Miratul Muqit has been awarded the 2018 Graham Bull Prize in Clinical Science and Goulstonian Lecture of the Royal College of Physicians. …more

About five years ago, researchers in Philip Cohen’s lab discovered that a family of protein kinases, termed the Salt-Inducible Kinases (SIKs), keep macrophages in the pro-inflammatory state needed to combat infection, and that compounds suppressing SIK activity switch macrophages to an anti-inflammatory state that is critical for the resolution of inflammation. …more

Dr Richard Youle from the Porter Neuroscience Centre at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) gave the 9th SCILLS lecture on June 14th 2017. …more

Congratulations to MRC PPU PI Mahima Swamy who has been awarded a Sir Henry Dale Fellowship of £1.2 million to study the responses of the gut immune system to infection. …more

Many congratulations to Yogesh Kulathu who has been awarded a 2017 Lister Research Prize. This prestigious and highly sought-after prize is given annually by the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine to up to five young researchers in the UK. …more

We are organising a 'Dundee-Crick' Signalling meeting on 12-14 November 2017, that will take place at the Francis Crick Institute in London.  …more

In 2017, for the first time, MRC-funded PhD students were given the task of organising and hosting a seminar. This year, Professor David M. Sabatini was chosen as the preferred speaker, and he graciously accepted the offer to visit Dundee and present some of his highly interesting research …more

The protein TRAF6 is essential for the operation of many physiological processes, ranging from the development of sweat glands and the formation of bone to the operation of the innate immune system. TRAF6 is an E3 ubiquitin ligase and, for many years, it has been widely accepted that it is this enzymatic activity that mediates the essential functions of the protein. …more

Please note that the deadline for applying for these projects is 2nd June. These positions are also open to EU and non-EU applicants. It is expected the student would be able to take up the studentship in Autumn 2017. …more

Being able to selectively and rapidly degrade target proteins in cells is desirable in research and therapeutics.

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