Scientists from the university of Dundee have developed novel approaches to peek inside cells and map exactly how one of the most common cancer genes perturbs biochemical signal transfer. This discovery and the associated technological innovations are now published in EMBO Molecular Systems Biology and underpin a prospective future research programme led by Dr Madsen within the MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit. …more

Prof. Ian Ganley, Group Leader in the MRC PPU, is the recipient of the 2025 Hooke Medal from the British Society of Cell Biology (BSCB). …more

We are delighted to announce that Daniel Saarela has been awarded a competitive two year postdoctoral fellowship by the Hamburg based NCL Foundation.

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Mitochondria are essential energy-generating powerhouses and maintaining their function at optimal levels is critical for cell survival. Accumulation of dysfunctional mitochondria has been linked to many diseases including cancer, diabetes and neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s disease.

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The Unit was delighted to offer Joy (Toromo) Stephen a job as she arrived in Dundee to escape the war in Ukraine, and we’re now celebrating her successful application to study medicine at the University of Dundee.

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Oliwia Mruk, now a PhD student in the Madsen Lab (MRC PPU), has received a Highly Commended Award in the Life Science category of the Global Undergraduate Awards’ 2024 Programme for her honours project “Single-cell analyses of dynamic signal encoding within the PI3K signalling network”.

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We are delighted to announce that a team of UK-based researchers has secured £623,000 in new funding from the Medical Research Council to try to find new ways to tackle CLOVES.

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The government’s Science and Technology Secretary, Peter Kyle, has announced a further five-year funding boost from the Medical Research Council (MRC) to continue our vital work. …more