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New resistance-busting antibiotic combination could extend the use of ‘last-resort’ antibiotics
General Research
14 December 2021
Scientists have discovered a new potential treatment that has the ability to reverse antibiotic resistance in bacteria that cause conditions such as sepsis, pneumonia, and urinary tract infections.
Vaccines shown to induce lower levels of neutralising antibodies against Omicron coronavirus variant
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
13 December 2021
Researchers from the University of Oxford have analysed the impact of the Omicron COVID-19 variant of concern on one of the immune responses generated by vaccination.
RECOVERY Trial launches in South Africa
Clinical Trials Coronavirus COVID-19 General
13 December 2021
The world’s largest clinical trial investigating treatments for COVID-19 has now launched in South Africa, with the first patient recruited today. This is the fifth country to take part in RECOVERY, joining Nepal, Indonesia, Vietnam, and the United Kingdom.
Professor Carol Robinson receives two awards
Awards and Appointments General
9 December 2021
Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery’s first Director, Professor Dame Carol Robinson has been awarded a prestigious 2022 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine and the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry.
Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert delivers 44th Dimbleby Lecture
Coronavirus COVID-19 General
7 December 2021
Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert, Saïd Professorship of Vaccinology, Jenner Institute & Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, delivered the 44th Richard Dimbleby Lecture, named after the late broadcaster, Richard Dimbleby.
Com-COV2 study supports flexible second dose options following Pfizer or Oxford/AstraZeneca jabs
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
7 December 2021
Following up first doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca or Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines with second doses of the Moderna or Novavax jabs will generate robust immune responses against COVID-19, according to researchers running the University of Oxford-led Com-COV study.
December 2021 - Volunteer Opportunities
7 December 2021
Meta must do better - data from social media giant essential to mental health research
General Research
6 December 2021
People are rightly sceptical about scientific discoveries made in secret or without scrutiny. And anyone claiming to have found a new planet with a toy telescope, would not be taken seriously. Recent leaks of internal Facebook research on the mental health of children and young people have caused a great stir on both sides of the Atlantic.
Angelman syndrome: first patient to receive potential therapy in Oxford
General Research
3 December 2021
Things that seemed impossible, only a few years ago, are happening today. The first patient in Europe and one of the first in the world was injected with a potential treatment, GTX-102, in a phase I/II clinical trial in Oxford.
New Oxford-GSK Institute to harness advanced technology and unravel mechanisms of disease
General Innovation
3 December 2021
GlaxoSmithKline plc and the University of Oxford today announced a major five-year collaboration to establish the Oxford-GSK Institute of Molecular and Computational Medicine.
Oxford researchers honoured by British Society for Immunology
Awards and Appointments Coronavirus COVID-19 General
3 December 2021
Four researchers from the University of Oxford have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to immunology with Honorary Lifetime Membership of the British Society for Immunology, with the awards being announced at the recent British Society for Immunology Congress held in Edinburgh.
Medical Sciences researchers scoop 2021 Times Higher Education Awards
Awards and Appointments Coronavirus COVID-19 General
2 December 2021
Coronavirus researchers from across Medical Sciences have been honoured at the 2021 Times Higher Education (THE) Awards.
Oxford University wins prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize
Awards and Appointments General
29 November 2021
Her Majesty The Queen has approved the award of The Queen’s Anniversary Prizes to twenty-one higher and further education institutions, including Oxford University, in the most recent round of the independently reviewed scheme. This prestigious award is the highest national honour available to universities and FE colleges across the UK.
Jenner Institute named Covid Innovation Heroes
Awards and Appointments General Innovation
26 November 2021
The team at the University of Oxford’s Jenner Institute has been celebrated for their global pandemic work by The Oxford Trust’s Covid Innovation Heroes Award 2021.
How moving dots are helping us learn more about dyslexia in children – new research
General Research
25 November 2021
New research highlights importance of early years development on future wellbeing
General Research
25 November 2021
Oxford researchers involved nearly 4,000 children across the UK in three specially developed science lessons to educate pupils about brain development during early childhood. The SEEN (Secondary Education around Early Neurodevelopment) project was commissioned and funded by KindredSquared and is part of a wider drive to increase public understanding of how early experiences can shape the adults we become.
Study reveals ‘stop-eating’ response to DNA damage
General Research
24 November 2021
A new study from the MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine sheds light on the mechanism by which DNA damage suppresses appetite, a finding with implications for understanding the appetite lowering side-effects of chemotherapy.
Fiona Powrie appointed new Deputy Chair of Wellcome’s Board of Governors
Awards and Appointments General
23 November 2021
Fiona Powrie, Director of the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology at the University of Oxford has been selected as the next Deputy Chair of Wellcome’s Board of Governors.