Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research (CAIR)

Science in the Summer!

Local children are being offered a special experience over the summer holidays in the first ever Dundee Science Centre STEM summer club.

Each week, a different pre-selected set of 20 children will enjoy a packed programme of workshops and activities created by the University of Dundee and the Science Centre.

As well as exploring the recently transformed attraction, youngsters will design and build amazing contraptions using a range of materials, make their own science snacks, learn about forensics, make slime, and get to grips with dino rocks and fossils!

Sir Henry Dale Fellowship for Joana Faria to establish group at York

Joana Faria, a postdoctoral researcher in David Horn’s Lab (BCDD-WCAIR) has been awarded a Sir Henry Dale Fellowship funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Royal Society. Joana was awarded over £1 million and will use this award to set up her laboratory at the York Biomedical Research Institute, University of York. Joana will study how a cell controls the expression of one gene out of a large gene family that code for variations of the same functional protein).

Honours for Life Sciences researchers

Researchers at the University of Dundee are among those celebrating being named in HM The Queen’s birthday honours.

David Gray, Head of Biology and Professor of Translational Biology at the University’s Drug Discovery Unit, has been given a BEM for services to the Delivery of Testing during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences

Professor Ian Gilbert elected Fellow of Academy of Medical Sciences

The University of Dundee’s Professor Ian Gilbert has been elected to join the prestigious Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences (AMS).

Professor Gilbert is one of 50 prominent biomedical and health scientists to be elected to the respected and influential Fellowship.

Wellcome Trust Sir Henry Dale Fellowship

Wellcome Investigator Award

Commendations for SLS at Stephen Fry Public Engagement Awards

As part of the University of Dundee’s Celebrating our Public Engagement event, the University crowned the latest winners of the Stephen Fry Awards for Excellence in Public Engagement.

The awards celebrate the people and projects that engage with wider audiences, and the benefits they bring to society. The winners across the three categories were announced by former Rector Stephen Fry:

PiCLS Best Mentor Award

School Prizes presented at Review of the Year 2020

Review of the Year 2020 took place virtually today with the Dean, Inke Nathke sharing the highlights of activity within the School from 2020 which was dominated by the coronavirus pandemic. The Review included the presentation of the annual School prizes, many were awarded in recognition of how many members of our School community worked so hard to ensure the School could still undertake its work while ensuring the safety for all. The People’s Award, the newly established Dean’s Commendation and Merit Award and PiCLS Best Mentor Award recognised some of those people.

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