News

Phosphorylation fine-tunes viral condensates during rotavirus replication

July 2026

A recent study from the Borodavka lab reveals how rotaviruses use phosphorylation to control the formation of viral replication factories.

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Funding success for Dunn School PIs

July 2026

Congratulations to Sumana Sanyal, Matthew Freeman, Georgia Isom and Kevin Foster for securing prestigious Wellcome Trust Discovery Awards.

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Emma Slack and Kevin Foster elected members of EMBO

June 2026

Both researchers are leaders in the rapidly growing field of the human gut microbiome.

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Centenary campaign is launched

June 2026

The Centenary Scholarship Endowment will enable us to support graduate students at the Dunn School for generations to come.

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Two Dunn School researchers awarded 2026 Lister Prize

June 2026

Many congratulations to Anjali Hinch and Girish Mali for this prestigious honour, recognising researchers in the early years of establishing their groups.

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Protection for newborns: new treatment to prevent meningitis

June 2026

Emma Slack and collaborators have developed a preventive approach that stops harmful bacteria in their tracks before transmission even occurs.

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Dunn School postdocs start new PI positions

May 2026

Congratulations to the Dunn School postdocs starting their own independent groups!

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Matthew Freeman wins Biochemical Society Centenary Award

April 2026

Congratulations to our Head of Department for this prestigious award, recognising his contributions in the field of intramembrane proteases and pseudoproteases, as well as his commitment to supporting and nurturing talent within the scientific community.

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Monika Gullerova recognised in the MIT-Royalty Pharma Faculty Founder Prize Competition

March 2026

Monika is one of six Oxford finalists of a unique Oxford-MIT initiative that supports entrepreneurs in biotech.

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2025 Marvellous Mentor Awardees

March 2026

Running for its second year, the award recognises outstanding mentors among the Dunn School community.

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Dunn School marks international women’s day in partnership with Suffrage Science

March 2026

The event also marked the department’s 99th birthday and the countdown to our centenary in 2027.

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Prof Natalia Gromak receives funding for Friedreich’s Ataxia research

March 2026

The funding will support research into the molecular mechanisms underlying potential therapeutic avenues for this rare disease

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Dunn School projects available for this year’s UNIQplus programme

January 2026

The UNIQplus programme is aimed at supporting talented undergraduates from under-represented groups, who would find continuing into postgraduate study a challenge for reasons other than their academic ability, to consider postgraduate study.

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Rewiring T cell co-receptors to improve the safety of cancer immunotherapy

January 2026

A new study from the Dushek and van der Merwe labs demonstrates a novel strategy to reduce dangerous off-target effects in engineered T cell therapies.

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Dunn School Christmas Party Raffle Raises £3000 for Homeless Oxfordshire and the Teenage Cancer Trust

December 2025

After a very successful fundraising campaign, the Dunn School Christmas Raffle raised ~£3,000 to be split between the two chosen charities for this year.

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