17 Sep 2017

£2million award for cancer researcher

A University of Dundee scientist has been awarded £2million to explore the role that one of the most fundamental processes in cell biology plays in cancer. Professor Karim Labib will receive the grant from Cancer Research UK to study mechanisms that preserve genome integrity during the final stages of chromosome replication in animal cells. The process by which cells copy their own chromosomes and then make new cells is vital to all of life. Chromosomes contain the genetic blueprint that makes us what we are and this information must be copied perfectly for new cells to survive and carry out their ...

15 Sep 2017

‘Design Out Loud’ to showcase oral history collection

Dundee’s designation as the UK’s first City of Design recognised the creativity and innovation running through its past and driving its future, features that a University of Dundee event will celebrate next week. Clips from a 1985 fashion show filmed on campus are among the highlights of ‘Design Out Loud’, an event being held at the Baxter Suite on Thursday 21 September to showcase the University’s oral history collection and champion the role of design in the city. The interactive multimedia event will cover illustration, graphics, comic arts and fashion, with recordings of...

15 Sep 2017

European diabetes award for Dundee Professor

One of the major prizes in Europe for research in diabetes has been awarded to Professor Ewan Pearson, of the University of Dundee. The European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) gave the 2017 Minkowski Prize to Professor Pearson at their annual meeting in Lisbon. The prize recognises research contributing to the advancement of knowledge concerning diabetes.  Professor Pearson, Chair of Diabetic Medicine at the University of Dundee, received a monetary award and delivered the 52nd Minkowski Lecture at the 53rd EASD Annual Meeting. “I am honoured to receive the Minkowski Prize ...

14 Sep 2017

‘The More You Look, the More You See’ – Dundee Arts Cafe on September 19

This month’s Dundee Arts Café will be taking a look at the work of one of Scotland’s leading contemporary artists. Calum Colvin, Professor of Fine Art Photography at the University of Dundee, has exhibited nationally and internationally for over thirty years. A selection of his artwork that reflects upon Dundee and its place in Scottish, British and world culture is currently on display at The McManus: Dundee’s Art Gallery and Museum, which is where his Dundee Arts Café session will take place on Tuesday 19 September. He constructs photographic artworks that begin as large...

14 Sep 2017

Dundee students up for Undergraduate Awards

Students from across the University of Dundee have been shortlisted for this year’s prestigious Undergraduate Awards. 10 students - representing disciplines across the University – are in the running for the awards, with MLitt English Studies student Sarah Coakley nominated twice for separate submissions. The winners will be announced next week, and all nominees will be invited to the awards ceremony in Dublin in November. The other nominees are: Martha Andrews – Interior and Environmental Design Joanne Hall – Fine Art Ruby Main – Philosophy Daniel McCallum – Geo...