Sonja, who was John Rouse's first PhD student, has been awarded a prestigious Ernst Schering Fellowship to carry out postdoctoral research in the laboratory of Prof. Steve Jackson, University of Cambridge UK on DNA damage signalling responses. These  …more

Following the recent recruitment of Hosea Handoyo from Indonesia and Doren Rosenweig from Israel, the number of different nationalities currently working in the MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit has risen to 27. …more

Philip and Tricia visited South Africa from January 19th-28th, where Philip gave the closing talk of the annual meeting of the South African Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SASBMB), in Grahamsto …more

Kei Sakamoto, Programme Leader in the MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit has been selected to receive a Young Investigator Award from the American Society of Experimental Biology and Medicine (SEBM). The Counc …more

As an aerobics instructor and a finalist in Japan's National Aerobic Dance Competition, Kei Sakamoto knew that exercise brought health benefits. What he wanted to find out next was exactly how that exercise worked in bringing beneficial effects to pe …more

Kei Sakamoto, a Programme Leader in the MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit at Dundee has been selected to receive the New Investigator Award for 2007 from the Endocrinology and Metabolism Section of the American Physiological Society. The prize of US$1 …more

On Friday March 30th a reception was held in the College of Life Sciences' Garland Cafeteria to mark the departure of two of its longest serving and most loyal support staff. The huge turnout at the reception was a testament to the popularity of thes …more

On Friday March 30th Jack McConnell chose the College of Life Sciences at Dundee as the venue to spell out the Labour party's manifesto for science over the next five years, should they form the government after the Scottish Elections on May 3rd. A k …more

The prestigious 2008 Colworth Medal has been awarded to Dr John Rouse, a principal investigator in the MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit at the University of Dundee. The medal is sponsored by Unilever and presented by the Biochemical Society. It is sa …more

Sir Philip Cohen, Director of the Medical Research Council Protein Phosphorylation Unit, has been awarded the prestigious 2006 Rolf Luft Award, which he received on October 3rd, in Stockholm, Sweden.

The Prize was created in 2000 in honou …more