News

Alan Fairlamb honoured for an outstanding career by the British Society for Parasitology

This years’ British Society for Parasitology (BSP) Trypanosomiasis & Leishmaniasis Seminar recognised Alan Fairlamb as one of the giants of..

Read More
Douglas has short dark hair, a short beard and wears round black rimmed glasses

RNAs compete to make a coat for parasitic African trypanosomes

A team at the School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee has shown that RNA transcripts from a large gene..

Read More
Manu De Rycker, Head of Translational Parasitology

Dr Manu De Rycker recognised with global honour

Dr Manu De Rycker, a Principal Investigator at WCAIR , has been named as the newest winner of the WH..

Read More
A Headshot of Prof Mike Ferguson

Royal Society prize for pioneering Dundee scientist

A pioneering University of Dundee scientist and founder of the Drug Discovery Unit has been honoured by the Royal Society..

Read More
Photo shows 5 people (4 men and 1 women) standing on a staircase

£17.9 million research grant to discover new treatments for fungal diseases gets underway

A team of leading infectious disease scientists from academia and industry have been awarded £17.9 million to identify new drugs..

Read More

Research led by the Mode of Action Group Offers New Hope Against Deadly Parasitic Disease

Scientists from the WCAIR and De Montfort University uncover how promising compounds work, paving the way for potentially life-saving treatments..

Read More

Dundee team to research the parasite household cleaning products cannot kill

A leading authority on Cryptosporidium has warned of an urgent need for greater awareness and more fundamental research of the..

Read More
A group of people standing in 3 lines smiling at the camera. There are a mix of men and women and African and European nationals.

Consortium of African and European research institutions secures €1.5 million grant to build capacity for early drug discovery in sub-Saharan Africa

An African and European research consortium receives €1.5 million from the European Union and additional resources from the Swiss government..

Read More

Funding award to target “particularly distressing” killer disease

A fatal disease that can infect humans years before killing its unwitting host is to be targeted by University of..

Read More

WCAIR’s first training course in India

In November, David Gray, Cedric Graebin and Suze Farrell delivered their first training course in India.  The Practical Aspects of..

Read More