15 May 2018
Dundee professor aims to hit right notes for charity
A University of Dundee professor will prove he has plenty more strings to his bow when he conducts a charity concert this weekend. Professor Andrew Evans will lead the Dundee Chamber Orchestra as it raises funds for Roxburghe House. Andrew, a professor of breast imaging at Dundee Medical School, will hope his players hit the right notes when they take to the stage to raise funds for the unit, which provides palliative care for patients in the advanced stages of serious illness. An Honorary Consultant Radiologist with NHS Tayside, he will lead the orchestra for its third concert in as many years at St Pa...
15 May 2018
Dundee student’s ‘Meta’ way of valuing data
The Cambridge Analytica scandal has focused the world’s attention on how personal data is utilised in modern society, but just how valuable is your own digital footprint? That is the question one University of Dundee student has attempted to answer after creating a device that places a price on the information stored on people’s mobile phones. ‘Meta’ is the brainchild of Product Design student Cameron Watt, who says he wants people to have a greater awareness of how their personal data is collected and used. The 21-year-old, from East Lothian, is encouraging visitors to this year...
14 May 2018
Education key to tackling Scotland’s apathy towards mental health
Education is critical to tackling apathy in Scotland towards mental health issues, two leading campaigners have said. Jonny Benjamin MBE and Neil Laybourn will talk about their work and the mental health hurdles facing society when they appear as the latest guest speakers at the University of Dundee’s Saturday Series. The pair, who met a decade ago as Jonny threatened to take his own life, will recall the event that brought them together and how that chance encounter changed both of their lives. Ahead of their appearance at the University’s Dalhousie Building on Saturday 19 May, Jonny said t...
14 May 2018
Degree Show students plot city’s future
From airports to urban farms, ferry terminals to tower blocks, performance art to ‘prole’ tourism, exhibitors at this year’s Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design and Architecture Degree Show have explored the Dundee of the future. As the city’s regeneration continues apace ahead of the V&A Dundee throwing open its doors this September, many of the graduating architects, artists and designers at this year’s Degree Show, which opens this weekend, have been examining the future direction of the city and their vision of how this development might be shaped. Seve...
13 May 2018
New grants mean 50 years of research for Sir Philip
Professor Sir Philip Cohen, one of the UK’s most respected scientists, has been awarded new research grants that will mean his work at the University of Dundee has been funded continuously for 50 years. Sir Philip is a biochemist who has made major contributions to our understanding of protein phosphorylation and its role in cell regulation and human disease. Phosphorylation processes are very important because they control almost all aspects of cellular functions. Abnormal phosphorylation is a factor in many diseases, including cancer, high blood pressure and Parkinson’s. Among his major fin...
