Professor Mike Ferguson, Regius Professor of Life Sciences at the University of Dundee, has received a knighthood in the New Year’s Honours list.
Professor Ferguson has been honoured for...
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25 Jul 2018Discovery of a new potential treatment for visceral leishmaniasis - one of the world’s major neglected diseases
• Research published in Nature on a new preclinical drug candidate targeting...
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02 Jul 2018Dundee bridges the gap between academia and drug development
Universities have always played a unique role in the life science sector either providing the research behind the innovations or...
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27 Mar 2017Antimicrobial resistance is one of the greatest threats to global human and animal health – the O’Neill Report earlier this year stated that, unless we take urgent action, it will be...
Dec 2016
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07 Dec 2016The University of Dundee has been awarded £13.6 million by Wellcome to establish a new research centre to tackle some of the world’s most devastating diseases. The Wellcome Centre for Anti-...
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20 Sep 2016Global Health Chemical Diversity Library
The Global Health Chemical Diversity Library is a 68,689 compound lead-like diversity library prepared for screening against the Bill and Melinda...
May 2016
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26 May 2016The first Dundee Design Festival opened this week and featuring two Life Sciences exhibits
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16 May 2016The DDU is hosting a scientific conference 18 - 20 May 2016 to celebrate its tenth anniversary. We have compiled an international-class list of speakers, discussing the future of drug discovery,... -
16 May 2016The Drug Discovery Unit of the University of Dundee, Scotland, the Institute of Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine (IPTVM) of the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, and Boehringer...
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08 Mar 2016World-leading medicinal chemistry and biology at the Universities of Dundee (Scotland) and Cape Town (South Africa) have been allied to the industrial expertise of the...
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30 Jun 2015The University of Dundee Drug Discovery Unit (DDU) has been awarded “Project of the Year, 2014” by the non-for profit organisation, Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV). The award is for “DDD107498...
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17 Jun 2015A team of scientists, led by the University of Dundee Drug Discovery Unit in partnership with Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) and collaborating laboratories, has published in Nature...
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12 Jun 2015Ms Shona Robison MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport visited the University of Dundee College of Life Science to find out more about the Drug Discovery Unit, the UK-National...