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Congratulations to Satpal Virdee for being awarded the prestigious 2016 University of Dundee School of Life Sciences Innovator of the Year Award. …more
Congratulations to Ruzica Bago, who is completing her postdoctoral work in Dario Alessi’s lab, on being awarded the University of Dundee School of Life Sciences prestigious Howard Elder Prize for 2016. …more
Dr Pawel Leznicki has been awarded a grant from Tenovus Scotland to broaden our understanding of how deubiquitylating enzymes (DUBs) regulate cancer cell survival. …more
John Rouse Portrait
Congratulations to John Rouse, who has been elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's National Academy. …more
Our thirteenth MRC PPU alumni interview is with ex-PPU PhD student Chris Armstrong. Click the MRC PPU Alumni Interview icon at the top of our website, or here to read the interview. …more
Philip Cohen Portrait
When the Cohen lab discovered GSK3 in the late 1970s the idea that it might revolutionize dentistry or perhaps be beneficial for the treatment of Alzheimer’s would have sounded like science fiction. …more
Open Biology, recently celebrated its 5th anniversary. Amongst the Editor’s picks was the journal’s most cited article by former PhD student, Chandana Kondapalli, which to date has garnered 240 citations since it was published in 2012. …more
Mahima Swamy Portrait
We are delighted to announce that from December 1, Mahima takes up a Programme Leader position in the MRC PPU to better study the function and regulation of intraepithelial lymphocytes. …more
A group of Parkinson’s patients and carers visited the unit last week to explore ways to best share information about the on-going PPU research. …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