Researchers in the School of Biosciences have developed a simple and cost-effective test to diagnose sleeping sickness, a disease widespread in sub-Saharan Africa. The test … Read more
Tag: biotechnology
Experts in Biosciences leading projects in one of the most ambitious global research programmes ever created
Worth a total of £225 million, the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) is supporting projects in developing countries over the next four years. Professor Colin … Read more
Emeritus Professor elected as Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales
Professor Alan Bull, Emeritus Professor in the School of Biosciences was honoured recently on being elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales. Alan’s … Read more
Royal Society of Biology accreditation for MSc programmes
We are delighted to announce that the Royal Society of Biology has accredited our taught MSc programmes: MSc Biotechnology and Bioengineering MSc Cancer Biology MSc … Read more
Bioscientists help throat cancer patients speak again
Patients who cannot speak following the replacement of their own ‘voice box’ with a silicone version are … Read more
Wain Medal Lecture 2016
The 2016 Wain Medal Lecture will be given by Professor Nicola Stanley-Wall, Division of Molecular Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee. The lecture entitled: … Read more
Biotechnology Summer School celebrates international collaboration
Twenty-one students from seventeen different countries were welcomed to the School of Biosciences for a very international Biotechnology Summer School in July. Over a … Read more
‘Dipstick’ test tackles fatal sleeping sickness
Researchers from the School of Biosciences have developed a quick and simple diagnosis method, similar to a dipstick pregnancy test, to fight a deadly sleeping sickness. The … Read more