9 Oct 2014
Protagonist v Antagonist – Scottish Heroes & Villains Month event
The conflict between the protagonist and antagonist in literature and history will be explored at the next event taking place as part of Scottish Heroes & Villains Month at the University of Dundee. Professor Graeme Morton, Director of the University’s Centre for Scottish Culture, will lead the symposium, which will be held at the Baxter Suite, Tower Building, from 10am on Saturday, 11th October. In addition to Professor Morton’s plenary address ‘On Wallace’, attendees will be joined by 16 speakers from across the UK and beyond. There will also be a special JOOT Theatre Company...
9 Oct 2014
Niamh Nic Daeid appointed Professor of Forensic Science at Dundee
Niamh Nic Daeid, one of the UK’s leading researchers in forensic science, has been appointed Professor of Forensic Science at the University of Dundee. Professor Nic Daeid joins Dundee from the University of Strathclyde, where she has been based for the past 20 years. She was the first woman to earn a personal chair in the Department of Chemistry in Strathclyde’s 215-year history. Professor Nic Daeid is now based in the internationally renowned Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification (CAHID) at Dundee. “I am absolutely delighted to be moving to Dundee and to join forces with collea...
8 Oct 2014
Ubiquigent and University of Dundee Announce Collaboration to Develop Novel Ubiquitin System Targeted Compound Libraries
Ubiquigent Limited, a company specialising in ubiquitin cell-signalling system drug discovery capabilities and services, and the Drug Discovery Unit (the DDU) of the University of Dundee, announced today they have entered into a collaboration agreement to develop and market new ubiquitin system targeted compound libraries aimed at discovering potent and selective therapeutics across multiple areas including; cancer, cardiovascular and metabolic, neurological and musculoskeletal, and infection and immunity. Under the terms of the agreement, Ubiquigent and the DDU will design, develop and characterise small...
8 Oct 2014
Professor Sue Black and colleagues take to Twitter to engage with prospective students
World-renowned forensic anthropologist Professor Sue Black, from the University of Dundee, will next week take to Twitter to lead a live Q&A session with prospective students. Professor Black, Director of the Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification (CAHID), and colleagues Dr Craig Cunningham and Dr Lucina Hackman will answer tweets from potential applicants using the hashtag #CAHIDQ&A between 4-5pm on Monday, 13th October. Participants will be able to find out more about the University, which achieved record results in the 2014 National Student Survey, and was rated top in Scotland and joint ...
8 Oct 2014
Best-selling author to wow Dundee audience
Jung Chang, who has sold more than 15 million books worldwide, will talk about her career and new book next week at a special event jointly hosted by Dundee Literary Festival and the Saturday Evening Lecture Series (SELS). She will be discussing ‘Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China’ at the University of Dundee’s Dalhousie Building on Saturday, 18th October. The talk is one of two extension events to this year’s Festival, and also helps celebrate the 90th anniversary of SELS. Literary Festival Director Anna Day said, “Jung Chang is a wonderful writer...
