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Opportunity for Early Career Researchers to be sponsored for establishing an independent research group

Email: recruitfellows@bioch.ox.ac.uk (Informal enquiries welcome)

Closing deadline: 15^th October 2021

Our Next Virtual Undergraduate Open Day: 17th September 2021

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Journey of a Molecular Detective

To honour Professor David Sherratt's recent retirement after 50 years as a PI, the Department of Biochemistry...

To honour Professor David Sherratt's recent retirement after 50 years as a PI, the Department of Biochemistry is organising a one-day Symposium, ‘Journey of a Molecular Detective’,...

To honour Professor David Sherratt's recent retirement after 50 years as a PI, the Department of Biochemistry is organising a one-day Symposium, ‘Journey of a Molecular Detective’, on Monday September 20th...

To honour Professor David Sherratt's recent retirement after 50 years as a PI, the Department of Biochemistry is organising a one-day Symposium, ‘Journey of a Molecular Detective’, on Monday September 20th 2021

Newstead group to present their research on tackling Body Odour at the Royal Society Summer Science festival

The free Summer Science online event runs from the 8th to 11th July

Professor Tony Watts elected President of the International Union of Pure and Applied Biophysics

Professor Tony Watts has been elected President of the International Union of Pure and Applied Biophysics which...

Professor Tony Watts has been elected President of the International Union of Pure and Applied Biophysics which represents some 61 biophysical societies worldwide

Prof Robert Klose elected an EMBO Member

We are delighted to announce that Prof Robert Klose has been elected as an EMBO Member

Stephan Uphoff’s Colworth medal lecture

For his recent Biochemical Society Colworth medal, Stephan Uphoff delivered an award lecture that has been recorded...

For his recent Biochemical Society Colworth medal, Stephan Uphoff delivered an award lecture that has been recorded is now available on youtube

the cycle of the cellular and sars cov 2 rna in the infected cell

New therapeutic possibilities at the ‘heart’ of SARS-CoV-2 life cycle

A team led by researchers at the University of Oxford, University of Glasgow, and University of Heidelberg, uncovers...

A team led by researchers at the University of Oxford, University of Glasgow, and University of Heidelberg, uncovers the interactions that SARS-CoV-2 RNA establishes with the host cell,...

A team led by researchers at the University of Oxford, University of Glasgow, and University of Heidelberg, uncovers the interactions that SARS-CoV-2 RNA establishes with the host cell, paving the way for the development...

A team led by researchers at the University of Oxford, University of Glasgow, and University of Heidelberg, uncovers the interactions that SARS-CoV-2 RNA establishes with the host cell, paving the way for the development of new therapeutic strategies

Structure of the folate transporter paves the way for improved anticancer drugs

A new study from the Newstead group, published in Nature, reveals the structure of the folate transporter, laying...

A new study from the Newstead group, published in Nature, reveals the structure of the folate transporter, laying the foundation for developing targeted anticancer drugs

Matt Higgins awarded the 2021 C. A. Wright Medal of the British Society for Parasitology

Matt Higgins has been awarded the 2021 C. A. Wright Medal of the British Society for Parasitology

Reproducibility, transparency and access to biomedical research

The Cohn group recently developed a new method for the purification of large DNA repair protein complexes from...

The Cohn group recently developed a new method for the purification of large DNA repair protein complexes from human cells.

Compound screening for anti-viral activity

Prof. Zitzmann and her team in collaboration with other virologists from the University and support of volunteers...

Prof. Zitzmann and her team in collaboration with other virologists from the University and support of volunteers from SGC have set up an initiative for compound/biologics cellular...

Prof. Zitzmann and her team in collaboration with other virologists from the University and support of volunteers from SGC have set up an initiative for compound/biologics cellular screenings

SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein glycosylation: a vaccine quality control method

The Zitzmann lab have been working on the characterisation of the site-specific glycosylation of SARS-CoV-2 spike...

The Zitzmann lab have been working on the characterisation of the site-specific glycosylation of SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins derived from the virus and spike proteins derived from a viral...

The Zitzmann lab have been working on the characterisation of the site-specific glycosylation of SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins derived from the virus and spike proteins derived from a viral vectored SARS-CoV-2 vaccine...

The Zitzmann lab have been working on the characterisation of the site-specific glycosylation of SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins derived from the virus and spike proteins derived from a viral vectored SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate

Breakthrough for Optogenetics

The structure of a protein used in over 1000 labs worldwide has been resolved for the first time by an international...

The structure of a protein used in over 1000 labs worldwide has been resolved for the first time by an international team lead by the Watts lab