Lydia Hepburn passes PhD viva June 2, 2022 Lydia Hepburn passed her PhD viva yesterday. Lydia undertook her PhD in Vicky Cowling’s lab. Her thesis was entitled ‘Structural Read More
Viva success for Matt Toman May 24, 2022 Matt Toman successfully completed their PhD viva on their thesis ‘Structural and biochemical characterisation of human SWI/SNF-related chromatin remodelling complexes.’ Read More
Abigail Corsie passes PhD viva May 12, 2022 Abigail Corsie successfully completed her viva today. Her thesis was entitled “Structure and function of chromatin remodelling ATPases, and their Read More
Vicky Cowling appointed as Senior Group Leader at Beatson Institute, Glasgow May 4, 2022 Professor Vicky Cowling has taken up a new position as a Senior Group Leader at the Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Read More
Howard Elder Prize for GRE researchers January 19, 2022 Nicola Wiechens and Seraina Blümli, from Tom Owen-Hughes lab, were awarded the Howard Elder Prize at the School of Life Read More
New proteomic method for analysing rare cell subsets developed January 11, 2022 Latest research from the lab of Dr Tony Ly describes a new proteomic analysis methodology for samples with a low Read More
Dundee research highlighted for 10th Anniversary of Open Biology December 16, 2021 The Royal Society’s first open access title, Open Biology, has reached its 10th Anniversary. To kick off a year of celebration, Read More
Targeted Protein Degradation Reveals Secrets of Tumour Suppressor November 8, 2021 PhD Student Seraina Blümli and colleagues from the Owen-Hughes lab show the ARID1A subunit of the BAF chromatin remodelling complex Read More
New tools for the fight against COVID-19 July 5, 2021 Seven new papers have been published this month in The Biochemical Journal, representing a major collaboration between multiple groups at Read More
Honour for Jason Swedlow June 14, 2021 Jason Swedlow, Professor of Quantitative Cell Biology, has been awarded an Honorary OBE for his services to Biological Imaging, technology Read More
~£1.1M funding award to the Lamond group May 6, 2021 The Lamond group have been awarded a £1.128 million BBSRC research grant to support new studies that will dissect RNA Read More
Study helps uncover why some females may be more susceptible to disease April 29, 2021 Findings from a University of Dundee study help to explain why some females may be more predisposed to disease, suffer Read More
“Tissue time machine” target for Jason Swedlow with Wellcome Leap April 16, 2021 A University of Dundee scientist has accepted a role to lead a $55 million initiative aiming to create a “tissue Read More
Tanaka lab recreating the chromosome inheritance machinery in a test tube April 16, 2021 Researchers at the University of Dundee have discovered novel mechanisms for chromosome inheritance by recreating this process in a test Read More
Mechanism that controls mRNA capping in gene regulation identified by Dundee interdisciplinary collaboration March 16, 2021 Researchers at the University of Dundee have identified novel interaction sites on the mRNA Capping Enzyme that are essential for Read More
GRE welcomes new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow Angela Harrison March 10, 2021 In the recent round of applications for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowships, the School had a 100% success rate! Over the coming Read More
The ‘Virtual Microscope’ highlights excellence of teaching and research collaborations February 8, 2021 Interactions between world-class research and teaching can bring truly remarkable impacts. The ‘Dundee Virtual Microscope’ a collaboration between Dr Paul Read More
Diana Rios Swed passes viva February 2, 2021 Diana Rios Swed, a PhD student in Constance Alabert’s lab, passed her PhD viva yesterday with a thesis entitled, “Investigating Read More
Welcome to new PI, Dr. Tony Ly December 9, 2020 A warm welcome back to Tony Ly, who is a Wellcome Trust and Royal Society-funded Sir Henry Dale Fellow and Read More
Funding supports high-growth spinout founded by Victoria Cowling November 6, 2020 A spinout project from GRE with the potential to deliver significant healthcare benefits has received funding from Scottish Enterprise to Read More
Jason Swedlow joins major new project to study the “brain” of the human cell October 16, 2020 University of Dundee experts are assisting in a major international effort to reveal the secrets of human cells. A team Read More
Jason Swedlow shares career experiences with BiteSize Bio podcast August 28, 2020 Peter O’Toole chats to Jason Swedlow in the latest BiteSize Bio podcast. While Peter has known Jason for many years, Read More
Cell protein key to disease susceptibility, new study finds August 25, 2020 Protein levels in human cells can determine the susceptibility of people to diseases such as ovarian cancer and Alzheimer’s, a Read More
Scottish funding for Dundee Covid-19 research project May 11, 2020 Scientists and clinicians based at the Schools of Life Sciences and Medicine at the University have been awarded funding from Read More
Covid virus images shared for global science community May 1, 2020 Scientists at the University of Dundee and the EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) have published online some of the largest Read More
DNA damage and faulty repair jointly cause mutations May 1, 2020 Whole genome sequencing gives new insights into cancer genomics Summary By analysing genomic data from worms, scientists detailed how mutations Read More
Sonia Rocha appointed head of new institute opening at the University of Liverpool May 1, 2020 We are delighted to share the news that Professor Sonia Rocha, a former PI in and deputy head of GRE, Read More
£1.6 million award will bring machine learning into life sciences April 23, 2020 Dr Gabriele Schweikert, an associate PI in GRE, has been awarded £1.6 million in funding from UK Research and Innovation Read More
Lamond lab robots donated to efforts to combat COVID-19 April 2, 2020 Last week, in a message from Professor David Maguire, Interim Principal and Vice-Chancellor he informed the University of an equipment Read More
Cryo EM Workshop held in School March 4, 2020 This week forty researchers completed a two-day workshop in Cryo Electron Microscopy (EM) held in the School. Cryo EM makes Read More
GRE scientists explain why they are guardians of the genome at public event February 25, 2020 Scientists from the Centre delighted over 100 visitors at our Science Saturday public engagement event at the Mills Observatory last Read More
Wellcome Investigator Awards for GRE researchers January 22, 2020 Professors Vicky Cowling and Tomo Tanaka were given Investigator Awards from Wellcome in the recent funding round. Vicky’s award of Read More
Uncovering the genome sequence of the water yam orphan crop January 21, 2020 Researchers in the School of Life Sciences at the University of Dundee have helped to uncover and understand the genome Read More
A new approach to revealing the complexity of RNAs that genomes really encode January 16, 2020 A study published this week in the journal eLife, by a team at University of Dundee’s School of Life Sciences uses Read More
Sugar-coating proteins can help understand brain disease November 7, 2019 A University of Dundee discovery has the potential to help scientists better understand neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Read More
Marcus Bage wins SLS 3rd year PhD Poster Session October 25, 2019 The annual third year PhD poster session took place this week with excellent entries from 27 students across the School. Read More
Viva success for Paul Murphy October 24, 2019 Paul Murphy from Ron Hay’s lab passed his PhD viva today. “Functional 3D architecture in an intrinsically disordered E3 ligase Read More
Joana Silva passes PhD viva October 21, 2019 Joana Silva from Victoria Cowling’s group passed her PhD viva last Friday. Her thesis is entitled, “Investigating the role of Read More
Viva success for Meng Ying Wu October 9, 2019 Congratulations to Meng Ying Wu who passed her PhD viva yesterday with a thesis entitled, ‘Investigating the role of SWI/SNF Read More
From sleeping cell to assassin – how immune cells work October 7, 2019 Scientists at the in the School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee have carried out one of the most comprehensive Read More
Angus Lamond appointed the British Society for Proteomics Research Lecturer of the Year 2019-20 September 5, 2019 Professor Angus Lamond has been appointed as the 2019-20 British Society for Proteomics Research (BSPR) Lecturer. In this role, the Read More
Multi-batch TMT reveals false positives, batch effects and missing values July 25, 2019 A new manuscript from the Lamond group (Brenes et. al. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics, 2019) has analysed strategies for improving Read More
Kasper Rasmussen’s £1 million ceasefire mission June 17, 2019 Dr Kasper Rasmussen has been awarded £1.4 million from Cancer Research UK to develop research that could bring a ceasefire Read More
mRNA cap methylation – a key player in cancer cell growth? April 17, 2019 One of the most prevalent cancer-causing genes or “oncogenes” is called PI3KCA. Damaging changes or “mutations” in this oncogene are Read More
GRE welcomes visiting researchers from St Andrews April 5, 2019 Following the destruction of lab space by the fire at Biomedical Sciences Building at the University of St Andrews, 8 researchers Read More
Mutation Stands in the Way of Healthy Blood Cell Maturation April 5, 2019 In a new study, researchers from the University of Copenhagen and EMBL in Heidelberg have learned how a specific genetic Read More
Victoria Cowling made Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh March 1, 2019 Professor Victoria Cowling, Professor of Biology and Deputy Head of GRE has been named today as new Fellow of the Read More
Yasir Malik passes viva February 5, 2019 Yasir Malik from Anton Gartner’s lab passed his PhD viva yesterday. His thesis was entitled ‘Identifying the role of DAP-1 and Read More
GRE researchers recognised in School Awards January 16, 2019 A number of school prizes were presented at Review of the Year today with recognition for researchers in GRE. Alejandro Read More
GRE Christmas Decoration Competition December 19, 2018 GRE got into the Christmas spirit with a division wide Christmas decoration competition. Each lab got their creative thinking caps Read More
Platinum Informatics win at Scottish EDGE December 7, 2018 Last night, the newest spin out company from the School, Platinum Informatics were winners at the Scottish EDGE competition final. Read More
Debora Pasquali successfully defends PhD thesis November 28, 2018 Debora Pasquali from Tomo Tanaka’s lab successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled “Dynamics of kinetochores and microtubules in yeast Read More
Seraina Blumli passed PhD viva November 5, 2018 Congratulations to Seraina Blumli from Tom Owen-Hughes’ lab who passed her PhD viva today. Her thesis was entitled ‘Engineering Cell Read More
Meng-Ying Wu awarded prize at 3rd year PhD student poster session October 25, 2018 Yesterday, saw our annual poster session for our third year PhD students take place in the School. The event allows Read More
Viva success for Laura D’Ignazio October 12, 2018 Congratulations to Laura D’Ignazio from Professors Sonia Rocha and Ron Hay’s labs for passing her PhD viva! Laura’s thesis was Read More
The KinoViewer: New proteomics and transcriptomics Kinase analysis and visualisation tool September 28, 2018 A new publication by Brenes and Lamond (Bioinformatics, 2018) presents the ‘KinoViewer’, an interactive tool for Kinase analysis using proteomics Read More
Funding boost for Gartner lab September 24, 2018 Professor Anton Gartner has been awarded a Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) grant totalling quarter of a million Read More
Cutting-edge microscope revealed at opening of new £5m structural biology centre September 11, 2018 Scientists launched the new £5 million Scottish Centre for Macromolecular Imaging (SCMI) today at the Medical Research Council University of Read More
Platinum Informatics make the final of Converge Challenge September 6, 2018 The newest spin-out company from the School, Platinum Informatics Ltd, has already been recognised by Converge Challenge who aim to Read More
Global Challenges Research Funds awarded to collaborative project September 3, 2018 Three new funding awards from the Global Challenges Research Fund were recently made to research teams in the Division of Read More
New methodology for isolating polysomes and other large subcellular structures developed by Lamond group August 14, 2018 The Lamond laboratory have developed an efficient and highly reproducible new methodology for isolating polysomes and other large subcellular structures, Read More
Cryo electron microscopy captures ubiquitin opening the nucleosome August 10, 2018 Dr Ramasubramanian Sudaramoorthy and co-workers have determined the structure of an enzyme that regulates access to DNA bound to a Read More
Anton Gartner catches up with former students in Manhattan July 25, 2018 Professor Anton Gartner was able to catch up with three of his former students while on a trip to the Read More
Näthke/Blow collaborative research publication selected for ‘outstanding’ special collection July 18, 2018 A recent publication from the laboratories of Inke Näthke and Julian Blow has been selected for a special collection of outstanding Read More
Welcome to our newest PIs in GRE, Federico Pelisch and Kasper Rasmussen July 11, 2018 The newest laboratories in the School have been established in the Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression. Former postdoctoral researcher Read More
Professor Victoria Cowling receives Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award June 28, 2018 Professor Victoria Cowling has received a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award. This scheme, jointly funded by the Wolfson Foundation Read More
Career Profile: Victoria Cowling on her MRC Fellowship June 21, 2018 Today, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) launched its prestigious £900 million Future Leaders Fellowship Scheme that is open to best Read More
New Proteomic Study of Trypanosome Cell Cycle June 12, 2018 A new study entitled “Proteomic Analysis of the Cell Cycle of Procylic Form Trypanosoma brucei” has just been published in Read More
Piotr Zdankowski passes viva! May 28, 2018 Congratulations to Piotr Zdankowski who passed his viva today with a thesis entitled “Adaptive optics stimulated emission depletion microscope for Read More
Big funding for big data follows Prime Minister’s AI speech May 28, 2018 Funding of £1million has been announced to help University of Dundee scientists tackle the challenges of dealing with big data, Read More
Boon-Chin Tan joins Simpson lab on Royal Society Newton Advanced Fellowship May 14, 2018 Boon-Chin Tan, a senior lecturer in the Centre for Research in Biotechnology for Agriculture at University of Malaya, Malaysia, has Read More
SLS collaboration finds new mechanism of transcriptional control May 9, 2018 A collaboration between the Schweikert and Cowling research groups in the School of Life Sciences has uncovered a new mechanism Read More
Launch of new University spin-out company Platinum Informatics Ltd May 1, 2018 Platinum Informatics is a new spin-out company providing state of the art software solutions for the management, visualisation and analysis Read More
Scientists enhance understanding of cancer development mechanisms May 1, 2018 An interdisciplinary research collaboration has taken a significant step towards understanding the mutational causes of cancers, a finding which may Read More
Dundee joins global effort to build Human Cell Atlas April 20, 2018 The University of Dundee is joining a global effort – with the help of funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Read More
New class of E3 ligase discovered by Virdee lab in collaboration with van Aalten lab April 12, 2018 Dr Virdee and colleagues in the Medical Research Council Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit (MRC PPU) have discovered a novel Read More
The Image Data Resource is added to the list of Scientific Data recommended data repositories April 3, 2018 Nature Research journal Scientific Data is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal for descriptions of scientifically valuable datasets, and research that advances Read More
Dundee scientists solve 3D structure of key protein involved in Intellectual Disability April 2, 2018 Scientists in the School have identified the effects of a mutation that gives rise to a form of Intellectual Disability. Read More
PhD success for Q. Tyrell Davis April 2, 2018 Congratulations to Q. Tyrell Davis from Prof Tomo Tanaka and Dr David McGloin’s groups, who passed his PhD viva on Read More
Harnessing the power of a protein to prevent breast and ovarian cancers February 20, 2018 Research from Professor Anton Gartner’s group in the Centre for Gene Expression and Regulation has provided new information on the Read More
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship for Katarzyna Knop February 20, 2018 Katarzyna Knop, a post-doctoral researcher in Gordon Simpson’s lab, has been awarded a two-year Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship. Her research Read More
Tenovus Scotland funding success for Haru Yoshikawa February 12, 2018 Dr Harunori Yoshikawa has been awarded Tenvous Scotland grant in the most recent round of funding. Dr Yoshikawa, postdoctoral researcher Read More
Award for OME Data Curator Eleanor Williams February 9, 2018 Dr. Eleanor Williams has received the Biocuration Career Award in 2018 from the International Society for Biocuration. Dr. Williams has Read More
New insights into Parkinson’s disease uncovered by Gartner lab. February 2, 2018 Research in the laboratory of Professor Anton Gartner has discovered two novel molecules that could help in the fight against Read More
£200,000 ‘Dragons Den’ boost for cancer research January 24, 2018 The charity Worldwide Cancer Research has awarded Professor Anton Gartner just over £200,000 to study ways to improve the use Read More
Dundee Plus Award for GRE PhD student January 12, 2018 Laura D’Ignazio, a PhD student from Sonia Rocha’s lab in the Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression (GRE), was recently awarded Read More
€2 M European funding award for Victoria Cowling December 7, 2017 A scientist from the School has been awarded €2 million to study how cells respond to infection. Professor Victoria Cowling, Read More
PhD success for Jamie Carrington November 14, 2017 Congratulations to Jamie Carrington from Prof Julian Blows group who passed his PhD viva today with a thesis entitled “Post-Replicative Read More
Viva Success for Mehmet Gundogdu November 13, 2017 Mehmet Gundogdu from Prof Daan van Aalten Lab passed his PhD viva today with a thesis entitled “Understanding O-GlcNAc transferase tetratricopeptide Read More
Michael Batie passes PhD viva! November 13, 2017 Congratulations to Michael Batie from Prof Sonia Rocha lab who has successfully passed his viva today! His thesis was entitled Read More
Lamond and Watt groups identify key role of specific protein phosphatases in human skin stem cell commitment to differentiation. November 13, 2017 A collaboration between the Lamond and Watt groups identifies a key role of specific protein phosphatases in human skin stem Read More
Hidden final step for chromosome inheritance discovered by Tanaka lab November 3, 2017 The research group led by Professor Tomo Tanaka has made a significant new discovery about how cells properly inherit their Read More
Dundee-China links strengthened with guest professorship for Daan van Aalten November 1, 2017 The University of Dundee has formed a new link with China, with Professor Daan van Aalten from the School being Read More
Julianty Frost passes PhD viva October 25, 2017 Congratulations to Julianty Frost who passed her PhD viva today with a thesis entitled “VHL inhibitors as chemical probes of the Read More
The Lamond lab demonstrates a new approach to study proteome variation across the cell division cycle called PRIMMUS October 23, 2017 In a publication in eLife, Ly et al. report a workflow combining FACS and MS-based proteomics to analyse protein abundance Read More
PhD Success for Simone Bertolini October 16, 2017 Congratulations to Simone Bertolini from Anton Gartner‘s research group who passed his PhD viva today. His thesis was entitled, ‘Genetic and Read More
Dundee scientists solve 3D structure of key defence protein against Parkinson’s disease October 5, 2017 Scientists at the University of Dundee have identified the structure of a key enzyme that protects the brain against Parkinson’s Read More
Research from Lamond group identifies the plant biflavone, hinokiflavone, as a pre-mRNA splicing modulator September 28, 2017 A new article from the Lamond group, published in eLife, reports the identification of the plant biflavone, hinokiflavone, as a Read More
Congratulations to Olga Suska September 27, 2017 Olga Suska from Vicky Cowling’s lab passed her PhD viva today. Her thesis was entitled, ‘Investigating the role and regulation of Read More
Success at the Undergraduate Awards for Life Sciences Students September 27, 2017 Congratulations to the following Life Sciences students and graduates who have been Highly Commended in the 2017 Undergraduate Awards. These Read More
PhD success for Ilaria Volpi September 26, 2017 Ilaria Volpi from Julian Blow’s lab passed her PhD viva last week. Her thesis was entitled, “The role of the protein Read More
The Lamond Group report an Interactive Online Web App and Database for polyomics Big Data in a new manuscript in Nucleic Acids Research September 11, 2017 Brenes et al., Review the Encyclopedia of Proteome Dynamics A new manuscript from the Lamond group, published in Nucleic Acids Read More
Solar flares dazzle at Mills Observatory August 10, 2017 Solar experts from the University of Dundee joined citizen scientists to observe the mysteries of our Sun at Mills Observatory Read More
£1.5M Wellcome Trust award for cell cycle study August 4, 2017 Biochemists at the Universities of Liverpool and Dundee have been awarded a prestigious Wellcome Trust Collaborative Award in Science of Read More
School researchers exploit a novel anti-cancer target August 4, 2017 A collaboration between Professor Julian Blow’s lab and the Drug Discovery Unit has provided insights into how differences between normal Read More
Miniature marvels under the microscope July 24, 2017 Fruit flies, larvae, and flat-worms used by the University of Dundee in ground-breaking scientific research will be going under the Read More
Sonia Rocha appointed as Head of Biochemistry, Liverpool July 5, 2017 Professor Sonia Rocha takes up a new position at the University of Liverpool as Head of Biochemistry this month. Sonia Read More
‘Big Data’ resource raises possibility of research revolution June 19, 2017 A group of UK scientists led by the University of Dundee have demonstrated how aggregating image data from laboratories all Read More
Triple PhD transfer success June 13, 2017 Our first year postgraduate students Joana Silva, Meng-Ying Wu and Paul Murphy have all successfully passed their PhD transfers today. Well Read More
£1.1M funding success for Alabert lab June 5, 2017 Dr Constance Alabert has been awarded a £1.1million ERC Early Career Stage grant to investigate the impact of DNA replication on epigenetics. Read More
PhD success for Olivia Lombardi May 24, 2017 Olivia Lombardi, a BBSRC funded PhD student based in Professor Vicky Cowlings group, passed her PhD viva today. Her PhD Read More
Lamond Group Contribute to the UK’s Largest Resource of Human Stem Cells from Healthy Donors May 10, 2017 Reported in Nature today, one of the largest sets of high quality human induced pluripotent stem cell lines from healthy individuals has Read More
Former GRE researcher becomes junior group leader in Milan April 20, 2017 Kristina Havas Cavalletti has recently taken up a junior group leader position at the IFOM Cancer Research Institute in Milan. Read More
First sight of chromatin organising enzyme in action. March 24, 2017 Researchers, including those from Professor Tom Owen-Hughes lab in GRE, have recently published a study which visualises the complex interactions Read More
Success for GRE at School Awards March 20, 2017 The School of Life Sciences Prizes were presented last week at the Research Symposium in Crieff. Each of the judging panels Read More
A collaboration between the Lamond group and former GRE Principal Investigator Anne Donaldson published in EMBO J. January 27, 2017 Using their expertise in quantitative proteomics, the group of Professor Angus Lamond in GRE has collaborated with the group of Read More
High School of Dundee pupil reaches finals for cancer research conducted in GRE January 26, 2017 A cancer research project carried out in GRE by a local school pupil has reached the final of a prestigious Read More
Knowledge Exchange Network on Epitranscriptomics funded by EU January 25, 2017 A new initiative involving reseachers from across Europe; including Professor Victoria Cowling from GRE; has been funded by the COST Read More
Stephen Fry Awards commend Outer Space I Inner Space project January 17, 2017 Outer Space I Inner Space was commended in the Public Engagement Project of the Year category of the Stephen Fry Awards Read More
Constance Alabert joins GRE January 12, 2017 Constance Alabert joined the Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression as a new PI this week. Constance was previously a Research Read More
Awards for GRE Honours Project students December 21, 2016 The Honours Year Symposium was held in the School last week, which provides an opportunity for students to showcase their Read More
PhD Success for Triin Tammsalu December 19, 2016 Triin Tammsalu from Ron Hay’s lab successfully defended her thesis entitled ‘Global identification of SUMO modification site’ yesterday. Her internal Read More
Former GRE postdoc establishes facility for nanobody production. December 7, 2016 Former GRE postdoc, Alejandro Rojas-Fernandez is establishing a facility to generate single chain antibodies (nanobodies) at the Universidad Austral de Read More
The ‘Giant Worm’ Family Event on Sunday 4th December at the Mills Observatory November 28, 2016 A new winter season at Mills Observatory will begin with an interactive project demonstrating how the ‘C. elegans’, a minuscule Read More
PhD Success for Alena Shmakova November 24, 2016 Congratulations to Alena Shmakova from Sonia Rocha’s lab who successfully defended her PhD on Monday. Her thesis was entitled ‘Role of Read More
Molecular commando’ identified to tackle hypoxia pathway November 4, 2016 Scientists at the University of Dundee, including members of GRE, have identified a `molecular commando’ which can be stealthily deployed Read More
Double success for GRE PhD students October 31, 2016 Today the SLS PhD Posters Session was held within the School. This session provided PhD students in their third year Read More
Professor Anne Ferguson-Smith gave the 2016 GRE Discovery Lecture October 25, 2016 Professor Anne Ferguson-Smith from the University of Cambridge gave the 2016 GRE Discovery Lecture entitled ‘Genome-wide targeting and maintenance of Read More
New therapeutic approach for targeting c-Myc October 17, 2016 c-Myc is a potent oncoprotein which is deregulated in a vast array of human tumours. In healthy cells, c-Myc is Read More
Personal Chairs for Vicky Cowling and Sonia Rocha October 17, 2016 As part of the 2016 Annual Review process for academic staff two members of GRE, Vicky Cowling and Sonia Rocha, Read More
PhD Success for Sarah-Lena Offenburger October 13, 2016 Congratulation to Sarah-Lena Offenburger from Anton Gartner’s group who successfully defended her thesis entitled: ‘A transthyretin-related gene and a neuroligin-like gene Read More
OME receives £1.4m Biomedical Resource Award October 7, 2016 The OME Team has been awarded a £1.4M Biomedical Resource Award from the Wellcome Trust to extend the capabilities of Read More
Cryo EM facility August 29, 2016 First training in the Cryo EM facility took place on Friday 26th August. It is hoped that the facility will Read More
Dundee PhD students uncover a new mechanism of gene control in embryonic stem cells July 22, 2016 Embryonic stem cells have the unique ability to differentiate into the many different cell lineages found in the body. These Read More
Gene expression mechanism solved by GRE/DDU/Compbio collaboration July 18, 2016 In mammals, the mRNA cap structure is critical for genes to be read and proteins to be produced. Addition of Read More
11th Annual OME Users Meeting May 31, 2016 The OME Consortium, led by Jason Swedlow’s Dundee-based OME Team, holds its 11th Annual Meeting this week, Tuesday 31st May Read More
BOD1 Is Required for Cognitive Function in Humans and Drosophila May 18, 2016 In an international collaboration with researchers and clinicians from Germany and Iran, GRE scientists Iain Porter and Jason Swedlow have Read More
Replicating Chromatin May 2, 2016 Dr Ross Fennessy and Prof Tom Owen-Hughes have published a study showing that the positions which nucleosomes occupy are restored Read More
Gene Expression Austerity April 19, 2016 Dr Michael Aregger, Dr Victoria Cowling and colleagues have published a study which reveals how transcription and mRNA capping are Read More
Lamond Lab collaboration provides a vision for medicine precision with new disease data link-up March 23, 2016 Vast amounts of data generated by screening patients for diseases like cancer and arthritis at The University of Manchester will Read More
Multidimensional proteomics for cell biology September 1, 2015 Larance M, Lamond AI. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2015 May;16(5):269-80. doi: 10.1038/nrm3970. “Dr Mark Larance and Prof. Angus Lamond Read More
Lateral thinking about chromosome linking: Tanaka Lab Paper in Nature Cell Biology May 9, 2015 Scientists led by a group at the College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee have made a significant discovery about Read More
Lamond Group Paper: “Identification of Small Molecule Inhibitors of Pre-mRNA Splicing” April 10, 2015 The Lamond Group in collaboration with Reinhard Lührmann, Max Planck Institute in Göttingen and the University of Dundee’s Drug Discovery Read More
Tony Ly eLife paper: Proteomic analysis of the response to cell cycle arrests in human myeloid leukemia cells April 10, 2015 Dr Tony Ly is first author on a paper in eLife on the response to cell cycle arrests in human myeloid Read More
Winner of the CLS Innovator of the Year Award 2015: The Open Microscopy Environment – Will Moore, Petr Walczysko, Gus Ferguson, & Jean-Marie Burel – for OMERO.figure March 4, 2015 The College of Life Sciences is delighted to announce that this year’s CLS Innovator of the Year title has been Read More
PhD Success for Adam Ciesiolka February 5, 2015 Congratulations to Adam Ciesiolka of the Zomerdijk group for his successful PhD viva, “A proteomic analysis of the dynamic RNA Read More
Bandarra et al. Featured in Feb Disease Models & Mechanisms February 4, 2015 The February 2015 edition of Disease Models and Mechanisms will feature a cover image from Daniel Bandarra’s paper “HIF-1α restricts Read More
PhD Success: Kathryn Kirkwood December 12, 2014 Congratulations to Kathryn Kirkwood of the Lamond group for successfully defending her PhD thesis, “Analysis of Human Protein Complexes by Read More
Talk prize for Daniel Bandarra at Pitlochry November 3, 2014 Daniel Bandarra (Rocha lab) took the prize for best PhD talk at the Second European NF-kappaB Subunit Workshop, held in Read More
PhD Success for John Biddlestone November 3, 2014 Congratulations to John Biddlestone, of the Rocha lab, for successfully defending his PhD thesis, “Role of Fam60a in the regulation Read More
Daniel Bandarra: PhD Success October 20, 2014 Congratulations to Daniel Bandarra in Sonia Rocha’s lab for successfully defending his PhD thesis, entitled “Role of the NF-kappaB-HIF Crosstalk Read More
Debbie McIntosh: PhD Success October 20, 2014 Congratulations to Debbie McIntosh in Julian Blow’s lab for successfully defending her PhD thesis, entitled “An investigation into the regulation Read More
Women in Cell Biology medal for Victoria Cowling October 2, 2014 Dr Victoria Cowling, of the College of Life Sciences at the University of Dundee, has been awarded the inaugural Women in Read More
Lamond Group updates DataShop September 5, 2014 The Lamond Group has released a new, updated version of their data visualization and analysis application, called ‘DataShop’ (http://www.peptracker.com/ds). DataShop Read More
Biological networks: interdisciplinary collaboration sheds light on what makes cells robust September 2, 2014 A collaboration between two interdisciplinary research groups at the University of Dundee has led to a better understanding of how Read More
Lamond Group upgrades its Encyclopedia of Proteome Dynamics (EPD) August 18, 2014 The Lamond Group has generated an important new update to its Encyclopedia of Proteome Dynamics (EPD). First launched in 2013 Read More
Our Foreign Skies: GRE Photography Exhibition inaugurates Mills’ Observatory Summer Exhibition programme August 7, 2014 Our Foreign Skies: Photography Exhibition at the Mills Observatory August and September 2014 This is the first Summer Exhibition to Read More
John Biddlestone receives the 2014 Anne and Normille Baxter prize for Cancer Research June 29, 2014 John Biddlestone of the Rocha Lab has won the 2014 Anne and Normille Baxter prize for Cancer Research. The award Read More
Professor Angus Lamond made Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences May 9, 2014 The University of Dundee’s Professor Angus Lamond is among the leading medical experts from across the UK who have been Read More
Vanya Vasileva wins international student poster prize in Kyoto April 2, 2014 Vanya Vasileva (Tanaka Lab) has won a prize for her poster presentation at the International Student Seminar 2014, which was Read More
ProLiMs and PepTracker team up to streamline proteomics data handling March 12, 2014 A collaboration between researchers from the Barton and Lamond Groups has resulted in the launch of a new software interface Read More
Lamond Lab researchers capture `most complete’ picture of gene expression in cancer cell cycle March 6, 2014 Uncontrolled cell growth and division is a hallmark of cancer. Now a research project led by the University of Dundee Read More
Special Visit to the GRE by the Dundee CCS Stars February 12, 2014 On Tuesday, 11 February 2014, members of the ELITE Ice Hockey League team Dundee CCS Stars visited GRE labs and Read More
2013 Hunt and Elder Prizes Awarded February 3, 2014 In an exceptional showing for the division, five GRE members have been named the winners of this year’s Tim Hunt Read More
JCS to Highlight Lamond Group Paper February 3, 2014 The Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression is pleased to announce that the upcoming Journal of Cell Science has chosen Read More
College of Life Sciences Research Awards February 1, 2014 The College of Life Sciences is delighted to announce the winners of three of the College’s four awards for research-related Read More
Sonia Rocha appointed Reader January 29, 2014 The Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression is delighted to announce that Sonia Rocha has been appointed Readers at the Read More
Anton Gartner appointed Professor of Genetics January 29, 2014 The College of Sciences is delighted to announce the appointment of Anton Gartner as Professor of Genetics at the University Read More
GRE Symposium 2013 – Watch the Film December 18, 2013 Relive the excitement and enthusiasm of the 2013 GRE Symposium in this seven-minute video. Click here to watch the film. Read More
GRE Summer School 2014 – Registration now open December 17, 2013 Registration is now open for the GRE International Summer School 2014. Please click on the link at the bottom of Read More
Colin Hammond gets his PhD! November 25, 2013 Congratulations to Colin Hammond (of the Owen-Hughes Group) on successfully defending his PhD Thesis: The structural analysis of histone H3 lysine Read More
GRE Symposium – Thanks to the organisers and all who participated! November 25, 2013 A very big ‘thank you’, on behalf of everyone at GRE to: Armel Nicolas, Daniel Bandarra, Manjula Nagala, Julia Neusiedler, Katharina Schleicher, Sara Carvalhal and Read More
Our Foreign Skies – The Movie! November 20, 2013 You can now watch the exhibition launch of “Our Foreign Skies” – and see the winners being announced at the Read More
CLS researchers strengthen links with scientists at the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) in Bangalore November 20, 2013 Collaboration between life sciences research in Dundee and India was consolidated last week (11-16 November 2013) by a team of Read More
CLS researchers identify protein which could be a key in cancer research October 31, 2013 Scientists at the College of Life Sciences at the University of Dundee have identified a protein that could be key in the Read More
Newly identified protein could be cancer key – research by Jason Swedlow’s group published in Nature Communications October 28, 2013 Researchers in Jason Swedlow’s laboratory have demonstrated that cancer cells need a protein called Bod1 to grow and divide. When Read More
Stephen Corbishley – PhD success October 23, 2013 Congratulations to Stephen Corbishley in Mike Stark’s lab for obtaining his PhD entitled “A novel role for budding yeast haspin Read More
Poster Success for Sara Carvalhal October 22, 2013 Congratulations to Sara Carvalhal from Eric Griffis Lab who was awarded a prize at the CLS PhD student poster competition Read More
“And the winners are…” – Our Foreign Skies Photography Competition winners to be announced at exhibition launch at 4pm on Monday 28 October 2013 in MSI Foyer October 21, 2013 The winners of the GRE Photography Competition, “Our Foreign Skies”, will be announced on Monday 28 October 2013 in the MSI Foyer at Read More
Rachael Di Santo’s PhD success October 16, 2013 Congratulations to Rachael Di Santo in Mike Stark’s lab for obtaining her PhD entitled “A basic region in the Elp1 Read More
“Our Foreign Skies” GRE Photography Competition: the Shortlist October 2, 2013 The shortlist for the GRE Photography Competition: Our Foreign Skies has been announced. The exhibition which was organised and run Read More
‘Our Foreign Skies’ Photography Competition Update September 9, 2013 Thank you for all our entries to the Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression photography competition. We are delighted to Read More
An unexpected link between cell cycle and oxygen sensing discovered. August 15, 2013 A collaboration between the Rocha, Swedlow, Lamond and Blow groups in GRE has found a new and unexpected link between Read More
FMN2 update published in Cell Cycle July 18, 2013 In a new paper entitled “FMN2 is a novel regulator of the cyclindependent kinase inhibitor p21”, published in the journal Read More
Mark Larance awarded RSE Personal Fellowship July 3, 2013 Mark Larance, a postdoctoral fellow in the Lamond group, has been awarded a highly prestigious Royal Society of Edinburgh & Read More
Tanaka & Blow groups’ paper reveals three wise roles of chromosome hooks June 10, 2013 The research groups of Professor Tomo Tanaka and Professor Julian Blow, in collaboration with researchers in University of Nottingham and Read More
GRE researchers bid to become Scotland’s leading entrepreneurs June 6, 2013 Four of the six potential businesses from the University of Dundee aiming to land the £60,000 prize of this year’s Read More
‘Our Foreign Skies’: Photography Competition May 30, 2013 The Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression is delighted to announce that it is inviting entries to a photography competition Read More
‘Our Foreign Skies’: Photography Competition May 30, 2013 The Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression is delighted to announce that it is inviting entries to a photography competition Read More
PiCLS Symposium a huge success May 21, 2013 On the 17th of May 2013, the College of Life Sciences PhD student association (PiCLS) held their 4th annual international Read More
Maria Kalantzaki’s PhD Success May 6, 2013 Congratulations to Maria Kalantzaki of the Tanaka lab for obtaining her PhD entitles “Dissecting the role of Ndc80 and Dam1 complexes in tethering kinetochoresat the microtubule plus end; Read More
Sonia Rocha elected Fellow of the Society of Biology April 16, 2013 Dr. Sonia Rocha, Deputy Director of the Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression at the College of Life Sciences has Read More
GRE PhD students and postdocs hold first GRE seminar April 8, 2013 On the 11th of April 2013, GRE PhD students and postdocs, for the first time, will be hosting a GRE Read More
Lamond Lab covers Molecular and Cellular Proteomics March 26, 2013 A paper by researchers at the Lamond Lab is the cover story of this month’s (March 2013) issue of Molecular Read More
A novel role for DNA topoisomerase II in the regulated expression of ribosomal RNA genes March 19, 2013 A Zomerdijk Lab paper published today (19 March 2013) has identified a novel role for DNA topoisomerase II, a clinically Read More
Stark Lab Paper: The Amidation Step of Diphthamide Biosynthesis in Yeast Requires DPH6, a Gene Identified through Mining the DPH1-DPH5 Interaction Network March 14, 2013 A Stark Lab paper identifying the proteins required for the final step of Diphthamide biosynthesis on translation elongation factor 2 Read More
Register Now! 4th Annual PiCLS Symposium – Friday, 17 May 2013, Dalhousie Building March 12, 2013 Early-Bird registration for the 4thAnnual PiCLS Symposium ends THIS FRIDAY! By popular demand, poster and talk abstracts can now be submitted Read More
An Ocean of Images – Jason Swedlow at Cafe Science, Chambers Coffee House, 34 South Tay Street, 7pm Monday 11th March 2013 March 8, 2013 Award-winning innovator Professor Jason Swedlow speaks about his research to members of the public at Cafe Science next week. Every day Read More
Tomo Tanaka awarded European Research Council Advanced Grant to Study Genetic Inheritance of Cells March 1, 2013 Professor Tomo Tanaka of the Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression has been awarded an European Research Council Advanced Grant Read More
Markus Posch wins GE Imaging Competition for Image of Cancer Cell Division February 27, 2013 A stunning image of a cervical cancer cell in the process of cell division, taken using one of the world’s most Read More
Dundee at forefront of `resolution revolution’ February 20, 2013 The University of Dundee is among 17 projects sharing a £24.5million cash injection to boost the resolution revolution taking place Read More
Helena Salmen awarded PhD February 11, 2013 Helena Salmen of Ron Hay’s Lab has been awarded her PhD in the ‘Role of RNF4 and Ube2W in DNA damage response’. Her viva Read More
GRE Success in the Scottish New Ideas Competition January 11, 2013 John Biddlestone, a CRUK clinical PhD student from the Rocha Lab at the Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression has Read More
Orsolya Leidecker gets her PhD December 13, 2012 Congratulations to Orsolya Leidecker, from Dimitris Xirodimas‘ Lab on successfully completing her PhD entitled ‘Investigating the response of the NEDD8 ubiquitin-like molecule to diverse stress conditions’ Read More
Congratulations to Ana Agostinho on her PhD success December 13, 2012 Congratulations to Ana Agostinho from Anton Gartner’s group on successfully completing her PhD entitled ‘Combinatorial Regulation of Meiotic Holliday junction resolution in C.elegans’ Read More
A Biotechnology ‘YES!’ for CLS Young Entrepreneurs Team December 12, 2012 A team of aspiring biotechnology entrepreneurs from the College of Life Sciences have scooped two prizes at the Biotechnology Young Read More
CLS Proteomics expertise underpins two major collaborative research grants November 27, 2012 The University of Dundee’s world-class reputation in Proteomicsresearch was further confirmed this month by the announcement of two major funding Read More
The Worm Spreads the Word about Parkinson’s: Gartner Lab research chosen once again to lead the Parkinson’s UK charity appeal. November 27, 2012 Meet Dave the Worm, the new mascot for the Parkinson’s UK charity appeal. Dave and his friends have been helping Read More
Congratulations Ashwat Visvanathan! November 26, 2012 Congratulations to Ashwat Visvanathan (Supervisor: Angus Lamond) for successfully defending his PhD Thesis entitled ‘An In Vivo Study of Chromatin Compaction in Read More
Congratulations to Kati Klotz November 26, 2012 Congratulations to Kati Klotz (Supervisor: Julian Blow) for successfully defending her PhD Thesis entitled ‘Consequences of partial chromosome replication in the Read More
YES!: CLS Postgrads win the Scottish heat of the Biotechnology (YES) Young Entrepreneurs Scheme November 21, 2012 A team of postgraduate students from the College of Life Sciences at the University of Dundee has won the Scottish Read More
Congratulations to Wei-Theng Poh on successful completion of her PhD November 12, 2012 Congratulations to Wei-Theng Poh on successful completion of her Ph.D. on ”The role of Cdc7 and Cdks in DNA replication and Read More
College of Life Sciences Opens Doors Day 2012, Saturday 10 November 10am-4pm November 9, 2012 The University of Dundee’s `citadel of science’ will open its doors to the public this weekend, giving an insight into Read More
GRE Symposium: Friday, 2 November 2012, Piperdam October 31, 2012 This year’s GRE symposium is taking place on the 2nd of November in Piperdam. During the day, there will be Read More
October 30, 2012 Congratulations to Katie Hands (Supervisor: Ron Hay) for successfully defending her PhD Thesis entitled ‘Defining the mechanism of arsenic-induced degradation Read More
Joy Chua successfully defends her Ph.D. Thesis October 11, 2012 Congratulations to Joy Chua for successfully defending her thesis entitled, ‘Put another RING on it – the role of RNF4in Read More
Congratulations to Dr. Neda Masoudi on obtaining her Ph.D. September 28, 2012 Congratulations to Dr. Neda Masoudi of Anton Gartner’s Lab who successfully defended her Ph.D. Thesis entitled, C. elegans TSP-17 Protects Dopaminergic Neurons ‘A Read More
Liz Bayne to take up new post as Chancellor’s Fellow in Edinburgh September 28, 2012 A fond farewell to Dr Elizabeth Bayne who is leaving GRE to take up her new post as Chancellor’s Fellow Read More
Ron Hay receives the Biochemical Society Novartis Award at his Award Lecture: ‘SUMO: a history of modification’ September 10, 2012 Biochemical Society Novartis Award Lecture by Professor Ron Hay ‘SUMO: a history of modification’ Tuesday 11th September 2012 1600 hours, Read More
GRE celebrate 15 years of Angus Lamond’s leadership August 27, 2012 On Friday 24 August at 5 pm, GRE held a celebration to show their appreciation for Angus Lamond’s 15 years Read More
GRE Summer School 2012 comes to a close August 23, 2012 On Friday 24 August 2012, the GRE Summer School came to a close with a presentation of Summer School Projects Read More
Zebrafish image takes data publication software viral August 9, 2012 On Monday, the JCB DataViewer, a resource that publishes original image data associated with scientific publications, published an image of a whole Read More
Advances enhance the sharing of scientific information August 9, 2012 Glencoe Software has once again taken a huge leap in the technologies enhancing the sharing of scientific information. Innovation pioneer Read More
Angus Lamond steps down after 15 years as Head of Division August 1, 2012 On 1 August 2012 Professor Angus Lamond stepped down as the Head of GRE after 15 years. Through his vision Read More
Wellcome Trust Award of over £5 million for the Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression July 30, 2012 The Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression (GRE), led by Professors Angus Lamond and Julian Blow, has been given a £5.4 million Read More
Sunshine at the GRE Barbecue! July 30, 2012 It may have been a wash-out summer but the sun came out for the GRE BBQ which took place on Read More
Gartner Lab Postdoc Awarded Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship July 20, 2012 The Wellcome Trust has awarded the University of Dundee a Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship for Dr. Vikram Narayan (Gartner Read More
Wellcome Trust Award of over £5 million for the Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression July 20, 2012 The Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression (GRE), led by Professors Angus Lamond and Julian Blow, has been given a £5.4 million Read More
Two GRE Postdocs win Tim Hunt Prize for Cell Biology July 20, 2012 Congratulations to Yasmeen Ahmad and Remi Sonneville – both at the Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression – on jointly winning Read More
Nobel Laureate Professor Roger Tsien to deliver the 2012 Peter Garland Lecture, Wed 4 July at 4pm in the MSI Large Lecture Theatre July 2, 2012 Wednesday 4th July, Peter Garland Lecture Nobel Laureate, Professor Roger Tsien “Breeding and building molecules to spy on cell signals Read More
OMERO Paris Users’ Group Meeting July 2, 2012 The 2012 OME User’s Meeting was held in Paris for two days from Monday 18th – Tuesday 19th June, 2012. Read More
GRE Centre PI Retreat July 2, 2012 The GRE Centre Summer PI retreat was held on Wed 13 June 2012 at The Lands of Loyal Hotel, Alyth, Read More
PiCLS Symposium 2012, Friday 6 July, Dalhousie Building followed by Dinner and Ceilidh at the Apex June 27, 2012
Bayne Lab Postdoc Awarded EMBO Long-Term Fellowship June 26, 2012 Laure Verrier a postdoctoral researcher in Elizabeth Bayne’s Lab has been awarded a prestigious EMBO Long-term Fellowship. Laure joined the BayneLab Read More
Iain Mattaj, Malcolm Skingle and Bernard Pecoul receive Honorary Degrees at this year’s University of Dundee Graduation Ceremony June 20, 2012 Three longtime associates of the College of Life Sciences will be receiving Honorary Degrees at the University of Dundee’s graduation Read More
GRE to host 2012 Feldberg Prize Lecture June 19, 2012 The Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression is hosting the 2012 Feldberg Prize Lecture. The Feldberg Prize is awarded by Read More
Zomerdijk Postdoc wins International Poster Prize June 18, 2012 Dr Manjula Nagala, a postdoc in Joost Zomerdijk’s lab, has won the best poster prize for a postdoctoral researcher at Read More
Scientific Trade Fair and Conference, 14 June 2012, Dalhousie Building, 10am – 4pm June 11, 2012 •Research solutions •Trouble-shooting seminars •Over 50 companies •One-to-one sessions with product specialists •Free multiple raffle entries for all attendees •Free Read More
CLS Students at European Research Training Group Conference May 15, 2012 Two College of Life Sciences research students Debbie McIntosh (Blow Lab) and Siannah Dunn (Cowling Lab) are speaking at an Read More
Angus Lamond presents MCP Keynote Symposia Proteomics Lecture May 15, 2012 As part of the anniversary of their 10th year in publication in 2011, Molecular and Cellular Proteomics (MCP) have been sponsoring several Read More
Julian Blow and Dario Alessi elected to the Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences May 9, 2012 Professors Julian Blow and Dario Alessi of the College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee have received the prestigious honour of Read More
Tartan Triangle Meeting May 9, 2012 Principal Investigators from the three Wellcome Trust Centres in Scotland – popularly known as the Tartan Triangle held a joint Read More
Paper co-authored by Professors Kate Storey and Jason Swedlow wins BioMed Central’s 6th Annual Research Award for Neuroscience, Neurology and Psychiatry April 26, 2012 A paper co-authored by Professors Kate Storey and Jason Swedlow has won the BioMed Central’s 6th Annual Research Award in Read More
12th Annual BioDundee International Conference – Diversity in Adversity, 30-31 May 2012 April 19, 2012 BioDundee Conference 2012 12th Annual BioDundee International Conference Diversity in Adversity Hilton Hotel, Dundee, Scotland, UK 30th – 31st May Read More
Celebrating Life Sciences Innovation – Tuesday 17 April 2012, 2-6pm, Dalhousie Building April 16, 2012 Research Innovation Translation `Celebrating Life Sciences Innovation: How do you innovate as a university?’ 2 – 6 pm, Read More
CLS Innovators of the Year 2012 – Richard Bickerton and Ayaz Najafov April 13, 2012 The College of Life Sciences Innovator of the Year Award for 2012 has been jointly won by two postdoctoral researchers. Dr Read More
Professor Robert A. Weinberg presents the Adam Neville Lecture: Friday, 13th April 2012, 4pm MSI LLT April 10, 2012 Adam Neville Lecture Friday, 13th April 2012 4pm, MSI Large Lecture Theatre Professor Robert A. Weinberg “Cancer stem cells and the Read More
Congratulations to Alper Akay on successfully getting his PhD March 29, 2012 Alper Akay of the Gartner Lab presented his research entitled “”Genetic Interactors of the GLD-1 RNA-binding Protein in Caenorhabditis elegans” Read More
Celebrating Innovation: 17 April 2012, Dalhousie Building 2-6 pm, All invited March 26, 2012 Research Innovation Translation `Celebrating Life Sciences Innovation: How do you innovate as a university?’ 2 – 6 pm, Read More
Congratulations to Yasmeed Ahmad from Angus Lamond’s laboratory who successfully passed her PhD viva on Friday 23 March 2012 March 23, 2012 The title of Yasmeen’s thesis was “Management, Visualisation and Mining of Quantitative Proteomics Data” and she presented her research in a Read More
GRE at Crieff 2012 March 22, 2012 Crieff 2012, the CLS Annual Research Symposium, was another popular success this year with four GRE PIs giving talks over Read More
New PROSPECTS for Proteomics Research: Special Issue of Molecular and Cellular Proteomics March 19, 2012 PROSPECTS, the new special issue of the journal Molecular and Cellular Proteomics features three articles from the Lamond Lab and Read More
Professor Jason Swedlow elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh March 7, 2012 Professor Jason Swedlow is one of three CLS scientists to have been honoured by election as Fellows of the Royal Read More
Three CLS Scientists elected as Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh March 7, 2012 Three CLS scientists have been honoured by election as Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. The new Fellows from Read More
Gartner Lab Receives Donation From Local Family March 5, 2012 Morna Bell whose mother died of Parkinson’s recently, has donated £600, raised by family and friends of the late Margaret, Read More
Stark Group student wins competition to name the new Singer microscope February 3, 2012 Rachael Di Santo, a student in the Stark Group, has won the Singer Instruments competition to name their new tetrad Read More
Tomo Tanaka awarded Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellowship January 24, 2012 Professor Tomo Tanaka has been awarded a highly prestigious Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellowship, for research into “Molecular mechanisms regulating Read More
BBSRC highlights Peptracker technology as significant Research Impact January 10, 2012 The BBSRC has identified Peptracker as one of the technologies having a significant impact on software development and proteomics research Read More
Launch of the GRE Brochure January 9, 2012 The Wellcome Trust Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression is delighted to announce the launch of the GRE Brochure. This Read More
GRE Student and Alumni sweep the poster prizes at Genes and Cancer Meeting 2011 January 9, 2012 A student from GRE and 3 GRE Alumni members won all of the poster prizes at the 28th Annual Molecular Read More
Dundee Cell Products attracts new grants, appoints new Chairman December 5, 2011 Dundee Cell Products Ltd (DCP), a spin-out company from the University of Dundee, has attracted two new grants to support Read More
Third GRE ISAB Visit November 15, 2011 The 3rd visit of the GRE International Scientific Advisory Board was held on Thursday and Friday 3-4 November 2011. This Read More
Postdocs and PhD students organise CLS Open Doors Day 2011, Saturday 12 November November 9, 2011 The College of Life Sciences at the University of Dundee opens its doors to the public On 12th November, as Read More
Professor Julian Blow receives Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award October 28, 2011 Professor Julian Blow, who works in the Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression at the University of Dundee College of Read More
Congratulations to Sarah Bajan PhD October 11, 2011 Congratulations to Sarah Bajan Gyorgy Hutvagner’s lab who successfully passed her PhD viva on the 16th of September. The title of Read More
The GRE Centre Hosts the Wellcome Trust 75th Anniversary Symposium and Exhibition October 11, 2011 Shared Imagination: Art and Science Collaborations in Dundee On Thursday 6th October 2011, to mark the 75th anniversary of Read More
GRE Symposium 4th November 2011 October 11, 2011 This year’s GRE symposium will be held at Guthrie Castle, near Forfar (www.guthriecastle.com). As in the previous years, the symposium Read More
Congratulations to Andrew Melvin PhD. October 7, 2011 Congratulations to Andrew Melvin from Sonia Rocha’s Lab who successfully passed his PhD. viva on Thursday the 6th of October. Read More
Congratulations to Ehsan Pourkarimi PhD. October 7, 2011 Congratulations to Eshan Pourkarimi from Anton Gartner’s Lab who successfully passed his PhD. viva on Thursday the 29th of September. His thesis title was: Read More
PhDs Awarded October 6, 2011 Michael Johnston from Gyorgy Hutvagner’s laboratory, successfully passed his PhD viva 21 October 2010. Michael’s thesis title was “Characterisationof Argonaute Read More
A busy week at the Tom Owen-Hughes Lab September 26, 2011 With both Daniel Ryan and Andrew Bowman leaving some serious socialising was in order. Daniel blew everyone away with his Read More
Professor Mike Stark elected a Fellow of the Society of Biology September 23, 2011 Professor Mike Stark of the Wellcome Trust Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression has been elected a Fellow of the Read More
CLS Researchers Make Gene Breakthrough September 16, 2011 Researchers at the Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression at the College of Life Sciences have made a significant breakthrough Read More
Dundee ranks first in the UK for Biological Sciences according to international survey of Universities September 9, 2011 The University of Dundee ranks 1st in the UK and is one of the top 25 Universities in the world Read More
Pioneering US/Scottish Alliance for Life Science and Clinical Informatics September 2, 2011 Aridhia Informatics Ltd and Glencoe Software have formed a strategic partnership to create innovative products to aid the development of personalised therapies and Read More
Collaboration produces proteomics techniques in nematodes August 25, 2011 A collaboration between the labs of Angus Lamond, Anton Gartner, and Ron Hay at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Gene Read More
RE Honours Project student shortlisted for the 2011 European SET Student of the Year Award August 25, 2011 A previous GRE Honours Project student from the Stark Lab has been shortlisted for the 2011 European Science Engineering and Read More
Gartner Lab alumnus sets the bar high! August 17, 2011 Sebastian Greiss, a postdoctoral researcher formerly at the Gartner Lab at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression Read More
GRE PI joins EpiGeneSys Network of Excellence August 17, 2011 Elizabeth Bayne the most recently appointed Principal Investigator at GRE has been selected as one of nine young investigators from Read More
Jason Swedlow and the OME Team win the BBSRC Innovator of the Year Award 2011 March 28, 2011 Professor Jason Swedlow, member of The Wellcome Trust Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression in the College of Life Sciences Read More
PhD Viva Success March 23, 2011 Salma Mahmoud from Tom Owen-Hughes lab successfully passed her PhD viva on Monday 21st February 2011. Salma’s title was “Investigating the mechanisms Read More
Professor Ron Hay Awarded 2012 Novartis Medal March 23, 2011 Congratulations to Ron Hay, the recipient of the 2012 Novartis Medal and Prize. This is the third consecutive year that Read More
Congratulations to Professor Julian Blow March 23, 2011 Congratulations to Professor Julian Blow: Two new Blow Lab papers examine different aspects of DNA replication A recent paper by Read More
Wellcome Trust Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression scientist wins Wellcome Image Award March 23, 2011 The Wellcome Image Awards 2011 were announced at a ceremony at the Wellcome Collection in London on Wednesday, 23rd February Read More
GRE Symposium 2011 March 23, 2011 The GRE Symposium 2011 will be held on Friday 4th November 2011. Please note this date in your diary.
Congratulations to Tomo Tanaka March 23, 2011 Research paper: The ndc80 loop region facilitates formation of kinetochore attachment to the dynamic microtubule plus end Tanaka Lab paper Read More
PI Retreats 2011 March 23, 2011 The 2011 GRE PI retreats will be held on Friday 3rd June and Friday 9th December 2011. Please note these Read More
Congratulations to Tom Owen-Hughes March 23, 2011 Research paper: Chaperone Proteins may influence the transmission of non-genetic information across generations Traditionally chaperones have acted to ensure that Read More
Congratulations to Sonia Rocha March 23, 2011 Rocha Lab Research Paper: “Mechanism of hypoxia-induced NFÿB” A recent paper in Cell Cycle, co-authored by GRE PI Sonia Rocha, Read More
Congratulations to Professor Ron Laskey March 23, 2011 Congratulations to Professor Ron Laskey one of the members of the GRE International Scientific Advisory Board who was recognized in Read More
Mike Stratton Visit March 23, 2011 The Wellcome Trust centre for Gene Regulation and Expression at the College of Life Sciences hosted Professor Mike Stratton of Read More
PhD Viva Success March 23, 2011 Andrew Bowman from Tom Owen-Hughes lab successfully passed his PhD viva today, Friday 7th January 2011. Andrew’s title was “Characterisation Read More
Julian Blow Research Papers March 16, 2011 Congratulations to Professor Julian Blow: Two new Blow Lab papers examine different aspects of DNA replication A recent paper by Read More
Sensational Women in Science! March 15, 2011 On the 12th of March, Sara ten Have, Kelly Hodge and Dalila Bensaddek (Lamond Lab) all participated in Sensational Women Read More
Professor Ron Hay awarded the Novartis Medal 2012 February 28, 2011 Congratulations to Professor Ron Hay, the recipient of the 2012 Novartis Medal and Prize. This is the third consecutive year Read More
CLS Scientist wins Wellcome Image Award February 24, 2011 The Wellcome Image Awards 2011 were announced at a ceremony at the Wellcome Collection in London on Wednesday, 23rd February Read More
PhD viva success December 16, 2010 Anna Plechanovova from Ron Hay’s Lab successfully passed her PhD Viva yesterday, Wednesday 15th December 2010. Anna’s title was “Structural Read More
Annual PI Retreat December 4, 2010 The 18th Wellcome Trust Centre For Gene Regulation & Expression Principal Investigators Retreat was held at Fernie Castle, Letham, Cupar Read More
PhD viva success November 27, 2010 Mr David Dickerson from Tom Owen-Hughes Lab, successfully passed his PhD viva on Friday 26th November 2010. David’s title was Read More
