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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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A drug developed at the University of Dundee for a neglected tropical disease could be repurposed to treat leukaemia following Fast Track Designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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Potato is the third most important food crop in the world and consumed by over a billion people. Pathogens can destroy entire crops and thereby threaten food security.
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Students will have the opportunity to earn two degrees as a major new partnership is launched between the University of Dundee and the Indonesia International Institute for Life Sciences (i3L)
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A successful collaboration between the University of Dundee and pharmaceutical company Eisai Co Ltd aiming to create innovative new cancer drugs has been extended for a further three years.
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An international collaboration, featuring scientists from the University of Dundee, has made a breakthrough they hope will help futureproof a revolutionary new field of drug discovery by preventing resistance in cancer therapy.
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Professor Inke Näthke, Associate Dean for Professional Culture, has joined the UK Research Integrity Office (UKRIO) Board of Trustees.
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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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University of Dundee spinout Amphista Therapeutics has been designated as one of the world’s most promising biotechnology companies.
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A team from the Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research (WCAIR) at the University of Dundee has used a high-throughput genetic screen to decode mechanisms underpinning the trypanosome cell cycle.
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UFM1 is a ubiquitin-like protein conjugated to ribosomes and is important for secretory protein biogenesis and endoplasmic reticulum homeostasis.
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The University of Dundee has received an award of funding to develop a new therapeutic approach for inflammatory disorders, including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
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Early career researchers in the School have received support from the Scottish Universities Life Sciences Alliance (SULSA) to establish new life sciences networks by providing funds towards the running of a network event.
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The Medical Research Council has invested £200,000 in a new national network which will help scientists overcome barriers to working in interdisciplinary science
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Shaping the future of commercial drug development and driving global pharmaceutical investment.
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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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The University of Dundee has been recognised as a global centre of excellence for Life Sciences & Medicine in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022.
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How did life start out on this planet, around 3.5 billion years ago? Since we cannot go back in time to look we can only get hints by projecting backwards from contemporary life, and doing experiments that test the limits of what might have been possible.
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Clues to the mechanism of yeast infections, which present risks to both humans and crops, have been identified.
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University of Dundee research to tackle some of the world’s deadliest diseases has been boosted by new funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.