Professor Sir David Weatherall’s research legacy continues
1 July 2022
Collection from the Institute’s founder contributes to new research published today in the Journal Science.
Spatial transcriptomics of neurodegeneration in Progressive Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
28 June 2022
In a paper published in Nature Neuroscience, the Fugger Group describe molecular pathways of MS neurodegeneration in unprecedented detail.
Lister Research Prize Fellows Announced
23 June 2022
James Davies has been named as one of eight researchers selected for the 2022 Fellowship scheme.
New Associate Professor titles conferred
22 June 2022
Stephen Twigg and Adam Wilkinson have both been awarded Associate Professor titles in the most recent announcement from the Radcliffe Department of Medicine
Research shines at the MRC WIMM Post-doc Symposium
21 June 2022
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Held on 16th June 2022 at Somerville College in Oxford, the one-day event brought together post-doctoral researchers from across the Institute to share their research.
Understanding the interplay of dietary iron, anaemia and the immune system
16 June 2022
Four related projects aim to unravel how the iron we eat shapes how the immune system develops and responds to vaccines.
MRC WIMM fundraising raises £583 for the British Red Cross
13 June 2022
We are delighted to announced the result of fundraising efforts across the past few months.
MRC WIMM research at the 2022 Cheltenham Science Festival
9 June 2022
'The Butterfly Effect: Covid-19 and Our Ancestors' ran on 8th June 2022 at the Parabola Arts Centre in Cheltenham.
Ita Askonas Medal Winner 2022
8 June 2022
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This year’s Student Presentation Day saw researchers from across the MRC WIMM gather to celebrate the work of students at the institute.
MRC HIU scientists in Horizon Prize winning team
7 June 2022
Alain Townsend, Tiong Kit Tan and Pramila Rijal among those awarded the Chemistry Biology Interface Division Horizon Prize by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Community-led, collaborative projects to be showcased at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History
6 June 2022
Explore Science Together event will be held at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History on Tuesday 7 June 2022.
Ronjon Chakraverty to lead new Blood and Transplant Research Unit
18 May 2022
The Precision Cellular Therapeutics Unit is one of three new units awarded to the University of Oxford by NIHR.
Developmental dynamics of the neural crest–mesenchymal axis in creating the thymic microenvironment
16 May 2022
A new paper from the Holländer Group has shown that fibroblasts in the thymus, often considered simply as dull “structural” cells, are much more complex than previously thought.
Funding awarded for autoimmune disease research
13 May 2022
Dr Kate Attfield awarded project funding by Connect Immune Research and The Lorna and Yuti Chernajovsky Biomedical Research Foundation.
Project funding for personalised childhood cancer treatments
29 April 2022
Funding from the Azaylia Foundation will support the Scientific Advances for Infant Leukaemia (SAIL) programme.