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Arts meets science in dance exploration of cell biology
2 July 2019
MRC MHU collaborated with dancers, teachers and artists to support a new dance performance on DNA and immunology aimed at young people and their families
Medical Sciences welcomes Dr Thakurta as Visiting Professor
2 July 2019
Medical Sciences Division is delighted to welcome Dr Anjan Thakurta to Oxford, having now taken up his position of Visiting Professor of Cancer, Biology and Translational Science within the Radcliffe Department of Medicine.
MRC WIMM scientists take research on new cancer therapy to local community
25 June 2019
Cancer immunotherapy was the focus of this year's participation in the MRC Festival of Medical Research, which took our researchers to shopping centres in Didcot, Reading and Oxford.
Professor Irene Roberts recognised for mentorship role
19 June 2019
Many congratulations to Prof Irene Roberts, recipient of the European Hematology Association (EHA) Education & Mentoring Award 2019.
Prof Sten Eirik W. Jacobsen elected as EMBO member
11 June 2019
Many congratulations to Prof Jacobsen from MRC MHU for this distinction, which recognises his research unravelling the haematopoietic roadmap.
New Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship to probe early embryonic development
15 May 2019
Many congratulations to Professor Tatjana Sauka-Spengler, who was awarded a Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship to study neural crest development
Clinical Academic Research Partnership to improve diagnosis of MDS
9 May 2019
Many congratulations to Dr Onima Chowdhury, awarded a £250,000 grant by the Medical Research Council
Prof Alison Simmons elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
8 May 2019
Many congratulations to Prof Simmons from MRC HIU for this distinction, which recognises her contribution to the fields of innate immunity and inflammatory bowel disease.
New Pump-Priming Grant Funds Study of Niemann-Pick Disease
16 April 2019
Congratulations to Dr Erdinc Sezgin from MRC HIU, awarded a pump-priming grant to study the role of lipids on NPC disease.
New approach to tackle Ebola and other deadly infections
2 April 2019
MRC HIU scientists have isolated therapeutic antibodies from healthy volunteers exposed to the Ebola vaccine but not Ebola virus itself, suggesting that protective therapies could be developed from people who are disease-free.
WIMM day 2019 a success
1 April 2019
29th of March marked this year's WIMM day, our annual symposium showcasing the best quality research around the MRC WIMM.
Lunter group joins the MRC WIMM
28 March 2019
We are pleased to welcome Professor Gerton Lunter and his research group, who will be joining the MRC WIMM Centre for Computational Biology.
New “molecular fibres” may help cells repair DNA
19 March 2019
Research by the Blackford group has for the first time observed molecular fibres that may hold together sections of broken DNA in mitosis.
MRC WIMM researchers excel at RDM day
15 March 2019
Congratulations to Jim, Martyna and Louise, who were the recipients of awards at the Radcliffe Department of Medicine Annual Symposium
The battle within- new animation on the immune system
7 March 2019
The Davis and Cornall groups at MRC HIU release a new animation for school children on immunology and cancer immunotherapy.
Patient involvement partnership sets priorities for rare anaemias
28 February 2019
Patients, carers, clinicians and researchers collaborate to decide key research questions for future research.
Research identifies how the gut loses protective barrier function in IBD
27 February 2019
A research team led by Prof Alison Simmons at MRC HIU used single-cell technology to identify new players in the gut epithelial barrier.