4 Apr 2014
Top endocrinology award for Dundee researchers
Academics from the University of Dundee have won an international award in recognition of a paper published in a respected medical journal. Professor Graham Leese, Professor Peter Donnan and Dr Ning Yu were judged to have submitted the best paper published in the journal Clinical Endocrinology last year at the annual Societies for Endocrinology meeting in Liverpool. Their research centred on novel predictors for poor outcomes in primary hyperparathyroidism - a condition characterised by excess calcium due to glandular overactivity that affects up to 1 per cent of the population. Where the serum calcium ...
4 Apr 2014
‘Facing the Future’ of the environment
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have just warned that no one on the planet will be left unaffected by global warming and the University of Dundee will next month host an international conference looking for solutions to environmental change. The ‘Facing the Future 2014’ symposium, taking place from 12th-14th May, is being organised by postgraduate students at the University’s Centre for Environmental Change and Human Resilience (CECHR). The interdisciplinary event features contributions from international speakers and is open to PhD students and early career researc...
3 Apr 2014
Chemistry conference to be held in Dundee
A prestigious international conference will see developments in microwave radiation and diamond spins discussed at the University of Dundee from Sunday. The University will host the 47th Annual International Meeting of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy Group from April 6th-10th. More than 100 delegates from around the world will take part in the event. This long running and highly regarded international conference is a platform for scientists working in the broad area of Electron Spin Resonance (ESR), a technique for studying materials that plays a major role in ...
3 Apr 2014
What’s good for the horse isn’t good for the rider, report finds
Saddles that best protect horse riders from spinal damage have the opposite effect on their mount, according to new research from the University of Dundee. Horse riding can cause degenerative spinal injury to both rider and horse due to the dynamic pressure that the activity exerts on them. The study by researchers led by Professor Rami Abboud in the University’s Institute of Motion Analysis and Research examined how the flocking (cushioning) material of a saddle affected the pressure on humans and animals. Pressure recordings were carried out on a saddle fitted with wool, the most common flocking ...
2 Apr 2014
Eyes have it at new University exhibition
A new exhibition of objects and artworks from the University of Dundee’s collection will leave visitors with the distinct impression that they are being watched. ‘Do You See What I See?’, which opens at the Tower Foyer Gallery, on Saturday, 5th April, will display a variety of early ophthalmic instruments that give viewers an insight into the workings of the human eye. Also included in the exhibition will be teaching materials, charts, models and the fascinating artificial eye created by German physiologist Wilhelm Kühne to demonstrate refraction phenomena. Art from the University ...
