Archived News Articles from 2019
- Discovering the cellular RNA-binding proteins controlling virus infection
- New research by the Castello lab provides new insights into the host-virus battlefield
Published: 21 February 2019 - Ben Berks awarded ERC Advanced Grant
- The ERC grant awarded to Ben Berks will enable his laboratory to investigate the molecular mechanism of the bacterial type 9 protein secretion system (T9SS)
Published: 28th March 2019 - 20-year old mystery of protein trafficking revealed in first crystal structures of the KDEL receptor
- The Newstead and Barr labs have solved a major puzzle in protein trafficking that has remained elusive for over two decades
Published: 28th March 2019 - Stephan Uphoff wins Biochemical Society’s Colworth Medal
- Many congratulations to Stephan for winning the 2020 Colworth Medal for his pioneering work on DNA repair and mutagenesis pathways in bacteria
Published: 29th March 2019 - The new website of the Department of Biochemistry is now live
- Our goal was to generate a modern, clean and easy to navigate website
Published: 1 April 2019 - Spy&Go: protein purification and team-building using one tag
- Mark Howarth’s lab expands the protein nanotechnology repertoire
Published: 23 April 2019 - Postgraduate Students Present Annual Poster Symposium
- At the Graduate Poster Symposium on April 24, around 22 final year students presented their research to members of the department
Published: 26 April 2019 - Athena Swan Silver Award Renewal
- We have been awarded a renewal of our Silver Athena SWAN award, recognising everybody’s efforts and achievements in making Biochemistry a great place to work
Published: 23 May 2019 - Brake on DNA damage repair pathway discovered
- New research published in Cell Reports from Martin Cohn's lab has revealed a new layer of control of the Fanconi anaemia pathway that repairs a harmful form of DNA damage
Published: 3 June 2019 - Interdepartmental Postdoctoral Poster Session
- May 16 2019 saw the first Interdepartmental Postdoc Poster Session at the New Biochemistry Building
Published: 3 June 2019 - Stopping the malaria parasite in its tracks
- How can we stop the malaria parasite from getting into our blood cells? Two recent papers from the Higgins group and Professor Simon Draper at the Jenner Institute in Oxford have addressed this question
Published: 18 June 2019 - Biochemistry DPhil Students win Prize in Cancer Biotech Competition
- Irsyad Khairil, Arne Scheu and Sheryl Lim have successfully pitched the company "SpyCombinator" in the cancer biotechnology competition Biotarget
Published: 24 June 2019 - Biochemical Society Undergraduate Recognition award presented to Joshua Dickerson
- Professor Jonathan Hodgkin presented the Biochemical Society Undergraduate Recognition award to Joshua Dickerson on the 18th July 2019
Published: 26 July 2019 - Rita Emberton completes charity abseil for cardiac research
- On Saturday 14th September Rita Emberton from our administration team performed a sponsored abseil down the West Wing of the John Radcliffe Hospital
Published: 20th September 2019 - Visit to Biochemistry Department of U-Talent high school students from the Netherlands
- Department hosts 40 Dutch U-Talent students aged 16-18 for lectures and tours of labs
Published: 9 October 2019 - Oxford Science Festival Biochemistry Stalls at the Westgate Centre and Oxford Town Hall
- October IF science festival Departmental events: Saturday 19th saw a structural biology outreach event in Leiden Square, Westgate Centre, Oxford and then a "Designer Malaria Vaccines" stand in the Oxford Town Hall on Sunday 20th
Published: 11 November 2019 - Laidlaw Leadership Scholars honoured in Sheldonian
- Three Biochemistry students from this year’s 24 undergraduate Laidlaw Leadership Scholars honoured at an event at the Sheldonian Theatre
Published: 12 November 2019 - State-of-the-art 950 MHz NMR spectrometer in the Department of Biochemistry
- Flagship solution-state 950 MHz nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectrometer upgraded with a high-sensitivity 5mm TCI CryoProbe and an automated sample changer
Published: 18 December 2019
