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Women from different walks of science at the Dunn School were united for a common cause last week: to commemorate “International Day for Women and Girls in Science”, celebrated each year on 11th of February. Taking a break from bench and desk work, a large number of women scientists and staff gathered in the Dunn...

The official opening of the Central Oxford Structural Molecular Imaging Centre (COSMIC) was marked at the Dunn School on 9th of January following a two-day training workshop on EM data processing. COSMIC is the newly established cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) facility within South Parks Road’s Science Area that is directed by Professor Susan Lea and managed...

The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology is launching a Summer Studentship Program. This program is aimed at undergraduate students excited about research in life sciences and looking for a hands-on experience.

Dr. Hazel Hall-Roberts, a Postdoc in Professor William James’ Group at the Dunn School of Pathology, has won a competition that will allow her to bring Alzheimer’s research ‘alive’ and make it better known to the wider public. The Oxford Sparks platform launched a call in November of 2017 for University of Oxford researchers to submit their ideas. The winners, including Dr. Hall-Roberts, w...

Scientists at the Dunn School spend hours each year using the state-of-the-art microscopes available at the Departmental Facilities, the Central Oxford Structural and Molecular Imaging Centre (COSMIC) and Micron Oxford. Once a year, the Dunn School Bioimaging Facility managers Dr Errin Johnson (Electron Microscopy) and Dr Alan Wainman (Light Microscopy) give users the opportunity to...

Dr Carlota Recio Cruz initially joined Professor David Greaves’ lab as a short-term PhD visitor, and was subsequently recruited as a fully-fledged Postdoc in 2016. Her research has since focused on studying the connections between immunometabolism –metabolism linked to immune function– and diseases such as diabetes and vascular disorders, in which she gained important expertise during her Ph...

A research project grant from the Action Medical Research(AMR) charity and Cystic Fibrosis Trust has been recently awarded to the Bharat lab, to tackle cystic fibrosis, a genetically inherited disease with no known cure.

Students and staff members of the Dunn School celebrated the festive season with the annual Christmas Party, which took place on Friday 8th December 2017. Over 250 workers and relatives enjoyed an evening of fun, in a party organised by the James, Sattentau and Norbury labs that included activities for all ages. The Dunn School...

Bernadeta Dadonaite, a DPhil student in the Fodor group, has been awarded the best oral presentation award by a young scientist, at the European Scientific Working group on Influenza (ESWI) Conference in Riga, 10 -13 September 2017.

An outreach event organised by Dunn School of Pathology members at Pegasus Primary School on 22nd of November was described as a fantastic and successful program that left school children ‘buzzing’ about science.

A Dunn School third-year graduate student, Nivedita Natarajan, recently won second prize for her poster while at an EMBO Proteostasis Workshop in Ericeira, Portugal.

Ground breaking cancer research at the Dunn School is being strengthened with the award of a six-year grant to junior group leader Dr Monika Gullerova starting in January 2018. Monika is the sole awardee of a Senior Research Fellowship in Cancer Research UK’s latest funding round in October 2017. Commenting on the award Head of...

A major MRC Programme grant has been awarded to the Fodor lab for their work that could potentially shed light on the basic principles that make viral infections, like bird flu so deadly in humans.  One of the long term aims of this project involves working with industrial partners to help design improved flu vaccines that can afford the highest level of protection.   

It is the second year that the Dunn School has actively enacted anti-bullying week (13 – 17 November 2017), a national campaign from the Anti-Bullying Alliance. The theme of this year’s campaign being “All Different, All Equal” which includes Odd Socks Day, an opportunity for individuals to express themselves and appreciate uniqueness. This year, the...

The Future of Science Symposium, hosted by Dunn School Graduate Student Association (GSA), took place on 28th September 2017. It coincided with the 90th anniversary of the Dunn School and the goal was to discuss what will most likely dominate the next decade of science. Nearly 200 people packed the Medical Sciences Teaching Centre for...