It was a busy time for Carol MacKintosh's group when Catherine Johnson became the second of her students to be awarded a PhD within a week. On Tuesday 30th March, Catherine gave a lively account of her project on 'Dual engagement of 14-3-3 proteins  …more

Over the two weeks of the 2010 Edinburgh International Science Festival, 1300 children were entertained and educated by six Scottish MRC Units' activities making cells, viruses, DNA bracelets and test-tube babies, and testing how body symmetry correl …more

Olof Olsson, a student with Carol MacKintosh successfully defended his PhD thesis on 'Novel targets of EGF- and phorbol ester-stimulated phosphorylation and 14-3-3 binding' on 26th March. In the tradition of Swedish PhD vivas, Olof's family travelled …more

Elton Zeqiraj took some time out from his new postdoc position in Frank Sicheri's lab at the University of Toronto to return to Dundee to collect the Howard Elder prize. This prize was awarded to Elton for his PhD work characterising the structure of …more

Elton Zeqiraj, who trained for his PhD in the MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit, co-supervised by Dario Alessi and Daan van Aalten (September 2005 - October 2009) has been awarded a very highly sought-after and competitive Long-Term/Cross-Disciplinary …more

Anna ZagÃÂ_rska, a PhD student working in Dario Alessi's lab, has published a paper describing a new pathway by which the LKB1 tumour suppressor might regulate cell adhesion and polarity. Anna discovered that the key regulator of this pathway is an  …more

A University of Dundee scientist has been named as the world's most quoted biochemist over the past 10 years in a survey that also identifies a colleague as among the top 20 in the field globally.

The research papers published by Sir Phili …more

Ian Ganley and Matthias Trost who have recently been appointed as programme leaders at the MRC PPU each have a PhD project available for October 2010.

For further information on their PhD projects click here and click here  …more

Two new postdoc positions have become available in Dario Alessi's lab. Click here for details. …more

It is with great sadness that we report the death of Edgar da Cruz e Silva on March 2nd 2010 after a long battle against cancer. Edgar, who worked in the Protein Phosphorylation Group from 1983-1988, just before it became the MRC Protein Phosphoryla …more