MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine
@imm.ox.ac.uk
The MRC WIMM is a research institute at the University of Oxford with 5 core research areas: rare diseases, haematology, immunology and infection, stem cells and developmental biology and cancer biology.
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Introducing the MRC WIMM at the University of Oxford
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Each October, we host our Director's Welcome Breakfast to introduce our newest members to the MRC WIMM and all that it has to offer - from cutting-edge facilities to friendly support networks for students, postdocs, parents and carers 🧬🤝
📽️Learn more about the MRC WIMM in our new intro video 👇
📽️Learn more about the MRC WIMM in our new intro video 👇
Science connects us 🌍
Today on #WorldScienceDay, we celebrate curiosity, collaboration, and discovery — the spirit of research at the MRC WIMM.
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Today on #WorldScienceDay, we celebrate curiosity, collaboration, and discovery — the spirit of research at the MRC WIMM.
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Introducing the MRC WIMM at the University of Oxford
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November 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Science connects us 🌍
Today on #WorldScienceDay, we celebrate curiosity, collaboration, and discovery — the spirit of research at the MRC WIMM.
youtu.be/G7DbittGP_U
Today on #WorldScienceDay, we celebrate curiosity, collaboration, and discovery — the spirit of research at the MRC WIMM.
youtu.be/G7DbittGP_U
#WIMMReads: Oxford scientists, led by James Davies at the MRC WIMM, have captured the genome’s structure in unprecedented detail. 🧪
Read the full story below 👇
@ox.ac.uk @davieslab.bsky.social @jojdavies.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk
Read the full story below 👇
@ox.ac.uk @davieslab.bsky.social @jojdavies.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk
Scientists have the most detailed view yet of how DNA folds and functions inside living cells!
The breakthrough helps us understand how genetic differences lead to disease and opens up fresh routes for drug discovery 👇
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@jojdavies.bsky.social @imm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk
The breakthrough helps us understand how genetic differences lead to disease and opens up fresh routes for drug discovery 👇
shorturl.at/nQjsx
@jojdavies.bsky.social @imm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk
Oxford scientists capture genome’s structure in unprecedented detail
RDM scientists have achieved the most detailed view yet of how DNA folds and functions inside living cells, revealing the physical structures that control when and how genes are switched on.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:26 AM
#WIMMReads: Oxford scientists, led by James Davies at the MRC WIMM, have captured the genome’s structure in unprecedented detail. 🧪
Read the full story below 👇
@ox.ac.uk @davieslab.bsky.social @jojdavies.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk
Read the full story below 👇
@ox.ac.uk @davieslab.bsky.social @jojdavies.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk
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November 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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!!! It's official !!
After a very, very long couple of years of rejections and the seemingly impossible task of juggling grant writing with bench work, supervision, admin, paper writing.. very happy to officially start as a @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded group leader at the WIMM
After a very, very long couple of years of rejections and the seemingly impossible task of juggling grant writing with bench work, supervision, admin, paper writing.. very happy to officially start as a @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded group leader at the WIMM
We are thrilled to share that Dr Abdullah Khan has received a Wellcome Career Development Award for his research on age-related immune dysfunction.
Congratulations, Abs! 👏
www.imm.ox.ac.uk/news/abs-kha...
@rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk @abattacks.bsky.social
Congratulations, Abs! 👏
www.imm.ox.ac.uk/news/abs-kha...
@rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk @abattacks.bsky.social
Abdullah Khan receives Wellcome Career Development Award
Congratulations are in order for Dr Abdullah (Abs) Khan, who has been awarded a Wellcome Career Development Award for his research on age-related immune dysfunction using human model systems.
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November 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
!!! It's official !!
After a very, very long couple of years of rejections and the seemingly impossible task of juggling grant writing with bench work, supervision, admin, paper writing.. very happy to officially start as a @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded group leader at the WIMM
After a very, very long couple of years of rejections and the seemingly impossible task of juggling grant writing with bench work, supervision, admin, paper writing.. very happy to officially start as a @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded group leader at the WIMM
#ScientistSpotlight
This week, we’d like to give a special shout-out to Dr Abdullah Khan who recently started his own research group after being awarded a Wellcome Career Development Award! 🎉
@abattacks.bsky.social @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @wellcometrust.bsky.social
This week, we’d like to give a special shout-out to Dr Abdullah Khan who recently started his own research group after being awarded a Wellcome Career Development Award! 🎉
@abattacks.bsky.social @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @wellcometrust.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 10:47 AM
#ScientistSpotlight
This week, we’d like to give a special shout-out to Dr Abdullah Khan who recently started his own research group after being awarded a Wellcome Career Development Award! 🎉
@abattacks.bsky.social @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @wellcometrust.bsky.social
This week, we’d like to give a special shout-out to Dr Abdullah Khan who recently started his own research group after being awarded a Wellcome Career Development Award! 🎉
@abattacks.bsky.social @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @wellcometrust.bsky.social
We are thrilled to share that Dr Abdullah Khan has received a Wellcome Career Development Award for his research on age-related immune dysfunction.
Congratulations, Abs! 👏
www.imm.ox.ac.uk/news/abs-kha...
@rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk @abattacks.bsky.social
Congratulations, Abs! 👏
www.imm.ox.ac.uk/news/abs-kha...
@rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk @abattacks.bsky.social
Abdullah Khan receives Wellcome Career Development Award
Congratulations are in order for Dr Abdullah (Abs) Khan, who has been awarded a Wellcome Career Development Award for his research on age-related immune dysfunction using human model systems.
www.imm.ox.ac.uk
November 4, 2025 at 10:11 AM
We are thrilled to share that Dr Abdullah Khan has received a Wellcome Career Development Award for his research on age-related immune dysfunction.
Congratulations, Abs! 👏
www.imm.ox.ac.uk/news/abs-kha...
@rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk @abattacks.bsky.social
Congratulations, Abs! 👏
www.imm.ox.ac.uk/news/abs-kha...
@rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk @abattacks.bsky.social
#WIMMReads
Fairfax Group ( @bpfairfax.bsky.social ) map how genetic variation shapes monocyte gene expression and splicing across immune contexts 🧪
Read more 👇
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
#Genomics #Immunology #Transcriptomics
Fairfax Group ( @bpfairfax.bsky.social ) map how genetic variation shapes monocyte gene expression and splicing across immune contexts 🧪
Read more 👇
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
#Genomics #Immunology #Transcriptomics
Genetic determinants of monocyte splicing are enriched for disease susceptibility loci - Nature Communications
Our understanding of variation in monocyte context-specific splicing and transcript usage is limited. Here, the authors find genetic variants that affect gene splicing in monocytes in specific co...
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October 30, 2025 at 12:04 PM
#WIMMReads
Fairfax Group ( @bpfairfax.bsky.social ) map how genetic variation shapes monocyte gene expression and splicing across immune contexts 🧪
Read more 👇
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
#Genomics #Immunology #Transcriptomics
Fairfax Group ( @bpfairfax.bsky.social ) map how genetic variation shapes monocyte gene expression and splicing across immune contexts 🧪
Read more 👇
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
#Genomics #Immunology #Transcriptomics
#WIMMReads
Grace Meaker et al. identify Runx2 as a key regulator of haematopoietic stem cell expansion and T-cell development. 🧪
Loss of Runx2 boosts stem cell renewal but limits T-cell commitment — findings that could inform future HSC therapies.
Read more 👇
doi.org/10.1182/bloo...
Grace Meaker et al. identify Runx2 as a key regulator of haematopoietic stem cell expansion and T-cell development. 🧪
Loss of Runx2 boosts stem cell renewal but limits T-cell commitment — findings that could inform future HSC therapies.
Read more 👇
doi.org/10.1182/bloo...
A genome-wide screen identifies Runx2 as a novel regulator of hematopoietic stem cell expansion and T-cell commitment
Key Points. Runx2-deficient HSCs have a fitness advantage ex vivo and in vivo via increased self-renewalRunx2 is necessary for normal T-cell commitment
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October 23, 2025 at 11:15 AM
#WIMMReads
Grace Meaker et al. identify Runx2 as a key regulator of haematopoietic stem cell expansion and T-cell development. 🧪
Loss of Runx2 boosts stem cell renewal but limits T-cell commitment — findings that could inform future HSC therapies.
Read more 👇
doi.org/10.1182/bloo...
Grace Meaker et al. identify Runx2 as a key regulator of haematopoietic stem cell expansion and T-cell development. 🧪
Loss of Runx2 boosts stem cell renewal but limits T-cell commitment — findings that could inform future HSC therapies.
Read more 👇
doi.org/10.1182/bloo...
Check out our stand at Oxford Science & Ideas Festival's #TECHWORKS zone event this Saturday (25 Oct) in Oxford Business Park 🦠
Find out more: if-oxford.com/event/techwo...
Find out more: if-oxford.com/event/techwo...
Come visit our stand at the Oxford Science Festival 2025!
🦠 Battle in the Gut: Salmonella Showdown!
🎲 Try our Micropoly board game
🧩 Help Salmonella find its target
🧫 Infect mini-organs with Play-Doh!
Beautiful art by Gaia Lugano @GraphicsSci
@MRC_TIDU
🦠 Battle in the Gut: Salmonella Showdown!
🎲 Try our Micropoly board game
🧩 Help Salmonella find its target
🧫 Infect mini-organs with Play-Doh!
Beautiful art by Gaia Lugano @GraphicsSci
@MRC_TIDU
October 22, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Check out our stand at Oxford Science & Ideas Festival's #TECHWORKS zone event this Saturday (25 Oct) in Oxford Business Park 🦠
Find out more: if-oxford.com/event/techwo...
Find out more: if-oxford.com/event/techwo...
Each October, we host our Director's Welcome Breakfast to introduce our newest members to the MRC WIMM and all that it has to offer - from cutting-edge facilities to friendly support networks for students, postdocs, parents and carers 🧬🤝
📽️Learn more about the MRC WIMM in our new intro video 👇
📽️Learn more about the MRC WIMM in our new intro video 👇
Introducing the MRC WIMM at the University of Oxford
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October 21, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Each October, we host our Director's Welcome Breakfast to introduce our newest members to the MRC WIMM and all that it has to offer - from cutting-edge facilities to friendly support networks for students, postdocs, parents and carers 🧬🤝
📽️Learn more about the MRC WIMM in our new intro video 👇
📽️Learn more about the MRC WIMM in our new intro video 👇
Two weeks ago, researchers from across the world gathered in Oxford for "Unravelling T-Cell Recognition: Insights from Immunology and AI", a unique conference and hackathon exploring how advances in artificial intelligence can deepen understanding of T-cell biology.
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Unravelling T-Cell Recognition: Insights from Immunology and AI
From 29 September to 1 October 2025, researchers from across the world gathered in Oxford for a unique conference and hackathon exploring how advances in artificial intelligence can deepen understandi...
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October 13, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Two weeks ago, researchers from across the world gathered in Oxford for "Unravelling T-Cell Recognition: Insights from Immunology and AI", a unique conference and hackathon exploring how advances in artificial intelligence can deepen understanding of T-cell biology.
Read more 👇
Read more 👇
Congratulations to @drcarlacohen.bsky.social on her new role as a junior research fellow at @cpmoxford.bsky.social 🎉
Alongside her research in the MRC WIMM, Carla will be organising and taking part in various activities, such as lectures, discussion groups, creative endeavours and outreach projects
Alongside her research in the MRC WIMM, Carla will be organising and taking part in various activities, such as lectures, discussion groups, creative endeavours and outreach projects
I'm excited to join the Centre for Personalised Medicine @cpmoxford.bsky.social at St Anne's College, University of Oxford @stannescollege.bsky.social as a junior research fellow.
I feel very privileged to be a part of both these inspiring communities!
I feel very privileged to be a part of both these inspiring communities!
October 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Congratulations to @drcarlacohen.bsky.social on her new role as a junior research fellow at @cpmoxford.bsky.social 🎉
Alongside her research in the MRC WIMM, Carla will be organising and taking part in various activities, such as lectures, discussion groups, creative endeavours and outreach projects
Alongside her research in the MRC WIMM, Carla will be organising and taking part in various activities, such as lectures, discussion groups, creative endeavours and outreach projects
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💚 Mental health matters every day. Whether you’re thriving or finding things tough, we have resources available to support you. From Spectrum.Life’s 24/7 free and confidential service, to Thriving at Oxford, and peer support.
Find what helps you: www.medsci.ox.ac.uk/...
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October 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
💚 Mental health matters every day. Whether you’re thriving or finding things tough, we have resources available to support you. From Spectrum.Life’s 24/7 free and confidential service, to Thriving at Oxford, and peer support.
Find what helps you: www.medsci.ox.ac.uk/...
Find what helps you: www.medsci.ox.ac.uk/...
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Computational PhDs - this is a really special post-doc opportunity to join @hkoohy.bsky.social's lab at the @imm.ox.ac.uk in Oxford. It is part of a dream collaboration to identify the antigens recognised by Tregs - I'm so excited that we are really doing this!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOX009/s...
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Senior Postdoctoral Researcher - Computational Biology at University of Oxford
Discover Senior Postdoctoral Researcher - Computational Biology jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.
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October 8, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Computational PhDs - this is a really special post-doc opportunity to join @hkoohy.bsky.social's lab at the @imm.ox.ac.uk in Oxford. It is part of a dream collaboration to identify the antigens recognised by Tregs - I'm so excited that we are really doing this!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOX009/s...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOX009/s...
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Researchers at CAMS Oxford Institute have found that certain T cell responses are linked to mild #COVID19 disease. These T cells increase with cytotoxicity in the four years after infection, suggesting that they also play a protective role 🦠🔬
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October 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Researchers at CAMS Oxford Institute have found that certain T cell responses are linked to mild #COVID19 disease. These T cells increase with cytotoxicity in the four years after infection, suggesting that they also play a protective role 🦠🔬
Read more 👉 buff.ly/4EANlxR
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Congratulations to MRC WIMM Group Leaders Beth Psaila (@bethpsaila.bsky.social) & James Davies (@jojdavies.bsky.social) 🎉
Three RDM researchers have been awarded the title of Full Professor in the University's 2025 Recognition of Distinction exercise.
Congratulations to Beth Psaila, James Davies and Rajesh Kharbanda 🎉
Read more 👇
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@imm.ox.ac.uk @bethpsaila.bsky.social @jojdavies.bsky.social
Congratulations to Beth Psaila, James Davies and Rajesh Kharbanda 🎉
Read more 👇
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@imm.ox.ac.uk @bethpsaila.bsky.social @jojdavies.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Congratulations to MRC WIMM Group Leaders Beth Psaila (@bethpsaila.bsky.social) & James Davies (@jojdavies.bsky.social) 🎉
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Read about our @cclguk.bsky.social @littleprincesses.bsky.social funded research published in @bloodjournals.hematology.org . Well done Joe Cross and Lucy Field. Many thanks to Tom Milne and other collaborators. @oxfordpaediatrics.bsky.social @imm.ox.ac.uk
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September 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Read about our @cclguk.bsky.social @littleprincesses.bsky.social funded research published in @bloodjournals.hematology.org . Well done Joe Cross and Lucy Field. Many thanks to Tom Milne and other collaborators. @oxfordpaediatrics.bsky.social @imm.ox.ac.uk
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📽️ Check out our latest video, where we speak with the @drakesmith-lab.bsky.social and their collaborators in @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social & @biology.ox.ac.uk to find out how they're tackling iron deficiency - the world's most common nutritional deficiency 🧪
@rdm.ox.ac.uk | @ox.ac.uk
Watch here 👇
@rdm.ox.ac.uk | @ox.ac.uk
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Tackling Iron Deficiency
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September 17, 2025 at 8:58 AM
📽️ Check out our latest video, where we speak with the @drakesmith-lab.bsky.social and their collaborators in @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social & @biology.ox.ac.uk to find out how they're tackling iron deficiency - the world's most common nutritional deficiency 🧪
@rdm.ox.ac.uk | @ox.ac.uk
Watch here 👇
@rdm.ox.ac.uk | @ox.ac.uk
Watch here 👇
NEW: Oxford researchers link mini organs to show how immune cells race to the rescue after heart injury 🧪
@abattacks.bsky.social & colleagues linked cardiac and bone marrow organoids with a 3D-printed device to model this complex immune response.
Learn more 👇
@rdm.ox.ac.uk | @medsci.ox.ac.uk
@abattacks.bsky.social & colleagues linked cardiac and bone marrow organoids with a 3D-printed device to model this complex immune response.
Learn more 👇
@rdm.ox.ac.uk | @medsci.ox.ac.uk
Body-in-a-chip approach reveals how immune cells respond to heart injury
Oxford scientists build a connected, ‘multi-organoid’ platform that recreates immune recruitment to the heart, opening new avenues to probe disease and test therapies.
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September 11, 2025 at 8:29 AM
NEW: Oxford researchers link mini organs to show how immune cells race to the rescue after heart injury 🧪
@abattacks.bsky.social & colleagues linked cardiac and bone marrow organoids with a 3D-printed device to model this complex immune response.
Learn more 👇
@rdm.ox.ac.uk | @medsci.ox.ac.uk
@abattacks.bsky.social & colleagues linked cardiac and bone marrow organoids with a 3D-printed device to model this complex immune response.
Learn more 👇
@rdm.ox.ac.uk | @medsci.ox.ac.uk
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Well done to @emilysn1.bsky.social from our group @imm.ox.ac.uk @oxfordpaediatrics.bsky.social for this award from the Kaiya Foundation to study VHR childhood ALL. #CCAM #bloodcancerawareness month.
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That's TV Oxfordshire on X: ""Over the next year the plan is to look more specifically at the molecular mechanisms that occur during the initiation of the leukaemia." That's TV spoke to Dr Emily Neil about the grant she has been awarded for her research into leukaemia. https://t.co/MBWB4UAm6K" / X
"Over the next year the plan is to look more specifically at the molecular mechanisms that occur during the initiation of the leukaemia." That's TV spoke to Dr Emily Neil about the grant she has been awarded for her research into leukaemia. https://t.co/MBWB4UAm6K
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September 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Well done to @emilysn1.bsky.social from our group @imm.ox.ac.uk @oxfordpaediatrics.bsky.social for this award from the Kaiya Foundation to study VHR childhood ALL. #CCAM #bloodcancerawareness month.
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A fantastic keynote lecture from @bethpsaila.bsky.social, Professor of Haematology @imm.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk, for our final talk of the day. 💬
September 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
A fantastic keynote lecture from @bethpsaila.bsky.social, Professor of Haematology @imm.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk, for our final talk of the day. 💬
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NEW: Scientists at Oxford University, together with colleagues at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social and @uofglasgow.bsky.social, have developed a new type of immunotherapy that could improve outcomes for infants and children with high-risk leukaemia.
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New ‘off-the-shelf’ immunotherapy shows promise for treating
Scientists at the University of Oxford, together with colleagues at Imperial College London and the University of Glasgow, have developed a new type of immunotherapy that could improve outcomes for
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September 4, 2025 at 10:04 AM
NEW: Scientists at Oxford University, together with colleagues at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social and @uofglasgow.bsky.social, have developed a new type of immunotherapy that could improve outcomes for infants and children with high-risk leukaemia.
Read more ⬇️
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NEW: Scientists in the @roylab-oxford.bsky.social have co-led the development of a new type of immunotherapy that could improve outcomes for infants and children with high-risk leukaemia 🧪
#ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth
@oxfordpaediatrics.bsky.social | @medsci.ox.ac.uk
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#ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth
@oxfordpaediatrics.bsky.social | @medsci.ox.ac.uk
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New ‘off-the-shelf’ immunotherapy shows promise for treating high-risk childhood leukaemia
Scientists at the University of Oxford, together with colleagues at Imperial College London and the University of Glasgow, have developed a new type of immunotherapy that could improve outcomes for in...
www.imm.ox.ac.uk
September 3, 2025 at 9:17 AM
NEW: Scientists in the @roylab-oxford.bsky.social have co-led the development of a new type of immunotherapy that could improve outcomes for infants and children with high-risk leukaemia 🧪
#ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth
@oxfordpaediatrics.bsky.social | @medsci.ox.ac.uk
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#ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth
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Congratulations to Emily Neil (@emilysn1.bsky.social) & Andi Roy (@roylab-oxford.bsky.social) on receiving one of The Kaiya Foundation's first major research grants.
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NEW: The Kaiya Foundation has awarded a grant to Dr Emily Neil (@emilysn1.bsky.social) and Prof Anindita Roy (@roylab-oxford.bsky.social) to help transform the treatment of high-risk leukaemia through personalised medicine.
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The Kaiya Foundation to fund leukaemia research at University of
The Kaiya Foundation has awarded one of its first major research grants, which will fund pioneering research into the fundamental cause of a high-risk leukaemia. The grant is being made to Dr Emily
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September 1, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Congratulations to Emily Neil (@emilysn1.bsky.social) & Andi Roy (@roylab-oxford.bsky.social) on receiving one of The Kaiya Foundation's first major research grants.
Learn more 👇
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NEW: Oxford researchers have discovered an unexpected and powerful new function for platelets.
Platelets act as scavengers, capturing and storing fragments of DNA that are circulating in the blood, including fetal DNA and mutated DNA from cancer cells. ⬇️
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-08...
Platelets act as scavengers, capturing and storing fragments of DNA that are circulating in the blood, including fetal DNA and mutated DNA from cancer cells. ⬇️
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-08...
Platelets shown to store DNA in study that could transform cancer
Oxford-led study uncovers previously unknown function of platelets as DNA ‘vacuum cleaners’ in the blood, with profound implications for cancer diagnosis and prenatal screening.
www.ox.ac.uk
August 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
NEW: Oxford researchers have discovered an unexpected and powerful new function for platelets.
Platelets act as scavengers, capturing and storing fragments of DNA that are circulating in the blood, including fetal DNA and mutated DNA from cancer cells. ⬇️
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-08...
Platelets act as scavengers, capturing and storing fragments of DNA that are circulating in the blood, including fetal DNA and mutated DNA from cancer cells. ⬇️
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-08...