Elisha McCrory and Catriona Aitken with Philip Cohen outside the Caird Hall, Dundee after being awarded their PhD degrees at a graduation ceremony by Chancellor of the University of Dundee, Lord Robertson of Port Ellen. Elisha and Catriona are the 50th and 51st students to receive their PhDs under Philip’s supervision.

2024 represents the 20^th anniversary since the first report of autosomal recessive mutations in the PINK1 kinase in Parkinson’s disease by the lab of Nick Wood.

Greg Findlay, Principal Investigator in the MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit (MRC PPU), has been promoted to Reader. Greg’s team aims to understand how dysregulated cell communication causes neurodevelopmental disorders that lead to intellectual disability and other problems.

David Komander becomes our first MRC PPU PhD student to be elected to the Royal Society.

David undertook his PhD studies with Dario Alessi and Daan van Aalten between 2002-2005 characterising the structure, regulation and function of 3-phosphoinositide dependent protein kinase-1 (PDK1).

The Parkinson’s community, including our MRC PPU researchers and people with lived experience of Parkinson’s, gathered at the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh to recognise World Parkinson’s Day in April.

Coeliac UK have awarded £250,000 to Dr Mahima Swamy for a 3-year research project that they believe will take us further along the ‘Journey to a Cure’ for coeliac disease.

We are delighted to announce that Gopal Sapkota has received the prestigious Biochemical Society 2025 Industry and Academic Collaboration Award.

Research conducted by De Cesare’s lab at the MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit, University of Dundee, Scotland, has uncovered a fascinating aspect of ubiquitin conjugating enzymes (E2s).

We are delighted to announce that Ralitsa Madsen has been promoted to a Principal Investigator position within the School of Life Science, following a Roundtable Interview on 19th March 2024.