MRC students, postdocs and support staff raised over £500 for Cancer Research UK (CRUK) after taking part in the Dundee half marathon on Sunday 25th June. Chris Hunter, a PhD student in Simon Arthur's Group, came eighth overall with a time of 1:29:55 …more

Yvonne Woods and Calum Sutherland have announced their engagement. Yvonne obtained her PhD in Philip's lab from 1997-2001 and Calum from 1991-1994. …more

Dario Alessi, Programme Leader in the MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit has been selected by the Council of the Royal Society to deliver the Francis Crick Lecture in 2006. The Crick Lecture is given annually in any field of Biological Science and is h …more

Each year the Scotland on Sunday newspaper publishes the Power 100 list, in which a panel of judges assess the relative impact that different individuals are having in Scotland. This year, the MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit's Director leaped 64 pla …more

Peter Parker who was a postdoctoral fellow in Philip Cohen's lab from 1980-1983 and David Barford, who worked in Tricia Cohen's lab in 1990-1991 have just been elected Fellows of the Royal Society of London.

Peter is currently Head of the  …more

Iain Inverarity, a 3rd year PhD student jointly supervised by Alison Hulme, Department of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh and Philip Cohen in the Life Sciences Unit, University of Dundee, won first prize of £200 for the best lecture given at the 1 …more

James Woodgett, who received his PhD in the MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit in 1984 and is currently a Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Toronto is to become the Research Director of the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute. Also based i …more

The Biochemical Journal is celebrating its centenary in 2006 and the first event to mark this milestone was a reception at the British Library in London. Philip Cohen's first official duty as the President of the Biochemical Society was to present Ly …more

All the Programme Leaders in the MRC Unit and four other Research Groups in the School of Life Sciences at the University of Dundee are involved in one of the largest research collaborations ever undertaken between the pharmaceutical industry and an  …more

The MRC PPU's collaboration with the pharmaceutical industry has won a prestigious Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher Education.

The award recognises the work of the Division of Signal Transduction Therapy (DSTT) - a unique consortium br …more