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Researchers at the University of Dundee have received funding of £4.4 million to explore how our genes can be ‘video-edited’ to develop new drugs for cancer, neurodegeneration and other diseases.
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Latest research from the Universities of Dundee and Bristol has determined key details on the formation of large-scale functional structures during early embryonic development.
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The University of Dundee’s Professor Jason Swedlow, a global pioneer in the field of bioimaging, has received an honorary Order of the British Empire in recognition of his stellar research career.
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Review of the Year 20212 took place last week with the Dean, Julian Blow sharing the highlights of activity within the School from 2022.
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New work from the University of Dundee reveals a basic feature of how our genomes are organized, and our genes are processed. This work has been published in the journal eLife.
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Professor Vicky Cowling has taken up a new position as a Senior Group Leader at the Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Beatson Institute in Glasgow.
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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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Latest research from the lab of Dr Tony Ly describes a new proteomic analysis methodology for samples with a low cell number.
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PhD Student Seraina Blümli and colleagues from the Owen-Hughes lab show the ARID1A subunit of the BAF chromatin remodelling complex organised nucleosomes flanking pluripotency transcription factors and association of the coactivator EP300.
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Researchers from the Universities of Dundee and Oxford have made a discovery that helps explain why variations in the virus that causes Covid-19 spread so rapidly.
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Seven new papers have been published this month in The Biochemical Journal, representing a major collaboration between multiple groups at the Francis Crick Institute in London, University College London and The University of Dundee.
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The Lamond group have been awarded a £1.128 million BBSRC research grant to support new studies that will dissect RNA processing mechanisms in the nuclei of human cells.
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Researchers at the University of Dundee have discovered novel mechanisms for chromosome inheritance by recreating this process in a test tube.
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Researchers at the University of Dundee have identified novel interaction sites on the mRNA Capping Enzyme that are essential for its activity.
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Matthew Parker and Giulia Saredi have been awarded SULSA ECR development funding in the first round of the scheme.
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Vacuum cleaners that unblock brain vessels, super normal design for extraordinary bodies, and the ways in which our medical data can aid the COVID-19 fight are just some of the topics to be explored at the University of Dundee next week.
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Tony Ly, who is a Wellcome Trust and Royal Society-funded Sir Henry Dale Fellow has joined the Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression as a Principal Investigator.
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The mechanism of a protein which transports ammonium across cell membranes has been discovered in research led at the University of Strathclyde, in collaboration with the University of Dundee and the Université Libre de Bruxelles.
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A research consortium featuring scientists from the University of Dundee have detailed how the genetic mutations that give rise to cancer are caused by a combination of DNA damage and inaccurate repair.
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A University of Dundee researcher has been awarded £1.6 million in funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to develop machine learning tools for the life sciences.