A major focus of research at the MRC PPU is directed at understanding the molecular basis of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's since there are no available disease-slowing therapies for these devastating diseases.

To date ~20 …more

Research undertaken by the laboratory of Miratul Muqit has featured in a two part exhibition of contemporary art, artefacts and scientific research.

The Hearts & Minds exhibition opened on the 18th September and has run for a month at …more

A recent paper from the Walden and Shaw labs, published in the EMBO Journal, reported the mechanism of inhibition and allosteric activation of Parkin, an important ubiquitin ligase mutated in Parki …more

Anetta HÃÂ_rtlova from the Trost group won the poster prize at the 2015 TOLL meeting in Marbella, Spain. The prize was given to her by  …more

Saturday, September 19th marked Doors Open Day at the School of Life Sciences and the MRC PPU was in full force participating with two events geared at engaging the public and informing them about the research we do.

In The Wonder of the …more

Greg Findlay, Programme Leader at the MRC-PPU and Soo-Youn Choi, a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Yogesh Kulathu have been awarded research grants from Tenovus Scotland.

Greg …more

Agne Kazlauskaite, a PhD student in Miratul Muqit and Dario Alessi's labs, has been awarded the 2015 Dundee Prize for Cell and Molecular Biology for her seminal contributions to the mechanistic understanding of how the Parkinson's disease ass …more

Hypertension is a major public health problem with an estimated 30% of the adult population in the UK suffering from the disease. If left untreated, hypertension turns into a 'silent killer', as it strongly increases an individual's risk of heart dis …more

Prof. Daan van Aalten, Programme Leader at the MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit (MRC-PPU) based at The University of Dundee, has been focused on the function of a novel post-translational modification, O-GlcNAcylation, for  …more

Dr. Helen Walden, Programme Leader of the MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit (MRC PPU) based at The University of Dundee, has been focused on understanding the intricate molecular architecture of proteins for over 10 years.  …more