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Covid-19: How the pandemic forged One Dundee
The University has always promoted a message of “One Dundee” - of a community united in good times and bad. That ethos has been exemplified by the response of the University and our community to the Covid-19 pandemic over the past year.
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A University of Dundee postgrad is in the running to be crowned PhD Student of the Year following a dramatic 12 months that have seen her work on potential treatments for Covid-19 as well as being named as one of the best young scientists in her field.
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A research project at the University of Dundee investigating how Covid-19 damages blood vessels has received funding of £133,000 from national charity Heart Research UK.
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The public are invited to discover the wonderful world of plants and the people who work with them at an upcoming event at the University of Dundee Botanic Garden
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A novel vaccine production platform that could prove decisive in the battle against Streptococcus is among the University of Dundee innovations recognised in Scotland’s largest company creation programme for the higher education sector.
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The University of Dundee’s Professor Ian Gilbert has been elected to join the prestigious Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences.
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Members of a University of Dundee support group for adults with the language impairment condition aphasia have worked with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) to create music that explores their ideas about the journey out of lockdown.
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The University of Dundee is part of a new industry collaboration launched to accelerate drug discovery projects that will fast track research from the laboratory to patients.
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Findings from a University of Dundee study help to explain why some females may be more predisposed to disease, suffer worse outcomes of virus infection such as Covid-19, or why they respond differently to drug therapies
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University of Dundee staff and students who go the extra mile when working with the public have been hailed by former Rector Stephen Fry.
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• Scottish pupils' reading skills improved over lockdown • Reading helped improve wellbeing during pandemic
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Experts at the University of Dundee have been awarded £2.4 million to identify compounds that could pave the way for a single dose treatment for malaria.
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After a year like no other, some of the University of Dundee’s most inspiring students are to be honoured at a special event.
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Babies in the womb will respond to interaction from its mother, including conversation and touching, a University of Dundee study has found.
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The University of Dundee will celebrate how it communicates its work with communities and partners with a special day of events.
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The debating skills of Africa’s future legal experts have been recognised as outstanding in a competition hosted by a leading UK university
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A set of scrubs sewn by a University of Dundee volunteer responding to the need for medical clothing in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic have been donated to The McManus: Dundee's Art Gallery & Museum.
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The University of Dundee’s contribution to a major Covid-testing facility has been recognised at the 6th Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards.
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A University of Dundee scientist has accepted a role to lead a $55 million initiative aiming to create a “tissue time machine” to fight disease
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Hundreds of graduating University of Dundee students will showcase their creativity and innovation when the Art, Design and Architecture Graduate Showcase 2021 goes live in June
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A new translational research centre will bolster the University of Dundee’s world-leading position in a field that is revolutionising drug discovery, while helping to facilitate the development of high growth companies and create skilled jobs.