Fun, family time and fantastic food – recipe for a successful Dunn School Summer Party
July 2018
The annual summer party hosted at the University Parks for all Dunn School members and their families on the 22nd July 2018, turned out to be a magnificent seasonal-event. With the sun shining relentlessly, the Head of the Department, Prof Matthew Freeman’s weather predictions were spot on, yet again. The effort by the organising committee...
Department Head Speaks About Penicillin on BBC Radio Oxford
July 2018
As part of a celebration of 70 years of the NHS and medical advancements, BBC Radio Oxford’s David Prever interviewed the Head of the Dunn School of Pathology Professor Matthew Freeman about the impact of penicillin on defining an era of modern medicine. The interview took place at the John Radcliffe Hospital and aired live on BBC Radio Oxford’s breakfast show on Thursday, July 5th, the 70th b...
Graduate Students at the Dunn School take centre stage in annual Symposium
July 2018
Most of the graduate students undertaking their DPhil degrees at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology presented their research at the Graduate Student Symposium, which was held on 29th June 2018 at the Medical Sciences Teaching Centre. For this year’s edition, 12 first-year and 22 second-year students presented their work through posters, while 12...
Scientific Art par excellence: Dunn School members showcase their artistic talent
June 2018
“Where the world ceases to be the scene of our personal hopes and wishes, where we face it as free beings admiring, asking and observing, there we enter the realm of Art and Science.” – Albert Einstein A Science and Art competition was held for the first time on 21st June 2018 for...
David Greaves and Max Brodermann win second prize at the OxTALENT annual awards
June 2018
Dunn School group leader David Greaves and Oxford University medical student Max Brodermann are joint runners-up in the Innovative teaching & learning with technology category of the 2018 OxTALENT annual awards for their entry “Innovative eLearning Resources for Medical Student Studies in Biochemistry and Pathology”. The winners were announced on 13 June 2018. ...
Pegasus DNA Code Breakers – 3rd successful outreach event at local primary school
June 2018
A group of volunteers from the Dunn School of Pathology completed their 2017-2018 outreach series at Pegasus Primary School in Oxford with a 3rd event that took place on the 13th of June. The session, aimed at inspiring potential young scientists of the future, was entitled “DNA – the code of life” and covered the...
Blue Plaque Commemorating Penicillin and The Dunn School Unveiled at Department
May 2018
The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology has had a long history of research successes since the building’s opening in 1927. On the 29thof May in 2018, a piece of that history was recognised with the installation and unveiling of a Blue Plaque, which are commemorative signs installed at places of historical significance, serving as...
A Dunn School hat-trick: Three labs awarded research funding by the BBSRC
May 2018
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), one of the seven UK research councils part of UK Research and Innovation, has awarded three separate research grants in the May 2018 round to the Freeman, Murphy and Carvalho labs of the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology. The BBSRC responsive mode research grants are committed to funding curiosity-led research and aim at helpin...
Ivan Ahel secures renewal of his prestigious Wellcome Trust Fellowship
May 2018
Dunn School group leader Ivan Ahel has successfully renewed his Wellcome Senior Research Fellowship in Basic Biomedical Science. The fellowship will provide around £2 million over 5 years, starting from 1 Oct 2018, to sponsor his research into serine ADP-ribosylation in genome stability and human disease.
Professor Jordan Raff elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
May 2018
Dunn School group leader Professor Jordan Raff is one of 48 newly elected members to join the prestigious Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences, it was announced on 10th May.
Secondary school students peek into the real-life world of stem cell research at the Dunn School
May 2018
A student workshop focussed on stem cell biology, jointly organised by the Dunn School of Pathology and Science Oxford, was held at the Medical Sciences Teaching Centre in Oxford University on the 22nd of March 2018.
Shona Murphy Awarded Grant to Broaden Understanding of Transcriptional Regulation
April 2018
Professor Shona Murphy has secured a Wellcome Investigator Award to expand her lab’s work on the regulation of RNA polymerase II-transcribed genes.
Cynthia Kenyon delivers inspiring lecture in annual homage to penicillin hero Norman Heatley
April 2018
To commemorate Norman Heatley’s key contributions to the discovery of penicillin, the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology organises an annual high-profile lecture featuring a world-renowned biomedical scientist. The 26th edition of the Norman Heatley lecture was celebrated on 23rd April 2018 at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History. On this occasion, over 150...
Lea and Raff labs secure a collaborative Welcome Trust grant
April 2018
A collaborative Welcome Trust grant has been awarded to two Dunn School labs, namely the Lea and Raff groups, to investigate the biology of centrosome formation during cell division.
Talented Dutch students visit the Dunn School
April 2018
A group of 50 high-achieving 16-18-year-old students from secondary schools in and around Utrecht (Holland) visited the Dunn School of Pathology on Tuesday 17th April 2018 as part of a U-Talent programme trip to the United Kingdom. The visit comprised several talks and a tour around the Dunn School building. The main talk,...