Biotech spinout MiroBio acquired by Gilead Sciences for ~£332m
5 August 2022
Department General IMD MRC HIU MRC WIMM
Co-founded by Simon Davis, MiroBio focuses on developing therapeutics for inflammatory diseases.
Professor Hugh Watkins wins £30 million research award to cure killer heart diseases
29 July 2022
The British Heart Foundation award aims to help researchers rewrite DNA, in “defining moment” for cardiovascular medicine.
Six RDM research groups secure LEAF Sustainability Awards
22 July 2022
Department General IMD MRC HIU MRC MHU MRC WIMM NDCLS
The Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework (LEAF) aims to support research groups to embed sustainability into their work.
Ewa Gogola receives Wellcome Early Career Award
21 July 2022
Department General MRC MHU MRC WIMM
Dr Ewa Gogola from the Patel Group in the MRC Molecular Haematology Unit has been awarded funding by the Wellcome Trust for the project ‘DNA damage-induced hepatocyte polyploidisation- how it happens and what are its consequences?’
Novel all-in-one vaccine developed to tackle future coronavirus threats
6 July 2022
COVID-19 research HIU COVID-19 research MRC HIU MRC WIMM Publication Research
Up to $30 million in funding has been announced by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to bring a new nanoparticle vaccine offering protection against a range of coronaviruses to clinical trial.
James Davies named as Lister Research Prize Fellow
23 June 2022
Department General MRC MHU MRC WIMM NDCLS
James Davies has been named as one of eight researchers selected for the 2022 Fellowship scheme.
Understanding the interplay of dietary iron, anaemia and the immune system
16 June 2022
Department General IMD MRC HIU MRC WIMM Research
Four related projects aim to unravel how the iron we eat shapes how the immune system develops and responds to vaccines.
Six new Associate Professor titles at RDM
14 June 2022
Awards CVM Department General MRC MHU MRC WIMM NDCLS
Graham Collins, Betty Raman, Susie Shapiro, Christopher Toepfer, Stephen Twigg, and Adam Wilkinson have all been awarded Associate Professor titles
Building on the pandemic experience
24 May 2022
Dr Susie Shapiro on her experience of working through the pandemic, and how she is building on it.
Two NHSBT research units launch at RDM
18 May 2022
Department General MRC MHU MRC WIMM NDCLS
The NIHR has awarded three new Blood and Transplant Research Units (BTRUs) to the University of Oxford, with two of them led by RDM researchers.
Professor David Roberts elected Fellow of Academy of Medical Sciences
13 May 2022
David Roberts, Professor of Haematology at the Radcliffe Department of Medicine and Consultant Haematologist, has been elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences