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Members of Professor William James’ lab jumped for joy as they renuited at a socially distanced picnic in Dr Sally Cowley’s garden in Long Crendon on 26 August 2020. Taking place after months of lockdown the lab picnic was an opportunity for the group to reconnect with each other in person whilst ensuring safe social distancing in...

Finance manager Martin Wilkins celebrated his fortieth anniversary as a Dunn School employee on 19 August 2020. Here he recounts his trajectory from finance assistant to finance manager, and reflects on the disruptive change of technology and the colleagues who supported his career in the early years and today:  “When I started as a...

Research groups in the Dunn School join the international battle against the novel Coronavirus, ‏SARS-CoV-2. While some groups work on developing cutting edge diagnostic tools, others work relentlessly on identifying new targets for drug development.

The Dunn School flagpole is proudly flying the department’s Green Group flag in celebration of UN World Environment Day on 5 June 2020. The theme of this year’s global event is “Time for Nature” #FORNATURE Dunn School Green Group Chair, Anton van der Merwe said: “The Dunn School Green Group adds our support to UN World Environment...

Professor Nick Proudfoot has been awarded his seventh consecutive Wellcome Trust Investigator Award in the Autumn 2019 funding round. The award of £2.4 million grant over the course of 5 years marks three decades of continuous Wellcome Trust funding.  The project “Defining RNA polyermase II transcription units across the mammalian genome” hopes to a...

The Dunn School is proud to report that Professor Ervin Fodor, Professor of Virology, has been elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, as the Academy announced on 13 May 2020. Election to the Academy is a prestigious honour, which recognizes Professor Fodor’s research on virology, particularly on the fundamental...

Newly recruited Dunn School Group Leader, Dr Sumana Sanyal, has joined the global fight against the Coronavirus pandemic with a £200,000 grant award to further researchers’ understanding of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

Sir James Gowans, the immunologist who made the key discovery that lymphocytes circulate from the bloodstream into lymph nodes and back, died on 1 April 2020. A physician scientist with a background in medicine and physiology, Sir James worked with Howard Florey at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology on lymphocytes for a DPhil, beginning in...

Vaccine and drug development is underway at the Dunn School of Pathology in Oxford, UK as the war on the Coronavirus pandemic escalates. The disease is affecting 193 countries and territories around the world, with 353,447 diagnosed cases and 15,415 deaths as of 23 March 2020 (Worldometer). Research into the virus is being undertaken by...

The Dunn School of Pathology joins the rest of the UK and flies the rainbow flag to mark LGBTQ+ History Month. Since 2005, the UK dedicates every February to the ongoing struggle of the LGBTQ+ community to obtain equal rights. During this month, the Dunn School and the rest of the University are celebrating past...

Two Dunn School alumni-led start-ups have secured funding in excess of 4 million euro from the European Institute of Technology for Health (EIT Health) in Autumn 2019.

Dr. Mustafa Aydogan is sure to make a strong impression. Years ago, when I first knew Mustafa to be a graduate student in the year above me, I watched him present his research in one of our department’s Progress Seminars. Afterwards, I couldn’t help but think that Mustafa was actually already a professor, and it...

Held annually, the Bioimaging Facility Awards is the competition at the Dunn School that never fails to impress. This competition gives participants the liberty to demonstrate their microscopy skills and showcase the beauty of the organisms or cells that they work with by using the incredible equipment that is provided here at the Bioimaging Facility....

Hannah Mischo, a postdoc and former DPhil student in Nick Proudfoot’s group, is starting her own research group in the Department of Infectious Diseases at King’s College, London, in February 2020. Launching the new group was made possible thanks to the Henry Dale Career Development Award, a highly competitive fellowship offered by both The Royal...

The Dunn School of Pathology held its annual hit Christmas party on Friday, 13th of December, a week before it closes for the well-earned holiday. The party was organised by the group of Fumiko Esashi and the group of Monica Gullerova, who made sure the holiday spirit was well in place for the party. Prof....