6 Feb 2014
Potential new anti-malarial drug identified at Dundee
A significant milestone in the development of a potential new antimalarial medicine has been reached by scientists at the University of Dundee, in partnership with the Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV). A compound developed in the Drug Discovery Unit at Dundee has been selected by MMV, following a positive recommendation by MMV's Expert Scientific Advisory Committee, to enter preclinical development. Professor Ian Gilbert, Chair of Medicinal Chemistry at Dundee and one of the project leaders, said, 'This compound has impressive antimalarial properties. It has potential for a single dose treatment of ma...
5 Feb 2014
Human rights and justice the focus of lecture
The trial of former Guatemalan dictator Rios Montt for crimes against humanity and its implications for peace and democracy in Latin America will be examined at the University of Dundee next week. Professor Todd Landman from the University of Essex will deliver a public lecture at the D'Arcy Thompson Lecture Theatre on Wednesday, 12th February. The event is the latest instalment of the Arts & Humanities Research Institute (AHRI) Lecture and Seminar Series 2013/14. General Rios Montt was charged with ordering the genocide of indigenous Guatemalans in the 1980s. The resulting trial made history as it w...
5 Feb 2014
What happens to public health 'AFTERnow'?
'What's next for the health of society?' That's the question that will be asked at a public lecture hosted by the University of Dundee's Centre for Environmental Change and Human Resilience (CECHR) next week. Phil Hanlon, Professor of Public Health at the University of Glasgow, has devoted his career to the challenge of improving health in Scotland. He will talk about his efforts to obtain fresh insights into some of the country's most intractable health problems when he appears at the Dalhousie Building on Thursday, 13th February. Professor Hanlon heads up the 'AFTERnow' project, which investigates the ...
4 Feb 2014
Data experts to drive home security message
Locking away your data is just as important as locking your house when you leave in the morning. That is the message that some of the UK's leading experts in information security will be passing to staff and students at the University of Dundee next week. The University is hosting an Information Security Week to raise awareness of how data can be best protected in an age of tablets, smartphones, laptops and the 'cloud'. 'Information security is as relevant to our everyday lives now as physical security,' said Paul Saunders, Chief Technology Officer for the University. 'In the same way that we take care t...
4 Feb 2014
'Untold Story' of family's Holocaust experience wins Pawel award
Image shows Pawel with his award. Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design (DJCAD) graduate Pawel Grzyb has won the prize for Best Undergraduate Factual film at the Royal Television Society Scotland's Student Television Awards. Judges considered entries from students at City of Glasgow College, DJCAD, Edinburgh College of Art, The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, University of Stirling and University of the West of Scotland before naming Pawel as the category winner for 'Untold Story'. The film saw Pawel retrace the experiences of his grandfather, who survived the horrors of the Auschwitz concen...
