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UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Profiles
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Ahmed, Mahmood
- Drug Discovery Unit - Professor (Teaching and Research) of Medicinal Chemistry
Person: Academic
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Structure-guided drug discovery coalition
Baragana, B. (Investigator), Bodkin, M. (Investigator), Gilbert, I. (Investigator) & Postis, V. (Investigator)
1/07/24 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
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Development of a new treatment for Pre-eclampsia
Read, K. (Investigator)
1/04/24 → 31/03/26
Project: Research
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Development Of A Co-Culture Model For Secondary Screening Of Candidate Anti Microbial Compounds Targeting Persistent Lung Infections In Cystic Fibrosis - Joint with Uni of Minnesota
Bergkessel, M. (Investigator) & Gilbert, I. (Investigator)
15/01/24 → 14/01/26
Project: Research
Research output
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Acceleration of infectious disease drug discovery and development using a humanized model of drug metabolism
MacLeod, A. K., Coquelin, K.-S., Huertas, L., Simeons, F. R. C., Riley, J., Casado, P., Guijarro, L., Casanueva, R., Frame, L., Pinto, E. G., Ferguson, L., Duncan, C., Mutter, N., Shishikura, Y., Henderson, C. J., Cebrian, D., Wolf, C. R. & Read, K. D. (Lead / Corresponding author), 13 Feb 2024, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121, 7, p. 1-12 12 p., 2315069121.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Accurate prediction of dynamic protein-ligand binding using P-score ranking
E. G. F. Ibrahim, P., Zuccotto, F., Zachariae, U., Gilbert, I. & Bodkin, M. (Lead / Corresponding author), 30 Jul 2024, In: Journal of Computational Chemistry. 45, 20, p. 1762-1778 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Acute response to pathogens in the early human placenta at single-cell resolution
Hoo, R., Ruiz-Morales, E. R., Kelava, I., Rawat, M., Mazzeo, C. I., Tuck, E., Sancho-Serra, C., Chelaghma, S., Predeus, A. V., Murray, S., Fernandez-Antoran, D., Waller, R. F., Álvarez-Errico, D., Lee, M. C. S. & Vento-Tormo, R. (Lead / Corresponding author), 15 May 2024, In: Cell Systems. 15, 5, p. 425-444.e9 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Citation (Scopus)38 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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Supporting data for “A Systematic Study of the In Vitro Pharmacokinetics and Estimated Human In Vivo Clearance of Indole and Indazole-3-Carboxamide Synthetic Cannabinoid Receptor Agonists Detected on the Illicit Drug Market”
Brandon, A. (Creator), Antonides, L. (Creator), Riley, J. (Contributor), Epemolu, O. (Contributor), Read, K. (Creator) & McKenzie, C. (Creator), University of Dundee, Mar 2021
DOI: 10.15132/10000164
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Modelling data for: Short-course combination treatment for experimental chronic Chagas disease
González Del Valle, S. (Creator), Zuccotto, F. (Creator), Luise, C. (Creator), Wyllie, S. (Creator) & De Rycker, M. (Creator), Dryad, 14 Dec 2023
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.95x69p8r7, https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.95x69p8r7
Dataset
Prizes
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DNDi Project of the Year 2023
De Rycker, M. (Recipient), Bell, S. (Recipient), Cookson, A. (Recipient), MacLean, L. (Recipient), Paterson, C. (Recipient), Riley, J. (Recipient), Thomas, J. (Recipient), Thompson, S. (Recipient), Torrie, L. (Recipient), Wyllie, S. (Recipient), De Sousa Paradela, L. (Recipient), Cookson, K. (Recipient), Gardner, E. (Recipient), Hughes, F. (Recipient), Sharma, K. (Recipient) & Swan, L. (Recipient), 6 Oct 2023
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Dundee Difference Award - Collaboration Award
Floyd, A. (Recipient), 18 Jan 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Industry and Academic Collaboration Award
De Rycker, M. (Recipient), Gilbert, I. (Recipient), Read, K. (Recipient), Wyllie, S. (Recipient), Wyatt, P. (Recipient), Gray, D. (Recipient), Thomas, M. (Recipient), Brand, S. (Recipient), McGonagle, K. (Recipient), Dodd, P. (Recipient), Dunne, J. (Recipient), MacLean, L. (Recipient), Thomas, J. (Recipient), Manthri, S. (Recipient), Paterson, C. (Recipient), Stojanovski, L. (Recipient), Pinto, E. (Recipient), Ferguson, L. (Recipient), Simeons, F. (Recipient), Torrie, L. (Recipient), Robinson, D. (Recipient), Riley, J. (Recipient), Frame, L. (Recipient), Garcia Sanchez, M. (Recipient), Da Silva Pacheco, J. (Recipient), Miles, T. (Recipient), Fiandor, J. M. (Recipient), Martin, J. J. (Recipient), Marco, M. (Recipient), Gonzalez, S. (Recipient), Cantizani, J. (Recipient), Cotillo, I. (Recipient) & Manzano, M. P. (Recipient), 12 Apr 2023
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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LGBT+ History Month 2024
Floyd, A. (Organiser)
1 Feb 2024 → 29 Feb 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Festival/Exhibition
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Queer Beyond London
Floyd, A. (Advisor), Oram, A. (Invited speaker) & Willson, P. (Chair)
28 Feb 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Gamfiying Your Research
Floyd, A. (Invited speaker), Hardee, E. (Contributor) & Webster, L. (Contributor)
29 Apr 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Press/Media
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History and science come together at new Dundee TB exhibition
Floyd, A., Cleghorn, L., Tamaki, F., Davis, S., Hedges, L. & Mackintosh, A.
6/10/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Other
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Student theses
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Developing a high throughput assay for determining an accurate intracellular concentration of compounds within gram-negative bacteria
Ness, M. (Author), Read, K. (Supervisor), Coulthurst, S. (Supervisor) & Gilbert, I. (Supervisor), 2024Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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Discovery of high quality molecular leads and screening collections for CNS drug targets
Farnaby, W. (Author), Ciulli, A. (Supervisor) & Read, K. (Supervisor), 2019Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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Oocyst development in the parasite Cryptosporidium parvum
Sands, E. (Author), Pawlowic, M. (Supervisor) & Gilbert, I. (Supervisor), 2023Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy