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February 2010 Press Releases

Date	Title	Details
26 February 2010	Dundee International Book Prize reveals top 10 shortlist	Ten aspiring novelists have been shortlisted for the sixth Dundee International Book Prize, after more than a hundred entries were received from around the globe.
26 February 2010	The art of conversation to inform textile-related project	Current and former workers from a range of occupations in the textiles industry have been encouraged to contribute to a major project taking place at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design.
26 February 2010	New programme leader appointed to Dundee MRC Unit	The Medical Research Council Protein Phosphorylation Unit at the University of Dundee has made a key scientific appointment with the recruitment of Dr Ian Ganley from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA.
25 February 2010	Dundee experts on 'Crimewatch' - tonight	Professor Sue Black and Miss Lucina Hackman from the Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification at the University of Dundee will feature in tonight's edition of the BBC's 'Crimewatch' programme, detailing the forensics work they did in the case of the 'jigsaw murder'.
25 February 2010	Fruit, veg, art and design combine in new exhibition	An exhibition celebrating an unusual fusion of art and science goes on show at the University of Dundee this weekend.
25 February 2010	Saturday Evening Lecture Series continues with an Arctic journey	Smashing through the Arctic Ocean on a Russian icebreaker, herding reindeer, and shadowing the Trans-Alaskan pipeline are just some of the episodes to be relived in the next instalment of the University of Dundee’s Saturday Evening Lecture Series.
24 February 2010	Scots children can connect with nature using Australian model	A Dundee postgraduate student has received funding of £4750 to allow her to tour Australia and examine how outdoor education can help Scottish children reconnect with nature whilst improving their health, wellbeing and understanding of sustainability.
23 February 2010	Everest exploits bring down curtain on inspiring people series	Sandy Irvine, who died while trying to conquer Everest, will be the focus of the final instalment of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society’s Inspiring People speaker series, taking place at the University of Dundee next week.
23 February 2010	Flowering genes offer human clues	Dundee scientists studying how plants control the time at which they flower have uncovered an unusual form of gene control that could have implications for both plant and medical science.
21 February 2010	Ig Nobel awards come to Dundee	The Ig Nobel Awards Show is coming to Dundee for the first time, giving the city a taste of an awards ceremony like no other.
21 February 2010	DUSA TV premiere Dundee's first ever student TV soap	Students are well known as forming a dedicated audience for TV soaps like 'Hollyoaks' and 'Neighbours' but now some at the University of Dundee have taken things a step further by making their own.
19 February 2010	Celebrate fairtrade fortnight with a cup of tea and a dance	A day of dance will be held in Dundee next weekend as part of a series of events to celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight.
19 February 2010	Happy Duckling to discover BAFTA fate	A team of animators, who formed whilst studying at the universities of Dundee and Abertay, face an anxious wait to find out whether they have won one of the UK’s most prestigious film awards.
18 February 2010	Jacqueline Wilson to read from new book in Dundee	Jacqueline Wilson, one of the world’s best-loved children’s authors, will be appearing in Dundee to read extracts from her latest book next month.
18 February 2010	Dundee to lead€2.7m study of world's energy challenges	The challenges presented by global competition for access to oil, gas and mineral resources are the subject of a European-wide study being led by the University of Dundee.
17 February 2010	New book explores how to help children manage transitions	A new book from a University of Dundee academic examines how children can be helped to manage the progression from pre-school to primary, primary to secondary and secondary to post-school stages of their lives.
17 February 2010	'Blindfold handshake' in the cell prevents diseases	Researchers at the University of Dundee have made a significant new discovery about how cells behave and protect themselves against cancers and genetic disorders.
16 February 2010	Launch of the Tayside Academic Health Sciences Centre	The University of Dundee and NHS Tayside have formed a new collaborative venture - the Tayside Academic Health Sciences Centre - to boost clinical research activity in the region.
16 February 2010	What's worth discovering @ Dundee - The University of Dundee video competition	Budding filmmakers from the Dundee area are being urged to get the camera rolling and create a short video detailing the discoveries they have made in the city for a new competition run by the University of Dundee.
16 February 2010	New research sheds light on breast cancer prognosis for poorer women	Researchers from the University of Dundee have established a link between deprivation and the p53 gene that explains why women from poorer backgrounds are less likely to survive breast cancer.
15 February 2010	Book sale raises cash for Haiti fund	Staff and students at the University of Dundee have raised more than £400 for Save The Childrens Relief Fund for Haiti.
14 February 2010	Actor Cox elected Rector at Dundee	The actor Brian Cox has been elected by students as Rector of the University of Dundee.
12 February 2010	Spindles give cancer clues	Cancer Research UK scientists have identified the frequency of new genetic ‘hotspots’ which could help doctors to tailor therapies to as many as 3,000 additional bowel cancer patients each year, according to research published in the British Journal of Cancer* today (Wednesday).
10 February 2010	Genetic 'hotspots' flag up opportunities for more personalised bowel cancer treatment	Cancer scientists working at the University of Dundee have discovered a form of stem cell activity that may help lead to early identification of the disease.
9 February 2010	Swine flu vaccination study extended to children	A study being run in Scotland to identify any rare side effects of the swine flu vaccine has now been expanded to include under-16s.
8 February 2010	12 hours of pain for Boat Club	Dundee University Boat Club will row hundreds of miles without ever leaving dry land on Tuesday February 9th as they stage their annual charity sponsored row.
5 February 2010	Bell lecture on Education - February 16th	Professor Sue Jackson, Director of the Birkbeck Institute for Lifelong Learning at the University of London, will present the latest Bell Lecture at the University of Dundee on Tuesday February 16th.
5 February 2010	Choral Evensong at University Chapel	Choral Evensong will be held at the University of Dundee next Tuesday.
5 February 2010	Chaplaincy charity challenge cheque presented to CHAS	Staff from the University of Dundee’s Chaplaincy Centre will next week present the Children’s Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS) with a cheque for £2644, the proceeds of a charity triathlon last year.
4 February 2010	Dundee to welcome leading 'Girl Geek'	One of the rising stars of Silicon Valley will visit Dundee next week to meet with other women hoping to make their mark in the traditionally male-dominated world of technology.
4 February 2010	'The Importance of Words' - Saturday evening lecture series continues	Author William Fiennes will visit Dundee next week to discuss his award-winning books and First Story, the groundbreaking scheme he founded to get young people interested in writing.
4 February 2010	Public images to go on display in Dundee	Family photographs, the Tiananmen Square massacre, and suicide spots from across Scotland feature in a new international exhibition exploring our relationship with images being held at Duncan of Jordantone College of Art and Design.
4 February 2010	Dundee leads Scotland in launching new Cancer Research Centre	Dundee today (Thursday Feb 4th) becomes Scotland's first link in a unique chain of Cancer Research UK Centres that are being launched across the UK. The launch of the Dundee Centre coincides with World Cancer Day.
3 February 2010	Evolution debate to benefit good causes	Charity will be the winner when two conflicting theories of evolution are debated at the University of Dundee next week.
2 February 2010	Funding to help train the crop scientists of the future	The University of Dundee and SCRI have been awarded almost £350,000 to train the next generation of crop breeders, who will help to address worldwide food shortages and deal with the impact of climate change.