24 July 2007

Dundee doctor wins Weiss medal

A University of Dundee based scientist, Professor Eric Wright, was awarded the prestigious Weiss medal and presented the Weiss Medal Lecture at the International Congress of Radiation Research in San Francisco.

Professor Wright is the Research Dean of the University of Dundee's Medical School, a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Prof Wright has worked on stem cell research, trying to decipher how stem cells are regulated and how they produce the various cells that are present in the blood. More recently his research has focussed on how exposure to ionising radiation causes abnormalities in stem cells that result in leukaemia.

The Weiss medal is named after the late Professor J Weiss whose research projects in the 1930's are widely-known as landmarks in chemical and radiation science.

Weiss Medalists are nominated by the Chairman of the Association for Radiation Research, after suitable consultations, as having made distinguished contributions to radiation science.

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