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Dr. Andreia Albuquerque Wendt was selected as a recipient of the C.C. Wang Prize in Molecular Parasitology for her outstanding performance at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) Biology of Parasitism (BoP) course that ran from 15th June to 4th August 2019 in Woods Hole, MA. The $2000 prize was established this year by...

The Dunn School welcomed a new cohort of graduate students to the department on Monday 7th October 2019.

In solidarity with school strikes for climate around the globe, Dunn School students and staff took part in a rally and demonstration in Oxford city centre on 20 September.  The City of Oxford joined the list of thousands of cities and towns worldwide joining the strike, with a protest led by the UK Student...

This week from the 16thto the 21stof September, the Dunn School’s Postdoc Association (PDA) worked with the department to celebrate Postdoc Appreciation Week for the first time.

Maria Karabova, a DPhil student from the James Lab, was awarded the poster prize at the Oxford Network Dementia Research Day 2019, held by Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK) at Reading University on 31st July 2019. This event gathers scientists for a series of talks by researchers from the dementia research labs based in the Thames...

In the summer of 2019, the Dunn School is participating in UNIQ+, a pilot summer school at the University of Oxford aimed at expanding access to postgraduate education in the UK. In addition, the Dunn school is also running its own summer programme, which has also started this year. 

Building on the success of last year’s programme the Dunn School ran another series of outreach events at Pegasus Primary School in Blackbird Leys during the 2018–2019 academic year. The programme aims to make the wonderful world of science accessible to the pupils and to promote the children’s curiosity for scientific topics.

The Dunn School hosted its annual summer party in the University Parks on 21 July 2019. Held exactly a year after the fabulous 2018 party, the 2019 party was equally successful with around 300 people from across the Dunn School community attending. Students, postdocs, support and admin staff, members of the cleaning team,...

Two Dunn School postdocs, Dr Katharina Braunger and Dr João Monteiro, were awarded the EMBO Long Term Fellowship for early career researchers in June 2019. Both Dr Braunger and Dr Monteiro joined the Dunn School earlier this year, and will now enjoy generous funding for 2 years of research.

The importance of vaccine research at the Dunn School was highlighted when Dr Cyrus Poonawalla, Founder and Chairman of the Serum Institute of India, visited the department on 27 June. The Serum Institute, the world’s largest manufacturer of life-saving vaccines, is helping support Professor Christoph Tang’s research to develop a serogroup B meningococcal vaccine. The collaboration exploit...

Summer is in full swing, but as always, the graduate students in the Dunn School earned their sunny days this year by presenting their research in the annual Graduate Student Symposium, which was held on 28thJune at the Medical Science Teaching Centre. This year’s programme was especially packed, with 15 oral presentations delivered by 3rdyear students, and 28 posters evenly divided between 1sta...

The Dunn School is well known for its friendly and supportive atmosphere. Now, it is taking further steps to secure that atmosphere, and assure that bullying is out of the picture. The active Anti-Bullying and Harassment work group makes sure that all Dunn Schoolers are aware of what bullying behaviours are, and that the anti-bullying advisers are always willing to share their advice if needed.

A symposium honouring the work of the Dunn School’s Professor Keith Gull was held in the Medical Sciences Teaching Centre on 22nd March 2019 to mark the occasion of his retirement. The event, which hosted a stellar line-up of speakers, aimed to highlight his contribution to science, both in terms of his academic achievements and...

Researchers from the Dunn School joined forces with local primary schools to engage in the British Science Week in a series of lessons, activities and fairs. The British Science Week is a national celebration of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and it is held every March by the British Science Association. The...

Ashish Dhir, a postdoc from the Proudfoot lab, has been awarded the Chancellor’s Fellowship to take up a group leader position at the MRC Institute of Genetics & Molecular Medicine (IGMM) at the University of Edinburgh in March 2019.