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
Centre for Computational Biology RDM
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
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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.
MRC WIMM research at the Royal Institution
25 February 2019
How can genome editing improve human health? That's the theme our researchers took to the latest Royal Institution Family Fun Day in London!
New research to investigate role of blood-brain barrier
12 February 2019
A new consortium of 27 partners coordinated by our researcher Prof Zameel Cader will tackle the challenge of discovery and characterisation of blood-brain barrier targets and transport mechanisms for brain delivery of therapeutics.
New technique to analyse cancer cells' life history
12 February 2019
Analysing tumours cell by cell will help develop personalised cancer treatments.
A new role for Zinc in immune function
4 February 2019
A new study by the Cornall group provides new insights into the importance of zinc in human health.
First MRC WIMM postdoc symposium a success
29 January 2019
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The one day event brought together postdocs from across the institute, with opportunities to network and discuss projects and careers.
Time to step inside your DNA
16 January 2019
Centre for Computational Biology RDM
New technology developed by Steve Taylor and his team helps scientists visualise and model how DNA folds in 3D. Now you can read about it in the Oxford Science blog