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• Evaluating Emerging Models Of Community Rehabilitation For People Experiencing The Effects Of Long-COVID To Inform Responsive Service Delivery Across Scotland (Joint with Robert Gordon University and Stirling University)

  Chalmers, J. & Morris, J.

  1/05/21 → 30/04/23

  Project: Research

• Role of AMPK in Nutrient Sensing and in Cancer (Investigator Award Renewal)

  Hardie, G.

  Wellcome Trust

  1/10/17 → 1/05/23

  Project: Research

  • AMP-Activated Protein Kinases 100%
  • Adenosine Monophosphate 43%
  • Glucose 23%
  • Fructose-Bisphosphate Aldolase 20%
  • Protein 18%

• Regulation of Meiotic Chromosome Segregation by Post-Translational Modifications

  Pelisch, F.

  Medical Research Council

  14/05/18 → 13/05/23

  Project: Research

  • Chromosome Segregation 100%
  • Meiosis 93%
  • Oocytes 88%
  • Anaphase 69%
  • Kinetochores 61%

• Generating Evidence that RABEP2 is a Novel GSK3 Substrate that Represents a Single Therapeutic Target to Reduce Both Hyperglycemia and Microvascular Disease in Diabetes (joint with Glasgow Uni)

  Kang, L., Khan, F., Murdoch, C. & Sutherland, C.

  British Heart Foundation

  1/06/20 → 31/05/23

  Project: Research

• iCAIRD Innovation Fellowship

  Jefferson, E.

  University of St Andrews

  1/06/20 → 31/05/23

  Project: Research

• Risk Aware Port Inspection Drones (RAPID) (Joint with University of the West of Scotland (Lead), University of Limerick, Hamburg Port Authority, XOCEAN Limited, Fraunhofer, Revolve Water, SINTEF AS and Thales SA)

  Hartmann, J.

  COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

  1/06/20 → 31/05/23

  Project: Research

• Development Of A Drug Discovery Platform Targeting Salmonella Typhimurium PersisterCells

  Bergkessel, M., Coulthurst, S., Gilbert, I. & Read, K.

  1/06/21 → 31/05/23

  Project: Research

• Institutional Strategic Support Fund (2016)

  Cantrell, D., Dinkova-Kostova, A., Kang, L., Murray, P. & Pearson, E.

  Wellcome Trust

  1/10/16 → 31/05/23

  Project: Research

  • mRNA guanylyltransferase 100%
  • Lysine-tRNA Ligase 96%
  • 4 alpha-glucanotransferase 92%
  • Dundee 80%
  • Amino Acid Transport Systems 75%

• Self-referencing in the Classroom

  Ross, J.

  Economic and Social Research Council

  1/06/20 → 31/05/23

  Project: Research

• Community Health Matters: Evaluation of Gypsy/Traveller Community Health Workers

  McFadden, A.

  14/06/21 → 13/06/23

  Project: Research

• Inflammatory Drivers Of endothelial Dysfunction In COVID-19

  Chalmers, J. & Khan, F.

  1/07/21 → 30/06/23

  Project: Research

• Small Bowel Soft Robotic Motile Enteroscope (SOFTIE)

  Cuschieri, A. & Mowat, C.

  Wellcome Trust

  1/07/20 → 30/06/23

  Project: Research

• mRNA Cap: Directing Cell Function and Fate (Wolfson Research Merit Award)

  Cowling, V.

  Royal Society

  1/07/18 → 30/06/23

  Project: Research

  • Methyltransferases 100%
  • mRNA (guanine(N7))-methyltransferase 91%
  • RNA Caps 74%
  • Ribosomes 46%
  • Messenger RNA 42%

• PROTACT Linker Design: towards Functionality (PREDICT)

  Ciulli, A.

  COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

  1/05/21 → 30/06/23

  Project: Research

• Scottish Senior Clinical Fellowship

  Chalmers, J.

  Chief Scientist Office

  1/01/18 → 1/07/23

  Project: Research

  • Bronchiectasis 100%
  • Ecosystem 46%
  • Microbial Interactions 43%
  • Neutrophils 32%
  • Mycobiome 22%

• Defining Mechanisms of Protein Ufmylation

  Kulathu, Y.

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  1/09/20 → 31/08/23

  Project: Research

• Functions and Applications of a Novel Pluripotency Signalling Pathway (Sir Henry Dale Fellowship)

  Findlay, G.

  Wellcome Trust

  1/09/18 → 31/08/23

  Project: Research

  • Embryonic Stem Cells 100%
  • Cell Differentiation 65%
  • Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization Mass Spectrometry 48%
  • Protein Stability 47%
  • sample preparation 47%

• The Dundee Resource for Sequence Analysis and Structure Prediction

  Barton, G.

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  1/09/18 → 31/08/23

  Project: Research

  • SARS Virus 100%
  • angiotensin converting enzyme 2 67%
  • Sequence Alignment 41%
  • Web Services 37%
  • RNA Secondary Structure 34%

• Molecular and Cellular Biology 4 Year PhD Studentships

  Hay, R.

  Wellcome Trust

  1/09/17 → 31/08/23

  Project: Research

• Cambridge Mathematics of Information in Healthcare (joint with Cambridge University)

  Jefferson, E.

  Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

  1/09/20 → 31/08/23

  Project: Research

• Identifying and Validating Predictive Biomarkers in Advanced Oesophagael Adenocarcinoma - A Springboard to REAListic Medicine (BE-REAL)

  Baxter, M.

  1/10/20 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research

• DTP 2018-2019 Training Grant

  Rowan, J.

  Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

  1/10/18 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research

  • Tumor 100%
  • Extracellular Matrix 91%
  • Hybrid Modeling 79%
  • Cell Migration 73%
  • Macrophage 72%

• The Scottish Privy Council, 1692-1708: Government from Revolution to Union

  MacDonald, A.

  Leverhulme Trust

  1/10/20 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research

• Do Pathogen Exracellular Vesicles Deliver Crop Disease: PathEVome

  Birch, P.

  COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

  1/10/18 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research

  • Oomycetes 100%
  • Phytophthora 64%
  • Extracellular Vesicles 42%
  • cell biology 38%
  • roads 35%

• Understanding The Role Of Kindlin-1 loss In The Development Of Squamous Cell Carcinoma (University of Edinburgh lead)

  Dinkova-Kostova, A.

  1/10/20 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research

• Evaluating Later or Expanded Premises Hours For Alcohol In The Night-time Economy (ELEPHANT): a Mixed-methods, Natural Experiment Evaluation(joint with Stirling University, Glasgow University, Sheffield University, Glasgow Caledonian University and Glasgow City HSCP)

  Mohan, A.

  National Institute for Health Research

  1/10/20 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research

• Development of a universal Group A Streptococcus Glycoconjugate vaccine (joint with LSHTM)

  Dorfmueller, H.

  Wellcome Trust

  1/10/21 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research

• ASAP - Mapping the LRRK2 Signalling Pathway and its Interplay with other Parkinson's Disease Components

  Alessi, D. & Muqit, M.

  1/10/20 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research

• Bronchodilators in Bronchiectasis Study (BIBS Study)

  Chalmers, J.

  National Institute for Health Research

  1/10/19 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research

• Serine Kinase Pathways that Determine T Lymphocyte Activation and Cell Fate Choices (Principal Research Fellowship renewal)

  Cantrell, D.

  Wellcome Trust

  1/10/12 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research

  • T-Lymphocytes 100%
  • Antigen Receptors 37%
  • protein kinase D2 34%
  • T-Cell Antigen Receptor 33%
  • Proteome 29%

• Structural Mechanics in Cellular Substructure Formation (Sir Henry Dale Fellowship)

  Murray, D. & Storey, K.

  Wellcome Trust

  1/11/18 → 31/10/23

  Project: Research

• mRNA Cap Regulation and Function in CD8 T Cells (TCAPS)

  Cowling, V.

  COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

  1/05/18 → 31/10/23

  Project: Research

  • Methyltransferases 100%
  • mRNA guanylyltransferase 81%
  • rapidFire Mass Spectrometry 60%
  • 4 alpha-glucanotransferase 50%
  • RNA Caps 49%

• Developing Small Molecules as a Neurosteroid Replacement Strategy for Treating Postpartum Psychosis (Joint with Cardiff University) (Innovator Award)

  Lambert, J. & Martin, S.

  Wellcome Trust

  1/06/21 → 30/11/23

  Project: Research

• Short Linear Interaction Motifs as Specificity Determinants in the Ubiquitin System - Discovery, Mechanisms and Therapuetic Opportunities (UBIMOTIF)

  Kulathu, Y.

  COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

  1/12/19 → 30/11/23

  Project: Research

• Elucidating molecular determinants of Trypanosoma cruzi persisters (New Investigator Research Grant) (Joint with the University of Glasgow)

  De Rycker, M.

  Medical Research Council

  1/12/20 → 30/11/23

  Project: Research

• Compared Analysis on International Health Systems: Problems, Agendas and Policies

  Fernandes, F., Freeman, R., Rodriguez, A. & Swinney, A.

  9/11/17 → 8/12/23

  Project: Research

  • Scotland 100%
  • Uruguay 58%
  • Colombia 46%
  • Chile 45%
  • England 44%

• A Platform for Drug Target Deconvolution and Exploitation

  Gilbert, I., Horn, D., Pawlowic, M., Wyatt, P. & Wyllie, S.

  Wellcome Trust

  31/12/20 → 30/12/23

  Project: Research

  • Cosmids 100%
  • Proteome 77%
  • Hot Temperature 57%
  • Pharmaceutical Preparations 51%
  • Cleavage And Polyadenylation Specificity Factor 44%

• Police Accountability - Towards International Standards (POLACS)

  Fyfe, N. & Johansen, A.

  Economic and Social Research Council

  1/01/21 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

• In Search of Uniqueness - Harnessing Anatomical Hand Variation: H-Unique

  Hackman, L. & Rowland, C.

  COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

  1/01/19 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

• Rational Treatment Selection for Merkel Cell Carcinoma (MCC): A Randomised Phase III Multi-centre Trial Comparing Radical Surgery and Radical Radiotherapy as First Definitive Treatment for Primary MCC with an Observational Study for Patients Ineligible for the Randomised Trial

  Proby, C.

  Medical Research Council

  1/06/17 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

• Equipment

  Clarke, P. & Lipworth, B.

  1/11/08 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

• Dynamic Regulation of Chromatin Loops by Cohesins and CTCF in Real Time: Physiology and Pathology

  Tanaka, T.

  Medical Research Council

  1/01/21 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

• Biochemical Analysis of the PINK-1 Parkin Signalling Pathway in Parkinson's Disease (Senior Clinical Fellowship)

  Muqit, M.

  Wellcome Trust

  1/07/13 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

  • Phosphorylation 100%
  • Ubiquitin 97%
  • Parkinson Disease 84%
  • Phosphotransferases 70%
  • rab GTP-Binding Proteins 67%

• Correlative Refractive Index Light-Sheet Microscopy

  Vettenburg, T.

  Medical Research Council

  1/01/20 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

  • microscopy 100%
  • light beams 88%
  • photons 79%
  • Photons 76%
  • Microscopy 59%

• Aref#d: 19604. The TASCFORCE Project: Tayside Screening for Risk of Cardiac Events and the Effect of Statin on Risk Reduction (as Evidenced by Change in LV Mass)

  Belch, J., Coughtrie, M., Houston, G., Leigh, I., Ogston, S., Struthers, A. & Sullivan, F.

  Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland, NHS Tayside

  1/06/07 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

• Investigation of Mechanics of Gastrulation Using New Transgenic Lines

  Weijer, K.

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  1/01/20 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

• Investigating Mechanisms and Models Predictive of Accessibility of Therapeutics (IM2PACT) Into The Brain (Joint with 26 other institutions, University of Oxford as lead)

  Ashford, M.

  COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

  1/01/19 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

• Bench-to-Bedside Parkinson's Disease Research: Biomarkers in LRRK2 (NHS Research Scotland (NRS) and Scottish Universities Scottish Senior Clinical Academic Fellowship Scheme)

  Sammler, E.

  7/01/19 → 6/01/24

  Project: Research

  • Leucine 100%
  • Mass Spectrometry 87%
  • Phosphorylation 84%
  • Mutation 76%
  • Phosphotransferases 75%

• Understanding the Role of Vaccine Targeted Respiratory Pathogens at Exacerbation of COPD

  Chalmers, J. & Dicker, A.

  1/02/21 → 31/01/24

  Project: Research

• Developing and evaluating a diabetes self-management intervention for people with sever mental illness: The DIAMONDS programme (Diabetes and Mental Illness, Improving Otcomes and Self-management (joint with University of York)

  Boehnke, J.

  National Institute for Health Research

  1/05/18 → 31/01/24

  Project: Research