WIMM Day 2026: connecting people, ideas and scientific discovery
On Tuesday 23rd June, the MRC WIMM community came together at Saïd Business School for the Institute's annual away day, sharing research, professional achievements and much more.
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MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit
Pioneering the future in the study of human immunity to uncover the molecular pathways driving immune-mediated diseases.
MRC Molecular Haematology Unit
Understanding how mature blood cells are normally made from stem cells and how this is perturbed in common blood disorders.
Centre for Computational Biology
Using computational biology to help understand complex biological systems and combat a range of human diseases.
Latest publications
TiO2 Alternative Coatings for Ferric Pyrophosphate Premixes: Stability and Bioaccessibility Relative to Ferrous Fumarate
Journal article
Teichman DL. et al, (2026), Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies, 111
ChatMDV: Reducing Technical Barriers in Bioinformatics Analysis using Large Language Models.
Journal article
Kiourlappou M. et al, (2026), Gigascience
Development of a recombinant single-cycle influenza viral vector as an intranasal vaccine against SARS-CoV-2.
Journal article
Munro J. et al, (2026), Sci Rep
Positive allosteric modulator selective for adult muscle nicotinic acetylcholine receptor.
Journal article
Webster RG. et al, (2026), Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 123
Transcriptomic analysis of tissue-resident memory T cells of the fallopian tube reveals a precursor immune surveillance network for ovarian cancer prevention
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AHMED A., (2026), Nature Communications
Upcoming Seminars
Constrained B-cell development promotes malignant transformation
Monday, 29 June 2026, 11am to 12pm
Speaker(s): Robin Thiele (German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ))
Exploiting Cancer's Achilles' Heels
Thursday, 02 July 2026, 12pm to 1pm
Speaker(s): John Pollard PhD (Dark Blue Therapeutics, Visiting Professor Oxford University)
Decoding T cell antigen specificity through structural analysis and deep learning
Friday, 03 July 2026, 9.15am to 10.15am
Speaker(s): Benjamin McMaster, Koohy Group University of Oxford
Series: MRC TIDU Friday Morning Lab Meetings
Sensing self-derived dsRNA: distinct functions of Dicer and LGP2 in cell-intrinsic immunity
Friday, 03 July 2026, 10.30am to 11.30am
Speaker(s): Laurens ter Haar, Department of Immunology, Leiden University Medical Center, NL
Series: TIDU seminars