Fresh glory for the Dunn School: Antibiotics win Greatest British Invention in live TV broadcast
June 2017
The significance of the Dunn School’s place in history was once more reaffirmed when the development of antibiotics won the accolade of Britain’s Greatest Invention in a live TV broadcast on BBC2 on 15 June 2017. Television journalist and presenter Angela Rippon championed antibiotics as the country’s greatest invention stating they have saved...
Sir Henry Dale Fellowship award supports Group Leader transition for Aartjan te Velthuis
June 2017
Dr Arend (Aartjan) te Velthuis, a postdoc in Ervin Fodor's group, has been awarded a Sir Henry Dale Fellowship, the Wellcome Trust announced in June 2017.
Microscopy images link the worlds of art and science in exhibition in University Parks
June 2017
Beautiful microscopy images, many from Dunn School scientists, are communicating the connection between art and science in a “Through the looking glass” microscopy exhibition in University Parks, Oxford from 12 June to 7 July 2017. The Dunn School’s EPA Cephalosporin Fund is sponsor to the initiative that includes not only the display of images...
A fruity way to learn about DNA!
May 2017
Children from Wolvercote Primary School in Oxford used strawberries to learn about DNA during a workshop ran by Proudfoot group’s Sue Mei Tan-Wong on Tuesday 16 May.
Susan Lea elected as Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences
May 2017
Professor Susan Lea’s status as world leader in structural biology was recognised today with her election as a Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences on 8 May 2017. Fellowship is based on exceptional contributions to the medical sciences and the award celebrates Susan’s crucial research in the field of infection and immunity....
Science writing competition victory fuels science journalism career ambition for Fodor Group graduate student
April 2017
The Fodor group’s Bernadeta Dadonaite has won first prize in the British Society for Gene and Cell Therapy (BSGCT) Science Writing Competition for her essay ‘Gene Therapy Against HIV: Fighting The Virus In Disguise‘ fuelling her ambition to pursue a career in science journalism. The announcement was made with publication of her award winning blog...
All in the genes? New research shows complexity of embryonic development
April 2017
Even when genetic makeup and mutation is virtually identical in mouse embryos a range of abnormalities are seen to develop, was the surprising finding of a research consortium study involving the Dunn School’s Liz Robertson, published in Wellcome Open Research in November 2016.
IITM DPhil Programme Celebrates Website and Social Media Launch
April 2017
The Infection, Immunology and Translational Medicine (IITM) DPhil programme has a fresh public face following the launch of a newly branded website and social media presence on 3 April 2017. The new IITM Website combines with a Twitter feed and Facebook group to promote the course and provide information to current and prospective students. The...
Inspiring the Scientists of the Future: 2,000 Children Attend Outreach Event in Ukraine
April 2017
Two thousand Ukrainian school children have been inspired to consider becoming the scientists of the future after participating in a Dunn School led “Microbes are Like People” exhibition from 28 March to 2 April at the Landau Centre, part of V. N. Karazin University in Kharkiv, Eastern Ukraine. Graduate Student Mariya Lobanovska designed and led the...
Fountain of Youth Revealed by Dunn School Professor at Abingdon Science Festival
March 2017
The potential of harnessing the properties of stem cells to address age related disease was the subject of a positively received lecture by Professor Paul Fairchild at the ATOM Festival of Science and Technology on Saturday 25 March in Abingdon-on-Thames. In his lecture titled, “Tapping the fountain of youth: stem cells and the...
Raff Lab Member Crowd Funds to Buy Ambulance for Home Village in India
March 2017
A purchase of an ambulance and launch of an ambulance service in her home village of Bal Jattan in Haryana State, India is the goal of an online crowd funder set up by Raff Lab Laboratory Manager, Saroj Saurya, in March 2017. The money raised by Dunn School colleagues, friends and family will...
Understanding Cells Made Child’s play at Local Primary School Workshop
March 2017
Creating child’s play of understanding the cell was the outcome of a workshop delivered by Gull lab postdoc Flavia Moreira-Leite at the Cutteslowe Primary School in North Oxford on 15 and 17 March. The workshop, part of British Science Week, helped 7 – 10 year old pupils at the school understand what cells...
Gull Lab Intern Arctic Bound, to Raise Funds for Bullying Rehabilitation Charity
March 2017
Gull lab intern Bea Edwards, aged 18 from Cambridge, is gearing up for a polar expedition in April 2017 to raise funds for bullying rehabilitation charity Red Balloon. Bea’s challenge to walk the last degree to the North Pole comes in the wake of her expedition to the South Pole last year that...
Happy 90th to the Dunn School!
March 2017
The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology building celebrates its 90th birthday on Saturday 11 March 2017.
Award to Greaves’ lab researcher shows calibre of Dunn School staff
March 2017
Greaves’ lab postdoc Carlota Recio Cruz has received the top award from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid for her PhD thesis submitted in 2016, effectively demonstrating once again the Dunn School’s ability to recruit the highest calibre staff from across Europe. The award issued by the Foundation Jimenez Diaz Hospital was in...