About Us
We are a large, multi-disciplinary department, which aims to tackle some of the world’s biggest health challenges by integrating innovative basic biology with cutting edge clinical research. We have internationally renowned programmes in a range of areas including cardiovascular sciences, diabetes and endocrinology, immunology, haematology and pathology.
Read moreUsing AI to diagnose heart disease
Research fostered at RDM has increased the accuracy of echocardiogram interpretations, pinpointing many more people at risk of heart disease.
Read moreDPhil research opportunities
Find out what projects we're offering for the October 2019 DPhil in Medical Sciences.
Read moreLargest ever diabetes genetics study uncovers mechanisms behind type 2 diabetes
Genetic data from nearly a million people could find new drug targets.
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We are a large multi-disciplinary department, which aims to tackle some of the world’s biggest health challenges by integrating innovative basic biology with cutting edge clinical research. We have internationally renowned programmes in a range of areas including cardiovascular sciences, diabetes and endocrinology, immunology, haematology and pathology.
Latest Publications
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Fine-mapping type 2 diabetes loci to single-variant resolution using high-density imputation and islet-specific epigenome maps
MCCARTHY M. et al, Nature genetics
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A tissue-specific self-interacting chromatin domain forms independently of enhancer-promoter interactions.
Brown JM. et al, (2018), Nat commun, 9
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Phenotypic and molecular characterization of a serum-free miniature erythroid differentiation system suitable for high-throughput screening and single-cell assays.
Mettananda S. et al, (2018), Exp hematol, 60, 10 - 20
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Genome and epigenome engineering CRISPR toolkit for in vivo modulation of cis-regulatory interactions and gene expression in the chicken embryo.
Williams RM. et al, (2018), Development, 145
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In situ functional dissection of RNA cis-regulatory elements by multiplex CRISPR-Cas9 genome engineering.
Wu Q. et al, (2017), Nat commun, 8
What's new
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Using AI to diagnose heart disease
19 October 2018
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Dr Kathryn Robson featured in BBC programme
1 October 2018
Our Clinical Facilities and Units
Cardiovascular Clinical Research Facility
Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research
MRC Molecular Haematology Unit
RDM at the Oxford IF Science + Ideas Festival
RDM researcher's will be at Oxford's own science festival over the next week: drop by our stalls and find out about genome editing, healthy eating, explore skull formation in virtual reality, and much more. (Photo credit: Martin Phelps).
Find out more about RDM at Oxford IF.