23 Jun 2014
Professor Chris Barratt to deliver Eshre keynote lecture on male infertility
Professor Chris Barratt, one of the world’s foremost experts on male infertility, will deliver the keynote lecture at the annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) in Munich later this month. “ESHRE is by far the largest reproductive society in the world so it is a great honour to be asked to deliver the keynote lecture,” said Professor Barratt, who is Head of the Reproductive Medicine Group at the University of Dundee. “I will be speaking on the clinical significance of calcium-signalling pathways which mediate sperm motility . This is an...
23 Jun 2014
Dundee academic and midwife is principal investigator of new global project
Midwifery has a crucial part to play in saving the lives of millions of women and children who die during and around the time of pregnancy, according to a major new Series, published in The Lancet. The Series, produced by an international group of academics, , clinicians, professional midwives, policymakers and advocates for women and children, is the most critical, wide-reaching examination of midwifery ever conducted. It shows the scale of the positive impact that can be achieved when effective, high-quality midwifery is available to all women and their babies. Apart from saving lives, it al...
23 Jun 2014
Former University lecturer takes to the hills to support PAMIS
Septuagenarian hillwalker Dr David May will this week undertake the gruelling 57-mile Cateran Trail in aid of the University of Dundee-based charity PAMIS. A former researcher and lecturer at the University, Dr May’s extensive contribution to the field of learning disability stretches back over 30 years. His work has been influential in a number of areas, including transitions in the lives of people with learning disabilities, and his methods brought a new perspective to social work teaching at the University. Dr May (73) has continued to work energetically since his retirement, and his effervescen...
20 Jun 2014
Brian Cox backs `The Lung Ranger’
University of Dundee Rector Brian Cox is backing a team of students in their efforts to develop `The Lung Ranger’, a device to help combat some of the effects of cystic fibrosis. The Rector visited the University’s iGEM 2014 team to find out about their project and give them his support for the international competition. iGEM – the International Genetically Engineered Machine competition – asks students to tackle a real world problem by designing and building a new device or system from a kit of biological parts. Last year Dundee won the European leg of the event and scooped two f...
20 Jun 2014
Graduation 2014 – Caribbean dream beckons for graduate Ashley
A graduating student from the University of Dundee is already looking forward to life in the Caribbean after securing a lecturing job on the island of Dominica. Ashley Stephen (26), from Dunoon, has just finished her PhD in Anatomy, Biomechanics and Motion Analysis at the University under the Supervision of Professor Rami Abboud, Professor Sue Black and Mr Brian Ewing and graduates on Wednesday afternoon. She is now set to head off to Dominica later in the summer to take an Anatomy lecturer’s position at Ross University. “I am really looking forward to it but to be honest it still feels like...