6 Jul 2016
Superhero Drs the focus of comic conference
The unlikely duo of comics and health care will be discussed at a special conference at the University of Dundee. Graphic Medicine 2016: Stages and Pages, is the world’s only conference that brings together experts and enthusiasts in the fields of medicine and comic art. The event will investigate the interaction between comics and healthcare in relation to performance. The conference will consider the need often felt by clinicians and patients alike to live up to prescribed roles and the various ways in which comic art can address these issues. Keynote sessions will be led by American cartoonist ...
5 Jul 2016
Effectiveness of canagliflozin in treating Type 2 diabetes
Research led by the University of Dundee has found that one of a new breed of drugs, which have been approved for treatment of Type 2 diabetes, may be particularly effective without the need to be used in combination with the existing drug, metformin. Three drugs - canagliflozin, dapagliflozin and empagliflozin - that inhibit SGLT2 (sodium-glucose co-transporter-2) have been approved for treatment of Type 2 diabetes in the USA and Europe within the last two years. SGLT2 is the protein that reabsorbs glucose filtered out of blood by the kidneys back into the bloodstream. If you inhibit that process, more ...
5 Jul 2016
Class of 1976 graduates who married at University return to Dundee
(Jane and Philippe Boissiere with Professor Sir Pete Downes) Almost 100 medical alumni from the Class of 1976 will return to the University of Dundee this weekend for their 40th anniversary graduation celebrations. Among them will be the reunion organisers, Philippe and Jane Boissiere, who got married during their fourth year of studies in Dundee. Travelling from as far away as New Zealand and Qatar, the large group of alumni will gather in Dundee from Friday, 8th July and during the course of their stay will visit the School of Medicine and Ninewells Hospital. Philippe Boissiere, one half of t...
5 Jul 2016
Mary Lily Walker’s birthplace celebrated by plaque
Victorian social reformer Mary Lily Walker, known for improving the lives and living conditions of her fellow Dundonians, is to be commemorated by the University of Dundee and Historic Scotland next week when they unveil a plaque at the home in which she was born. The memorial plaque will be placed upon 152 Perth Road at 2pm on Tuesday, 5th July by Lesley Nicoll from campus services at the University, English Tutor Eddie Small and Dundee City Councillor, Lesley Brennan. Born in the 1860s, Mary was one of the first graduates of University College Dundee and one of the first women in Scotland to be taught ...
1 Jul 2016
Experts gather for `concrete technology heaven’
Innovations in concrete, which are helping deliver major construction projects around the world including the new Forth Crossing and V&A Museum of Design Dundee in Scotland, will be highlighted in a gathering of international experts at the University of Dundee next week. The 9th International Concrete Conference at the University will welcome over 200 attendees from countries including the USA, China, India and Malaysia. Research presented at the conference will discuss topics as diverse as the use of waste plastic bottles in concrete blocks, low energy and even carbon dioxide cured concrete. ...
