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March 2013 Press Releases

Date	Title	Details
29 March 2013	FLEX project puts ideas for elderly dwellings on display	Research into new modes of dwelling for an ageing population will go on display at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) next month.
29 March 2013	Success of student entrepreneurs celebrated	Emil Stoyanov, an MSc International Business student at the University of Dundee, will tomorrow be named as The Enterprise Gym Champion 2013 in recognition of the aptitude for entrepreneurialism he has demonstrated over the past year.
28 March 2013	Trias's business idea takes flight to capture £5000 venture 2013 prize	Trias Gkikopoulos has been named the winner of the University of Dundee's Venture 2013 competition for his business idea of designing and building an unmanned aircraft for civil, commercial and scientific use.
28 March 2013	Dundee shares in £84million doctoral training fund	Up to 10 PhD places will be created at the University of Dundee following an award of more than £300,000 made by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
28 March 2013	Sebastian Conran public lecture - 'Design thinking creating value'	Innovative British designer Sebastian Conran will talk about his long and illustrious career at a public lecture in Dundee later this month.
28 March 2013	Anthology Three to be released at Dundee Comics Expo	An anthology of work from aspiring comic and graphic artists from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) will be launched at the Dundee Comics Expo this weekend.
27 March 2013	Pesticide combination affects bees' ability to learn	Two new studies have highlighted a negative impact on bees' ability to learn following exposure to a combination of pesticides commonly used in agriculture. The researchers found that the pesticides, used in the research at levels shown to occur in the wild, could interfere with the learning circuits in the bee's brain. They also found that bees exposed to combined pesticides were slower to learn or completely forgot important associations between floral scent and food rewards.
27 March 2013	Venture 2013 offers £5000 for enterprising researchers	Enterprising and innovative researchers at the University of Dundee will this week compete for up to £5000 seed money to turn their ideas into commercial applications in the 2013 Venture Competition.
27 March 2013	Zoology Museum Easter opening	The University of Dundee's D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum will this weekend celebrate Easter by opening its doors to the public and putting newly acquired art works on display for the first time.
26 March 2013	Graduates set for prestigious New Contemporaries exhibition	Fourteen graduates of the University of Dundee will exhibit their work at this year's New Contemporaries show at the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh.
26 March 2013	Scotland's police history marked in new exhibition	As Scotland prepares to move to a single police force, a new exhibition at the University of Dundee tells the story of the boys in blue who have sought to keep the nation's streets safe for more than 200 years.
25 March 2013	Artwork sought for charity auction	Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) is looking for artists to donate work to a charity auction raising money for a school in rural Tanzania.
22 March 2013	Pillow Talk brings more success for DJCAD graduate Joanna	University of Dundee graduate Joanna Montgomery has been named Innovator of the Year in the 2013 everywoman in Technology Awards.
22 March 2013	Dundee trio among RSE Royal Medalists and Prize Winners	Three academics at the University of Dundee have been honoured among the Royal Medallists and Prize Winners for 2013 announced by the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
22 March 2013	Women's lives at risk as they stop taking breast cancer treatment too early	Women with breast cancer who are prescribed tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitors after initial treatment are struggling to take medication for the full five year duration, which increases their chance of cancer returning and their risk of dying.
22 March 2013	Common antibiotic linked to heart problems in patients with lung conditions	The antibiotic clarithromycin - widely used for treating lower respiratory tract infections like pneumonia and acute exacerbations (sudden worsening) of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)- may be associated with an increased risk of heart problems, finds a study published on bmj.com today.
21 March 2013	Sarah's design proves a 'shoe-in' for success	Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) graduate Sarah Coey will have her design for a pair of classic hi-top trainers put into production and sold across the UK after winning a national competition.
20 March 2013	'Allied bombing 1940-1945: Why did German 'morale' not crack?'	Allied bombing in World War II strengthened rather than weakened German resolve, according to the award-winning historian who will deliver the next Arts & Humanities Research Institute (AHRI) Evening Lecture at the University of Dundee.
20 March 2013	Royal Society of Edinburgh honour for Dundee academics	The 2013 election of new Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh has seen the honour bestowed on five academics from the University of Dundee.
20 March 2013	'The Psychology of Magic' - Café Science event on 25th March	The tools and techniques deployed by magicians to baffle their audiences with seemingly impossible acts will be explored at the next Café Science Dundee event.
20 March 2013	Researchers ask "Can Sodium bicarbonate improve Quality of Life in Chronic Kidney Disease?"	Researchers from the University of Dundee and NHS Tayside are to lead a £1.2million UK-wide project, funded by the National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment (NIHR HTA) Programme, to investigate the role of Sodium bicarbonate in improving physical function and quality of life for older people with advanced Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD).
19 March 2013	'Da Vinci's Last Commission' - Saturday Evening Lecture on 23rd March	The plot behind one of the most astonishing detective stories in the history of art will be revealed at the next instalment of the University of Dundee's Saturday Evening Lecture Series.
19 March 2013	Blues and Colours to be recognised for sporting excellence	The achievements of athletes from the University of Dundee will be celebrated this evening at the annual Blues and Colours Award Ceremony.
18 March 2013	Dundee-Malawi links to be strengthened with Presidential meeting	Professor Peter Cameron, Director of the University of Dundee's Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP), will tomorrow visit Westminster to meet with the President of Malawi.
18 March 2013	Mhairi is a woman ahead	Dr Mhairi Towler, a Graduate Enterprise Fellow from the University of Dundee and founder of Vivomotion, has been named Independent Woman of the Year at the annual Women Ahead Business Awards.
15 March 2013	'Celebrating Chemistry For Health, Wealth and Happiness' - public lecture Wed March 20th	Chemistry has played a huge role in improving our quality of life over past centuries but how can it meet the current global challenges around energy and water?
15 March 2013	Prestigious award for Professor Charlotte Rees	Professor Charlotte Rees from the University of Dundee is one of five recipients of this year's prestigious Higher Education Academy (HEA) Doctoral Programme awards.
14 March 2013	DJCAD graduate joins China trade mission	Scottish Orkney-based knitwear designer Hilary Grant, a graduate of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, will be taking part in a trade mission to Beijing this month. Hilary Grant was one of 16 businesses selected to take part in CHIC, an international fashion and textile fair held in Beijing.
14 March 2013	Dundee engineer takes his science to Parliaments	A PhD student from the University of Dundee will have the chance to tell politicians and leading industry figures about his research at the SET for Britain competition in the House of Commons next week.
13 March 2013	Diabetes UK recognises distinguished Dundee	Diabetes UK has awarded two of its six prestigious keynote lectures to leading researchers at the University of Dundee - the latest endorsement of the Medical School's standing as a clinical and research centre of excellence.
13 March 2013	Serendipity to be celebrated and explored at events	A University of Dundee-led project exploring the role of serendipity in research will host a series of events this month looking at the subject in different disciplines and settings.
13 March 2013	University set for biggest production with performance of Carmina Burana	The University of Dundee Chorus and Orchestra will later this month undertake their biggest and most ambitious production to date with a performance of 'Carmina Burana' at the Caird Hall.
13 March 2013	£1.7m boost for research into inflammatory and autoimmune diseases	Research at the University of Dundee targeting the cause of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases which affect millions of people has been boosted by a grant of almost £1.7million from the Wellcome Trust.
12 March 2013	Dundee announces extra places available for Primary Education	The University of Dundee is inviting applications from high calibre graduates for the Professional Graduate Diploma in Primary Education course, commencing in August 2013.
12 March 2013	Dundee and Abertay set to compete for bragging rights once again	Around 500 sportsmen and women from Dundee's two universities will once again go head to head tomorrow when they compete for the Tay Games Varsity Challenge Trophy.
12 March 2013	'Sonopill' project launched with £5million grant from EPSRC	A project to develop a capsule carrying tiny ultrasound technology, which can be swallowed by patients and used to diagnose gastrointestinal problems, has been awarded a £5million grant by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
11 March 2013	Shanghai beams in to join life sciences workshop	A life sciences student workshop at the University of Dundee tomorrow will welcome a new set of classmates - in Shanghai.
11 March 2013	Students can save £10,000 by quitting smoking	Student smokers at the University of Dundee will this week be told how stubbing out the habit can save them over £10,000 over the duration of their degree, as well as delivering potentially lifesaving health benefits.
11 March 2013	Dundee researchers team up with NASA at SXSW 2013	How can we help people touch the stars? That's the question University of Dundee researchers will be wrestling with when they join with colleagues from NASA and the Northumbria University at this year's South by Southwest (SXSW) festival.
11 March 2013	Dundee scientist shares latest findings at UK's top dementia research conference	A University of Dundee researcher will share the stage with actor James Nesbitt when he presents his latest findings at a major dementia research conference organised by Alzheimer's Research UK.
8 March 2013	'The Battle of the Sexes?' - Café Science Extra on 13th March	We've all heard sayings like 'men are from Mars and women are from Venus', but what's the real story behind gender differences?
7 March 2013	'Swimming in an Ocean of Images' - Café Science event on 11th March	Ways of ensuring that scientists can make the most of the information extracted during research will be discussed at the next Café Science event in Dundee.
7 March 2013	New programme of talks in D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum	A new series of talks in the University of Dundee's D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum will begin next week with a look at the natural history of the local area.
7 March 2013	£12.2million investment to help creative engineers produce healthcare breakthroughs	The University of Dundee is to share in a £12.2 million investment in creative engineering research projects targetted at delivering major advances in healthcare, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) announced today (March 7th).
6 March 2013	'Independence: a distraction or an opportunity for Scottish women?' - public debate on Friday, 8th March	The impact of potential Scottish independence on the nation's women will be debated by a panel of prominent female politicians, commentators and cultural figures at the University of Dundee later this week.
6 March 2013	Volleyball league of nations gathers in Dundee	A league of nations that spans over 50 countries will join together this weekend to celebrate a reunion for volleyball players at the University of Dundee.
6 March 2013	Professor Vicki Hanson honoured in 'woman of vision' awards	Vicki Hanson, Professor of Inclusive Technologies at the University of Dundee, has been named one of 2013's 'Women of Vision' by the US-based Anita Borg Institute.
5 March 2013	Gout drug offers hope for heart disease patients	Research at the University of Dundee has shown than an old, inexpensive anti-gout drug has benefits for heart disease sufferers and has the potential to one day help prevent heart disease, sudden deaths and strokes.
4 March 2013	Women in Science Festival - March 8th to 24th	The achievements of women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (`STEM') will be celebrated at the Women In Science Festival 2013 this month.
3 March 2013	Dr Maria Ana Cataluna appointed trustee of campaign for science and engineering	Dr Maria Ana Cataluna, Leader of the Ultrafast Photonics Group at the University of Dundee, has been appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Campaign for Science and Engineering (CaSE), the leading independent advocate for science and engineering in the UK.
3 March 2013	Researchers find new way of killing leukaemia cells	Researchers at the University of Dundee have identified a new way of killing cancer cells in patients with a certain kind of leukaemia, which could lead to the development of safer anti-leukaemic drugs.
1 March 2013	'From Agatha Christie to Esther Rantzen: The British Response to Child Abuse Tragedies' - Saturday Evening Lecture on 9th March	How Britain responds to child abuse tragedies and the ways which these responses have driven social change will be explored at the next Saturday Evening Lecture to take place at the University of Dundee.