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  Contrast Enhanced Breast Tomosynthesis in Patients Suspected of Having Breast Cancer: A Prospective Comparison with State of the Art Breast MRI (Translational Clinical Studies Research Committee)

  Evans, A., Vinnicombe, S. & Whelehan, P.

  Chief Scientist Office

  1/10/17 → 31/08/21

  Project: Research

• The Na/K ATPase in Cardiovascular Health and Disease (joint with Kings College London and University of Glasgow)

  Fraser, N.

  British Heart Foundation

  1/10/17 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research

• A Randomised controlled trial to Evaluate the effectiveness and cost benefit of prescribing high does Fluoride toothpaste in preventing and treating dEntal Caries in high-risk older adulTs (REFleCt Trial) (Full Application) (joint with University of Manchester, and University of Aberdeen)

  Clarkson, J. & Ricketts, D.

  National Institute for Health Research

  1/10/17 → 30/06/22

  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%

• A Systems Approach for Understanding Cell Surface Dynamics in Trypanosomes (Investigator Award)

  Field, M.

  Wellcome Trust

  1/10/17 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research

  • Trypanosoma brucei brucei 100%
  • Trypanosoma 88%
  • Eukaryota 72%
  • Euglena gracilis 65%
  • Nuclear Pore 57%

• The Role of NCX1 Palmitoylation in Cardiac Function

  Ashford, M. & Fuller, W.

  British Heart Foundation

  25/09/17 → 24/09/21

  Project: Research

  • Lipoylation 100%
  • acetyltropic acid 4-pyridylmethylamide 22%
  • Sodium-Calcium Exchanger 15%
  • Catalysis 12%
  • Enzymes 10%

• Evaluation of the Clinical Efficacy of Texture Analysis in Myocardial Quantification

  Houston, G. & Struthers, A.

  1/09/17 → 31/08/21

  Project: Research

• The Interplay Between Oxygen Sensors PHDs and the Cell Cycle (Joint with University of Liverpool)

  Fleming, S., Lamond, A. & Swedlow, J.

  Wellcome Trust

  1/09/17 → 31/08/22

  Project: Research

  • Hypoxia 100%
  • RNA Sequencing 70%
  • Histone Demethylases 61%
  • Pharmacologic Agent 61%
  • Prolyl Hydroxylases 59%

• STFC Dundee 2017 DTP

  Hornig, G.

  1/09/17 → 31/08/21

  Project: Research

• Mode of Action Studies in Kinetoplastid Parasites (Industrial CASE Studentship)

  Gilbert, I. & Horn, D.

  Medical Research Council

  1/09/17 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research

• Molecular and Cellular Biology 4 Year PhD Studentships

  Hay, R.

  Wellcome Trust

  1/09/17 → 31/08/23

  Project: Research

• Molecular Determinants of Intraepithelial Lymphocyte Function in Intestinal Infection (Sir Henry Dale Fellowship)

  Swamy, M.

  Wellcome Trust

  1/09/17 → 31/08/22

  Project: Research

  • Intraepithelial Lymphocytes 100%
  • PIM2 77%
  • RNA Sequencing 64%
  • Thr-Ser 55%
  • interleukin-22 52%

• Dishabituation as a Treatment for Impaired Hypoglycaemia Awareness in Type 1 Diabetes

  McCrimmon, R.

  Diabetes UK

  2/08/17 → 3/08/21

  Project: Research

  • Hypoglycemia 100%
  • Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus 70%
  • Proof of Concept Study 43%
  • Hypoglycemic Agents 19%
  • Glucose 10%

• An Experimental Investigation of Syntactic Priming and the Lexical Boost in Language Production (Joint with University of Umea)

  van Gompel, R.

  Economic and Social Research Council

  1/08/17 → 31/05/22

  Project: Research

  • Nouns 100%
  • Experiment 71%
  • experiment 67%
  • Experiments 40%
  • Verb Phrase 36%

• Avoiding Patient Harm Through the Application of Prescribing Safety Indicators in English General Practices (PRoTeCT) (Programme Grant) (Joint with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, University of Nottingham, University of Manchester, University of Edinburgh and NHS Nottingham City CCG)

  Guthrie, B. & Morales, D.

  National Institute for Health Research

  1/08/17 → 28/02/23

  Project: Research

• Cardiovascular Research: From Biomarkers to Clinical DATA, TICR 2017

  Anderson, A., Belch, J., Choy, A., George, J., Houston, G., Khan, F., Lang, C. & Struthers, A.

  The Institute of Cardiovascular Research

  1/07/17 → 30/06/25

  Project: Research

• Towards a Better Understanding of Cardiovascular Disease

  Belch, J.

  The Institute of Cardiovascular Research

  1/07/17 → 2/06/25

  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

• Scotland India Diabetes Health Informatics Unit (joint with Madras Diabetes Research Foundation)

  Doney, A., McCrimmon, R., Palmer, C., Pearson, E. & Trucco, M.

  1/06/17 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research

  • Machine Learning 100%
  • Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus 73%
  • Systematic Reviews 65%
  • Machine learning 64%
  • Retinal Vessels 60%

• MICA: Delivering Gene Silencing Therapy to the Epidermis and Ocular Surface

  Hickerson, R. & McLean, I.

  Medical Research Council

  1/06/17 → 31/08/22

  Project: Research

  • filaggrin 100%
  • Electromagnetic Phenomena 82%
  • DNA Damage 60%
  • Light 49%
  • Viruses 46%

• 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%

• Evolution of Multicellularity and Somatic Cell Specialisation (EVOSOM)

  Schaap, P.

  COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

  1/05/17 → 30/04/22

  Project: Research

  • Dictyostelium 100%
  • Amoeba 95%
  • Spores 82%
  • Phylogeny 52%
  • Amoebozoa 48%

• Impact of DNA Replication on Epigenetics (IDRE)

  Alabert, C. & Owen-Hughes, T.

  COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

  1/05/17 → 31/10/22

  Project: Research

  • Histone 100%
  • Histones 87%
  • Methylation 84%
  • H3K27Me3 59%
  • Histone Code 53%

• Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research

  Cook, S., De Rycker, M., Fairlamb, A., Ferguson, M., Field, M., Gilbert, I., Gray, D., Horn, D., Pawlowic, M., Read, K., Wyatt, P. & Wyllie, S.

  Wellcome Trust

  1/04/17 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research

  • Trypanosoma brucei brucei 100%
  • Trypanosoma 89%
  • Pharmaceutical Preparations 77%
  • High-Throughput Screening Assays 69%
  • Parasites 65%

• Mapping Cytokine Signalling Networks using Engineered Surrogate Ligands (ERC Starting Grant)

  Crocker, P. & Moraga Gonzalez, I.

  COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

  1/04/17 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research

  • Interleukin-27 100%
  • Competitive Binding 86%
  • Cytokines 41%
  • Interleukin-6 39%
  • Tofacitinib 31%

• The Age of Opportunism: Paul Kruger’s Transvaal, 1886-1899 (Newton Advanced Fellowship : joint with University of the Free State)

  Graham, M.

  British Academy

  31/03/17 → 30/03/22

  Project: Research

• Optimising Colorectal Cancer Screening in Scotland

  Steele, B.

  University of Dundee

  1/03/17 → 28/02/22

  Project: Research

• Genetic and Chemical Validation of Sugar Nucleotide Biosynthesis as a Target Against Candida Albicans (Joint with University of Aberdeen)

  van Aalten, D.

  Wellcome Trust

  1/03/17 → 1/03/23

  Project: Research

  • hexosaminidase C 100%
  • O-GlcNAc transferase 63%
  • Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats 22%
  • Proteins 21%
  • Proteome 20%

• HIPK2 as a Novel Determinant of Tumour Progression and Therapeutic Resistance

  de la Vega, L.

  Cancer Research UK

  1/02/17 → 31/01/23

  Project: Research

  • Cannabidiol 100%
  • NF-E2-Related Factor 2 91%
  • 1-cyclopropyl-3-(3-(5-morpholin-4-ylmethyl-1H-benzoimidazol-2-yl)-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)urea 68%
  • Antioxidant Agent 65%
  • Antioxidants 63%

• Architecture of a Biofilm (Joint with University of Edinburgh)

  Campbell, P., Davidson, F., Ferguson, M., Stanley-Wall, N. & Swedlow, J.

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  1/02/17 → 31/07/22

  Project: Research

  • Bacillus subtilis 100%
  • Biofilms 82%
  • Extracellular Polymeric Substance Matrix 56%
  • pulcherriminic acid 25%
  • Spores 17%

• BRIGHT Trial: Brushing Reminder 4 Good oral HealTh: the Clinical and Cost-effectiveness of a Short Messaging Service Behaviour Change Programme to Improve the Oral Health of Young People Living in Deprived Areas (joint with Universities of Sheffield,Cardiff, York and Leeds)

  Dey, D. & Innes, N.

  National Institute for Health Research

  4/01/17 → 3/08/22

  Project: Research

  • Oral Health 100%
  • Randomized Controlled Trials 64%
  • Curriculum 56%
  • Tooth 55%
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis 49%

• Chromatin Replication and Cancer (Career Development Fellowship)

  Alabert, C. & Owen-Hughes, T.

  Cancer Research UK

  1/01/17 → 31/12/22

  Project: Research

• Research in Melanoma

  Proby, C.

  1/01/17 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research

• 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%

• 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%

• Accelerating Medicines Partnership: Deposit of GoDARTS Data into the Knowledge Portal

  Palmer, C. & Pearson, E.

  National Institutes of Health

  1/11/16 → 31/08/22

  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%

• What Happens during the Transition from Informal to Formal Homecare for a Person Living with Dementia? An Exploratory Qualitative Study

  Gavine, A., Kelly, T. & McSwiggan, L.

  Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities

  1/10/16 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research

• Identification of Substrates and Roles in Virulence of the Staphylococcus Aureus Ess Protein Secretion System (Investigator Award)

  Palmer, T.

  Wellcome Trust

  1/10/16 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research

  • Protein Transport 100%
  • Protein Sorting Signals 97%
  • Arginine 83%
  • Organelles 43%
  • Carrier Proteins 38%

• STFC Dundee 2015 DTP

  Davidson, F. & Pontin, D.

  15/09/16 → 14/09/21

  Project: Research

• Training the Next Generation of Scientists in Quantitative and Interdisciplinary Approaches to Biomedical Science (Doctoral Training Partnership)

  Hunter, B. & MacKintosh, C.

  Medical Research Council

  5/09/16 → 31/03/24

  Project: Research

  • glomerulonephritis 100%
  • pathology 74%
  • Glomerulonephritis 71%
  • monocytes 70%
  • Monocytes 55%

• Regulation of DNA Interstrand Crosslink Repaid by Ubiquitin (ICLUB) (ERC Consolidator)

  Walden, H.

  COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

  1/09/16 → 31/08/21

  Project: Research

  • Fanconi Anemia 100%
  • Ubiquitin-Specific Proteases 72%
  • Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzymes 70%
  • Ubiquitin 46%
  • DNA Repair 45%

• Beat-DKD Biomarker Enterprise to Attack Diabetic Kidney Disease (joint with Lund University)

  Palmer, C. & Pearson, E.

  COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

  1/09/16 → 31/08/21

  Project: Research

• 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%

• MaxBio - Maximising Conversion Yields in Biorefining (Joint with Universities of York and Nottingham)

  Halpin, C. & Waugh, R.

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  1/09/16 → 31/08/21

  Project: Research

  • Hordeum 100%
  • barley 55%
  • Lignin 54%
  • caffeate O-methyltransferase 52%
  • caffeic acid 33%

• Mapping Cytokine Signalling Networks using Engineered Surrogate Ligands (Sir Henry Dale Fellowship)

  Crocker, P. & Moraga Gonzalez, I.

  Wellcome Trust

  1/09/16 → 28/02/22

  Project: Research

  • Interleukin-6 100%
  • Cytokines 87%
  • Interleukin-27 65%
  • Competitive Binding 56%
  • Drug Binding Parameter 54%

• Rab Detection Initiative (Joint with Stanford School of Medicine, Max Plank Institute, Neuroscience Research Australia and Parkinsons Institute California)

  Alessi, D. & Davies, P.

  1/08/16 → 31/07/21

  Project: Research

  • AMP-Activated Protein Kinases 100%
  • Adenosine Monophosphate 22%
  • Adenosine Triphosphate 16%
  • Metformin 16%
  • Neoplasms 15%

• Eradicate Hep C

  Dillon, J.

  NHS Tayside

  4/07/16 → 3/07/22

  Project: Research

• Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science (LRCFS)

  Nic Daeid, N.

  Leverhulme Trust

  1/07/16 → 30/06/26

  Project: Research

  • Dronabinol 100%
  • Uncertainty 74%
  • uncertainty 60%
  • evidence 38%
  • theater 32%

• 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%