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Scientist Mattie Pawlowic takes part in public engagement

WCAIR PI Mattie Pawlowic honoured as a rising star of science

Dr Mattie Christine Pawlowic has been named as recipient of the Royal Society of Edinburgh’s (RSE) Dame Anne McLaren Early..

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A wide angle view of our on-campus medicinal garden

New friendships and ideas seeded with Grow Dundee

We were delighted to be able to host Grow Dundee for their March 2023 network meeting. This fabulous network is..

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Drug Discovery Mission Course: Brazil 2023

Drug Discovery Mission is a course designed to take bench scientists through real life drug discovery challenges to deliver a..

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Bonding: electrons are FREE launches

We're thrilled to announce that we've launched our latest science art exhibition. Bonding: electrons are FREE, by Emily Fong and..

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World NTD Day – 100% commitment from Dundee WCAIR

Monday January 30th, 2023 marks the fourth World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) Day, supporting a global movement to end NTDs. As..

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Trainees on the Practical Aspects Course in Uruguay

Practical Aspects of Drug Discovery Course in Uruguay

We had the pleasure of our first in person course since 2019 last week.  The Practical Aspects of Drug Discovery..

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‘Lysyl-tRNA synthetase, a target for urgently needed M. tuberculosis drugs’ published in Nature Communications.

The DDU Tuberculosis team have recently published an article that discusses Lysyl-tRNA synthetase as a new target for urgently needed..

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Head and shoulder shot of Michele Tinti who wears a blue jumper and blue and white checked shirt.

Top 10 place for Michele Tinti in machine learning competition

Dr Michele Tinti recently participated in a biomedicine crowdsourced challenge instigated by DREAM Challenges. Michele was placed 10th out of..

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Head shot of Prof Ian Gilbert

Prof Ian Gilbert appointed as new Head of DDU

The Drug Discovery Unit (DDU) is delighted to announce that Professor Ian Gilbert has been appointed to be the Head..

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A blue sign for foxgloves, with 2 plants with pink and white flowers in the background

Doors Open Day a Sunny Success

For the first time since the founding of the Wellcome Centre, we have taken part in Dundee's Doors Open Day...

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