Two of the Unit's graduate students defended their PhD theses on April 6th. Sarah Meek (a graduate student working with Carol Mackintosh) gave an oral presentation entitled "Cleavage of 14-3-3 binding proteins by an Arabidopsis sugar-regulated protea …more

There has been much excitement over the recent discovery that Peutz Jeghers Syndrome (PJS), an inherited disorder that predisposes to a wide spectrum of benign and malignant tumours, is caused by mutation of a widely expressed protein kinase, termed  …more

The MRC is to raise its maintenance grant for all students working towards their Masters and PhDs to a flat rate of £10,000 a year (£12,500 pa in London).

Professor Sir George Radda, MRC Chief Executive, said: "This significant rise in the …more

After three years working in the Unit as a post-doc for Dario Alessi, Michayla Williams has decided to leave Scotland and head off to Dubai. Both Michayla and her husband, David (who has been working at Ninewells Hospital) have decided to go into tea …more

Congratulations to Tricia Cohen, who was appointed to an Honorary Personal Chair in Biochemistry within the School of Life Sciences at the University of Dundee in February 2001. This is a great honour and reflects her outstanding work in the fields o …more

We are very pleased to announce that another student has successfully defended her thesis. Pam Lochhead, a student with Calum Sutherland who is affiliated to the Unit, presented a seminar entitled "The molecular mechanism by which insulin regulates h …more

Two graduate students in the Unit, Fiona Milne (supervised by Carol MacKintosh) and Gareth Browne (supervised by Tricia Cohen) successfully defended their PhD theses within days of each other in December 2000. Fiona gave her final PhD lecture on Frid …more

Barry Caudwell, who provides support for computers and many other Unit activities, has just celebrated his silver anniversary in the Unit and Judith Hare, one of the Unit secretaries, her first decade in the Unit. These events were marked on December …more

Dario Alessi is the recipient of the Eppendorf AG Young Investigator Award for the year 2000. The prize of 15,000 Euros is given annually to a European scientist under the age of 35. Dario received the award from Professor Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker, Pre …more

Dario Alessi has won the 1999 Colworth Medal of the Biochemical Society, which is awarded annually to a British Biochemist under the age of 35. The award was made in recognition of his groundbreaking work on insulin signalling, culminating in the dis …more