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.

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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 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

In among the birds of prey, hip-hop dancers and pipe bands at the Tayport Village Summer Festival on 17th July 2010, the 'Made of Molecules' tent was non-stop busy, featuring three activities on the theme of sugar and diabetes. Carol MacKintosh and K …more

Anna Zagorska, who until recently was a PhD student in Dario Alessi's lab, has been awarded the 2010 Tim Hunt prize for Cell Biology for her work on the LKB1 NUAK pathway in controlling myosin phosphatase complexes and cell adhesion. The Tim Hunt pri …more

Following the completion of the quarter final round ties in the Dow Putter, the University of Dundee matchplay knockout golf tournament, the MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit is assured of having a representative in the final, because Tricia Cohen wil …more

Craig Mackay, a Ph.D. student in John Rouse's team in the MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit, has discovered a protein, known as FAN1, which plays a vital role in maintaining DNA integrity and thus prevents mutations which can lead to cancers.
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