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Nobel Laureate Professor Sir Martin Evans is to deliver the 2013 Sir Richard Gardner Lecture, at the Medical Sciences Teaching Centre on Friday 1 November at 4pm.  In his lecture entitled ‘Stem cells then and now‘ Sir Martin will provide a historical perspective on stem cell biology underpinning current advances in the field.  ...

Ivan Ahel has been awarded a 2013 Future Leaders in Cancer Research Prize by Cancer Research UK.  The award is in recognition of his research into DNA damage, and for the quality of his biochemical work and publication record. Cancer Research UK said: ‘Dr Ahel has demonstrated a remarkable ability as a...

Dragana Ahel has been awarded a Cancer Research UK Career Development Fellowship. This fellowship provides up to six years’ support for promising postdoctoral scientists who wish to achieve independence in their research for the first time. It will fund Dragana’s research on SNF2 ATPases and their role in genome stability and cancer.

Herman Waldmann and his group are celebrating the approval of their new drug to treat multiple sclerosis. The highly effective treatment for the disease, developed in collaboration with Cambridge University, was approved by the European Medicines Agency on 17 September 2013.  Herman said: ‘It is the first drug for multiple sclerosis that only needs...

Chris Tang’s group have discovered a natural temperature sensor in a type of bacteria that causes meningitis and blood poisoning. The sensor allows the bacteria to evade the body’s immune response, leading to life-threatening infections. Chris said: ‘These infections are extremely dangerous to vulnerable groups, particularly young children, and can cause blindness, brain....

Congratulations to Susan Lea who has been appointed to the Statutory Chair of Microbiology, from 1 October 2013. This prestigious University professorship comes with a fellowship at Wadham College. Matthew Freeman, Head of Department, said: ‘Her appointment reflects her outstanding scientific achievements as well as her key strategic value to the Dunn School...

The Dunn School is delighted to announce that Paul Fairchild has received an Excellent Teacher Award in recognition of his talent, enthusiasm and commitment to teaching. The 2013 Medical Sciences Teaching Excellence Awards are run by the Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford. Paul will receive his award at an awards...

Herman has received this prestigous funding award for his project titled ‘Paris-physician aided reconstitution of the immune system.’  ERC Advanced Grants allow exceptional established research leaders to pursue ground-breaking, high-risk projects that open new directions in their respective research fields or other domains.

Congratulations to Nick who has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant to support his potentially ground-breaking research into ‘Policing mammalian transcriptomes: regulation of long ncRNA syntheses by transcriptional termination, gene loops and R-loops.‘

A Dunn School staff member is helping build the skills of young African scientists when he visited Ghana to deliver a workshop from 17 – 29 June. Course organiser and lecturer, Richard Wheeler,  lectured on trypanosomes at the ASCB two week workshop on the molecular and cellular biology of pathogens. Student, Bright Azumah, said of the...

The Dunn School is delighted to hear the news of Anton’s award for his research into immune recognition by non-catalytic tyrosine phosphorylated receptors.

Ivan has secured a Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship to fund research into protein poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation in genome stability and disease. We look forward to welcoming Ivan and his group to the Dunn School in the autumn.

Fumiko has been awarded a Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship to try to answer the question: how do proliferating human cells maintain genome integrity? Congratulations.

The award is supporting the research of Matthew’s group into the control of signalling by members of the rhomboid-like superfamily. Senior Investigator Awards support exceptional, world-class researchers, so congratulations to all our recent recipients of the award.

Joining Dragana Ahel in the OMPI building from 1 September, will be research groups led by her husband, Ivan Ahel (also joining the Dunn School from Manchester), Ulrike Grüneberg (transferring from Biochemistry), and a current Dunn School group led by Monika Gullerova.