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January 2012 Press Releases

Date	Title	Details
31 January 2012	Dundee Literary Salons 2012	Award-winning Australian poet, novelist and screenwriter Emily Ballou, who most recently worked on the television adaptation of the international best-seller 'The Slap', will launch the 2012 programme of the popular Dundee Literary Salons series later this week.
31 January 2012	Stuart MacBride offers murder tour of Aberdeen	Best-selling author Stuart MacBride is offering a murder tour of his hometown of Aberdeen to one lucky winner of the latest competition offered by the University of Dundee's 'Million For A Morgue' campaign.
30 January 2012	University of Dundee Sports Union Granted London 2012 Inspire Mark	Dundee Celebrations 2012, a one-day event bringing the cultural and sporting aspects of this year's Olympics, has been granted the prestigious London 2012 Inspire Mark as part of the programme which recognises exceptional and innovative projects inspired by the Games.
27 January 2012	'Sold Out' signs at the ready for Dalai Lama visit	Tickets for His Holiness The Dalai Lama's eagerly anticipated first appearance in Dundee will go on sale next week.
27 January 2012	Proposals for Whitfield regeneration win students planning award	Two Town and Regional Planning Students from the University of Dundee have been announced as the joint winners of the Dundee Civic Design Award.
27 January 2012	UK's first national breast cancer tissue bank opens vaults to all	Breast cancer research has been given a massive boost as the UK's first national breast cancer tissue bank today opens its vaults of precious breast cancer tissue, to all researchers in the UK and Ireland.
26 January 2012	Stuart MacBride: Million For A Morgue - Saturday Evening Lecture on 4th February	Stuart MacBride, one of the UK's most successful crime authors and one of the 10 writers backing the University of Dundee's 'Million For A Morgue' campaign, will deliver the next instalment in the 2012 Saturday Evening Lecture Series.
26 January 2012	Dundee researchers seek to beat 'molecular obesity'	Researchers from the University of Dundee have come up with a new innovative approach in the quest to reduce failure rates in the drug discovery process and fight 'molecular obesity'.
26 January 2012	University of Dundee Alumnus Dr Nicholas Lydon Wins 2012 Japan Prize	The Japan Prize Foundation has announced the laureates of its 2012 Japan Prize, one of the world's most prestigious awards in science and technology, and one of them is Dr Nick Lydon, an alumnus and honorary graduate of the University of Dundee.
25 January 2012	International submissions sought for book prize of £10,000 and a publishing deal	Aspiring novelists will once more have the chance to get their work published and land a lucrative cash prize, with the launch of the 2012 Dundee International Book Prize.
25 January 2012	RSE public engagement prize for Dundee academic	Dr Nicola Stanley-Wall, a Lecturer in Molecular Microbiology at the University of Dundee, has been announced as the winner of the Royal Society of Edinburgh's Beltane Innovator's Prize for Public Engagement 2012.
25 January 2012	'Being Social, Being Sneaky and Being Human - How to Win Friends and Influence People' - Café Science event on January 30th	The relationships between people, and the duplicitous tactics sometimes used to gain advantage over others, will be explored in the next Café Science event to be held in Dundee.
23 January 2012	Salmon filling the fish gap - public lecture, Tuesday January 24th	Speaking at an event hosted by the Tayside and Fife branch of the British Science Association at Dundee University on Tuesday January 24th, Dr John Webster, Technical Director of Scottish Salmon Producers' Organisation, will report that employment in the salmon farming industry increased by 15% in 2010 and, when official figures for 2011 are confirmed later this month, they are expected to show another healthy increase, bringing the total number of jobs created to over 400 during the last two years.
23 January 2012	Showcase screening celebrates third anniversary for film company	A film company established by Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design graduates is to celebrate its third anniversary by holding a special showcase at Dundee Contemporary Arts this weekend.
20 January 2012	Michelin to help students 'Drive' to formula student	One of the world's biggest tyre manufacturers has lent its expertise to a group of Dundee University students building a racing car for the IMechE Formula Student competition.
20 January 2012	'Alternative' fundraising event for Dundee charity	PAMIS, the award-winning, University of Dundee-based charity, will have their coffers boosted next month after a fundraising event sold out within days of tickets going on sale.
20 January 2012	Nepal trip for DJCAD student Madeline	A fourth-year Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art (DJCAD) student has won a £2000 trip to Nepal and the opportunity to produce work inspired by one of the world's most spectacular areas of natural beauty.
18 January 2012	Can we reduce crime by learning how we combine our real and cyber identities?	Researchers at the University of Dundee are contributing to a unique international project to look at the complex nature of identity, both in the real world and online.
17 January 2012	Architecture students help turn great outdoors into learning environment	Schoolrooms may currently be providing respite from the winter weather, but a group of Monifieth youngsters are already looking forward to warmer days when they can enjoy their lessons in an outdoor classroom.
16 January 2012	Dalai Lama to deliver 2012 Margaret Harris Lecture on Religion	His Holiness The Dalai Lama will deliver this year’s Margaret Harris Lecture on Religion during a historic visit to Dundee in June.
13 January 2012	Stephen Fry award for CAHID Team	The University of Dundee's inaugural Stephen Fry Award for Public Engagement in Research has been given to Professor Sue Black and the team in the Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification.
13 January 2012	Product Design delegation set for India	Product Design staff and students from the University of Dundee will next week jet off to India to conduct a prestigious learning and knowledge workshop at India’s leading design school.
12 January 2012	In Tackling Lead Pollution, Fungi May Be Our Friends	Fungi may be an unexpected ally in efforts to keep hazardous lead contamination under wraps. That’s based on the unexpected discovery by researchers at the University of Dundee that fungi can transform lead into its most stable mineral form.
12 January 2012	New DJCAD entrance as part of major refurbishment project	Work will next week begin on construction of a new feature entrance to Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design as part of a major refurbishment of one of the UK’s top art colleges.
12 January 2012	Dundee ranked among world's best for research	The University of Dundee has been named among the world’s leading centres for scientific research, according to a new league table published today (January 12th).
12 January 2012	Art fund give £100,000 grant to build D'Arcy Thompson collection	The University of Dundee Museum Collections have been awarded a grant from the Art Fund of £100,000 to build a collection of art inspired by D'Arcy Thompson, the University's first Professor of Biology.
12 January 2012	Fife School pupils to get insight into Life Sciences	Pupils from Cupar’s Bell Baxter High School will get an insight into the world-renowned research taking place in the University of Dundee’s College of Life Sciences on Monday.
11 January 2012	'I Really Must Congratulate You on Your Attention to Detail' - new Cooper Gallery exhibition	Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design will next week play host to the first major UK solo exhibition from renowned photographer and performance artist Viola Yesiltaç.
10 January 2012	Dundee launches Stephen Fry award in honour of former Rector	The inaugural Stephen Fry Award for Excellence in Public Engagement with Research will be made later this week as part of the University of Dundee's Discovery Days.
9 January 2012	Saturday Evening Lecture Series 2012	Art, autism, astrology and anatomy are among the subjects to be examined in the new season of the University of Dundee's popular Saturday Evening Lecture Series.
6 January 2012	Placement Base shortlisted for national award	The University of Dundee's Placement Base, which has in the past arranged a student internship in the offices of the Prime Minister as well as hundreds of other placements, has been shortlisted for a prestigious industry award.
5 January 2012	UK first for Dundee Dental Students	Dental students at the University of Dundee have become the first in the UK to be trained to carry out surgical dental treatment on specially embalmed bodies.