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The Drug Discovery Unit (DDU) is delighted to announce that Professor Ian Gilbert has been appointed to be the Head of the Drug Discovery Unit
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University of Dundee researcher Professor Doreen Cantrell has been appointed as a trustee of one of the world’s biggest cancer charities.
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University of Dundee spinout Amphista Therapeutics has been designated as one of the world’s most promising biotechnology companies.
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The University of Dundee and Bio-Techne, a global life sciences company providing innovative tools and bioactive reagents, will partner to commercialise technology developed at Dundee that enhances the understanding of undruggable diseases.
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Professor Julian Blow has been announced as the new Chair of the Lister Institute Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC).
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UK Biobank recently announced the appointment of Professor Sir Michael Ferguson to its Board.
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Shaping the future of commercial drug development and driving global pharmaceutical investment.
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The University of Dundee has been confirmed as one of the UK’s leading research centres for biological sciences, according to the results of the Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021)
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Bringing about step-change in the diagnosis and treatment of neglected tropical diseases.
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Professor Vicky Cowling has taken up a new position as a Senior Group Leader at the Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Beatson Institute in Glasgow.
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University of Dundee spinout Amphista Therapeutics will work with global biopharmaceutical companies as part of strategic collaborations potentially worth more than $2 billion.
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William Farnaby has been appointed as Principal Investigator within the newly formed Centre for Targeted Protein Degradation (CeTPD).
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Professor Paul Wyatt, Head of the Drug Discovery Unit (DDU), Director of the Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research is leaving the University to take up a new role at Sitala Bio Ltd.
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Amphista Therapeutics, the spin out company from the lab of Professor Alessio Ciulli, was awarded the ‘Financing Deal of the Year’ award 2021 at the Scrip Awards last month. This was in recognition of their $53M Series B funding.
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The University of Dundee has formed a new link with China, with Professor Daan van Aalten from the School of Life Sciences being appointed a guest professor at Xiangya Hospital at Central South University in Changsha, China.
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Adrien Rousseau has opened a new laboratory in the MRC PPU to investigate signalling pathways controlling proteasome homeostasis.
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Dr Sarah Coulthurst has been awarded one of the most prestigious prizes in microbiology for her work studying how bacteria are able to cause disease.
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Tom McWilliams, a postdoc at the MRC PPU has been awarded a prestigious Academy of Finland Research Fellowship.
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Evotec invests in Exscientia to advance AI-driven drug discovery
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Dr Kim Dale from the School has been recently appointed as the University academic lead for International activity in the ASEAN region.