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« Back to NewsProfessor KJ Patel awarded major European Research Council Advanced Grant
23 June 2026
Professor Patel is one of fourteen researchers at the University of Oxford awarded Advanced Grants from the European Research Council (ERC), each worth up to €2.5 million over a period of five years.
Study reveals blood stem cells can ‘remember’ inflammation
27 May 2026
Researchers have discovered that some human blood stem cells retain a lasting “memory” of inflammation, a finding that could help explain links between ageing, chronic disease, and blood cancers
Reversing T cell exhaustion improves effectiveness of myeloma immunotherapies
19 May 2026
Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS), and the University of Oxford have discovered a way to give worn-out immune cells a second wind in the fight against multiple myeloma.
Verena Korber receives CRUK Career Development Fellowship
1 April 2026
Congratulations to Dr Verena Korber, who has been awarded a Career Development Fellowship from Cancer Research UK.
DNA-damaging formaldehyde accelerates blood ageing by extinction of stem cells
23 March 2026
Researchers from the University of Oxford, the German Cancer Research Center, and Hospital Saint-Louis have uncovered a surprising new way that blood stem cells are lost over time, offering fresh insight into ageing and diseases that affect blood production.
New study reveals how blood cell production responds to parasite infection
11 March 2026
Research led by the Nerlov Group in the MRC Molecular Haematology Unit provides the first detailed explanation of how parasite-fighting immune cells are selectively increased following infection.
Paresh Vyas receives CRUK Discovery Programme Award
11 March 2026
Congratulations to Professor Paresh Vyas, who has been awarded a Discovery Research grant from Cancer Research UK to investigate cancer immunotherapies.
New bone marrow model offers scalable platform for next-generation drug discovery
24 February 2026
Researchers at the MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine have developed the first combined human bone and bone marrow organoid platform capable of modelling long term blood and immune cell production in a fully human 3D system.
Sarah Gooding and Rubeta Matin named NIHR Oxford Senior Research Fellows
19 January 2026
Congratulations to Dr Sarah Gooding and Dr Rubeta Matin who have been appointed as the next cohort of NIHR Oxford BRC Senior Research Fellows.
Holly Russell receives Lee Placito Research Fellowship
9 December 2025
Congratulations to Holly Russell who has been awarded a fellowship from the Lee Placito Medical Fund.
Study reveals how drug resistance develops early in targeted AML therapy
17 November 2025
A new study led by researchers at the MRC Molecular Haematology Unit has shown that resistance to a targeted treatment for acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) can develop much earlier than expected.
Oxford scientists capture genome’s structure in unprecedented detail
5 November 2025
RDM scientists have achieved the most detailed view yet of how DNA folds and functions inside living cells, revealing the physical structures that control when and how genes are switched on.
Abdullah Khan receives Wellcome Career Development Award
4 November 2025
Congratulations are in order for Dr Abdullah (Abs) Khan, who has been awarded a Wellcome Career Development Award for his research on age-related immune dysfunction using human model systems.
Body-in-a-chip approach reveals how immune cells respond to heart injury
11 September 2025
Oxford scientists build a connected, ‘multi-organoid’ platform that recreates immune recruitment to the heart, opening new avenues to probe disease and test therapies.
‘Targeted Therapies’ at Big Bang Fair 2025
20 August 2025
Earlier this year, a group of researchers from the MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine attended the Big Bang Fair in Birmingham, showcasing medical research through a series of hands-on activities.
Platelets shown to store DNA in study that could transform cancer screening
15 August 2025
Study led by Psaila Group uncovers previously unknown function of platelets as DNA ‘vacuum cleaners’ in the blood, with profound implications for cancer diagnosis and prenatal screening.
Wellcome Discovery Award for Claus Nerlov
31 July 2025
Claus Nerlov, Professor of Stem Cell Biology, has been awarded funding from Wellcome to map the gene regulatory networks in blood cell production and seek new therapeutic targets.
New tool allows researchers to track how mutations arise in tissues
3 July 2025
Researchers at the MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine and the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have developed a new method to analyse how our tissues evolve as we age.
RDM researchers edit new edition of seminal haematology textbook
1 May 2025
Professor Adam Mead is Editor-in-Chief and Graham Collins and Deborah Hay two of the editors for the eighth edition of this key reference work, now in its sixth decade.
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.