Video by Lizzie Horton from the Rehwinkel Group in collaboration with Oxford Sparks. 

Associate Professor Andi Roy discusses the work of the Childhood Leukaemia Research Group.

Professor Andi Roy is a member of the MRC MHU and MRC WIMM.

In this video, Professor Adam Mead discusses the ongoing clinical trial.

Professor Mead is a member of the MRC MHU and MRC WIMM.

Produced by the Oxford Centre for Haematology, this animation summarises some of the research and facilities at the MRC WIMM.

(2021)

Video tour with Caitlin Murnane, a DPhil student in the Childhood Leukaemia Group, recorded as part of their twitter takeover for #ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth

The Childhood Leukaemia group are members of both the MRC MHU and MRC WIMM.

(2021)

Video introduction to the Clinical Genetics Group, recorded as part of Oxford Open Doors 2021.

The Wilkie group are members of the MRC WIMM.

(2020)

Developed by Professor Hal Drakesmith in collaboration with Goldsmith University of London and the IMPRINT research network, this educational game shows how vaccinations on a global scale impact the spread of disease. 

Professor Drakesmith is a member of both the MRC TIDU and MRC WIMM.

(2020)

Professor Tao Dong joins the episode to discuss what scientists are doing to address the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Professor Dong is a member of both the MRC TIDU and MRC WIMM.

(2019)

Developed by the Davis and Cornall groups from the MRC HIU (now the MRC TIDU) in collaboration with Oxford Sparks, this animation is aimed at school students and introduces the main players of the immune system and some of the latest research trying to harness this knowledge to fight diseases such as cancer.

This project was contributed to by members of the MRC HIU (now the MRC TIDU) and MRC WIMM

(2018) MRC HIU, MRC WIMM

Follow members of the Rehwinkel group (MRC TIDU) as they perform a genome editing screen. 

This project was contributed to by members of the MRC HIU (now the MRC TIDU) and MRC WIMM

(2018)

Dr Kathryn Robson contributed to the radio series 'In their element', explaining the role of iron in haemachromatosis. 

This Dr Robson is affiliated with the MRC WIMM.

(2018)

In collaboration with Oxford Sparks, Layal Liverpool and Marjam Schilling from the Rehwinkel group joined a Facebook live event about research on viruses. 

This project was contributed to by members of the MRC HIU (now the MRC TIDU) and MRC WIMM.

(2018)

A number of researchers took part in short video interviews about their work on rare diseases. 

This project was contributed to by members of the MRC MHU and MRC WIMM.

(2018)

This video animation was created by the Cerundolo group as part of the science resources for school teachers that was run in collaboration with the Eggeling group.

This project was organised by members of the MRC HIU (now the MRC TIDU) and MRC WIMM.

(2017)

An animation was created as part of the Folding Genome project. The folding genome activities were taken to the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition in 2017, and the Cheltenham Science Festival in 2018.

This project was developed by members of the CCB, MRC MHU and MRC WIMM in collaboration with Goldsmiths, London. The principal investigators of the project were Professor Jim Hughes and Steve Taylor.

Our in-house podcast explores the people behind the science.

(2021)

Professor Tao Dong discusses research during the pandemic in this episode of the Global T cell Expert Consortium podcast. 

Professor Dong is a member of both the MRC TIDU and MRC WIMM

(2021)

Professor Hal Drakesmith (MRC TIDU) and Jon Wade (an Associate Profession in Earth Sciences) discuss their recent paper in PNAS. 

Professor Drakesmith is a member of the MRC TIDU and MRC WIMM.

An independent podcast produced by Emily and Emma, two PhD students from the University of Oxford. A number of researchers from the MRC WIMM are featured in the series.

(2019)

A 'Meet the Researchers' podcast from the Nuffield Department of Medicine.

Professor Ogg is a member of both the MRC TIDU and MRC WIMM.

(2010)

Interview with Professor Sir David Weatherall to mark World Malaria Day in 2010. 

Professor Weatherall founded the MRC WIMM.

(Ongoing)

Our researchers have run a number of school sessions, offering hands-on activities for pupils in primary and secondary schools. 

Members of the MRC HIU (now the MRC TIDU), MRC MHU and MRC WIMM have contributed to developing and leading these events.

(Ongoing)

This project is being developed by Professor Anny Goriely, funded through an Enriching Engagement grant through the Wellcome Trust. 

Professor Goriely is a member of the MRC WIMM.

(Ongoing)

We collaborate with In2ScienceUK to run an annual summer work experience programme for Year 12 students from under-represented backgrounds. 

Note: this programme was paused during the pandemic, and resumed in 2023. 

Groups from the MRC TIDU, MRC MHU and MRC WIMM support this project.

(Ongoing)

Students and researchers from the MRC WIMM have taken part in a number of I'm a Scientist, Get me our of here events. This programme offers a text-based online discussions with scientists. 

Representatives from the MRC WIMM have taken part in these events.

(2018)

Our researchers have developed a number of resources for use in schools.

In 2018 researchers from the Eggeling and Cerundolo groups in the MRC HIU developed a series of resources to bring cutting-edge research into the classroom.

This included an animation describing the use of antibodies in research, and an interview with scientists about using antibodies in their work. 

These resources and activities were developed by members of the MRC HIU (now the MRC TIDU) and MRC WIMM.

(Ongoing)

Dr Noémi Roy in collaboration with Dr Catriona Gilmour Hamilton from Oxford University Hospitals hosted a number of workshops to explore and address overt or unconscious racism towards sickle cell patients. 

Dr Roy is a member of the MRC MHU.

(Ongoing)

Launched in 2018 and co-founded by Dr Noémi Roy and Dr Catriona Gilmour Hamilton, the Oxford Blood Group brings together patients, clinicians and researchers to discuss patient involvement. 

A number of researchers from the MRC WIMM and MRC MHU have taken part in the activities. The Oxford Blood Group is coordinated by Oxford University Hospitals.

(Ongoing)

The Ogg Group established a local dermatology patient and public advisory group to review research plans, provide feedback on lay summaries, and on patient information sheets. Patients and the public are given feedback on study progress and are able to iteratively contribute to study changes during study progression.

The Ogg group are members of the MRC TIDU.

(2018)

Researchers from the MRC MHU have worked with patients and carers to develop research priorities for rare anaemias. The project was led by Dr Noémi Roy.

Dr Roy is a member of the MRC MHU.

(2017)

In September 2017 we welcomed members of the Oxford and Thames Valley MDS Patient Support group to tour the WIMM, and hear from a number of our researchers about ongoing research project. 

Researchers from the MRC MHU and MRC WIMM contributed to this event.

(2018)

Dr Eleni Louka from the Mead and Roberts Groups set up the first parent group for families with children with JMML. In 2018, Eleni Louka received the individual public engagement prize at the WIMM Day. 

The Dr Louka was a member of the MRC MHU.

(2022)

In June 2022, James Davies will be joined by Simon Underdown from Oxford Brookes University to discuss how chance encounters by our ancestors shape modern responses to COVID-19. 

The session, titled 'The Butterfly Effect: Covid-19 and Our Ancestors', took place on Wednesday 8th June in the Parabola Arts Centre at the Cheltenham Science Festival. 

Associate Professor James Davies is a member of the MRC MHU and MRC WIMM.

Between 2016 and 2019, researchers from the MRC WIMM took part in the MRC Festival of Medical Research. We participated in Science at the Supermarket to engage audiences with science who may not have engaged with Oxford researchers before. 

2016- In collaboration with the Department of Oncology

2017- Genetic susceptibility to disease

2018- Genome Editing

2019- Cancer immunotherapy

(Ongoing) MRC TIDU, MRC MHU, MRC WIMM

IF Science and Ideas Festival is Oxford's independent science festival. Members of the WIMM have taken part in the festival across the following events:

2018 IF Science and Ideas Festival- Gene editing and the blood factory

2019 IF Science and Ideas Festival- Living Library, Cancer Immunotherapy, and Battle for the Iron Crown.

2020 - Online Living Library

2021 IF Science and Ideas Festival - Fighting viral infections

2024 IF Oxford Science and Ideas Festival - Ironclad & Gene Editing

Each year these events are run by volunteers from across the MRC TIDU, MRC MHU and MRC WIMM.

(2020)

Researchers from the Jackson, Dong and Ogg Groups developed 'The Immune Cell Highway' for the Swindon Science Festival.

This project was developed by members of the MRC HIU (now the MRC TIDU) and MRC WIMM.

(2019)

Researchers from the MRC MHU took part in the exhibition at the Bodleian Library.

(2019-2020)

Dr Robert Beagrie from the Higgs group in the MRC MHU has run a number of in-person and online sessions for U3A groups. 

(2019)

Held at the Royal Institution, researchers from the MRC WIMM, MRC MHU and MRC HIU (now the MRC TIDU) led activities around genome editing.

This activity won the team prize at the WIMM Day in 2019. 

This event was run by volunteers from across the MRC HIU (now the MRC TIDU), MRC MHU and MRC WIMM.

(2019)

A project run in collaboration with the Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics for the Science at the Library event run by Oxfordshire County Library.

(2018)

Professor Sir Walter Bodmer consulted on the creation of the exhibit which ran at the Museum from February to September 2018.

(2017)

The University-wide festival highlighted research going on at the University of Oxford. 

Curiosity Carnival 2017

This event was run by volunteers from across the MRC HIU (now the MRC TIDU), MRC MHU and MRC WIMM.

(2017)

The DNA origami activity was developed by a team at the MRC WIMM. Originally run at the Royal Society Summer Exhibition in 2017, this activity has since been used at a number of public engagement events. 

(2023)

The MRC TIDU ran a stand at the festival showcasing the Vaccination Game, an online game developed by the Drakemsith Lab with the CCB and Goldsmiths University.

(2016)

The Centre for Computational Biology developed and ran an exhibit at the festival, demonstrating VR software which visualises the 3D dimensional structure of DNA.

(2021)

(2020)

A Journal of the Pandemic Year, 2020

Professor Cornall is a member of both the MRC MHU and MRC WIMM.

(2020)

The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Louise Richardson, joins Professor Richard Cornall, Head of the Nuffield Department of Medicine, to talk about the University's research into the COVID-19 virus.

(2019)

Professor Graham Ogg was interviewed at the British Association of Dermatologists annual conference in 2019. 

Professor Ogg is a member of both the MRC TIDU and MRC WIMM.

(2016)

Recorded talk by Oxford BRC. 

Researchers from the MRC WIMM  and MRC MHU have taken part in a number of these events run independently across Oxford. DPhil students have taken part in 2017 and 2018, 

DPhil students at the MRC WIMM have regularly taken part in the science communication competition. 

In 2021, Gulnar Abdullayeva from the Bodmer Group made it to the Oxford Regional Final. 

In 2017 Tomasz Dobrycki from the MRC MHU came second in the Oxford Regional Final.

In 2016, Layal Liverpool from the Rehwinkel Group in the MRC HIU also made it to the Oxford Regional Final. 

(2021)

Professor Hal Drakesmith and Dr Dannielle Wellington from the MRC HIU (now the MRC TIDU) took part in Pint of Science events in 2021. 

Many researchers have also played a role in organising the events. 

(2019)

Run during IF Science and Ideas Festival, 6 researchers from across the University battled it out to persuade the audience that their research on iron was the most important. 

This event was run collaboratively by the MRC HIU (now the MRC TIDU), MRC MHU and MRC WIMM.

(2019) MRC MHU, MRC WIMM

Prof Veronica Buckle and PhD student Caroline Harrold (Hughes group) from MRC MHU participated in a project led by Impelo, a leading community dance company based in Wales, to support a new dance performance.

CELL is a dance project that uses giant inflatable nucleus and cells to show the dynamic world of cells. 

by Dr James Davies, Associate Professor of Genomics

by Professor Hal Drakesmith

By Dr Bryony Graham

by Dr Connor Sweeney and Dr Catherine Garnett