RDM researchers among world-leading cardiologists at ESC Congress 2024
29 August 2024
World-leading cardiology experts are to convene at the annual European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress in London from tomorrow (Friday 30 August).
Senior Fellowship awarded to Beth Psaila
28 August 2024
Congratulations to Beth Psaila, who has been awarded a Senior Fellowship funded by Cancer Research UK in partnership with Rosetrees Trust.
Michael Zimmermann awarded Full Professor title
27 August 2024
Congratulations to Professor Michael Zimmermann, who has been awarded the title of Full Professor in the University’s 2024 Recognition of Distinction exercise.
Of Mice and Men - Researchers demonstrate evolutionary conservation of blood stem cell subtypes
27 August 2024
General MRC MHU MRC WIMM Publication Research
Researchers from the MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine (WIMM) have shown that blood stem cell subtypes found in mice also exist in humans. This provides important information for research into therapies to alleviate the negative effects of aging.
RDM researchers showcase at IF Oxford 2024 – book now
22 August 2024
IF Oxford returns as a digital and in-real-life science and ideas Festival with events running throughout October 2024.
Grant awarded to develop artificial intelligence tools to understand the bone marrow landscape
14 August 2024
Our researchers have received $200,000 to develop artificial intelligence tools to better diagnose what goes wrong in the bone marrow of myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) patients.
Vote for AI research shortlisted for the BHF Research Story of the Year award
7 August 2024
Voting is open! Some of our British Heart Foundation funded research has been shortlisted for the BHF Research Story of the Year award. Discover more and vote for our work into developing an AI tool to predict people’s risk of having a heart attack years before it happens.
Qiang Zhang appointed Associate Professor of AI in Cardiovascular Imaging
29 July 2024
RDM and the Big Data Institute have appointed Dr Qiang Zhang as Associate Professor of AI in Cardiovascular Imaging.
Experts outline priority areas which should be addressed to advance treatment for inherited lung diseases
29 July 2024
An expert group including Deborah Gill, Professor of Gene Medicine in RDM’s Nuffield Division of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, has published a new position paper which addresses the gaps in research and treatment development for familial pulmonary fibrosis (FPF) – a collection of individually rare and severe genetically inherited lung diseases.
Jeremy Tomlinson awarded Outstanding Chief Investigator in NIHR celebration
23 July 2024
Congratulations to Professor Jeremy Tomlinson on winning an award for ‘Outstanding Chief Investigator’ from the National Institute of Health and Care Research’s (NIHR) Thames Valley and South Midlands Clinical Research Network (LCRN).
RDM Inaugural Lecture success for Professor Vanessa Ferreira
23 July 2024
On Monday 22 July, Professor Vanessa Ferreira gave her inaugural lecture titled, The investigation of cardiovascular diseases using MRI parametric mapping: The Past, Present and Future.
New study finds semaglutide (or ‘Ozempic/Wegovy’) safe for brain health with possible benefits for cognition and nicotine dependence
17 July 2024
Semaglutide – widely known as Ozempic or Wegovy – does not appear to negatively impact brain health and is associated with lower risk of cognitive problems and less nicotine dependence, according to a new study.
Yellowstone Biosciences spinout launches to advance cutting-edge cancer therapies
15 July 2024
General MRC MHU MRC WIMM Research
Yellowstone Biosciences, a biotechnology spinout, has launched to pioneer new cancer treatments using advanced T-cell therapies based on groundbreaking research from the MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine at the University of Oxford.
Senior Fellowship awarded to Costas Christodoulides
4 July 2024
Congratulations to Costas Christodoulides, who has been awarded a Senior Clinical Research Fellowship with the British Heart Foundation.
Professor Rajesh Thakker receives OBE in King’s Birthday Honours
17 June 2024
Congratulations to RDM’s Professor Rajesh Vasantlal Thakker FRS, May Professor of Medicine and lately President, Society for Endocrinology, who has been appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the King’s Birthday Honours 2024.
RDM launches new metabolism cross-cutting research theme
12 June 2024
On Monday 10 June, more than 50 members of RDM met to kick off the ‘Metabolism in Molecular Medicine’ cross-cutting research theme.