Professor Dario Alessi FRS, FRSE , has been appointed Director of the Medical Research Council's (MRC) Protein Phosphorylation Unit at the University of Dundee. He will succeed the current Director, Sir Philip Cohen in April 2012.

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Nick Lydon, who initiated and drove the programme at Novartis, that led to the development of Gleevec, the first drug developed by targeting a specific protein kinase, was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree by the University of Dundee at the L …more

On the morning of Wednesday June 22nd three of the Unit's students, Laura Pearce, Kirsty Martin and Hilary Smith were awarded their PhD's by Lord Narin Patel, the Chancellor of the University of Dundee, at a graduation ceremony at the Caird Hall in t …more

Two previous members of the MRC-PPU, Beatrice Filippi and Elton Zeqiraj, were married on Saturday 25th June in Toronto, Canada. Beatrice and Elton were members of Dario Alessi's research group and are presumed to have got together whilst collaboratin …more

Anna Zagorska, an ex-MRC-PPU PhD student who worked in Dario Alessi's laboratory on the WNK and LKB1 signalling pathways, has been awarded a prestigious Human Frontiers Science Program Fellowship (HFSP)to undert …more

Laura Pearce who undertook her PhD research project in Dario Alessi's laboratory (October 2007 - December 2010) has been awarded the UK's most sought-after postdoctoral fellowship to work in the laboratory of Sadaf Farooqi at the University o …more

Alban Ordureau, a graduate student working in Philip Cohen's laboratory, was awarded his PhD on May 23rd for a thesis entitled, "An investigation of the role of E3 ubiquitin ligases in regulating innate immunity".

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Scientists in the MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit have discovered that a polyubiquitin-binding protein called ABIN1 plays a key role in preventing autoimmune disease and their findings were published  …more

The Arthur Research Group are going to walk Ben Nevis (Britain's highest mountain!) on Saturday 2nd July 2011 in aid of Arthritis Research UK. They have chosen this charity as much of their research relates to understanding how inflammation is re …more

Diabetes research run by Kei Sakamoto's group in the Unit has been boosted by the donation of £4,000 from the Dundee and District Diabetes UK Volunteer Group. The group raised money through a number of fundraising activities; hosting a bingo night, o …more