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Two of our final year undergraduate Life Sciences students have been telling us about an exciting and unforgettable internship they had this year at The Francis Crick Institute.
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Two of our final year undergraduate Life Sciences students have been telling us about an exciting and unforgettable internship they had this year at The Francis Crick Institute.
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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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Summer placement students celebrate their achievements
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Third year undergraduate Biological Sciences student Jennie Yang has been awarded a prestigious Gatsby Undergraduate Studentship.
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A study that could lead to the development of new treatments for people living with Parkinson’s disease has launched at the University of Dundee.
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Julia has just been awarded with a 'Top Project Award from an Accredited Degree Programme' by the Royal Society of Biology, attending an awards ceremony in London this month.
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Researchers at the University of Dundee have thanked members of the public who funded the purchase of new technology that could lead to new treatments for Parkinson’s disease.
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Our annual Honours Project Symposium returned as an in-person event for the first time in three years last month.
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Parkinson’s UK leadership team and people affected by the disease visited the University of Dundee to meet with local researchers to get an overview of the work that they do.
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Two Life Sciences students have been recognised in this year’s Global Undergraduate Awards (UA). Nicole Coutinho Garrido was named as Regional Winner (Europe) while Dana Cheung was Highly Commended.
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Researchers from the University of Dundee have discovered a small molecule that helps to eliminate a Parkinson’s disease-causing protein
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Two sisters will make the University of Dundee’s Graduation celebrations a family affair this week.
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All roads lead west for a University of Dundee scientist who is using pedal power to fund research into Parkinson’s disease.
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Pawat Piyakitcharoen was one of the first students to study one of the new Life Sciences taught postgraduate courses. He explains how mixing science with business provided him with valuable knowledge and skills.
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Mutations in PINK1 are the second most frequent cause of autosomal recessive early-onset Parkinson’s disease.
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Aanchal Udaynath Pareri’s decision to give up her job and move 5,000 miles to study would have been life-changing at any time, but doing so at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic made the switch even more momentous.
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Scientists at the University of Dundee and Harvard Medical School have identified the key targets of an enzyme that play a critical role in protecting the brain against the development of Parkinson’s disease.
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Professor Sir Philip Cohen, one of the major influences in establishing Dundee as an international centre of excellence in life sciences research, has marked his 50th anniversary of joining the University of Dundee.
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This year, the School of Life Sciences student representatives have worked hard to increase engagement, boost employability prospects and raise awareness of student wellbeing.
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Some of Scotland’s most prominent Parkinson’s Disease campaigners and supporters are to cycle hundreds of miles for a University of Dundee fundraising campaign.