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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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Last month, the School of Life Sciences held their annual Research Symposium at Crieff Hydro. Talks were given by Principal Investigators, Facility Leads, Postdoctoral Researchers and PhD students including SLS Prize winners.
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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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Jade Bleau, PhD, a Postdoctoral Research Assistant at the School of Life Sciences and the James Hutton Institute has been named as a winner in this year’s Black in Plant Science Research Excellence Awards.
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The School of Life Sciences (SLS) have recently welcomed the first two recipients of scholarships for Black British students on our Masters by Research (MbR) course.
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Coeliac UK have awarded £250,000 to Dr Mahima Swamy for a 3-year research project that they believe will take us further along the ‘Journey to a Cure’ for coeliac disease.
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The University has launched a multi-million pound Doctoral Fellowship Scheme to develop capacity in partner universities and underpin sustainable long term collaborations between research teams in Dundee and Africa – here are the first group of awardees
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The Biochemical Society have given their annual Industry and Academic Collaboration Award to Professor Gopal Sapkota, of the University of Dundee
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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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A critical new understanding of how cells control the production of proteins that dot the surface of cells has been unveiled in a groundbreaking new study
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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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Over 50 researchers, people with Parkinson’s, and carers came together at an Open Day on 6th February 2024 to discuss the latest Parkinson’s research in Dundee, tour different labs and facilities, and connect over lunch.
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Gerta has been awarded a $50,000, prestigious 2024 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science.
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Review of the Year 2023 took place this week with the Dean, Julian Blow sharing the highlights of activity within the School from 2023.
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The University of Dundee is the first UK recipient of three state of the art Orbitrap Astral Mass Spectrometers.
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Former University of Dundee Rector Stephen Fry praised staff and students as they were awarded public engagement prizes
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The MRC PPU are hugely proud that one of our Dundee Research Interest Group members, John Minhinick, has been awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) in the New Year Honours List.
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Dr Sarah McKim and collaborators have been awarded £1.165M from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to study a feature of cereal plants what can help improve crops.
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A team at the University of Dundee and University of York has determined how a highly selective protein bridge allows cells to express a single gene from a large gene family.