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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..

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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..

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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..

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WCAIR Researchers included in team awarded DNDi Project of the Year 2024

WCAIR Professor Susan Wyllie and colleagues have been recognized by DNDi as part of the team awarded DNDi 2024 Project..

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Dundee discoveries could transform cryptosporidiosis treatment

Scientists at WCAIR have made a significant breakthrough in the quest to eradicate a parasite that blights millions of lives...

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Drug Discovery Unit Dundee and Novartis join forces to discover new drugs for malaria and future viral pandemics

The Drug Discovery Unit (DDU) initiated collaboration this summer on two projects with the Biomedical Research division of Novartis and is extremely..

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Gene expression reprogramming by thousands of RNA sequences

A team from WCAIR has determined how trypanosomes post-transcriptionally reprogramme gene expression. Researchers  from the Centre have used multiplexing, demultiplexing..

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Medicinal Garden Refreshed

Our WeeCAIR Medicinal Garden project has been a great success since its launch in 2021. Our plants have grown (sometimes..

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Ghana Drug Discovery Representatives Meeting

Suze Farrell and Ian Gilbert met with representatives from 4 Universities from Ghana to discuss the next steps in the..

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Royal Society of Edinburgh award Mary Sommerville Medal to DDU

Outstanding scientific research at the University of Dundee has been honoured by Scotland’s national academy. The Royal Society of Edinburgh..

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