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« Back to NewsNew Studentship honours Enzo Cerundolo
28 November 2022
Department General MRC HIU MRC WIMM
A new Studentship has been announced in memory of the late MRC HIU Director and MRC WIMM Group Leader.
Doug Higgs awarded the 2023 Genetics Society Medal
22 November 2022
Awards Department General MRC MHU MRC WIMM NDCLS
The award recognises Professor Higgs' major contribution to our understanding of how mammalian genes are switched on and off, and using haematopoiesis as a model to understand how genes function.
2022 RDM Graduate Prize Winners
3 November 2022
Awards Department General MRC HIU MRC MHU MRC WIMM OCDEM
This year's winners are Edward Jenkins, Antje Rottner, and Akshay Shah.
KJ Patel appointed new Chief Scientist of CRUK
12 October 2022
Department General MRC MHU MRC WIMM
Alongside his new role at Cancer Research UK, Prof. Patel will continue as the Director of both the MRC Weatherall Institute for Molecular Medicine (MRC WIMM) and the MRC Molecular Haematology Unit (MRC MHU).
Anjali Kusumbe receives the RMS Life Sciences Medal
29 September 2022
Department General IMD MRC HIU MRC WIMM
The Royal Microscopical Society awards celebrate the best in microscopy, recognising those making a special contribution to microscopy, cytometry and imaging.
Wellcome Trust funding success for Jim Hughes and James Davies
9 September 2022
Department General MRC MHU MRC WIMM
£3.6 million in funding awarded by the Wellcome Trust to combine cutting-edge 3D genome technologies with machine learning approaches to decipher the role of the non-coding genome in disease.
Fundraising for award in memory of Dr Ling Felce
1 September 2022
Department General MRC HIU MRC WIMM
The Ling Felce award will promote cross-disciplinary excellence in bioinformatics.
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.
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
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.
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.