A series of discoveries made by scientists at the University of Dundee is helping to uncover the secrets of how chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases such as Lupus and rheumatoid arthritis are caused and could lead to new treatments being deve …more

In this paper Eduardo Pauls and Sambit Nanda in Philip Cohen's lab have identified unique and distinctive roles for two members of the IRAK sub-family of protein kinases, which suggest that t …more

In this paper Christoph Emmerich and Sam Strickson in Philip Cohen's lab have made several surprising findings about the structure and formation of the polyubiquitin chains that control the pr …more

In this paper Alban Ordureau, Karine Enesa and Sambit Nanda in Philip Cohen's lab have identified DEAF1 as a new transcription factor required for the production of Type 1 interferons (IFNs).  …more

In this paper a collaboration between Sambit Nanda in Philip Cohen's lab and David Powell at the University of Kentucky, has led to the discovery that mutations in ABIN1 predispose to a partic …more

Dr Victoria Cowling, of the University of Dundee, has been awarded a prestigious Medical Research Council Senior Non-Clinical Fellowship to continue her ground breaking research on how mutations in cancer genes can result in tumours forming.

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Miratul Muqit, a Clinician and Programme Leader in the MRC-PPU, has been awarded a prestigious Wellcome Trust Senior Res …more

Applications are invited for a post-doctoral position to work with Dr Matthias Trost on a project aimed at studying cell signalling events affecting phagosome maturation. Phagosomes are organelles formed by the uptake of particulate material by s …more

Our Unit is an exciting and dynamic place to do a PhD. We have world-class, state-of-the art facilities, we have Principal Investigators who are field-leaders and we have fantastic resources all of our researchers tap into. These include a range of s …more

New exciting computational proteomics Postdoctoral Research Assistant position available within the group of Patrick Pedrioli. We are looking for somebody to develop bioinformatic tools for proteomics data analysis, that will help us in the study …more