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...
The folding of Paper Cranes: DNA Origami Technology Explained by Dunn School Student in Science Communication Competition Regional Final
March 2017
Using a paper crane as a prop Fodor lab DPhil student Bernadeta Dadonaite explained the potential of DNA origami technology to a capacity audience at the FameLab 2017 regional final at the Bullingdon bar and club in Oxford on 8 March. FameLab helps communicate science to the general public in digestible three-minute competitive performances...
When Pegasus met Penicillin – Dunn School workshop for local primary school hailed as “brilliant success”
February 2017
A “brilliant success” was the feedback on an interactive workshop about penicillin held for school children from the Pegasus Primary School at the Dunn School on Wednesday 22 February. The “Penicillin, from mould to medicines” workshop, sponsored by the Wellcome Trust and British Pharmacological Society and supported by the Bodleia...
Dunn School flies Rainbow Flag for LGBT History Month
February 2017
The Dunn School is proudly flying the Rainbow Flag during LGBT History Month. Resources and further information: LGBT History Month 2017, UAS Equality and Diversity: https://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/eop/sexualorientation/lgbthm/ Oxford LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) group: https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/oxford-lgbt-lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-group
Australian immunologist and Dunn School alumnus Graham Mayrhofer – obituary
February 2017
Australian immunologist and Dunn School alumnus Graham Mayrhofer has died aged 73 whilst on holiday in Turkey with his wife, on 9 October 2016.
Obstacles still in way of gender equality in UK science
February 2017
Cultural and societal pressures are still preventing female scientists getting to the top in UK science Dunn School postdoc Sonia Muliyil claims in an Oxfordshire TV piece filmed in South Parks Road, Oxford on Friday 10 February.