A new study from the Borodavka group reveals how rotaviruses use phosphorylation to control the formation of viral replication factories, providing insights into their regulation and how similar condensate-forming systems might be targeted therapeutically. www.path.ox.ac.uk/news-article...

Phosphorylation fine-tunes viral condensates during rotavirus replication - Dunn School

A recent study from the Borodavka lab reveals how rotaviruses use phosphorylation to control the formation of viral replication factories.

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Congratulations to the Dunn School PIs who recently secured @wellcometrust.bsky.social Discovery Awards! - Sumana Sanyal - @mjafreeman.bsky.social - @georgiaisom.bsky.social - Kevin Foster www.path.ox.ac.uk/news-article...

Funding success for Dunn School PIs - Dunn School

Congratulations to Sumana Sanyal, Matthew Freeman, Georgia Isom and Kevin Foster for securing prestigious Wellcome Trust Discovery Awards.

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Girish Mali @dyneinassembly.bsky.social is a new #ListerPrize2026 Fellow. At @dunnschool.bsky.social he studies the mechanisms of dynein synthesis and self assembly, hoping to bolster respiratory resilience in diseases like Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia. Girish's lab👉 path.ox.ac.uk/research-gro...

This is a fantastic opportunity, I started my lab through this scheme and the support throughout is phenomenal, please share.

The Dunn School, Oxford@dunnschool.bsky.social · 3w ago

Are you a postdoc interested in the mechanisms of disease? Do you have a great record and an exciting vision? Come and start your own lab @dunnschool.bsky.social by applying for sponsorship for early career fellowships. Deadline 22nd of September...please share! www.path.ox.ac.uk/work-with-us...

Great opportunity alert! @dunnschool.bsky.social has opened its annual call for new PIs looking for sponsorship for early career fellowships. If you think we might provide the scientific environment you need to launch your independent career, we want to hear from you!

The Dunn School, Oxford@dunnschool.bsky.social · 3w ago

Are you a postdoc interested in the mechanisms of disease? Do you have a great record and an exciting vision? Come and start your own lab @dunnschool.bsky.social by applying for sponsorship for early career fellowships. Deadline 22nd of September...please share! www.path.ox.ac.uk/work-with-us...

Are you a postdoc interested in the mechanisms of disease? Do you have a great record and an exciting vision? Come and start your own lab @dunnschool.bsky.social by applying for sponsorship for early career fellowships. Deadline 22nd of September...please share! www.path.ox.ac.uk/work-with-us...

Group Leader Career Development Fellowships - Dunn School

Are you an early career researcher interested in the cell or molecular mechanisms underlying disease? Do you have an outstanding record and an innovative research plan?

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Grab the chance to join one of Oxford's most exciting groups working at interface of pathogenic bacteria and structural biology! @georgiaisom.bsky.social lab @dunnschool.bsky.social is highly recommended

Georgia Isom@georgiaisom.bsky.social · 4w ago

Interested in joining our group in Oxford? We are looking for a PDRA with single particle Cryo-EM experience to help us figure out how sphingolipids are transported to the cell surface of Gram-negative bacteria. The deadline is 31st July. Informal enquires are welcome. Please share!

NEWS: Oxford researchers become EMBO members Many congratulations to Professor Elena Seiradake, Professor Emma Slack and Professor Kevin Foster 🎉 @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social  @dunnschool.bsky.social

Oxford researchers become EMBO members

Three University of Oxford academics have become the latest to join the eminent life scientists in Europe and beyond that make up the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

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We welcome Anjali Hinch @anjalihinch.bsky.social as one of our #ListerPrize2026 winners👏 Her team at @dunnschool.bsky.social studies complex protein-DNA interactions and how ageing damages the genomes of human oocytes (egg cells). More about Anjali's lab 👉 germlinegenomics.site.ox.ac.uk/homepage

We are always excited by the success of members of @dunnschool.bsky.social! Huge congratulations to Profs Emma Slack @mucosalimmunology.bsky.social and Kevin Foster on their election as members of @embo.org Both are microbiome leaders – and both are stars www.path.ox.ac.uk/news-article...

Emma Slack and Kevin Foster elected members of EMBO - Dunn School

Both researchers are leaders in the rapidly growing field of the human gut microbiome.

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NEWS: Two Dunn School researchers awarded 2026 Lister Prize Many congratulations to Anjali Hinch and Girish Mali in @dunnschool.bsky.social  for this prestigious honour 🎉

Two Dunn School researchers awarded 2026 Lister Prize

Many congratulations to Anjali Hinch and Girish Mali in the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology for this prestigious honour, recognising researchers in the early years of establishing their groups.

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And similar congratulations to 👉️ @dyneinassembly.bsky.social at @dunnschool.bsky.social 👉️ @nmoris.bsky.social at @crick.ac.uk 👉️ Aran Singanayagam at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social and @rbandh.bsky.social 👉️ Iva Tchasovnikarova at @cam.ac.uk lister-institute.org.uk/news/our-lis...

Our congratulations to 👉️ @chrisgreene.bsky.social at RSCI University of Medicine and Health Sciences 👉️ @hansonmark.bsky.social at @exeter.ac.uk 👉️ @anjalihinch.bsky.social at @dunnschool.bsky.social 👉️ @lautenschlagerlab.bsky.social at @ucl.ac.uk lister-institute.org.uk/news/our-lis...

Not one, but two #ListerPrize2026 awards for Dunn School researchers this year! Many congratulations to Anjali (@anjalihinch.bsky.social) and Girish (@dyneinassembly.bsky.social), recognising their fantastic success & potential as new group leaders! #ListerFellows @thelisterinstitute.bsky.social

Newborn meningitis is one of the most dangerous childhood infections. @mucosalimmunology.bsky.social & colleagues developed an approach that stops harmful bacteria before transmission, combining an oral vaccine, harmless competitor bacteria, and bacteriophages. www.path.ox.ac.uk/news-article...

Protection for newborns: new treatment aims to prevent meningitis without antibiotics - Dunn School

Emma Slack and collaborators have developed a preventive approach that stops harmful bacteria in their tracks before transmission even occurs.

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Help please! We need to do some large(ish) cell culture inhibiting E-cadherin with a monoclonal antibody. Does anyone have the DECMA-1 hybridoma cell line so we could purify our own antibody? or a similar monoclonal that would do the job. Any help greatly appreciated, just DM me. Please repost!

Today we celebrate our colleagues Colin Kleanthous and Rob Klose as they join the Fellowship of the Royal Society, one of the highest honours in the scientific world, in recognition of their impactful contributions to knowledge. Congratulations! 👏 👏 👏 Read more ⬇️

Congratulations to Colin Kleanthous and Rob Klose on joining the Fellowship of the Royal Society

The two scientists have been selected for outstanding contributions to their fields

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My department is open to hosting a Starting Grant lab. If you are eligible and want to do biochemistry broadly defined (we like everything, from biophysics to systems biology!) consider applying. My department is the best and Zurich is pretty good too! www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Assistant professor for ERC Starting Grant in Biochemistry - Zurich (CH) job with University of Zurich (UZH) | 12859194

Assistant professor for ERC Starting Grant in Biochemistry (non-tenure track)

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UK-based cell biologist? Interested in membrane trafficking? Want to find a conference? Looking for a job (PI, postdoc...)? Do link to www.ukmembranetraffic.com, where @jezcarlton.bsky.social and Chris Stefan (not here?) do sterling work

Cloud dynamics over @dunnschool.bsky.social in this afternoon’s hot weather - watched this Cumulus congestus cloud actively bubbling up - looked away (I do work occasionally…) and 5 minutes later it had almost dissolved away

Congratulations to the Dunn School postdocs starting new PI positions! Carolin will be joining the University of Birmingham Aakash will be joining the University of Cambridge Rebecca will be joining the St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research (Australia) www.path.ox.ac.uk/news-article...

Dunn School postdocs start new PI positions - Dunn School

Applications are now open to apply for our four year, fully-funded PhD programme in Molecular Cell Biology in Health and Disease.

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I’m looking to hire a talented postdoctoral research assistant to work with me on my Wellcome Trust-funded project at the @dunnschool.bsky.social If you’re interested in bacterial pathogenesis and host-pathogen interactions, please apply below! my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

We never lose our pride in what is perhaps the 20th century's greatest medical breakthrough

Matthew Freeman@mjafreeman.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Indeed And a very personal yardstick: there are only two @ox.ac.uk Professors of Pathology between Florey, who developed it in 1941, and me (the current holder)! Not sure if that's an indicator of professorships held for too long or how relatively recent penicillin is... ...but wild

2/n ...and although you can read all about our findings in my breakdown of the preprint thread, I want to use this opportunity to thank Dawn O'Reilly (from @dunnschool.bsky.social), whose pioneering work in Shona Murphy's lab on vU1s inspired us, and who was constantly helping with data and advice.

Sorry for the cliché: not sure how to avoid it... I am very honoured to join such an illustrious list of previous winners And – of course – the credit largely belongs to the fabulous people I have been lucky enough to work with @dunnschool.bsky.social and earlier @mrclmb.ac.uk

Biochemical Society@biochemsoc.bsky.social · 4mo ago

A leader in the cell biology of signalling, the 2027 Centenary Award is presented to Matthew Freeman in recognition of his pioneering discoveries into the biological significance and mechanisms of rhomboid intramembrane proteases and pseudoprotease and unwavering commitment to mentorship!

A leader in the cell biology of signalling, the 2027 Centenary Award is presented to Matthew Freeman in recognition of his pioneering discoveries into the biological significance and mechanisms of rhomboid intramembrane proteases and pseudoprotease and unwavering commitment to mentorship!

Congratulations to our Head of Department, @mjafreeman.bsky.social, awarded the @biochemsoc.bsky.social Centenary Award! This recognises his contributions in the field of intramembrane proteases and pseudoproteases, and his commitment to supporting talent within the scientific community.

The Oxford Fieldpaths Society, born to preserve 'Footpaths, Bridlepaths and Commons in the neighbourhood of Oxford’ turns 100 this week. We took a look at their work #shortread

Step outside: Oxford Fieldpaths Society turns 100

In 1926, in response to urban sprawl and increasing motor car traffic, a group met at Oriel College to ‘to form a Society for the preservation of Footpaths, Bridlepaths and Commons in the neighbourhoo...

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"The [blue plaque] in the red brick building just behind me celebrates the birth of the age of antibiotics" Prof Chris Tang speaks to the BBC World Service about the world-changing research that took place here in the Dunn School in the 1940s. Listen now: 🎧https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct6sxh

BBC World Service - Discovery, Superbugs: Resistance rising, part 1

Antibiotic resistant bacteria is rising - is a great global crisis on the horizon?

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Today, our Centenary Team got the opportunity to view the Ashmolean Museum's new exhibition 'In Bloom - how plants changed our world'. The exhibition features botanical artwork from the private collection of Dunn School alumna Shirley Sherwood (1955-1959). Find out more: shorturl.at/vhwy9