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Professor Julian Blow, Dean of School is leaving the School of Life Sciences to join the University of East Anglia as Pro Vice Chancellor Research.
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One of Scotland’s most significant scientific success stories in recent times has been celebrated at a special event hosted by the University of Dundee.
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Research from the School of Life Sciences hopes to accelerate the drug discovery process by providing key data that will aid in the design of new treatments to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
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Two University of Dundee initiatives are to benefit from millions of pounds of UK Government investment.
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Graham Christie from the D’Arcy Thompson Unit will become the new Associate Dean International for the School of Life Sciences, taking over from Kim Dale who has held the position since 2014.
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A University of Dundee spinout has announced a multi-million pound deal to develop first-in-class therapeutics that restore the body's natural disease suppression processes.
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Didier Ndeh and Ralitsa Madsen have been promoted to Principal Investigator positions within the School of Life Science, following recent Roundtable Interviews.
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Two University of Dundee academics are among the newest Fellows elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE)
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Outstanding scientific research at the University of Dundee has been honoured by Scotland’s national academy
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Dr Raja Nirujogi, who has been working in the MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit since 2017 has been appointed as an Independent Investigator within the School of Life Sciences.
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The University of Dundee is leading an international collaboration with the intention of developing the first vaccine for Strep A.
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In 2022/23, the SLS undergraduate Athena SWAN committee created a project aiming to integrate and raise awareness about the neurodiverse community’s issues.
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World-leading expertise from the University of Dundee’s Centre for Targeted Protein Degradation (CeTPD) will contribute to a new, global effort to tackle some of the most significant challenges posed by cancer.
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Some of Scotland’s brightest business prospects are preparing for an exciting future after being crowned winners of a major Scottish competition.
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Dr Arpan Mehta, a neurologist specialising in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), has joined the Medical Research Council Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit (MRC-PPU) in the School of Life Sciences.
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The University of Dundee’s Drug Discovery Unit has announced a renewed partnership with Takeda, and the University of Cambridge to continue their work to discover new therapeutic treatments for dementia
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Cancer Research UK-funded scientists in Dundee have discovered how some cancer drugs can target the disease while sparing healthy tissue.
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A one day symposium for the Scottish cryo-EM community took place on 30 November 2023
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A University of Dundee research centre at the heart of a revolution in drug discovery has been officially opened by the UK’s Science Minister.
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Professor Paul Birch and collaborators at the James Hutton Institute have been awarded ~£679k to study how the potato blight pathogen suppresses the potato immune system.