Philip Cohen will launch the 2010 Dundee Science Festival on Thursday October 28th, with a lecture to the general public entitled "Discovery of new drug targets for the treatment of disease in the  …more

Tricia Cohen's gallant attempt to become the first Lady to win the University of Dundee Staff Golf Tournament (the Dow Putter) since the competition started in 1881, came to an end at the 16th hole of Scotscraig Golf Course when she lost 3&2 in the f …more

New exciting postdoctoral opportunity to work on the characterisation of a novel DUB involved in cancer – click here …more

Sir Philip Cohen, Director of the MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit, has been named among the `100 most important people in British science' by The Times newspaper.

Sir Philip is placed at no. 55 in the list, ahead of figures like Ian King, …more

Daniel Fazakerley, who recently received his PhD from the University of Bath, UK, working with Geoffrey Holman, has been awarded a Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship. This prestigious four year award provides the most promising newly qualifi …more

The PhD Association of the College of Life Sciences at Dundee organized a retreat for the current 1st and 2nd year PhD students on Sept 10th-12th at Firbush, situated in the Scottish Highlands about 90 min by car from Dundee.

Approximately …more

The titanic struggle to reach the final of the Dow Putter, the University of Dundee's annual match-play knockout golf tournament, reached a climax on the evening of August 28th when Tricia and Philip Cohen replayed their semi-final on the Downfield G …more

The most eagerly awaited event in the sporting calendar since Serena and Venus Williams played each other in the Wimbledon Tennis Final took play on the afternoon of August 22nd when Tricia and Philip Cohen played their semi-final match in the Dow Pu …more

Laura Pearce, a PhD student in Dario Alessi's lab, has published a paper describing PF-4708671, a highly specific inhibitor of S6K1, a protein kinase activated downstream of the PI 3-kinase-PDK1 and mTOR signalling pathway. There is a lot of interest …more

Autosomal dominant missense mutations within the gene encoding for the Leucine-Rich Repeat protein Kinase 2 (LRRK2) predispose humans to develop Parkinson's disease. The most frequent mutation (G2019S) enhances kinase activity suggesting inhibitors m …more