Many congratulation to Axel Knebel who has just received the CLS Innovator of the Year Prize for the development of a novel affinity purification tag termed the 'Dac-tag'.



Axel, runs the MRC-PPU Protein Production and Assay D …more

Recently, Newport primary school hosted a science week for its pupils (March 17th to the 21st). The pupils learned from a diverse team of experts representing many of the Centres at The University of Dundee including the MRC Protein Phosphorylation & …more

Congratulations to Xu Huang who worked as a postdoc in Dario Alessi's lab (November 2004-May 2008) who has just been appointed to a group leader position at  …more

Mutations in the PINK1 and Parkin genes are associated with early-onset Parkinson's disease. PINK1 encodes a mitochondrial-localised protein kinase whilst Parkin encodes a RING-IBR-RING E3 ubiquitin ligase. In 2012 a former PhD student of Miratul Muq …more

Many congratulations to MRC-PPU PI Helen Walden who has been awarded the prestigious Colworth Medal.

The Colworth Medal is sponsored by Unilever and presented by t …more

Esther Sammler, a Clinical PhD student supervised by Dario Alessi, has been appointed to a sought-after SCREDS Clinical Lectureship in Neurology at the University …more

Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) control multiple cellular processes in embryos and adult tissues. BMPs signal through the activation of type I BMP receptor kinases, which then phosphorylate SMADs 1/5/8. In the canonical pathway, this triggers the  …more

The Unit has received the very sad news that Alastair Aitken, a former postdoc in the MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit has died from pancreatic cancer. Alastair was born in Dundee and left High School at the age of 16 to work in an oil company in the …more

The Academy of Medical Sciences announced this week that MRC-PPU Director Dario Alessi will deliver the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Distinguished Lecture in the Medical Sciences on 2 July 2014, as part of the annual Fellows Admission Day. Dario w …more

Congratulations to Lina Herhaus, PhD student in Gopal Sapkota's lab, on being a recipient of the 2013 Tim Hunt Prize for Cell Biology for her work on elucidating the role of OTUB1 in the TGF-beta pathway.

The Tim Hunt prize for Cell Bi …more