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Joana Faria

Wellcome-Beit Prize for Joana Faria

Joana Faria, a postdoctoral researcher in David Horn’s Lab (BCDD-WCAIR) who is moving to establish her own group at the..

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Location, location, location – glycosyltransferase goes rogue

In two papers just published in eLife and PNAS the Ferguson lab, in collaboration with Steve Beverley and colleagues at Washington University, St..

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Dr Joana Faria awarded Sir Henry Dale fellowship

Joana Faria, a postdoctoral researcher in David Horn’s Lab has been awarded a Sir Henry Dale Fellowship funded by the..

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Dundee research to help eliminate Sleeping Sickness

Almost half a million rapid diagnostic tests developed from research at the University of Dundee will be donated with the..

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Prof David Gray honoured in HM Queen’s Birthday honours

David Gray, Head of Biology and Professor of Translational Biology at the University’s Drug Discovery Unit, has been given a..

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Professor Ian Gilbert elected Fellow of Academy of Medical Sciences

Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infective Research's Professor Ian Gilbert has been elected to join the prestigious Fellowship of the Academy of..

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DDU Malaria team awarded funding to research potential single dose malaria treatment

Experts at the University of Dundee have been awarded £2.4 million to identify compounds that could pave the way for..

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Campfire’s (virtually) burning!

On International Women's Day we're excited to announce that our collaboration with Girlguiding Dundee is taking another exciting step -..

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The WeeCAIR Medicinal Garden features in Dundee Women’s Festival.

We are delighted to be collaborating with Dundee Botanic Garden to host a virtual discussion event during Dundee Women’s Festival on March 9th at 7pm. The event..

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Parasite defence mechanism de-coded by Dundee research team

WCAIR scientists have shown how parasitic trypanosomes make random yet ultimately highly selective choices that allow them to survive in..

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