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• Investigating the Role of Thiol Modifications in Developing the Preeclampsia Phenotype

  Henderson, C. & Murdoch, C.

  1/09/19 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

• CONDOR: CONtrast-Enhanced Digital Breast Tomosynthesis for the Local Staging and Monitoring of Response to Neoadjuvant

  Evans, A. & Savaridas, S.

  1/03/19 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

• CONtrast-Enhanced Digital Breast Tomosynthesis for the Local Staging and Monitoring Of Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy

  Evans, A. & Savaridas, S.

  1/02/19 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

• CONDOR: CONtrast-enhanced Digital Breast Tomosynthesis for the Local Staging and Monitoring Of Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy

  Evans, A. & Savaridas, S.

  1/02/19 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

• Novel Antisense Technology for Treating Epidermolysis Bullosa Simplex (Clinical Fellowship)

  Hickerson, R., McLean, I. & van Steensel, M.

  1/10/15 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

• Can Measurement of Faecal Haemoglobin Concentration Improve The Management of Acute Diverticulitis (Small Grant)

  Mowat, C., Payne, C. & Strachan, J.

  1/05/21 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

• Music and musical communications: a trial with young infants

  Nagy, E.

  Leverhulme Trust

  1/10/20 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

• A randomized controlled trial of SFX-01 to improve clinical outcomes in COVID-19 patients (STAR-COVID)

  Chalmers, J. & Dinkova-Kostova, A.

  LifeArc

  1/08/20 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

• LIMK1 Inhibitors - A Novel, Disease-Modifying Approach for the Treatment of Fragile X Syndrome (Developmental Pathways Funding Scheme - Full Stage) (Joint with Cardiff University and University of Oxford)

  Lambert, J.

  Medical Research Council

  1/05/19 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

• Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Neuronal Differentiation in Embryos and Adults (Senior Investigator award)

  Storey, K.

  Wellcome Trust

  21/07/14 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

  • Spinal Cord 100%
  • Embryonic Structures 76%
  • Germ Layers 63%
  • Centrosome 62%
  • Mesoderm 60%

• Investigating MRNA Methyl Cap Regulation, Function and Therapeutic Potential (Senior Non-Clinical Fellowship)

  Cowling, V.

  Medical Research Council

  1/01/14 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

  • Methyltransferases 100%
  • Messenger RNA 88%
  • mRNA (guanine(N7))-methyltransferase 82%
  • Methylation 59%
  • RNA Polymerase II 56%

• 16 ERA-CAPS Barley Yield Associated Networks (Joint with IPK Gatersleben as lead and University of Minnesota)

  Waugh, R.

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  13/08/18 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

  • Hordeum 100%
  • RNA-Seq 82%
  • Transcriptome 32%
  • Datasets 27%
  • Protein Isoforms 26%

• Climate Adaptation Control Technologies for Urban Spaces (CACTUS) (Joint with Durham, Cardiff, Queen's, Newcastle Universities and Imperial College)

  Bengough, G. & Knappett, J.

  Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

  1/01/18 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

  • mechanical testing 100%
  • grass 71%
  • grasses 61%
  • tissue 16%
  • Lolium multiflorum 14%

• Funding for Research Fellow in Urology (NHS Endowment Funds)

  Nabi, G.

  NHS Tayside

  1/09/15 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

• Regulation of Lymphocyte Biology by Ubiquitin and Ubiquitin like Modifiers RELYUBL (Starting Grant)

  Kulathu, Y.

  COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

  1/06/16 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

  • SARS Virus 100%
  • Papain 82%
  • Peptide Hydrolases 56%
  • Deubiquitinating Enzymes 53%
  • Single-Domain Antibodies 50%

• East Central Scotland Network Centre

  Ashford, M.

  Alzheimer's Research UK

  1/09/11 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

• Delineating the Roles of GPR55 in Cellular Metaboloism and Energy Homeostasis (Joint with Robert Gordon University)

  Hundal, H. & Lipina, C.

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  1/01/19 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

  • Skeletal Muscle 100%
  • Caveolin 3 87%
  • 3-(3-chloro-4-hydroxyphenylamino)-4-(4-nitrophenyl)-1H-pyrrole-2,5-dione 78%
  • Insulin 75%
  • Insulin Resistance 64%

• Developing New Paradigms for Overcoming Drug Resistance in Cancer Using Novel Humanised Mouse Models (joint with University of St Andrews)

  Henderson, C. & Wolf, R.

  Medical Research Council

  1/05/18 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A2 100%
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1 97%
  • Drug 73%
  • Drug Interactions 68%
  • Knockout Mice 64%

• Numerical Study of Thermo-Physical Characteristics of Shear Thinning Fluids

  Lin, P.

  Higher Education Commission, Islamabad

  31/01/19 → 30/12/21

  Project: Research

• SBRI Project - My Way Digital Health

  Conway, N. & McCrimmon, R.

  10/12/17 → 9/12/21

  Project: Research

• PEGASUS: Producing Energy and Preventing Hazards from Surface Water Storage in Peru (with Leeds, Hull and Northumbria Universities)

  Cook, S.

  Natural Environment Research Council

  10/02/19 → 9/12/21

  Project: Research

• Understanding Barriers to Increasing Physical Acitivity in Chronic Pain: An Exploratory Study to Develop the SUStainable Self Effective Exercise Development (SUSSED) Intervention (Health Improvement, Protection and Services Research Committee) (Joint with Queen's University Belfast, NHS Fife and Glasgow Caledonian University)

  Colvin, L. & Smith, B.

  Chief Scientist Office

  1/10/20 → 30/11/21

  Project: Research

• INSPIRE

  Choy, A. & Mossey, P.

  Academy of Medical Sciences

  1/12/19 → 30/11/21

  Project: Research

• Using the Development of Self to Understand and Ameliorate the Perceived Loss of Self in Dementia

  Ross, J.

  British Academy

  1/09/20 → 30/11/21

  Project: Research

• To Develop Evidence-Based Interventions To Support Doctors Well-Being And Promote Resilience During COVID-19 Related Transitions (And Beyond): Phase 2 (Joint with Universities of Aberdeen, St Andrews, Glasgow, Edinburgh and NHS Education for Scotland)

  Gordon, L.

  1/11/20 → 30/11/21

  Project: Research

• Recycling Polarity - Mechanisms Controlling Stem Cell Polarity in Consecutive Divisions in the Developing Drosophila Central Nervous System (Sir Henry Dale Fellowship)

  Januschke, J., Muller, A. & Storey, K.

  Wellcome Trust

  1/02/13 → 30/11/21

  Project: Research

  • Drosophila 100%
  • Cell Division 26%
  • Interphase 24%
  • Stem Cells 23%
  • Asymmetric Cell Division 19%

• Accounting for Multimorbidity, Competing Risk and Direct Treatment Disutility in Risk Prediction Tools and Model-Based Cost Effectiveness Analysis for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Osteoporotic Fracture (NIHR HS&DR) (Joint with University of Manchester and University of Sheffield)

  Donnan, P., Guthrie, B. & Morales, D.

  National Institute for Health Research

  1/09/16 → 30/11/21

  Project: Research

  • comorbidity 100%
  • mortality 68%
  • Comorbidity 64%
  • Cohort Studies 55%
  • cardiovascular disease 47%

• Harnessing the PML-SUMO-RNF4 Axis for Cancer Therapy (Programme Grant)

  Hay, R.

  Cancer Research UK

  1/12/16 → 30/11/21

  Project: Research

  • Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases 100%
  • Ubiquitin 88%
  • Thioester 61%
  • nucleophiles 45%
  • Single-Domain Antibodies 43%

• Defining the Deleterious Effects of Environmental Pollutants at a Mechanistic Level (Joint with Queen Mary, University of London)

  Henderson, C. & Wolf, R.

  Medical Research Council

  1/12/17 → 30/11/21

  Project: Research

  • Oxidative stress 100%
  • Arsenic 84%
  • Biomarkers 71%
  • Toxicity 67%
  • biomarker 54%

• Processing of Branched DNA Molecules During Cytokinesis, Uncovering New Mechanisms of Genome Maintenance

  Gartner, A., Lilley, D. & Rouse, J.

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  1/12/18 → 30/11/21

  Project: Research

  • DNA Repair-Deficiency Disorders 100%
  • Turcot syndrome 80%
  • DNA Mismatch Repair 65%
  • DNA Repair 50%
  • deoxyribonucleic acid 49%

• EMBARC2 - European Bronchiectasis Registry and Biobank

  Chalmers, J.

  1/12/18 → 30/11/21

  Project: Research

  • Bronchiectasis 100%
  • Symptom Flare Up 95%
  • Mannitol 23%
  • Confidence Intervals 16%
  • Therapeutics 13%

• Extractives Hub and International Research Advisorty Board, I(RAB) (with University of Durham)

  Cameron, P.

  Royal Society of Edinburgh

  24/05/21 → 23/11/21

  Project: Research

• A Drug Target for Shigella (Open Lab Programme)

  Gilbert, I., Gray, D. & Read, K.

  17/10/19 → 16/11/21

  Project: Research

• How Confident Are You Now? Identifyng Predictors of Suboptimal Metacognitive Decisions in the General Population

  Benwell, C.

  British Academy

  13/11/19 → 12/11/21

  Project: Research

  • Psychological Power 100%
  • Electroencephalography 89%
  • Task Performance and Analysis 56%

• Molecular Mechanisms of DNA Replication Termination

  Deegan, T.

  Wellcome Trust

  1/05/17 → 1/11/21

  Project: Research

  • SARS Virus 100%
  • Antiviral Agents 77%
  • DNA Replication 67%
  • GS-5734 57%
  • Ubiquitination 48%

• Microglia Proteome

  Cantrell, D.

  1/11/19 → 31/10/21

  Project: Research

• COVID-19 In Care-Homes In Tayside And Fife (Joint with NHS Tayside, University of Edinburgh and University of Gllasgow)

  Donnan, P., Fletcher, E., Marwick, C. & Parcell, B.

  1/05/21 → 31/10/21

  Project: Research

• Rapid Diagnosis of Bacterial Co-Infection and Antimicrobial Resistance in Patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection (SARS-CoV-2) (Outline to Full Application)

  Chalmers, J., Connell, D. & Parcell, B.

  1/05/20 → 31/10/21

  Project: Research

• Unravelling the Molecular Heterogeneity within the Spinal Cord Stem Cell Niche by Single Cell Transcriptomics

  Storey, K.

  1/10/17 → 31/10/21

  Project: Research

• Influence of Surface Properties of New Biomaterials for Catheters on Bacterial Adhesion Urine

  Campbell, P., Corner, G., Davidson, F., Keatch, R., Nabi, G., Vorstius, J., Wilcox, K. & Zhao, Q.

  Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

  1/12/16 → 31/10/21

  Project: Research

  • Coatings 100%
  • Coating Agent 79%
  • Catheters 72%
  • Silver nanoparticles 70%
  • Catheter-Related Infections 69%

• Omics-Based Strategies for Improved Diagnosis and Treatment of Endocrine Hypertension (ENSAT-HT) (Joint with Inserm, University of Torino, University of Padua, University of Glasgow, University of Birmingham, Radboud University Medical Centre, SleekIT Limited and Inserm Transfert)

  Connell, J., Doney, A., Jefferson, E. & Zhou, K.

  COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

  1/05/15 → 31/10/21

  Project: Research

• Intelligent Use of Quantitative Faecal Immunochemical Testing for Haemoglobin in Screening and Symptomatic Populations

  Fraser, C., Mowat, C. & Steele, B.

  Bowel Cancer UK

  1/11/19 → 31/10/21

  Project: Research

• Characterising Late Blight Disease Resistance Genes in Potato and Studying their Role in Shaping Pathogen Effector Diversity (International Exchanges) (Joint with the James Hutton Institute and the Federal Research Centre NI - Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources)

  Birch, P. & Hein, I.

  Royal Society

  1/11/19 → 31/10/21

  Project: Research

• Striving to be an Excellent Healthcare Professional and an Excellent Parent: Exploring the Stories of UK Doctors and Nurses

  Kennedy, C. & Scanlan, G.

  1/05/21 → 31/10/21

  Project: Research

• Transforming Hospital Discharge Planning Amount ICU Survivors: Developing an Evidence-Based Complex Intervention and Theory of Change for UK-Wide Implementation (Joint with Stirling and Edinburgh Napier Universities)

  Ramsay, P.

  1/05/21 → 31/10/21

  Project: Research

• The Development Of A Virtual Cohort Of Children Born To Opioid Dependent Mothers In Scotland (Joint with University of Edinburgh)

  Marryat, L.

  1/10/20 → 31/10/21

  Project: Research

• Targeting Tumour Cells with Hyperactive NRF2

  de la Vega, L.

  1/11/18 → 31/10/21

  Project: Research

  • 1-cyclopropyl-3-(3-(5-morpholin-4-ylmethyl-1H-benzoimidazol-2-yl)-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)urea 100%
  • Aurora Kinase Inhibitor 86%
  • NF-E2-Related Factor 2 67%
  • Phosphotransferase Inhibitor 59%
  • Colorectal Neoplasms 37%

• CLASP - Using C-Peptide to CLArify, Simplify and Personalise Diagnosis and Management of Diabetes

  McCreight, L. & Pearson, E.

  Academy of Medical Sciences

  12/08/20 → 11/10/21

  Project: Research

• Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme (SDCEP) - Cochrane Fees & Expenses Award 2014-15

  Clarkson, J.

  NHS Education for Scotland, University of Manchester

  1/02/11 → 1/10/21

  Project: Research

• Understanding How Doctors Learn About And Enact Entrepreneurship And Innovation In Healthcare (Joint with University of St Andrews & NHS Tayside)

  Arshed, N., Gordon, L. & Moffat, M.

  1/04/20 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research