MRC WIMM hosts Nobel celebration
We were honoured to host a celebration marking this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, awarded to our alumnus Sir Peter Ratcliffe.
Read moreThe Trojan Octopus
Martyna Lukoseviciute, a PhD student in Tatjana Sauka-Spengler’s group, shares the story behind her winning image of an octopus embryo and the unexpected lessons she has learnt from it.
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Applications are now open for our 4 year PhD studentships! The deadline for applications is the 10th of January 2020.
Read morePromising therapy for common form of eczema identified in early-stage trial
A therapy that targets the immune system showed promise for treating atopic dermatitis – the most common form of eczema – in a small proof-of-concept trial, led by scientists from the MRC HIU.
Read moreMRC Human Immunology Unit
Human immunology and the development of treatments against infectious diseases, cancer, allergy and autoimmune disease.
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
ADGRL4/ELTD1 Silencing in Endothelial Cells Induces ACLY and SLC25A1 and Alters the Cellular Metabolic Profile.
Favara DM. et al, (2019), Metabolites, 9
Self-maintaining CD103+ cancer-specific T cells are highly energetic with rapid cytotoxic and effector responses.
Abd Hamid M. et al, (2019), Cancer Immunol Res
High glucose concentrations mask cellular phenotypes in a stem cell model of tuberous sclerosis complex.
Rocktäschel P. et al, (2019), Epilepsy Behav
A revised model for promoter competition based on multi-way chromatin interactions at the α-globin locus.
Oudelaar AM. et al, (2019), Nat Commun, 10
Broadly inhibiting anti-neuraminidase monoclonal antibodies induced by trivalent influenza vaccine and H7N9 infection in humans
RIJAL P. and TOWNSEND A., (2019), Journal of Virology
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