8 Sep 2014
‘After Sustainability: the end of pretending’ – public lecture on 16th September
Philosopher John Foster will visit the University of Dundee this month to argue that it is too late to protect the Earth from climate change and that we are unprepared for the ecological and economic ravages it will bring. ‘After Sustainability: the end of pretending’ takes place on Tuesday, 16th September at the Accountancy Lecture Theatre, 1 Perth Road. In his talk, Foster will describe what he sees as the myth of sustainable development and why a deep-seated attachment to progressivism is hampering attempts to adapt on personal and societal levels. The lecture is being hosted by the Centre...
5 Sep 2014
‘Forensics: Your Life in Your Hands’ – Café Science Extra on 10th September
Pioneering work to catch criminals when facial identification is not possible will be explained at the first Café Science Extra event of the 2014/15 season. Dr Helen Meadows, from the Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification (CAHID) at the University of Dundee, will lead the event at Dundee Science Centre on Wednesday, 10th September. She will give an overview of the technique of studying vein patterns on hands and her work on analysing and creating databases of hand features. She said, “Traditionally, the identification of offenders from photographic or video evidence has focussed on fac...
5 Sep 2014
University projects shortlisted for Times Higher Education Awards
The University of Dundee has been nominated in two categories for this year’s Times Higher Education Awards, including `Research Project of the Year’. The University’s Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification (CAHID) has been shortlisted for its work in developing techniques to identify offenders by examining their hands. The technique has been deployed in over 40 cases in the UK and internationally and has helped secure two life sentences and over 100 years of incarceration for perpetrators of child abuse. Professor Sue Black, Director of CAHID, said, “The research team that h...
4 Sep 2014
Student athletes assemble for pre-season
More than 300 University of Dundee athletes from 23 sports clubs will this weekend begin a six-day training camp designed to get them in peak physical condition ahead of the new season. Warm-Up Week 2014 runs from Saturday, 6th September until Thursday, 11th September and will see the students take part in sport-specific training sessions alongside a range of conditioning sessions. Participating athletes will gather for a briefing session at 7pm on Friday, 5th September ahead of training beginning the next day. Warm-Up Week precedes the annual Sports Fair next Friday, when representatives of the Sports U...
4 Sep 2014
`Lung Ranger’ lassos the UK Cystic Fibrosis community
A team of Dundee students who are developing a device to help combat some of the effects of cystic fibrosis have been invited to present their idea at a national CF conference. The iGEM team of students from the University of Dundee has spent the summer working on the `Lung Ranger’, which they hope will allow faster and more targeted treatment of infection for CF patients. Today the students were invited to speak at the Cystic Fibrosis Trust national conference in Manchester and share their idea with patients and clinicians. The Lung Ranger is made up of the harmless laboratory bacterium E. coli t...