Archived News Articles from 2017

Molecular dynamics simulations aid functional annotation of ion channel structures
Work carried out in Prof Mark Sansom's laboratory in collaboration with Prof Stephen Tucker at the Department of Physics in Oxford, and has been published in Structure
Published: 25 January 2017

 

Prof. Alison Woollard appointed as Academic Champion for Public Engagement with Research
Professor Alison Woollard, Department of Biochemistry and Fellow of Hertford College, has been appointed as the University of Oxford's next Academic Champion for Public Engagement with Research
Published: 10 February 2017

 

Dr Sylvia McLain gives Royal Institution Discourse
Dr Sylvia McLain from the Biochemistry Department, gave the Royal Institution Discourse on Friday, 24th February, with her talk: ‘Water and proteins: Insights into the physics of life’.
Published: 23 February 2017

 

Understanding cerebral malaria: novel molecular insights into a sticky problem
Why do the most debilitating cases of malaria affect the brain, leading to cerebral disease?
Published: 15 March 2017

 

Wellcome Image Awards 2017
Ezequiel Miron's image "Unravelled DNA in a human lung cell" one of the Wellcome Image Awards 2017 winners
Published: 20 March 2017

 

Biochemistry at 'Back From The Dead'
Volunteers from the Biochemistry Department have just completed a highly successful series of hands on events at the Museum of the History of Science
Published: 22 March 2017

 

Novitski Prize for Jonathan Hodgkin
Professor Jonathan Hodgkin has been awarded the prestigious Edward Novitski prize for 2017 by the Genetics Society of America
Published: 24 March 2017

 

Biochemistry Department spinout uses biochemical superglue to develop next generation vaccines
An Oxford University spinout using "biochemical superglue" which can facilitate the rapid development of robust and novel vaccines, has raised £4m at launch
Published: 30 March 2017

 

How a group of conserved proteins orchestrate transcription termination in eukaryotes
A paper published in Nature Communications sheds light on how a group of conserved proteins orchestrate transcription termination in eukaryotes 
Published: 3 April 2017

 

Tony Watts and Peter Judge at the Emirates Foundation
Tony Watts and Peter Judge at the Emirates Foundation "Think Science Fair" in Dubai
Published: 28 April 2017

 

Family Fun Day at the Royal Institution
Demonstration lectures given at a "Family Fun Day", designed for under 11 year olds
Published: 15 May 2017

 

Norman Heatley Award for Mark Howarth
Professor Mark Howarth has been awarded the Norman Heatley Award 2017 from the Royal Society of Chemistry
Published: 23 May 2017

 

Rita Emberton Charity Wing Walk
Rita Emberton from our Administration team did a sponsored 'wingwalk' on Saturday 10th June, in aid of Cancer Research UK
Published: 13 June 2017

 

Peter Beaconsfield Prizes for Two of Our Young Researchers
Sarah-Beth Amos (from the Sansom group) has won the 2017 Peter Beaconsfield Prize in Physiological Sciences and Thomas Dixon (from the McLain group) has won the Runner-up prize
Published: 4 July 2017

 

The final step in bacterial lipoprotein maturation
Understanding how lipoproteins are made will pave the way to develop new antibiotics...
Published: 4 July 2017

 

Checking the checkpoint: Revealing the structure of an elusive quality control enzyme
The structure of an important enzyme that oversees the secretion of thousands of secreted glycoproteins has been solved by a fruitful collaborative effort between the Department of Biochemistry and Diamond Light Source in Oxford, and two Italian research institutes
Published: 25 July 2017

 

A taste of biochemistry for school students
2017 Uniq week a great success
Published: 4 August 2017

 

Elena Seiradake elected into 2018 EMBO Young Investigator Programme
This prestigious programme recognises some of Europe’s best young scientists
Published: 27 October 2017

 

How a group of conserved proteins orchestrate transcription termination in eukaryotes
A paper published in Nature Communications by Lidia Vasilieva's group sheds light on how a group of conserved proteins orchestrate transcription termination in eukaryotes
Published: 3 April 2017

 

Key step in cellular glycosylation revealed in new crystal structure of a Golgi nucleotide sugar transporter
New research by the Newstead group
Published: 27 November 2017

 

Oxford iGEM team wins Gold medal and Award for Best Diagnostics Project
Returning from Boston with not only a Gold medal but also the extremely competitive award for Best Diagnostics Project in the undergraduate category
Published: 16 November 2017

 

Prof Tony Watts swaps the lab bench for the back bench
Royal Society scheme pairs scientists with parliamentarians and civil servants to explore how research can inform policy making
Published: December 2017

 

Protein antibiotic hijacks iron transporter to kill bacterial cells
Colin Kleanthous' lab has shown for the first time how a toxin released by bacteria delivers its toxic payload into cells.
Published: 1 November 2017

 

Two arms secure gene transcription at the right sites
New findings that shed light on how epigenetic components in mammals shape transcription have been published by the Klose group
Published: 11 September 2017