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Microbiology for pre-Schoolers!: MMB researchers work with some very young scientists
Microbiology and the Curriculum for Excellence – Health and Well-Being
The curriculum for excellence aims to provide a coherent, flexible and enriched curriculum for people aged 3-18 in Scotland. It is split into four areas with one covering “Health and well-being”. As a basic understanding of microbiology is fundamental to good health,...
Academia-pharma collaboration attracts £14.4million funding in the UK to accelerate drug discovery
The University of Dundee and the Medical Research Council (MRC) are pleased to announce new funding of over £14million from a consortium of six pharmaceutical companies for continuing research on the development of new drug treatments for major global diseases.
The consortium, called the Division of Signal Transduction Therapy (...
Magnificent Microbes at Sensation, 10 March 2012
Microbiologists from the College of Life Sciences at the University of Dundee are inviting visitors to come along to Sensation, Dundee Science Centre, this week to discover the wondrous world of `Magnificent Microbes’.
Although most microbes are invisible to the naked eye, our bodies contain millions of them, they help shape our environment, and we use them without knowing it everyday...
CLS scientists at the Women in Science Portrait Exhibition: Opening Event 6pm Thursday, 1 March 2012, Dalhousie Building
The College of Life Sciences is supporting the opening event and the Women in Science Portrait Exhibition which features photographs of women who work across a range of science disciplines and who are at different stages in their careers. Artist Janice Aitken has created sensitive and engaging portraits of the women, whose dedication, hard work and...
Life Sciences at the Women in Science Festival
The College of Life Sciences features strongly in this year’s Women In Science Festival 2012, which runs from March 1st - 19th, and in its 4th year continues celebrating and encouraging women in science, technology, engineering and maths in Dundee and across Tayside.
The College is supporting the opening event and the Women in...