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October 2009 Press Releases

Date	Title	Details
30 October 2009	'Feeding your baby' project seeks out pregnant Dundee women	Researchers from the University of Dundee are to embark on a project that will help form the most complete picture of the feeding choices made by new mothers in the city.
29 October 2009	Breast cancer researchers wear it pink	Breast Cancer researchers at the University of Dundee will be donning their wacky pink attire tomorrow (Friday 30th October) to support Breast Cancer Campaign's amazing fundraising efforts.
29 October 2009	Explorer to swap wilderness for West End of Dundee	Intrepid wilderness explorer, writer and photographer John Dunn will visit the University of Dundee next week to share his experiences of a recent expedition to British Columbia.
29 October 2009	Court approves investment in Crawford, Matthew Buildings	The Matthew and Crawford Buildings at the University of Dundee, which house Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, the School of Architecture and the department of Town and Regional Planning, are to be extensively refurbished and remodelled.
29 October 2009	Dundee enters new era of translational medical research	A major initiative at the University of Dundee to translate research findings into tools, techniques and therapies which can directly benefit patients has kicked off a new wave of research projects.
27 October 2009	The art of science and the science of art	A fascinating new book containing the results of a two-year collaboration between scientists and artists at the University of Dundee that explores the visualisation of laboratory data will be launched later this week.
27 October 2009	Crime writer to appear in Dundee	One of Scotland’s most popular and prolific novelists is set to unleash pandemonium when he appears in Dundee next week.
27 October 2009	2009 Evening concert series begins	The first performance in this year’s Evening Concert Series at the University of Dundee takes place on Thursday October 29th, featuring one established performer and one of the rising stars of the classical music scene.
27 October 2009	University once again named one of the world's best workplaces	An international poll of scientists has once again named the University of Dundee as one of the best places in the world to work.
26 October 2009	Mortuus Silva - Adult Halloween performance at Botanic Garden	Not all is at it seems at Dundee's Botanic Garden this Halloween. A firm fixture in the Dundee events calendar is the successful Halloween family night (this years takes place on Thursday 29th October), however there is something much darker in store for adults the following evening.
26 October 2009	Dundee centre to focus on cancer prevention and screening	Cancer experts from across a wide range of disciplines at the University of Dundee are to pool their efforts to push forward research into developing effective programmes of prevention and early screening for the disease.
23 October 2009	Celebrating 100 years since the Duncan of Jordanstone Bequest - New Exhibition	An exhibition to mark 100 years since local businessman James Duncan of Jordanstone left a bequest of £60,000 for art education in Dundee opens at the University of Dundee tomorrow (Saturday October 24th).
22 October 2009	Skiers and boarders to get chance to show off their moves	The University of Dundee is set for a very localised snowstorm this weekend when a delivery of more than 20 tonnes of the white stuff will allow skiers and snowboarders to demonstrate their tricks.
22 October 2009	Made-in-Dundee animation nominated for BAFTA	An enchanting animation film produced by students from the universities of Dundee and Abertay is among the nominees at this year’s BAFTA Scotland Awards.
22 October 2009	Leading forensic expert to address students	Professor William 'Bill' Haglund, one of the world's most respected and renowned forensic anthropologists, will address students at the University of Dundee today (Thursday October 22nd).
20 October 2009	Prestigious organisation recognises Dundee scientist	Professor Ron Hay, Principal Investigator at the University of Dundee’s College of Life Sciences, has been elected as a member of one of the world’s most prestigious scientific organisations.
20 October 2009	'Insect hotels' to help encourage campus biodiversity	Ecologically aware students from the University of Dundee have taken steps to encourage biodiversity by creating a number of 'insect hotels' around campus.
19 October 2009	Landscape opens up at Cairngorm mountain	A team based at the University of Dundee has completed the latest phase of the CairnGorm Arts Initiative, which will be officially opened on Friday, October 23rd.
15 October 2009	Wellcome Image Awards reveal the stories behind science	The tenth Wellcome Image Awards will be presented in London tonight (Wednesday October 14th) celebrating the best new images acquired by the Wellcome Images picture library in the past eighteen months.
14 October 2009	A sustainable future - volunteers needed	The University of Dundee is looking for volunteers to take part in a discussion forum to explore these scenarios and other views of a sustainable future.
13 October 2009	Students link with charity to explore 'sustainable volunteering'	Students from the University of Dundee are to link with one of Scotland’s biggest disability charities to examine why people volunteer and what motivates them to continue volunteering.
13 October 2009	SCILLS Scientist receives €1.4 million from the European Research Council	A scientist at the Scottish Institute for ceLL Signaling (SCILLS) in Dundee has been awarded a €1.4 million grant from the European Research Council to support an innovative research programme that could lead to the development of a novel class of drugs to treat cancer.
9 October 2009	Computing project combats card counting	A University of Dundee graduate has created a computer system with the potential to make the game of Blackjack fairer by detecting card counters and dealer errors.
9 October 2009	Dundee artists contribute to national film and video exhibition	Dundee artists are to feature prominently in a major new exhibition of Scottish film and video, which will take place in Edinburgh in October and November.
8 October 2009	Eritrean graduation for Dundee students	Forty graduates of the University of Dundee’s distance learning courses will be conferred with their degrees in Eritrea on Saturday October 10th.
7 October 2009	Gene linked to more effective diabetes treatment	People with Type 2 diabetes, who have variants of a certain gene, respond better to the diabetes drugs known as sulphonylureas, and are over three times more likely to achieve good blood glucose level targets than people without the variants who take those drugs, according to new research funded by leading health charity Diabetes UK.
6 October 2009	Google 'mentor' visiting Dundee	Jeffrey Ullman, the Stanford University Professor who advised Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, will give insights into developing opportunities in computing science and technology when he visits the University of Dundee tomorrow (October 7th).
6 October 2009	Gene change could make common asthma drug less effective and increase asthma attacks	The most common asthma reliever may increase the risk of attacks in a subgroup of young sufferers, new research has discovered.
6 October 2009	Discovery offers hope for new cancer treatments	Scientists have discovered why a group of cancer drugs are so effective in treating the disease. Although they have been used for many years to treat certain tumours, researchers didn't know how they worked until now. The findings, published in EMBO Reports* and presented by Cancer Research UK’s chief scientist Professor Sir David Lane at the NCRI Cancer Conference in Birmingham today (Tuesday), pave the way for the development of a new range of cancer treatments.
4 October 2009	Charity challenge for chaplaincy staff	Staff from the University of Dundee’s Chaplaincy Centre are hard at work preparing for a gruelling charity triathlon challenge later this month.