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« Back to NewsTwo 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.
Graham Ogg named NIHR Senior Investigator
3 March 2022
Department General IMD MRC HIU MRC WIMM
Seven academics in Oxford have been named National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Senior Investigators in recognition of their outstanding leadership in research.
Spin-out company Alethiomics launches
15 December 2021
Department General MRC MHU MRC WIMM NDCLS
The enterprise will focus on developing targeted therapies for a specific family of blood cancers.
Iron integral to the development of life on Earth – and the possibility of life on other planets
7 December 2021
Department General MRC HIU MRC WIMM
A collaboration between researchers at the MRC WIMM/RDM and Department of Earth Sciences uncovers the importance of iron for the development of complex life on Earth.
Strong cytotoxic T cell responses to an internal viral component are associated with mild COVID-19 disease
1 December 2021
COVID-19 research MRC HIU MRC WIMM
Study from the Dong Group reveals key differences in the adaptive immune responses of patients with mild vs. severe COVID-19, highlighting a potential new vaccine target.
Study reveals ‘stop-eating’ response to DNA damage
24 November 2021
Department General MRC MHU MRC WIMM NDCLS Publication Research
A new study from the Patel Group sheds light on the mechanism by which DNA damage suppresses appetite, a finding with implications for understanding the appetite lowering side-effects of chemotherapy.
$2m awarded to explore the role of ancestry in vaccine response
17 November 2021
Department General IMD MRC HIU MRC WIMM
The Lymph nodE single-cell Genomics AnCestrY (LEGACY) Network will create an ethnically diverse single-cell atlas of the response to commonly used vaccines such as flu vaccines with a focus on responses in lymph nodes.
Joe Frost wins 2021 RDM graduate prize
9 November 2021
Awards Department General MRC HIU MRC WIMM
Many congratulations to Dr Frost.
New atlas revealed of bone marrow haematopoiesis during development
29 September 2021
A new study published this week in Nature, provides the most detailed analysis so far of the prenatal development of blood and immune cells in the bone marrow.
Changes in blood cell production over the human lifetime may hold clues to patterns of disease
16 September 2021
Department General MRC MHU MRC WIMM NDCLS OCH Publication Research
A new paper published this week in Cell Reports reveals that changes in the gene expression of blood stem cells occur across the human lifetime; an important step in the understanding and treatment of blood disorders.
11 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.
Mechanism behind repair of cancer-inducing mutations discovered
28 July 2021
Department General MRC MHU MRC WIMM Publication Research
New Nature paper uncovers the precise mechanism behind how the BRCA1 protein detects and engages with DNA breaks in the genome, helping to prevent the development of breast and ovarian cancers.