19 Sep 2017
Dundee to welcome Singing Children of Africa
22 Kenyan orphans will get a taste of life at University and take to the stage this week as they continue their singing tour of the United Kingdom at the University of Dundee. The ‘Singing Children of Africa’, who are organised by Scottish charity Educate the Kids, first began touring the UK as an act in 2006. They will be given a taste of University life in Scotland on Thursday, 21st September when they are guided by researchers around the campus in Dundee. During the campus tour the children, who range from 9 to 14 years old, will be able to delve into virtual reality and experience a rang...
18 Sep 2017
'Dundee and Me: How the City Shapes our Moods’
University of Dundee academics are to work with children and vulnerable adults from the city to explore the links between their local environment and emotional wellbeing. The team behind 'Dundee and Me: How the City Shapes our Moods’ will ask the group about the places that both positively and negatively impact upon their mood and the reasons for the feelings they invoke. Participants will be asked to photograph various locations they travel to throughout the city and to record when such places bring about a change in mood. “The aim of the project is to build awareness of the ways in which ou...
17 Sep 2017
£2million award for cancer researcher
A University of Dundee scientist has been awarded £2million to explore the role that one of the most fundamental processes in cell biology plays in cancer. Professor Karim Labib will receive the grant from Cancer Research UK to study mechanisms that preserve genome integrity during the final stages of chromosome replication in animal cells. The process by which cells copy their own chromosomes and then make new cells is vital to all of life. Chromosomes contain the genetic blueprint that makes us what we are and this information must be copied perfectly for new cells to survive and carry out their ...
15 Sep 2017
‘Design Out Loud’ to showcase oral history collection
Dundee’s designation as the UK’s first City of Design recognised the creativity and innovation running through its past and driving its future, features that a University of Dundee event will celebrate next week. Clips from a 1985 fashion show filmed on campus are among the highlights of ‘Design Out Loud’, an event being held at the Baxter Suite on Thursday 21 September to showcase the University’s oral history collection and champion the role of design in the city. The interactive multimedia event will cover illustration, graphics, comic arts and fashion, with recordings of...
15 Sep 2017
European diabetes award for Dundee Professor
One of the major prizes in Europe for research in diabetes has been awarded to Professor Ewan Pearson, of the University of Dundee. The European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) gave the 2017 Minkowski Prize to Professor Pearson at their annual meeting in Lisbon. The prize recognises research contributing to the advancement of knowledge concerning diabetes. Professor Pearson, Chair of Diabetic Medicine at the University of Dundee, received a monetary award and delivered the 52nd Minkowski Lecture at the 53rd EASD Annual Meeting. “I am honoured to receive the Minkowski Prize ...
