27 Oct 2014
£1.13million study to discover if eye test can give early Alzheimer’s warning
Researchers at the University of Dundee will lead a £1.13million project to help establish if an eye test can be used to reveal the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. A substantial body of evidence already suggests that changes to the tree-shaped patterns of veins and arteries in the eye can be linked to a number of diseases, such as stroke and cardiovascular disease. Scientists will now conduct a three-year project using specially-developed computer software which analyses high-definition images of the eye from multiple instruments to establish whether such changes can act as an early indic...
24 Oct 2014
DUSA’s #sleepless60 raises more than £3000
A marathon effort by student radio presenters from the University of Dundee saw them sacrifice zzz’s in order to raise £££’s for Dundee’s Women’s Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre (WRASAC). Megan Williams, Laura Glasgow, Jonathon West, Kevin Hart and Iain MacKinnon took on the mammoth task of completing 60 hours of continuous live internet radio broadcasting from Dundee University Students’ Association (DUSA) in aid of this year’s Raising and Giving (RAG) campaign. The five presenters began their challenge at 12 noon on Friday, 3rd October, with all ...
24 Oct 2014
Scientists provide insight into cell biology mystery
Scientists at the University of Dundee have solved an important part of the mystery about one of the most fundamental processes in cell biology. The process by which cells copy their own chromosomes and then make new cells is vital to all of life. The 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 function. When the copying process goes wrong, it can lead to cancer as abnormal cells are created. In a research paper published in the journal Science, Professor Karim Labib and Marija Mari...
24 Oct 2014
Author “saved” by writing wins £10,000 Dundee International Book Prize
An English debut author, who says an evening class where she discovered a love of writing saved her from her itinerant and chaotic twenties, has been named as the winner of the 2014 Dundee International Book Prize. Amy Mason (32) received £10,000, the largest cash prize for an unpublished author in the UK, and a deal with Glasgow-based Cargo Publishing for her novel, ‘The Other Ida’. The funny, brave and moving book sees the eponymous heroine, named after a hit play written by her heavy-drinking mother, return home after the older woman finally succumbs to alcoholism. Amy edged out her ...
24 Oct 2014
First Scottish solo exhibition by pioneering computer artist
The first solo exhibition in Scotland by William Latham, a pioneering figure of computer art in the UK since the 1980s, will open at Centrespace, Visual Research Centre, next week. ‘William Latham: Mutator 2’ features interactive video works, drawings and prints that explore and embody evolutionary processes, physical and virtual space. The Visual Research Centre, part of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design (DJCAD), located on the lower floors of Dundee Contemporary Arts, will play host to the exhibition from Friday 31st October until the end of January. Central to the exhibitio...
