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\n \n\n \n19 January 2021
\n \n \n \nA new state of the art institute for antimicrobial research is to open at Oxford University thanks to a \u00a3100 million donation from Ineos.
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\n \n\n \n6 January 2021
\n \n \n \nWe are pleased to announce that Professor Alison Simmons has been appointed as the new Director of the MRC Human Immunology Unit.
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\n \n\n \n1 January 2021
\n \n \n \nMembers of the Medical Sciences Division have been recognised in the New Year's Honours list for 2021.
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\n \n\n \n18 December 2020
\n \n \n \nOxford University has been awarded a \u00a32.4 million grant, as part of the Kennedy Trust MB PhD scheme, to fund undergraduate medical students to undertake DPhil research in the areas of inflammation, immunology and musculoskeletal disease.
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\n \n\n \n17 December 2020
\n \n \n \nProfessor Sir Rory Collins, Head of the Nuffield Department of Population Health, and Principal Investigator and Chief Executive of UK Biobank, has been awarded the Medical Research Council (MRC) Millennium Medal 2020, the MRC\u2019s most prestigious personal award.
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\n \n\n \n9 December 2020
\n \n \n \nPepGen, a therapeutics company targeting severe neuromuscular diseases, including Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), has closed a $45 million Series A funding round led by RA Capital Management with participation from Oxford Sciences Innovation (OSI), the company\u2019s original seed investor.
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\n \n\n \n9 December 2020
\n \n \n \nFive new Oxford-Bristol Myers Squibb Fellowships representing an investment of \u00a33M have been announced today*. The fellowships (formerly Oxford-Celgene) will support postdoctoral researchers and clinicians across five departments within the Medical Sciences Division and the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division, providing an opportunity for them to gain exposure to the field of commercial drug discovery and development.
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\n \n\n \n9 December 2020
\n \n \n \nEuropean Research Council grants worth more than \u20ac16.3 million have today been awarded to eight University of Oxford researchers for a range of cutting-edge projects.
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\n \n\n \n24 November 2020
\n \n \n \nThe University of Oxford team who have developed a COVID-19 vaccine in record time have been shortlisted for the Excellence in Healthcare Award at the NHS Parliamentary Awards.
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\n \n\n \n18 November 2020
\n \n \n \nToluwalase Awoyemi, DPhil student in Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, is recognised with an Africa 35.35 Award - a celebration of the top 35 leading young changemakers under 35 in Africa in 2020.
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\n \n\n \n17 November 2020
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\n \n\n \n17 November 2020
\n \n \n \nMagda Mare\u010dkov\u00e1, Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health DPhil student, has won this year's special prize, the Special Young Scientist Award at the Fast Forward Science 2020 web-video competition. She wins for her compelling video: \"Heavy periods, sharp pain and no one to listen to you? Could you have Endometriosis?\".
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\n \n\n \n29 October 2020
\n \n \n \nDr Gurdeep Mannu from the Nuffield Department of Population Health has won the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Research Excellence Award for a study which highlighted early risk factors for breast cancer patients.
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\n \n\n \n23 October 2020
\n \n \n \nBvlgari and the University of Oxford\u2019s Jenner Institute announce the next stage of their pledge to build a pandemic-free future by awarding the inaugural Bvlgari Scholarships.
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\n \n\n \n15 October 2020
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\n \n\n \n12 October 2020
\n \n \n \nMembers of the University have been recognised in the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours List, including scientists from across the Medical Sciences Division.
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\n \n\n \n12 October 2020
\n \n \n \nProfessor Paul Riley will lead the scientific vision of the first institute of its kind in the world to physically merge the disciplines of developmental biology and regenerative medicine in a common goal to treat some of the world\u2019s most prolific diseases.
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\n \n\n \n9 October 2020
\n \n \n \nEvery year, the British Medical Journal (BMJ) runs a competition to find the cancer care team that has developed new approaches to improve cancer diagnosis and treatment. This year, six teams were shortlisted from across the UK and on the 7th October it was announced that the Oxfordshire-based SCAN pathway had won this year\u2019s award.
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\n \n\n \n25 August 2020
\n \n \n \nThe awardees for the second round of the University of Oxford\u2019s Enriching Engagement funding scheme have now been announced, including six projects from across the Medical Sciences Division.
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\n \n\n \n17 August 2020
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