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Cancer immunotherapy was the focus of this year's participation in the MRC Festival of Medical Research, which took our researchers to shopping centres in Didcot, Reading and Oxford.
New study finds common virus may improve skin cancer treatment outcomes
23 April 2025
A new study led by the Fairfax Group at the University of Oxford has revealed that a common and usually harmless virus may positively influence how skin cancer patients respond to current treatments.
Wellcome Career Development Award For Agne Antanaviciute
2 April 2025
Dr Agne Antanaviciute has won a Wellcome Career Development Award for her research investigating early-life immunity.
Bannard Group receives Wellcome Discovery Award
25 March 2025
Professor Oliver Bannard has been awarded funding for an 8-year research programme investigating how our immune systems establish antibody-mediated immunity following vaccination and during infection.
New study reveals details of key immune mechanism
25 March 2025
An international collaboration, initiated by the Jackson Group at the MRC WIMM, has uncovered new information that could help in the development of drugs to block conditions such as autoimmunity and inflammation.
Ancient genomic linkage regulates red blood cell development
24 March 2025
A collaboration between the Drakesmith and Higgs Groups at the MRC WIMM has identified an ancient connection between metabolic and transcriptional control of erythropoiesis.
Wellcome Career Development Award For Sumana Sharma
14 March 2025
Dr Sumana Sharma has won a Wellcome Career Development Award for her research investigating receptors in T cells.
Adam Wilkinson wins 2025 ISEH Janet Rowley Award
13 March 2025
Associate Professor Adam Wilkinson has received the 2025 Janet Rowley Award from the International Society for Experimental Haematology for his outstanding contributions in the field of hematopoietic stem cell biology.
International Women's Day 2025
7 March 2025
For International Women's Day on 8th March 2025, women from the MRC WIMM reflect on why this day is so important, the barriers and biases women can face in their careers, and which women have inspired them.
Rare Disease Day 2025
27 February 2025
For Rare Disease Day on the 28th February, we spoke to three of our researchers about their work, discussing both the challenges and importance of researching and treating rare diseases.
Therapy Acceleration Lab granted UKAS accreditation
27 February 2025
The Therapy Acceleration Lab (TAL) at the MRC WIMM was recently accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) to the ISO 17025:2017 Standard as a testing laboratory, No. 28562.
Oxford and GSK launch £50million immuno-prevention programme to advance novel cancer research
21 February 2025
Global biopharma company GSK invests up to £50 million in a collaboration with Oxford to advance the understanding of how cancer develops, which could inform future development of vaccines to prevent cancer.
Innovation at the MRC WIMM
17 February 2025
Here at the MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, we foster a strong culture of innovation.
Oxford Centre for Haematology Day 2025
29 January 2025
The fourth Oxford Centre for Haematology Day, held at the MRC WIMM on 28th January 2025, was a very successful afternoon. Talks covered some of the breadth of haematology research in Oxford.
MRC WIMM researchers win 2024 RDM Graduate Prize
28 January 2025
Congratulations to Charlotte Brierley and Patrick Pflughaupt, who were both awarded the 2024 RDM Graduate Prize after completing their PhDs at the MRC WIMM.
Green Action Week 2025 at the MRC WIMM
27 January 2025
The University of Oxford’s Green Action Week takes place between the 10th and 14th February 2025 and there’s lots going on at the MRC WIMM!
Funding awarded for new theatre-based community engagement project
23 January 2025
Alison Kay and Anne Goriely, together with Minna Jeffery (St. Anne’s College) and Lisa Hinton (Nuffield Dept. of Primary Care Health Sciences), have won an award from the University of Oxford’s PCER Fund for a project called “Making it personal”, which will use theatre to explore public perception of a new form of genetic testing.
MRC WIMM Festive Decorating Competition 2024
20 December 2024
Teams across the MRC WIMM decorated their labs and offices with tinsel, handmade decorations and repurposed lab materials, filling the Institute with festive cheer.
Davis Group receives Wellcome Discovery Award
2 December 2024
Professor Simon Davis and Dr Mafalda Santos have won a 5-year award from the global charitable foundation Wellcome to fund a project titled “Small contacts, big decisions – early signal processing by T cells”. This has been awarded jointly with Professor Anna Lippert of the University of Würzburg.
Vaccines, Meteorites and Gene Editing at IF Oxford 2024
22 November 2024
In October, members of the MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine took part in a series of events for Oxford Science + Ideas Festival.
35 Years of the MRC WIMM
23 October 2024
In 1989, Sir David Weatherall founded the Institute of Molecular Medicine to bridge the gap between basic science and clinical medicine. To mark 35 years since the MRC WIMM opened its labs, we're looking back on some of our highlights and achievements.