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Dunn School group leader Tanmay Bharat has won the 2021 Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators, for his pioneering research in the field of antimicrobial resistance – specifically, on the structure and function of extracellular surface layers that surround and protect prokaryotic cells. The 20,000 Euro award celebrated during a live stream event on 24 June...

Professor Ervin Fodor’s standing as an eminent international scientist has been recognised by his election to The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) announced on 8 June 2021. The Professor of Virology at the Dunn School of Pathology is one of 64 new members elected this year and joins an illustrious current membership body of more than...

The Dunn School is again flying the rainbow flag, in support of Pride Month in June: a celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, non-binary and queer social and self-acceptance, achievements, legal rights and pride. The theme of Pride 2021 is #InclusionMatters The Dunn School’s Diversity Working Group, Anti-Bullying and Harassment Working Group and Athena Swan Committee...

The retirement of finance manager Martin Wilkins after more than four decades at the Dunn School of Pathology was fondly celebrated at a picnic attended by admin and services colleagues in the University Parks on 26 May 2021.  The picnic was an informal farewell prior to an official send off at a garden party at Balliol College hosted by the...

On April 21st 2021, OxVax, a new immune-oncology firm founded by researchers at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, was created to deliver vaccines capable of targeting various forms of cancer on 21 April 2021. These vaccines will be part of a next-generation off-the-shelf vaccine platform being developed by the company. The platform is based...

Elizabeth Robertson, Professor of Developmental Biology, at the Dunn School of Pathology, has been elected as a member of the US National Academy of Sciences it was announced on 26 April 2021.  Election comes in recognition of Professor Robertson’s distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. She joined the Dunn School of Pathology...

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...