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Drug Discovery Africa 2025

Registration for the Drug Discovery Africa  conference is now open. We invite you to join us at the University of Ghana, Accra from 12-14th March 2025. Our aim is showcase African led drug discovery research against endemic infectious diseases. The..

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A view of our medicinal garden, with its brand new path, and the School of Life Sciences in the background

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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Publications

The major surface protein of malaria sporozoites is GPI-anchored to the plasma membrane

Rupa Nagar, Stefano S Garcia Castillo, Maria Pinzon-Ortiz, Sharon Patray, Alida Coppi, Sachie Kanatani, Robert L Moritz, Kristian E Swearingen,..

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A proposed pathway from D-glucose to D-arabinose in eukaryotes

Elda Iljazi, Rupa Nagar, Sabine Kuettel, Kieron Lucas, Arthur Crossman, Marie-Ange Badet-Denisot, Ronald W. Woodard, Michael A.J. Ferguson. Journal of..

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Superior Anticancer and Antifungal Activities of New Sulfanyl-Substituted Niclosamide Derivatives

Ma, Jingyi, Dileepkumar Veeragoni, Hindole Ghosh, Nicole Mutter, Gisele Barbosa [1], Lauren Webster, Rainer Schobert, Wendy van de Sande, Prasad..

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Generation of a bloodstream form Trypanosoma brucei double glycosyltransferase null mutant competent in receptor-mediated endocytosis of transferrin

Samuel M. Duncan, Carla Gilabert Carbajo, Rupa Nagar, Qi Zhong, Conor Breen, Michael A. J. Ferguson ,Calvin Tiengwe PLOS Pathogens..

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If you are interested in our training scheme please read the information in our Training section.

Information on PhD studentships can be found through the School of Life Sciences PhD site

The School of Life Sciences also runs a number of Masters courses.



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