life Sciences held their annual Research Symposium at Crieff Hydro. Talks were given by Principal Investigators, Facility Leads, Postdoctoral Researchers and PhD students including SLS Prize winners.
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Jade Bleau, PhD, a Postdoctoral Research Assistant at the School of Life Sciences and the James Hutton Institute has been named as a winner in this year’s Black in Plant Science Research Excellence Awards.
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Coeliac UK have awarded £250,000 to Dr Mahima Swamy for a 3-year research project that they believe will take us further along the ‘Journey to a Cure’ for coeliac disease.
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Outstanding scientific research at the University of Dundee has been honoured by Scotland’s national academy
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Ground-breaking drug discovery work at the University of Dundee has been honoured at a national awards ceremony.
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The University of Dundee’s outstanding success in innovation in the Health and Life Sciences sector received further recognition with wins at two major national awards ceremonies
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Review of the Year 2023 took place this week with the Dean, Julian Blow sharing the highlights of activity within the School from 2023.
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The MRC PPU are hugely proud that one of our Dundee Research Interest Group members, John Minhinick, has been awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) in the New Year Honours List.
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Andrew Hopkins, an Honorary Professor at the University of Dundee and founder and Chief Executive of Exscientia, the company he spun out from research at Dundee, has been awarded a CBE in the New Year Honours list.
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Dr Sarah McKim and collaborators have been awarded £1.165M from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to study a feature of cereal plants what can help improve crops.
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A University of Dundee expert in microbiology has won a prestigious award for sharing her knowledge with local schools.
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The commercial achievements of a University of Dundee spinout have been recognised with a top prize at a major awards ceremony.
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Five University of Dundee researchers have been named on a “who’s who” list of the world’s most influential academics.
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Professor Dario Alessi has been awarded the Robert A. Pritzker Prize for Leadership in Parkinson’s Research by the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF), recognising his exceptional research contributions to the disease
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Two business concepts from the University of Dundee - a pioneering new platform to aid drug discovery and a revolutionary video stabilisation software - have found success in Scotland’s top enterprise awards
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Dr Martin Balcerowicz has been awarded ~£540k to study the molecular mechanisms by which plants react to their temperature environment.
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Amy Lloyd has been awarded a £500,000 Race Against Dementia and Alzheimer’s Research UK 5-year research Fellowship to study one of the pre-clinical phases of Alzheimer’s Disease.
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Summer placement students celebrate their achievements
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University of Dundee School of Life Sciences was awarded an Athena Swan Silver Award under the new Athena Swan charter.
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Professor Kees Weijer has been chosen to join the prestigious European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO), an organisation of leading researchers that promotes excellence in the life sciences in Europe and beyond.