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On March 30th, the Biochemical Society announced that two Dunn School group leaders were recipients of the 2022 awards. The awards, announced annually, recognise eminent bioscientists and exceptional early career researchers. This year, the Colworth Medal and the GlaxoSmithKline awards were awarded to Dr Tanmay Bharat and Dr Ivan Ahel, respectively. Beyond receiving...

The Dunn School is proudly flying the women’s suffrage flag on 8 March 2021 as part of our annual celebration of International Women’s Day.  The flag not only represents the historical roots of International Women’s Day born out of the suffrage movement in the 1900s, but an ongoing call to action.  Much...

Six Dunn School women are featuring in an Oxford Medical Sciences campaign marking the centenary in October 2020, of the admittance of women as full members of the University of Oxford.  In celebration of this historic landmark the 100 Women of Oxford Medical Sciences project showcases women today occupying diverse and vital roles across the...

Applications are now open for the University of Oxford’s 2021 UNIQ+ graduate access programme. The programme is designed to encourage and support talented undergraduates who would find continuing into postgraduate study a challenge for reasons other than their academic ability.   UNIQ+ remote internships offer paid summe...

Not even a global pandemic can stop the Dunn School celebrating LGBT+ History Month and the department is proudly flying the rainbow flag throughout February 2021.  The theme of this year’s celebration is ‘Body, Mind, Spirit’. Head of Department, Professor Matthew Freeman said: “Today marks the beginning of the UK’s LGBT+ History Month and....

Don Mason (1934-2021) Don Mason, who has died at the age of 86, was a leading immunologist in the UK, making seminal contributions to regulation of immune responses, and particularly to mechanisms of organ transplantation rejection and to theory and concepts of affinity in immune recognition. He trained initially as a physicist (BSc University College,...

Despite a global pandemic and in-person restrictions, the Dunn School of Pathology managed to keep alive the tradition of a department-wide festive gathering by successfully shifting the annual Christmas party online for the first time on December 11th, 2020. Over 100 Dunn School colleagues attended the Zoom Christmas Party organised by Dr Errin Johnson and...

Dunn School Group Leader Tanmay Bharat has been recognised as an EMBO Young Investigator, the organisation announced on 1 December 2020. The award provides four years of financial and practical support from EMBO, starting in January 2021.  The EMBO Young Investigator Programme is designed to recognise and support life scientists who are within the...

Reconfirming its zero tolerance stance on bullying and harassment the Dunn School participated in National Anti-Bullying Week from 16 – 20 November 2020. The week was an opportunity to raise awareness and promote discussion about bullying and harassment related issues. Head of Department Matthew Freeman said: “In light of all that has happened...

Dunn School Group Leader Tanmay Bharat has been awarded £100,000 as one of the winners of the 2020 Philip Leverhulme Prizes. Tanmay was one of five successful researchers in the biological sciences category awarded every three years, announced in October 2020. The prize comes in recognition of his emerging status on the international stage...

Four groups in the Department have become the first to achieve environmental impact accreditation under the Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework (LEAF) and now hope to see the scheme rolled out department wide. Accreditation of the pilot labs comes just days before the Departmental Committee Meeting on 14 October 2020, where Dunn School Green Group representatives,...

Covid may be dominating the news headlines but the Dunn School’s Green Group has been actively promoting sustainability issues during its climate awareness week, 21 – 25 September 2020. The week aims to promote sustainable attitudes, encourage a change in habits and inform staff and students in the department about sustainable tools and practices. The Dunn School Green Group...

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.