Research Group attend the International Conference of Trace Elements in Aachen Seven members of the School of Medicine’s Metal Ions in Medicine Research Group, part of the Cellular Medicine Division, were in Aachen,…
Amy Dorward, a PhD student at the University of St Andrew’s School of Medicine, has begun a research fellow post at the University, a 3-year project grant funded by the British Heart Foundation. Amy, whose ambition is…
Dr Samantha Pitt, a senior lecturer at the School of Medicine, has been elected as the new president-elect for the International Society for Zinc Biology (ISZB). The ISZB brings together scientists from different parts…
Amy Dorward recently took part in the Dundee Science Festival where she volunteered at the British Heart Foundation’s “Air Street”.
Dr Samantha Pitt was invited to present her work at the meeting and gave a talk entitled “Cardiac dysfunction and the role of zinc in sarcoplasmic reticulum remodelling”.
The Pitt lab attended Biophysics 2016 in Los Angeles BROand presented their work on zinc signalling.
New research led by the University of St Andrews reveals that zinc plays a key role in contributing to diseases such as heart failure and fatal arrhythmias