Molecular Microbiology
Short Code:
MMB
Welcome to new group leaders
The School has welcomed three new group leaders in recent months. They are currently establishing their laboratories across three of our divisions. Leeanne McGurk has joined the Division of Cell and Developmental Biology, Megan Bergkessel has joined the Division of Molecular Microbiology while Gabriel Sollberger has joined the Division of Cell Signalling and Immunology.
Leeanne McGurk
Leeanne joins the School from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia where she was a postdoctoral research associate in the laboratory of Nancy Bonini.
Johnstone and Florence Stoney Prize, British Federation of Women Graduates
Azul Zorzoli honoured with prestigious award
A researcher from the School has been presented with a prestigious science award from the British Federation of Women Graduates (BFWG).
Azul Zorzoli, a PhD student from Argentina, has received the Johnstone and Florence Stoney Prize, which recognises outstanding academic excellence in postgraduate researchers.
Sustainability is the aim of the game for Biotechnology YES 2019 entrepreneurs
An interdisciplinary team from across the Schools of Life Sciences and Medicine will take part in the Biotechnology YES 2019 entrepreneurial competition next month. Anna Segarra Fas (Findlay lab, MRC-PPU), Margarida Trigo (Lambert, Martin and Langston labs, Neuroscience), Saria Mansoor (Dorfmueller lab, MMB) and Tom Snelling (Cohen lab, MRC-PPU) have joined together to form the team Recycle Enterprises (RE).
EASTBIO: Assembly of the matrix that supports bacteria living in biofilms
This 4 year PhD project is part of a competition funded by EASTBIO BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership http://www.eastscotbiodtp.ac.uk/how-apply-0. This opportunity is open to UK and EU nationals.
MRC DTP 4 Year PhD Programme: Cell biology of a bacterial nano-weapon
This project is offered as part of the University of Dundee 4-year MRC DTP Programme “Quantitative and Interdisciplinary approaches to biomedical science”.
MRC DTP 4 Year PhD Programme: Bacterial stress sensing and antibiotic action
MRC DTP 4 Year PhD Programme: Understanding complexity in multi-isolate biofilms
This project is offered as part of the University of Dundee 4-year MRC DTP Programme “Quantitative and Interdisciplinary approaches to biomedical science”.
Discovery raises hopes of preventing streptococci infections
Researchers at the University of Dundee have discovered an enzyme they believe could be key to preventing Group A Streptococcus infections that cause more than 500,000 deaths worldwide each year.