14 Apr 2015
Bacterial raincoat discovery paves way to better crop protection
Fresh insights into how bacteria protect themselves – by forming a waterproof raincoat – could help develop improved products to protect plants from disease. Researchers from the Universities of Dundee and Edinburgh believe Their insights could lead to ways to control this shield and improve its efficiency, which could help curb the risk of unwanted infections in agricultural or garden plants. The team studied the protective film formed by the common soil bacterium Bacillus subtilis, that is used as an ecologically friendly fertiliser. They found the riancoat incorporates proteins that change...
13 Apr 2015
Dundee academic at Human Rights in Childbirth Conference
Dr Alison McFadden, of the University of Dundee, will join more than 100 attorneys, human rights advocates, researchers, midwives, doctors, students and parents in Zagreb this week for the first regional conference on Human Rights in Childbirth in Central and Eastern Europe. The conference will be held at Hotel Dubrovnik and is organized by RODA – Parents in Action, a Croatian consumer organisation, and Human Rights in Childbirth, an international NGO based in The Hague. It will explore problems in maternity care in Central and Eastern Europe. Dr McFadden is co-author of the Lancet Series on Midwif...
13 Apr 2015
‘Making Jewellery Work’ – Dundee Arts Café on Tuesday, 21st April
Vanilla Ink founder Kate Pickering will talk about ‘Making Jewellery Work’ at the next Dundee Arts Café event on Tuesday, 21st April. University of Dundee graduate Kate founded Vanilla Ink in Dundee in 2009 to celebrate and support emerging jewellers. Despite now living in Glasgow, Kate continues to support the creative industries in Dundee and she will be joined by some of her Vanilla Ink alumni to discuss their experiences and the importance of networks, creative communities and facilitation at the Arts Café event at The McManus: Dundee’s Art Gallery & Museum. &ldquo...
13 Apr 2015
University’s first TEDx will make a difference
Some of the University of Dundee’s top researchers will be sharing ideas worth spreading when they take part in the institution’s first TEDx event next month. TEDxUniversityofDundee is a student-led event taking place at the Dalhousie Building, Old Hawkhill from 1 pm to 6.30 pm on Saturday, 23rd May. The University’s first TEDx aims to inspire new ideas and enhance creativity among students and within the general public in Dundee. TED is a global set of conferences founded in 1984 as a one-off event based on the principle of ideas worth spreading. The movement takes its name from the ea...
10 Apr 2015
Medicine and dentistry training programme for Saudi Arabia
The Saudi Arabian Embassy Cultural Attache has signed a contract with the University of Dundee to train outstanding students from their country as medical doctors and dentists. The first formal agreement between the Saudi government and the University of Dundee will fund three annual intakes of medicine and dentistry students to a bespoke one-year foundation course. A total of eight students are expected to join each intake. On successful completion, the students can enter the professional five-year undergraduate degree programmes as part of the existing agreed numbers entering medicine and dentistry fro...
