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The PALB2 gene safeguards active genes when they experience stress during DNA replication. This is the conclusion of a new research paper from the Esashi lab in collaboration with an international group of researchers, published in PNAS online on 3 July 2017. The paper “MRG15-mediated tethering of PALB2 to unperturbed chromatin protects active genes...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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....

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology building celebrates its 90th birthday on Saturday 11 March 2017.