Laura Pearce was awarded her PhD on November 18th on her work characterising the mechanism by which PROTOR regulates mTORC2. Her examiners were Chris Proud of the University of Southampton and Calum Sutherland of Ninewells Hospital, Dundee. Laura pla …more
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The PDK1 kinase has been the focus of great attention since it was discovered over 13 years ago in the MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit as a key enzyme that activated Akt. Work carried out in Dundee on PDK1 over these years have uncovered most of the …more
Glycogen breakdown and synthesis plays a critical role in regulating glucose homeostasis. The current issue of Cell Metabolism contains a paper published by Michale Bou …more
On November 1st Hilary Smith delivered her final Ph.D. lecture entitled 'Regulation of the E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Pellino in innate immune signalling', which was followed by a (3.5 hour!) viva conducted by external examiner Luke O'Neill from Trinity Col …more
Eris Duro, a PhD student in John Rouse's team, has discovered a complex of two proteins in human cells, termed MMS22L and TONSL, that plays a vital role in repairing DNA breaks that arise during the process of DNA replication.
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Saif El-Din Shehata, who recently joined Kei Sakamoto's laboratory in the MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit as an MSc student, has received the DAAD-Prize, which is awarded annually to the best international student from the Bonn-Rhein-Sieg Univer …more
Tricia Cohen's gallant attempt to become the first Lady to win the University of Dundee Staff Golf Tournament (the Dow Putter) since the competition started in 1881, came to an end at the 16th hole of Scotscraig Golf Course when she lost 3&2 in the f …more
MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit Director to give the opening lecture of the Dundee Science Festival
Philip Cohen will launch the 2010 Dundee Science Festival on Thursday October 28th, with a lecture to the general public entitled "Discovery of new drug targets for the treatment of disease in the …more
New exciting postdoctoral opportunity to work on the characterisation of a novel DUB involved in cancer – click here …more
Sir Philip Cohen, Director of the MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit, has been named among the `100 most important people in British science' by The Times newspaper.
Sir Philip is placed at no. 55 in the list, ahead of figures like Ian King, …more
Sir Philip is placed at no. 55 in the list, ahead of figures like Ian King, …more