Jacob Thastrup, working in Dario Alessi's lab, has been awarded a PhD for work carried out on analysis of the function and regulation of WNK isoforms. Pictured is Jacob next to his parents, Ole and Lise Birgitte, and his examiners Dr Pat Eyers, YCR I …more

There has been much interest in studying the function and regulation of the Leucine Rich Repeat Protein Kinase-2 (LRRK2) which is mutated in a significant number of Parkinson's disease patients. Progress in this area has been slow and hampered by a l …more

We are now recruiting for PhD studentships to start in 2010. Information on the available projects can be found here . Please click here for how to apply. The closing date is October 30 2009 …more

At this year's Edinburgh Science festival, MRC PPU students Laura Pearce, Laura Brown, Hilary Smith, Eris Duro and Hosea Handoyo ran an activity showing how a blood cancer can be cured by blocking the 'Bcr-Abl' kinase with the medicine Gleevec. The  …more

New postdoc position in Dario Alessi's group currently being advertised, closing date 31st August 2009. For more info please click here …more

John Rouse's research group in the Medical Research Council (MRC) Protein Phosphorylation Unit at the University of Dundee have discovered a group of proteins acting like a `Swiss Army Knife' to repair damaged DNA in our cells, a finding which could  …more

Diabetes Research in Dundee was boosted by a donation of £12,500 from the Dundee and District Diabetes UK Volunteer Group, who handed over the cheque at the Wellcome Trust building on the 26th May. The funds will be used by Dr Kei Sakamoto's independ …more

Brian Hemmings, a postdoctoral fellow in the MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit for three years from 1980-1982, has been elected a Fellow of The Royal Society, the highest accolade that a UK scientist can receive. 
Brian's election to the UK's 'S …more

This year's Monikie 10k run took place on Sunday 10th May. A number of people from the MRC Unit were brave enough to take part, including Maisie Harkins who raised a spectacular £625 in sponsorship for Dundee Diabetes Research. Maisie also managed to …more

A major mission of the MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit is to exploit the advances we and others have made in understanding signal transduction networks to help pharmaceutical companies develop the next generation signal transduction inhibitors to tr …more