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MRC WIMM annual fundraising raises over £1400 for the Oxford Homeless Medical Fund
11 August 2016
Each year, the MRC WIMM holds a number of fund-raising events in aid of a local charity. This year the Institute has chosen to support the Oxford Homeless Medical Fund, which provides welfare, educational and medical services for homeless people in Oxford.
DPhil student Tomasz Dobrzycki to represent the WIMM in Three Minute Thesis Competition
5 July 2016
Would you be able to explain an 80,000 word document on cutting-edge scientific research in three minutes flat?
Spinout co-founded by WIMM computational biologist launches new software
5 May 2016
In the summer of 2014, Steve Taylor (Head of the Computational Biology Research Group at the MRC WIMM) was awarded £27,000 by the Oxford Invention Fund to build Zegami, a high throughput image analysis tool.
Oxford spin-out Orbit Discovery launches peptide-discovery platform
26 January 2016
Orbit Discovery – a new spinout from the University of Oxford – has raised seed funding to commercialise technology which will help to identify targeted, affordable therapeutic drugs known as peptides.
Children with Cancer UK Research Fellowship Awarded
26 January 2016
David Clynes, a postdoc in the MRC Molecular Haematology Unit, has been awarded a Children with Cancer UK Research Fellowship.
New clinical trial to tackle aggressive form of leukaemia
8 December 2015
A new clinical trial involving scientists at the WIMM plans to study the safety of a new experimental drug to treat a form of leukaemia called Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML).
WIMM holds first charity Craft Fair in aid of UCARE
1 December 2015
In mid-October this year, something quite remarkable happened at the WIMM.
Clotten Foundation Prize 2015
19 November 2015
Professor Terry Rabbitts has been awarded the inaugural Clotten Foundation Prize 2015 for discoveries on human antibody genes leading to therapeutic antibodies, and discoveries on chromosomal translocations in cancer leading to novel therapeutic approaches.
Researchers in the MRC Human Immunology Unit discover immune system’s Trojan horse
4 August 2015
Professor Jan Rehwinkel’s team from the MRC Human Immunology Unit have found that human cells use viruses as Trojan horses, transporting a messenger that encourages the immune system to fight the very virus that carries it. The discovery could have implications for the design of new vaccines.
Annual WIMM fundraiser raises over £1000 for urology cancer research
10 July 2015
Every year in early summer, a team of dedicated volunteers at the WIMM put together a series of fund-raising activities in aid of a local charity, which is often chosen because the beneficiary has links to staff and students at the Institute.
WIMM PhD students reach the final of international biotech startup competition
11 May 2015
Bridging the divide between academia and industry is the sacred goal of many researchers, but few are equipped to take their ideas from the bench to the boardroom.