Members of the Dundee and District Diabetes UK Volunteers Group visited the MRC Protein Phosphosrylation Unit (PPU) at Dundee on November 8th. The Volunteer Group has raised £20,000 over the past few years and generously donated it to Kei Sakamoto's research team in the PPU, who are studying the molecular pathways by which nutrients, hormones and exercise regulate blood sugar levels, and how the de-regulation of these systems causes type 2 diabetes. Kei's team members gave the Volunteers group a tour of the PPU, explained the research projects that they were working on and how the donations have been and are being used. After the tour, members of Volunteer Group and Kei's team continued their discussions over tea in the Unit's social room on the 5th floor of the Sir James Black Centre (see picture), which commands great views over the Tay Estuary.

The Volunteer Group will be hosting their next monthly meeting at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee to plan their future fund-raising events. The Group always welcomes new members and anyone who is interested is invited to come!