New study reveals details of key immune mechanism
25 March 2025
An international collaboration, initiated by the Jackson Group at the MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, has uncovered new information that could help in the development of drugs to block conditions such as autoimmunity and inflammation.
Ancient genomic linkage regulates red blood cell development
24 March 2025
A collaboration between the Drakesmith and Higgs Groups at the MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine has identified an ancient connection between metabolic and transcriptional control of erythropoiesis.
Catch up on RDM Day 2025
24 March 2025
Over 300 staff and students gathered to connect and celebrate the inspirational science happening across our Department.
Wellcome Career Development Award For Sumana Sharma
14 March 2025
Dr Sumana Sharma has won a Wellcome Career Development Award for her research investigating receptors in T cells.
Adam Wilkinson wins 2025 ISEH Janet Rowley Award
13 March 2025
Associate Professor Adam Wilkinson has received the 2025 Janet Rowley Award from the International Society for Experimental Haematology for his outstanding contributions in the field of hematopoietic stem cell biology.
Announcing our new Principal Investigators 2025
12 March 2025
Following the RDM’s annual call for researchers to apply for Principal Investigator (PI) status, we are delighted to announce the designation of five new PIs for 2025.
International Women's Day 2025
7 March 2025
For International Women's Day on 8th March 2025, women from the MRC WIMM reflect on why this day is so important, the barriers and biases women can face in their careers, and which women have inspired them.
Prestigious Professor Heimburger Award for Dr Jeries Abu-Hanna
4 March 2025
Congratulations to Dr Jeries Abu-Hanna who has been selected as one of the five winning recipients for the Professor Heimburger Award 2025 in the field of inherited haemophilia.
2024 RDM Award for Excellent Supervision Winners
3 March 2025
Congratulations to Professor Leanne Hodson and Dr James Grist who have each received the RDM Award for Excellent Supervision 2024.
New research findings help identify those most at risk of developing hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
27 February 2025
Two new research papers, published in Nature Genetics, jointly led by RDM’s Professor Hugh Watkins, have further advanced our understanding of the genetic basis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM).
Therapy Acceleration Lab granted UKAS accreditation
27 February 2025
The Therapy Acceleration Lab (TAL) at the MRC WIMM was recently accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) to the ISO 17025:2017 Standard as a testing laboratory, No. 28562.
Clinical trials begin for a first-in-class, inhaled gene therapy for people with cystic fibrosis
25 February 2025
An inhalable medicine with the potential to improve lung disease in people with cystic fibrosis, irrespective of their mutation type, is being tested in human trials in the UK and Europe.
Major international career award for Dr Roshan Xavier
10 February 2025
Congratulations to Dr Roshan Xavier who has won a major international career award at the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance for his DPhil research into a common form of heart failure called HFpEF.
2024 RDM Graduate Citizenship Award Winners
6 February 2025
Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 RDM Graduate Citizenship Award; Megan Payne and Charlotte Frazer-Morris.
Award to support RDM research in dementia after stroke
3 February 2025
Race Against Dementia, in partnership with Alzheimer’s Research UK have awarded just over £340k to support research into understanding why some people develop dementia after suffering a stroke.
2024 RDM Graduate Prize Winners
23 January 2025
Congratulations to the 2024 RDM Graduate Prize Winners; Jamie Kitt, Charlotte Brierley and Patrick Pflughaupt.
Funding awarded for new theatre-based community engagement project
23 January 2025
Alison Kay and Anne Goriely, together with Minna Jeffery (St. Anne’s College) and Lisa Hinton (Nuffield Dept. of Primary Care Health Sciences), have won an award from the University of Oxford’s PCER Fund for a project called “Making it personal”, which will use theatre to explore public perception of a new form of genetic testing.
RDM DPhil student listed in Forbes Middle East’s 30 under 30 list
14 January 2025
Congratulations to Mohanad Alkhodari, a DPhil student in RDM’s Cardiovascular Clinical Research Facility (CCRF), who was selected by Forbes Magazine in the Middle East for their 30 under 30 list for 2024.
RDM researchers collaborate on postpartum blood pressure self-monitoring trial in the US
18 December 2024
Researchers in RDM’s Cardiovascular Clinical Research Facility (CCRF) will collaborate with the University of Pennsylvania on a new trial to understand the potential benefits of postpartum blood pressure monitoring in the US healthcare system.
Researchers provide a perspective on mapping the bone marrow using new spatial transcriptomic technologies
13 December 2024
RDM researchers have outlined the potential benefits and limitations of new spatial transcriptomic technologies for mapping the bone marrow in patients with blood cancer.