School of Life Sciences

University of Dundee

The University of Dundee is one of the leading universities in Europe for research in Life Sciences. In the most recent UK-wide assessment of research quality in UK higher education institutions – REF2014 –Dundee was ranked the top University in Biological Sciences. More recent rankings widely recognized as indicators of scientific excellence place Dundee high in their rankings. The 2017 QS World University Rankings in Biological Sciences place Dundee 5th in the UK, 8th in Europe and 39th in the World as judged by ‘citations-per-paper’, one of the most widely recognized metrics of scientific excellence. This year’s ‘The State of Innovation’ report by Clarivate Analytics ranks Dundee as the most influential scientific research institution in the world for pharmaceuticals for the period 2006-16. The School enjoys a reputation as one of the most dynamic international centres for molecular cell biology, with outstanding laboratory and technology facilities.

Latest News

  • Professor John Peters
    Medical Education Award for John Peters
    19 Mar 2019
    Professor John Peters was presented with a FaME Award for session 2018-2019 at the annual awards ceremony from the Faculty of Medical Educators (FaME), in...
  • Professor Dame Janet Thornton
    Successful Research Symposium at Crieff
    19 Mar 2019
    Last week, the School’s Annual Research Symposium was held at Crieff Hydro. The programme of talks and poster presentations covered the diverse research taking...
  • ASEAN Academics Abroad group photo
    First Academics Abroad trip to ASEAN
    11 Mar 2019
    The University has launched an exciting new initiative called Academics Abroad which is a project designed to raise the profile of the University in key...
  • Robyn Hickerson
    Robyn Hickerson wins Research Staff Award at Venture final
    08 Mar 2019
    Dr Robyn Hickerson and her team won the Research Staff Award at Venture 2019 competition hosted by the University of Dundee’s Centre of Entrepreneurship. The...

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Genetics Garden

This past year Plant Sciences embarked on a major project to develop a 'Genetics Garden' at the Botanic Gardens. The idea behind this effort was to create plots in the Genetics Garden to highlight the importance of plants in our understanding of genetics and the critical contribution of plant variation in selecting and breeding better crops. Establishing the Genetics Garden involved a massive volunteer effort of over 40 people, both from Plant Sciences, the James Hutton Institute and the general public during various outreach activities.

Fascination of Plants Day

On Saturday, 18th May 2013, the Botanic Garden hosted a day of fun- and plant-filled activities including the hugely popular Botanic Garden Trail, seed sowing to help plant the new Genetics Garden, the famous Raspberry DNA Roadshow, Thermal Imaging and Plant Hammering!  In true Scottish form, we all had a great time despite it being the rainiest of the year.

We also had a group of local schoolchildren on a special visit the day before, see photographs below,  to start sowing the first seed for the Cereal Diversity Plot in the Genetics Garden.

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