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The Wellcome Trust announced that Prof Andrew Wilkie has been give a Senior Investigator Award. These highly competitive awards provide funding for scientists who have an excellent track record and are in an established academic post. They offer the flexibility and time to enable them to tackle the most important questions in their field. Prof Wilkie's research focuses on "Mutations in malformation and disease".
MRC Human Immunology Unit rebrands to the MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit
Department General MRC HIU MRC TIDU
28 September 2023
Dr Anjali Kusumbe receives Rising Star Award from the International Society for Regenerative Biology
Awards Department MRC HIU MRC TIDU MRC WIMM
31 August 2023
New link uncovered between Strep A, T cells, and skin damage
Department General IMD MRC HIU MRC TIDU MRC WIMM Publication Research
8 June 2023
Study maps origin of macrophage population important for cellular ‘clear up’ in the immune system
MRC HIU MRC TIDU MRC WIMM Publication Research
22 March 2023
New study reveals role of lymphatic system in bone healing
Department General IMD MRC HIU MRC TIDU MRC WIMM Publication Research
19 January 2023
Bones were thought to lack lymphatic vessels, but new research from the Kusumbe Group published in Cell not only locates them within bone tissue, but demonstrates their role in bone and blood cell regeneration and reveals changes associated with aging.
Anjali Kusumbe receives Women in Cell Biology Early Career Medal
Department General MRC HIU MRC TIDU MRC WIMM
12 January 2023
Founded in 2015 to mark the 50th anniversity of the founding of the British Society for Cell Biology, the award recognises outstanding early career biologists.
New Studentship honours Enzo Cerundolo
Department General MRC HIU MRC TIDU MRC WIMM
28 November 2022
A new Studentship has been announced in memory of the late MRC HIU Director and MRC WIMM Group Leader.
2022 RDM Graduate Prize Winners
Awards Department General MRC HIU MRC MHU MRC TIDU MRC WIMM OCDEM
3 November 2022
This year's winners are Edward Jenkins, Antje Rottner, and Akshay Shah.
Beyond Boundaries at the Oxford Imaging Symposium
Department General MRC HIU MRC TIDU MRC WIMM
30 September 2022
Held on 29th September 2022, the symposium brought together researchers from across the world to present the latest applications of advanced imaging.
Anjali Kusumbe receives the RMS Life Sciences Medal
Department General IMD MRC HIU MRC TIDU MRC WIMM
29 September 2022
The Royal Microscopical Society awards celebrate the best in microscopy, recognising those making a special contribution to microscopy, cytometry and imaging.
Fundraising for award in memory of Dr Ling Felce
Department General MRC HIU MRC TIDU MRC WIMM
1 September 2022
The Ling Felce award will promote cross-disciplinary excellence in bioinformatics.
Biotech spinout MiroBio acquired by Gilead Sciences for ~£332m
Department General IMD MRC HIU MRC TIDU MRC WIMM
5 August 2022
Co-founded by Simon Davis, MiroBio focuses on developing therapeutics for inflammatory diseases.
Six RDM research groups secure LEAF Sustainability Awards
Department General IMD MRC HIU MRC MHU MRC TIDU MRC WIMM NDCLS
22 July 2022
The Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework (LEAF) aims to support research groups to embed sustainability into their work.
Novel all-in-one vaccine developed to tackle future coronavirus threats
COVID-19 research HIU COVID-19 research MRC HIU MRC TIDU MRC WIMM Publication Research
6 July 2022
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.
Understanding the interplay of dietary iron, anaemia and the immune system
Department General IMD MRC HIU MRC TIDU MRC WIMM Research
16 June 2022
Four related projects aim to unravel how the iron we eat shapes how the immune system develops and responds to vaccines.
Graham Ogg named NIHR Senior Investigator
Department General IMD MRC HIU MRC TIDU MRC WIMM
3 March 2022
Seven academics in Oxford have been named National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Senior Investigators in recognition of their outstanding leadership in research.
Iron integral to the development of life on Earth – and the possibility of life on other planets
Department General MRC HIU MRC TIDU MRC WIMM
7 December 2021
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
COVID-19 research HIU COVID-19 research MRC HIU MRC TIDU MRC WIMM
1 December 2021
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.
$2m awarded to explore the role of ancestry in vaccine response
Department General IMD MRC HIU MRC TIDU MRC WIMM
17 November 2021
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.