Saturday, September 19th marked Doors Open Day at the School of Life Sciences and the MRC PPU was in full force participating with two events geared at engaging the public and informing them about the research we do.

In The Wonder of the …more

Greg Findlay, Programme Leader at the MRC-PPU and Soo-Youn Choi, a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Yogesh Kulathu have been awarded research grants from Tenovus Scotland.

Greg …more

Agne Kazlauskaite, a PhD student in Miratul Muqit and Dario Alessi's labs, has been awarded the 2015 Dundee Prize for Cell and Molecular Biology for her seminal contributions to the mechanistic understanding of how the Parkinson's disease ass …more

Hypertension is a major public health problem with an estimated 30% of the adult population in the UK suffering from the disease. If left untreated, hypertension turns into a 'silent killer', as it strongly increases an individual's risk of heart dis …more

Prof. Daan van Aalten, Programme Leader at the MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit (MRC-PPU) based at The University of Dundee, has been focused on the function of a novel post-translational modification, O-GlcNAcylation, for  …more

Dr. Helen Walden, Programme Leader of the MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit (MRC PPU) based at The University of Dundee, has been focused on understanding the intricate molecular architecture of proteins for over 10 years.  …more

The lysosome acts as the stomach of the cell in that it digests and recycles unwanted, damaged or toxic cellular components. This is a vital process for the cell and prevents accumulation of 'junk' that can have devastating consequences as is becomin …more

Luke Fulcher, who recently graduated from University of Dundee with a BSc in (1st class) in Physiological Sciences, is due to start a PhD in the MRC PPU this coming August. Luke's has just been awarded The Queen's College Scholarship Award from Unive …more

Trametinib, a drug that inhibits the protein kinase MEK, has been found to increase the lifespan of fruit flies by 10%. If the drug has a similar effect in homo sapiens then it might prolong life by as much as 10 years, causing this discovery to mak …more

Alban Ordureau, a former student and postdoc in Philip Cohen's lab in the MRC-PPU (2007-2012) has been awarded a prestigious Lefler Fellowship to continue his research at Harvard medical School, Boston, USA, which is aimed at clarifying the molec …more