Simon Dowler, a student with Dario Alessi, presented a seminar entitled "Cloning and characterisation of novel Pleckstrin homology domain-containing proteins" on 23rd January 2002 and was then examined by Dr. Len Stephens (The Babraham Institute, Cam …more

Local school students were introduced to research in the School of Life Sciences in a series of Royal Society of Edinburgh Start-up Science Masterclasses. In the final class, the students became wonderfully enthusiastic forensic scientists. Displayin …more

The MRC Council has increased the Unit's funding by £3 million bringing its budget for 5 years to almost £7.5 million. The Unit's Director, Sir Philip Cohen, said: "This is excellent news which acknowledges the Unit's pre-eminence in this field world …more

Dario Alessi has been shortlisted for the first Young European Prize for Invention and Discovery. Dario and two other finalists selected from 20 entrants who applied from all over the world, will present their ideas to the judges on October 21st (the …more

Believe it or not, Tricia and Philip Cohen arrived in Dundee on October 9th 1971, after completing postdoctoral work at the University of Washington, Seattle.

They recall driving from London in a mini van laden with all their worldy posses …more

Two more students from the Unit have successfully passed their PhD vivas.

Yvonne Woods (a student with Philip Cohen) presented a seminar entitled "Identification of novel substrates for DYRK isoforms" on the 24th of August 2001 and was the …more

The Namibian Desert Hike in aid of Maggie's Cancer Caring Centres is a 130 km hike across the spectacular Namibian Desert in Southern Africa's National Park. Money raised from the 10 day hike will make a world of difference to cancer sufferers back h …more

August 2001 was a good month for Unit scientists, with no less than four papers co-authored by Unit scientists being published in the prestigious EMBO Journal. The papers are (* indicates Unit scientists):

Wang, X., Paulin, F.E.M., Campbel …more

Dario Alessi and two PhD students from the Unit, Nimesh Mody and Gopal Sapkota, recently attended the FASEB meeting on protein kinases held in Snowmass, Colorado. Dario was presenting a seminar at the meeting, whilst Nimesh and Gopal presented poster …more

Unit PhD Student Simon Dowler is teaming up with David Marr of the Wellcome Trust Biocentre to undertake a gruelling 267 mile cycle ride from Dundee to Leeds in order to raise money for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. The idea for the trip c …more