Please note that the deadline for applying for these projects is 2nd June. These positions are also open to EU and non-EU applicants. It is expected the student would be able to take up the studentship in Autumn 2017. …more

Being able to selectively and rapidly degrade target proteins in cells is desirable in research and therapeutics.

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Congratulations to Ruzica Bago, who is completing her postdoctoral work in Dario Alessi’s lab, on being awarded the University of Dundee School of Life Sciences prestigious Howard Elder Prize for 2016. …more

Congratulations to Satpal Virdee for being awarded the prestigious 2016 University of Dundee School of Life Sciences Innovator of the Year Award. …more

Dr Pawel Leznicki has been awarded a grant from Tenovus Scotland to broaden our understanding of how deubiquitylating enzymes (DUBs) regulate cancer cell survival. …more

Congratulations to John Rouse, who has been elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's National Academy. …more

Our thirteenth MRC PPU alumni interview is with ex-PPU PhD student Chris Armstrong. Click the MRC PPU Alumni Interview icon at the top of our website, or here to read the interview. …more

When the Cohen lab discovered GSK3 in the late 1970s the idea that it might revolutionize dentistry or perhaps be beneficial for the treatment of Alzheimer’s would have sounded like science fiction. …more

Open Biology, recently celebrated its 5th anniversary. Amongst the Editor’s picks was the journal’s most cited article by former PhD student, Chandana Kondapalli, which to date has garnered 240 citations since it was published in 2012. …more

We are delighted to announce that from December 1, Mahima takes up a Programme Leader position in the MRC PPU to better study the function and regulation of intraepithelial lymphocytes. …more