15 Jun 2017

Principal’s Challenge raises over £15,000 – and counting!

University of Dundee staff – led by Principal Professor Sir Pete Downes and his wife Elizabeth – have raised over £15,000 through the Principal’s Challenge 2017, held as part of the University’s 50th anniversary celebrations. More than 100 staff joined the final part of the Challenge on Wednesday June 14th, a run from the Medical School campus at Ninewells to Campus Green. Earlier in the day the Principal and Elizabeth were joined by members of staff on a cycle from the Kirkcaldy campus via the University of St Andrews to Tayport and a row across the Tay. Runners and walkers...

15 Jun 2017

‘Foot in the door’ in precision medicine for oesophageal cancer

Scientists at the Universities of Dundee and Aberdeen have established a `foot in the door’ in finding new, precision treatments for patients with oesophageal cancer, one of the hardest forms of the disease to treat. A decade of work led by Professor Russell Petty, Chair of Medical Oncology in the University of Dundee School of Medicine, and involving colleagues at Dundee and the University of Aberdeen, has now produced a genetic diagnostic test relating to a class of drugs that can extend and improve quality of life for some patients. By identifying which patients will benefit from being treated w...

14 Jun 2017

Yogesh Kulathu awarded Lister Research Prize Fellowship

The University of Dundee’s Dr Yogesh Kulathu has received a coveted £200,000 prize after being identified as one of the brightest emerging stars in the field of biomedical research. Dr Kulathu has been awarded a Lister Research Prize Fellowship. These prestigious and highly sought-after prizes are given annually by the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine to up to five young researchers in the UK and are intended to help support and nurture future research leaders. The prize may be used in any appropriate way to support the holder’s research, other than the provision or augmentation ...

13 Jun 2017

Cerebral palsy champion calls for end to care gap

A University of Dundee PhD student has called upon the Scottish Government to develop and provide funding for a clinical pathway and services for adults with cerebral palsy (CP). Rachael Wallace from Alyth, who has suffered from the condition since birth, has petitioned the Scottish Parliament to improve the care for adults with CP. She is also calling for patients to contact her with their own experiences. Rachael, 26, who is studying for her PhD in Disability and Employment Law, said, “Cerebral palsy affects 15,000 people in Scotland, so it is not a local health board issue but a national is...

12 Jun 2017

‘Big Data’ resource raises possibility of research revolution

A group of UK scientists led by the University of Dundee have demonstrated how aggregating image data from laboratories all around the world has the potential to revolutionise scientific research. A team headed by Professor Jason Swedlow in the University’s School of Life Sciences has built the Image Data Resource (IDR), a public database that collects and integrates imaging data related to experiments published in leading scientific journals. This means that ‘Big Data’ from imaging experiments conducted by scientists all over the world that were previously too large and difficult to sha...