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High-content screening image from the DDU Trypanosoma cruzi assay.

Multi-million-pound award to counter “silent killer” disease

A deadly disease that can kill victims who may never know they were infected is to be targeted by WCAIR..

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University of Ghana VC Office

Launching a Drug Discovery Hub in Ghana

In June 2022, WCAIR visited our partners in Accra to officially launch their Drug Discovery Hub. Having worked together for..

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Our biggest science art project yet – literally

We're excited to announce that we've completed our biggest science art project so far - a piece that's 7 storeys..

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Henry and Luccas Describing Science

Animating drug discovery

A picture paints a thousand words. But how many words can be captured in a video? We scientists are by..

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microscope images of 2 Trypanasomes lablled with green and purple tags

Parasite gene-editing technology for profiling drug-resistance mutations

A team from the Wellcome Trust Centre for Anti-Infectives Research (WCAIR) at the University of Dundee has developed a new..

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WCAIR receives £5 million new funding from Wellcome

The  Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research (WCAIR) has received more than £5 million from the Wellcome Trust to advance its..

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Post-Covid TB warning as DDU receives $5 million award

Dr Laura Cleghorn, Tuberculosis (TB) Portfolio Lead at the Drug Discovery Unit, has warned that the Covid-19 pandemic may lead..

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Paul Wyatt WCAIR Director

Goodbye and good luck to WCAIR Director Paul Wyatt

Today we say a fond farewell to WCAIR Director and Head of the DDU, Professor Paul Wyatt.  Paul is leaving..

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Mike Ferguson WCAIR PI

Mike Ferguson honoured by British Society for Parasitology

The British Society for Parasitology has awarded Professor Sir Mike Ferguson with an Honorary Membership. This is in recognition of..

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Street art trail open call

We're collaborating with our good friends the Stobswell Forum and Open/Close Dundee to create new street art - at large..

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