Latest News
November 2012
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27 Nov 2012The University of Dundee’s world-class reputation in Proteomics research was further confirmed this month by the announcement of two major funding awards that include Dundee Professor Angus Lamond in high-profile cross-University collaborations.
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27 Nov 2012Meet Dave the Worm, the new mascot for the Parkinson’s UK charity appeal. Dave and his friends have been helping Dr. Anton Gartner and his team to understand what happens when dopamine-producing cells start to die, and to isolate a gene that they think might protect these nerve cells, which could lead to treatments that slow or stop the progression of Parkinson's.
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26 Nov 2012Congratulations to Ashwat Visvanathan (Supervisor: Angus Lamond) for successfully defending his PhD Thesis entitled ‘
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26 Nov 2012
Congratulations to Kati Klotz (Supervisor: Julian Blow) for successfully defending her PhD Thesis entitled ‘Consequences of partial chromosome replication in the mammalian cells’. Her internal examiner was Jason Swedlow and external examiner was Mike Gonzalez of The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust & Institute of Cancer Research.
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23 Nov 2012CLS microscopist Markus Posch's entry has been shortlisted for the finals of the GE Healthcare LifeSciences Imaging competition.
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21 Nov 2012A team of postgraduate students from the College of Life Sciences at the University of Dundee has won the Scottish round of the Biotechnology Young Entrepreneurs Scheme (YES) qualifying them for the finals in London in December. Biotechnology YES is an innovative competition developed to raise awareness of the commercialisation of bioscience ideas among postgraduate students and postdoctoral scientists. This is the first time a Scottish team has made it through to the finals.
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16 Nov 2012A project at the College of Life Sciences which is helping power scientific research around the world is among the recipients of a £5.5m investment announced today by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).
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12 Nov 2012Congratulations to Wei-Theng Poh on successful completion of her Ph.D. on "The role of Cdc7 and Cdks in DNA replication and S-phase" (Monday, 12th November 2012). Her external examiner was Dr.
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09 Nov 2012The University of Dundee’s `citadel of science’ will open its doors to the public this weekend, giving an insight into the internationally renowned research being conducted in the city. The College of Life Sciences is open to all members of the public on Saturday 10th November for its annual Open Doors Day. Entrance is via the Medical Sciences Institute building on Dow Street.
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02 Nov 2012Researchers in the College of Life Sciences investigating how our bodies are generated during embryonic development have uncovered critical signaling events that determine vertebrate body length.
