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Nick Proudfoot Secures Seventh Consecutive Wellcome Trust Investigator Award

May 2020

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...

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Professor Ervin Fodor is Elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences

May 2020

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...

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Dunn School Coronavirus research boosted with grant award to newly recruited Group Leader

April 2020

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.

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Sir James Gowans, prestigious Dunn School Alumni, Passes Away

April 2020

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...

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Dunn School Researchers Join War on Coronavirus

March 2020

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...

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Dunn School Proudly Flies the Rainbow Flag

February 2020

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...

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Former Dunn School researchers win Euro Millions!

January 2020

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.

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An interview with Dr. Mustafa Aydogan, Dunn School Graduate Turned UCSF Sandler Faculty Fellow

January 2020

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...

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Dunn School Bioimaging Facility Awards 2019 revealed

January 2020

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....

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Dunn School postdoc starts new research group in King’s College, London

January 2020

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...

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Dunn School legendary Christmas party returns

December 2019

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....

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Professor David Greaves and Dr Paul Fairchild awarded teaching excellence awards 2019

November 2019

The 2019 Teaching Excellence Awards ceremony saw Dunn School’s Professor David Greaves and Dr Paul Fairchild rewarded for their dedication and hard work within the Medical Sciences Division.

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Dunn School postdoc Kinga Kamieniarz-Gdula awarded £1.1 million to start her own lab in Poland

November 2019

As of October 2019, Dr. Kinga Kamieniarz-Gdula is an assistant professor and group leader at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IBMiB) at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland. Before then, Kinga was a postdoc in Professor Nick Proudfoot’s lab at the Dunn School.

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Dunn School Reaffirms Stance Towards Anti-Bullying

November 2019

As part of National Anti-Bullying Week, the Dunn School emphasized its commitment towards addressing issues of bullying and harassment in the workplace by gathering the department together for an afternoon coffee on Tuesday the 12th of November. During the event, students and staff enjoyed refreshments and snacks, and engaged in exercises discussing hypothetical...

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Dunn School postdoc starts new research group at The University of Cambridge

November 2019

Former Dunn School postdoc, Dr Michael Boemo, has opened his independent research group in the University of Cambridge on the 1st of November, 2019.  

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