Date | Title |
Details |
31 August 2004 |
Reducing foot pain |
Every parent's champion - the man who discovered that expensive
trainers were no better than cheaper ones - is calling on diabetic people to help him in his latest
investigation to reduce foot problems for people with diabetes. |
27 August 2004 |
International water meeting on the Tay |
More than 100 academics, engineers and policy makers from 32
countries will assemble in Dundee next week to work out a way for everyone in the world to get access to
the water they need- the largest conference to date on water law. |
27 August 2004 |
Only European grant for Alzheimer's to Dundee |
Professor Alan Newell at the University of Dundee has just had news
this week that he is the only person outside North America to receive a grant from the American
Alzheimer's Association to investigate technologies to improve Alzheimer's sufferers' care. |
26 August 2004 |
2004 UK Young Biochemist |
A promising young cancer scientist working in the School of Life
Sciences at the University of Dundee has been named Promega UK Young Biochemist of the year at the
Bioscience 2004 conference for her groundbreaking research. |
25 August 2004 |
Body Memory and Creation exhibitions |
The final leg of a three part international art exhibition, 'Body
Memory': Warsaw, Potsdam, Dundee will open at the University of Dundee this Friday (27 August). |
25 August 2004 |
Dundee cancer expert appointed to Scottish committee |
A cancer expert from the University of Dundee has been appointed to
the new Scottish Science Advisory Committee (SSAC) by the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE). |
24 August 2004 |
Dundee's artist remembered |
A new exhibition featuring the work of Dundee painter David Foggie,
whose work has been almost forgotten for the past fifty years, will open at the University of Dundee on
27 August. |
19 August 2004 |
Discovery of a rapid immune response |
A new discovery by a research team at the University of Dundee is
giving insights into the immune system and how the body is able to respond quickly and tell the
difference between harmless foreign bodies and dangerous invaders. |
19 August 2004 |
Getting ready to trek for TICR |
The University of Dundee team are getting ready for this years TICR
trek and fun day on Sunday 22 August at Ethie Castle, Auchmithie. |
19 August 2004 |
Summer School graduation |
University of Dundee Rector Lorraine Kelly will be present as 68
students graduate from the University's Access Summer School tomorrow before they prepare to embark on
their degree courses in September. |
18 August 2004 |
International Award for Dundee Microbe Scientist |
Professor Geoffrey Gadd of the Division of Environmental and
Applied Biology at the School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee has been awarded the prestigious
Charles Thom Award from the Society for Industrial Microbiology. |
17 August 2004 |
Friendly bacteria offers hope for ulcerative colitis patients |
A type of 'friendly bacteria' has been the key for researchers at
the University of Dundee who have just developed a treatment that offers the opportunity of new therapies
for the management of one of the UK's most common forms of inflammatory bowel disease - ulcerative colitis.
|
17 August 2004 |
University Professor to lead investigation on rising acidity in oceans |
Professor John Raven of the School of Life Sciences at the
University of Dundee has just been appointed chair of the Royal Society's working group on ocean
acidification. |
16 August 2004 |
Joe's journey is complete |
Joe Symonds, the University of Dundee medical student who
cycled from Land's End to John O'Groats with his Euphonium completed his cycle today and has announced
that he raised a total of £6,154 for the Institute for Cardiovascular Research. |
13 August 2004 |
Bowling for TICR |
Ninety-six bowlers will take part in a ten-hour annual bowling
tournament this Sunday at Balgay Bowling Club to raise funds for the University of Dundee's Institute for
Cardiovascular Research (TICR). |
11 August 2004 |
Surprise farewell as leading nursing academic retires |
David Muir, Associate Dean of the University of Dundee's School of
Nursing and Midwifery will celebrate his retirement at a surprise gathering of friends and colleagues at
the Balbirnie House Hotel, Fife on Wednesday 11 August. |
10 August 2004 |
'Euphonothon' Joe plays in Dundee |
Joe Symonds, the University of Dundee medical student who is
cycling from Land's End to John O'Groats with a Euphonium on his back, playing in concerts on his way
north, will arrive in Dundee on Wednesday to take part in a free public concert with his own band, the
Tayport Instrumental Band. |
8 August 2004 |
Iceland research expedition |
For a group of University of Dundee students an unusual summer
destination beckons - Iceland. The group of third year geography students set off on Monday 9 August to
take part in a month long research expedition. |
2 August 2004 |
Researchers uncover change in Earth's waters |
University of Dundee's Professor John Raven, together with a team
of scientists from the USA and Canada, have published a paper in the journal Science reporting progress
of a five year project that could help predict the future patterns of biodiversity in the sea and
interactions with global climate change. |
2 August 2004 |
World-renowned cancer scientist Professor Sir David Lane to head A*STAR's Institute in Singapore |
Professor Sir David Lane will join A*STAR's Institute of Molecular
and Cell Biology (IMCB) as Executive Director with effect from 1 August 2004 for two years, a move that
will forge a major link in biomedical sciences between Scotland and Singapore. |
1 August 2004 |
Donation to Diabetes Research |
Diabetes research at the University of Dundee is to benefit from
the generosity of the local community following a Gala Day organised by Camperdown Lodge. |
