Organization:Centre for Dermatology and Genetic Medicine

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Centre for Dermatology and Genetic Medicine
AbbreviationDGEM
Founded atUniversity of Dundee
Purposebioinformatics
Key people
Irwin McLean (Director)

The Centre for Dermatology and Genetic Medicine (DGEM),[1][2] based at the University of Dundee, is a multidisciplinary research initiative translating basic science discoveries in genetic skin disease into clinical application. DGEM brings biologists, clinicians and bioinformaticians together with physicists and chemists to tackle the major challenge of developing new medicines and delivery mechanisms for the treatment of skin disease. [citation needed] The scientific director of the Centre is Professor Irwin McLean FRS [3] and the clinical lead is Professor Irene Leigh CBE.[4] The Centre is currently in receipt of a strategic award from the Wellcome Trust (2012-2017.[5]

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