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 CWTS Leiden Ranking 2019 for Biomedical and Health Sciences Impact places Dundee is 1st in the UK and Europe, 5th 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.

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  • Bumper Collection for Christmas Toy Appeal
    13 Dec 2019
    Mike Hannan with the stores team for the third year organised a collection point for the Dundee Christmas Toy Appeal that is led by Dundee City Council. Each...
  • SLS Sustainability Team at NWH sorting facility
    SLS Sustainability Team visit UoD waste contractor
    11 Dec 2019
    The School of Life Sciences Sustainability Action Team recognises that SLS produces quite a large amount of polymer waste, some of which is not biologically...
  • Melissa D'Ascenzio
    Melissa D'Ascenzio Passes Probation
    04 Dec 2019
    Dr Melissa D'Ascenzio, a Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from the D’Arcy Thompson Unit, has passed her three-year probation period at the University....
  • From left: Leeanne McGurk, Megan Bergkessel and Gabriel Sollberger
    Welcome to new group leaders
    04 Dec 2019
    The School has welcomed three new group leaders in recent months. They are currently establishing their laboratories across three of our divisions. Leeanne...

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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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