Professor Sir David Weatherall 1933-2018
It is with great sadness that we learnt of the death of Sir David Weatherall this weekend.
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The Drakesmith group investigated an unusual aspect of iron regulation against infection, and stumbled upon a new antiviral pathway
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Deutsche Bank employees across the UK raised this generous sum via their ‘One Day’ initiative, in collaboration with Cure Leukaemia
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Melissa Bedard, a PhD student in the Cerundolo lab at MRC HIU, writes for the Oxford University Science blog about cancer immunotherapy.
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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.
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Using computational biology to help understand complex biological systems and combat a range of human diseases.
Latest Publications
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Invasive Salmonella exploits divergent immune evasion strategies in infected and bystander dendritic cell subsets.
Aulicino A. et al, (2018), Nat commun, 9
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Bi-directional signaling by membrane-bound KitL induces proliferation and coordinates thymic endothelial cell and thymocyte expansion.
Buono M. et al, (2018), Nat commun, 9
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Single-allele chromatin interactions identify regulatory hubs in dynamic compartmentalized domains.
Oudelaar AM. et al, (2018), Nat genet
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Immune Checkpoints as Therapeutic Targets in Autoimmunity.
Paluch C. et al, (2018), Front immunol, 9
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Structural Remodeling of the Human Colonic Mesenchyme in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Kinchen J. et al, (2018), Cell, 175, 372 - 386.e17
What's new
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MRC MHU postdoc named innovation rising star
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Professor Sir David Weatherall 1933-2018
10 December 2018
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New defence mechanism against viruses
3 December 2018
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MRC WIMM students win RDM graduate prize
3 December 2018