Alfonso Mora, working in the group of Dario Alessi in the Unit, has been awarded a prestigious Postdoctoral Fellowship by the Spanish Ministry for Culture and Sport. This Fellowship will fund Alfonso's work for two years to work on conditional PDK1 k …more

For the second consecutive year we have successfully secured one of the new highly prestigious Predoctoral Fellowships offered by the Medical Research Council (MRC). David Komander will join the groups of Daan van Aalten and Dario Alessi in June 2002 …more

Dario Alessi has been elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. At the age of 34 Dario is one of the youngest scientists to have received this accolade. The Royal Society of Edinburgh is one of the world's oldest scientific societies and wa …more

Simon Dowler, a student with Dario Alessi, presented a seminar entitled "Cloning and characterisation of novel Pleckstrin homology domain-containing proteins" on 23rd January 2002 and was then examined by Dr. Len Stephens (The Babraham Institute, Cam …more

Local school students were introduced to research in the School of Life Sciences in a series of Royal Society of Edinburgh Start-up Science Masterclasses. In the final class, the students became wonderfully enthusiastic forensic scientists. Displayin …more

The MRC Council has increased the Unit's funding by £3 million bringing its budget for 5 years to almost £7.5 million. The Unit's Director, Sir Philip Cohen, said: "This is excellent news which acknowledges the Unit's pre-eminence in this field world …more

Dario Alessi has been shortlisted for the first Young European Prize for Invention and Discovery. Dario and two other finalists selected from 20 entrants who applied from all over the world, will present their ideas to the judges on October 21st (the …more

Believe it or not, Tricia and Philip Cohen arrived in Dundee on October 9th 1971, after completing postdoctoral work at the University of Washington, Seattle.

They recall driving from London in a mini van laden with all their worldy posses …more

Two more students from the Unit have successfully passed their PhD vivas.

Yvonne Woods (a student with Philip Cohen) presented a seminar entitled "Identification of novel substrates for DYRK isoforms" on the 24th of August 2001 and was the …more

The Namibian Desert Hike in aid of Maggie's Cancer Caring Centres is a 130 km hike across the spectacular Namibian Desert in Southern Africa's National Park. Money raised from the 10 day hike will make a world of difference to cancer sufferers back h …more