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A new study by plant scientists at the University of Dundee and the James Hutton Institute.
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The quest of researchers at the University of Dundee to develop a new male contraceptive has been boosted with a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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Scientists have shed further light into the mechanisms through which the potato blight pathogen interacts with plant cells to promote disease.
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A group of scientists at the University of Dundee have been honoured for putting an end to a promising piece of research.
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A Plant Scientist in Dundee has been awarded almost £1.25 million to study the interaction between plants and soil microbes.
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Researchers at the University of Dundee have identified a new drug target in parasites that cause major neglected tropical diseases, a discovery that contributes towards a global drive to eliminate these diseases by 2030.
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Three new funding awards from the Global Challenges Research Fund were recently made to research teams in the Division of Plant Sciences.
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A PhD student at the University of Dundee and James Hutton Institute has been selected as Young Plant Scientist 2018 in the fundamental research category by the European Plant Science Organisation (EPSO).
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Dr. Mattie Christine Pawlowic has opened a new research laboratory jointly in the Division of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery (BCDD) and our new Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research (WCAIR).
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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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Scientists from the International Barley Hub have discovered a genetic pathway to improved barley grain size and uniformity, a finding which may help breeders develop future varieties suited to the needs of growers and distillers.
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New small molecule tricks ‘molecular assassins’ to destroy one another
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Evotec invests in Exscientia to advance AI-driven drug discovery
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A new diagnostic test developed from research at the Universities of Dundee and Cambridge has been launched with the aim of helping eliminate the disease known as African sleeping sickness.
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The Drug Discovery Unit (DDU) in the School has generated £2.7 million income to the University from industrial collaborations for their high quality therapeutic projects where there is a clinical unmet need.
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Charlotte Hurst has been recognised for her research and science communication work by the Society for Experimental Biology (SEB) and the Biochemical Society respectively.
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A collaboration between Professor Julian Blow’s lab in Gene Regulation and Expression and the Drug Discovery Unit has provided insights into how differences between normal cells and cancer cells could provide a novel anti-cancer therapy.
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Professor Mike Ferguson, Regius Professor of Life Sciences at the University of Dundee, has been appointed Deputy Chair of the Board of Governors of the Wellcome Trust, one of the UK’s largest charities.
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Pre-clinical collaboration focused on up to 10 targets nominated by GSK