€5 million boost for coronavirus drug search
The Dundee Drug Discovery Unit (DDU), embedded with WCAIR, has received €5 million of funding to develop antiviral treatments for..
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New Funding to find COVID-19 treatments
The Universities of Glasgow and Dundee have been awarded £225,000 to rapidly screen for potential COVID-19 treatments. The project is..
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Anti-malarial candidate progresses through first in human studies
Back in October 2013 Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) selected a compound designed and developed at the Drug Discovery Unit..
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DDU part of expanding international effort against COVID-19
The Drug Discovery Unit based at the School of life Sciences, University of Dundee, is working with partners around the..
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#World Chagas Disease Day
Today, 14 April 2020, is the first World Health Organisation Chagas Disease Day. It was on this date in 1909..
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DDU expertise contributing to Glasgow COVID-19 testing Centre
Professor David Gray, Head of Biology at the Drug Discovery Unit, has been sharing his expertise to help the launch..
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Joana Faria short-listed for SULSA Early Career Researcher Prize
The Scottish Universities Life Sciences Alliance, SULSA, have just announced their annual Early Career Researcher Prize shortlist. The Prize is..
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Lancet Review of Parasites:Battle for Survival
Fiona Mitchell has reviewed the exhibition 'Parasites:Battle for Survival' for The Lancet. Parasistes:Battle for Survival is an Exhibition curated by..
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Ian Gilbert elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Professor Ian Gilbert is one of 4 University of Dundee academics to been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society..
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WCAIR launches latest LifeSpace exhibition to celebrate World NTD day
Over the last 18 months we have joined forces with the Dundee Print Collective exchanging ideas and exploring the question..
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