Latest News
November 2017
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29 Nov 2017To mark our 50th Anniversary, the University hosted a celebration event at the Apex Hotel for its longest serving members of staff. The event was a thank you to all those staff who had contributed over 25 years or more to the University. Making a total of over 7,000 years, around 250 staff enjoyed afternoon tea and a chance to catch up with old friends.
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27 Nov 2017One of this year's Life Sciences graduates, Rebecca Buick, has won the 2017 Royal Society for Biology in Scotland Outreach Champion competition. Rebecca undertook a Science Communication Honours project under the supervision of Jenny Woof, and also took part in a couple of other events that Jenny was engaged in during the Dundee Science Festival 2016.
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24 Nov 2017The contributions of Dr Graham Christie and Dr David Martin from the D’Arcy Thompson Unit (DTU) and Biological and Biomedical Sciences Education (BBSE) have been acknowledged externally and by the School recently. Graham has been promoted to Senior Lecturer in the recent round of promotions and has been made a Fellow of the Physiological Society (FPhysiol). David has been made a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
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22 Nov 2017Professor Doreen Cantrell, Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow at the School of Life Sciences, gave the Novartis Medal and Prize Lecture today at Charles Darwin House, London, UK. Seen as one of the UK’s most prestigious honours in biochemistry, the prize is awarded annually in recognition of contributions to the development of any branch of biochemistry and is open to candidates of any nationality working in the UK and Ireland. Professor was the 2017 recipient.
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20 Nov 2017New work from Professor Kate Storey’s laboratory has recently been published in eLife.
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15 Nov 2017Maintenance of tissues requires a delicate balance between a number of processes such as the increase in the number of cells (proliferation) and the type of cells they become (differentiation). Changes in this balance can lead to tumour formation. Work from Professor Inke Näthke and her colleagues in the Division of Cell and Developmental Biology focussing on the intestinal tract and on colon cancer has shed further light on this area.
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Lamond and Watt groups identify key role of specific protein phosphatases in human skin stem cell...13 Nov 2017A collaboration between the Lamond and Watt groups identifies a key role of specific protein phosphatases in human skin stem cell commitment to differentiation.
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13 Nov 2017Professor Karim Labib will delve into the science behind the fabric of our very existence at the next Café Science event. Professor Labib from the MRCPPU will be talking about DNA and how it passes from one generation to the next. At the event, on Monday 13 November at Avery & Co, he will explain what this process can tell us about the evolution of life.
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03 Nov 2017The research group led by Professor Tomo Tanaka has made a significant new discovery about how cells properly inherit their genetic information.
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01 Nov 2017The University of Dundee has formed a new link with China, with Professor Daan van Aalten from the School of Life Sciences being appointed a guest professor at Xiangya Hospital at Central South University in Changsha, China. Professor van Aalten is a Wellcome Trust Investigator in the Division of Gene Regulation and Expression in the School of Life Sciences. He is one of the world’s leading authorities on the role of the enzyme O-GlcNAc transferase in neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative diseases.
