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« Back to News11 RDM researchers awarded Associate Professorships
10 September 2021
Awards CVM Department General IMD MRC HIU MRC MHU MRC WIMM OCH
We are delighted to announce that 11 RDM researchers have been awarded the Associate Professor title, in recognition of their research achievements, contribution to teaching, and contribution to the general work of the Medical Sciences Division.
Professor Graham Ogg elected Academy of Medical Sciences Fellow
12 May 2021
Awards Department General IMD MRC HIU MRC WIMM
Fellows are selected for their exceptional contributions to the advancement of medical science through innovative research discoveries and translating scientific developments into benefits for patients and the wider society.
MRC HIU appoints new Director
6 January 2021
Department General MRC HIU MRC WIMM
We are pleased to announce that Professor Alison Simmons has been appointed as the new Director of the MRC Human Immunology Unit.
Congratulations to our new Professors
30 October 2020
Role-playing computer game helps players understand how vaccines work on a global scale
8 October 2020
COVID-19 research IMD MRC HIU MRC WIMM
A free game launched today allows players to role-play the deployment of a virtual vaccine to help to halt the global spread of a viral pandemic.
Researchers target previously unknown ‘genetic vulnerability’ in breast cancer cells
10 September 2020
Department General MRC HIU MRC WIMM Publication Research
New Nature paper reports on a genetic vulnerability in nearly 10% of breast cancer tumours, which could be targeted to selectively kill cancer cells.
Persistent immune memory of COVID-19 found in recovered patient T cells
4 September 2020
COVID-19 research IMD MRC HIU MRC WIMM
New Nature Immunology paper finds strong T cell responses in recovered COVID-19 patients
Oxford-Sri Lanka study to compare COVID-19 immune response
9 June 2020
COVID-19 research IMD MRC HIU MRC WIMM
Study co-led by MRC HIU/MRC WIMM's Professor Graham Ogg.
Professor Vincenzo Cerundolo FRS 1959-2020
7 January 2020
Department General MRC HIU MRC WIMM
It is with profound sadness that we learnt of the death of Professor Vincenzo Cerundolo FRS.
Immune response explained by mathematics of narrow escapes
18 September 2019
Department General MRC HIU MRC WIMM
Study finds that shape of immune cells plays key role in recognising invaders.
Two weeks of inspiring science
9 August 2019
Department General MRC HIU MRC MHU MRC WIMM
For the second year running, the MRC WIMM hosted a group of work experience students from under-represented backgrounds, in partnership with in2scienceUK.
New approach to tackle Ebola and other deadly infections
2 April 2019
Department General MRC HIU MRC WIMM
Researchers isolate therapeutic antibodies from healthy volunteers exposed to the Ebola vaccine but not Ebola virus itself.
RDM at IF festival
22 October 2018
Department General MRC HIU MRC MHU MRC WIMM OCDEM
Over two weekends, RDM researchers talked about their work to visitors of all ages at Oxford IF.
Controlling infection essential to tackle global anaemia
2 August 2018
General MRC HIU MRC WIMM Research
New proposals published today by MRC HIU suggest that iron supplements on their own are not enough to efficiently tackle this disease.
New research makes progress towards general Salmonella vaccine
21 June 2018
Department General IMD MRC HIU MRC WIMM Research
Work by researchers at MRC HIU zeroes in on the mechanisms by which T cells respond to Salmonella infections.