We were delighted to welcome members of the The Physiological Society to the MRC WIMM yesterday to celebrate Grace Meaker's fantastic achievement of winning their sponsored award at STEM for Britain

Congratulations to Grace once again! 🏆

⁦Dr Joe Cross⁩ from our lab ⁦Department of Paediatrics⁩ ⁦MRC MHU⁩ presenting ⁦Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group⁩ ⁦Little Princess Trust⁩ funded research #CCLG24 annual meeting.

Our Director KJ Patel CAM-OX traveller kicking off the second scientific session of RDM Day, on 'DNA Damage and Cellular Ageing'

Congratulations to MRC MHU Group Leader Adam Wilkinson (Wilkinson Group) on winning a Wellcome Career Development Award 🎉🎉

I'm very happy to see my review on MLL leukemias and enhancer function published in a special issue of Current Opinion in Genetics & Development.

Chromatin and aberrant enhancer activity in KMT2A rearranged acute lym... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Hear from our Director KJ Patel (KJ Patel CAM-OX traveller) and some of his fellow Cancer Research UK scientists about their hopes for the future of cancer research:

KJ Patel (KJ Patel CAM-OX traveller), Director of the MRC WIMM & MRC MHU, talks about innovation within cancer research alongside other Cancer Research UK scientists 💡

NEW mini-review out from andi roy & colleagues in Frontiers Cell & Developmental Biology on aberrant stem cell and developmental programs in pediatric leukemia 🔍

NEW: Nature Protocols paper out this week from Abdullah Khan and Beth Psaila with detailed information on producing bone marrow organoids 🦴🧫🧪

📢JOB OPPORTUNITY: Deputy Institute Administrator - Apply by 4th April 📅

We have an exciting opportunity to join our friendly Core Admin team at the MRC WIMM.

More details and how to apply here: bit.ly/3wt1USM

Feeling very fortunate to work with the very best lab team - not only do they deliver exciting science, great ideas and good company, they also surprise me with beautiful wall art and a chocolate version of my dog for my birthday #LabUtopia MRC WIMM University of Oxford

Congratulations to MRC MHU Group Leader Professor Chakraverty! 🎉

Using our superpowers to explain our research on hematopoietic stem cells and blood cancers to everyone who passes by our stall at the ATOM Festival in Abingdon today! MRC MHU MRC WIMM University of Oxford

This afternoon, we hosted a 'Women in Research' panel where women at different stages of their research careers came together to discuss the challenges they've faced, the women who've inspired them and their thoughts on how the scientific community can better #InspireInclusion 👩…

This Saturday, researchers from the Tom Milne, andi roy and Wilkinson Group labs will be at ATOM Festival's Science Market showcasing some of our gene editing activities 🧬✂️🦴

🗓️ Come and visit our stall in Abingdon Market Place 10am-3pm on the 16th March!

We're delighted to share that 2 of our facilities staff have been appointed Technician Champions for RDM Oxford/Medical Sciences as part of University of Oxford's Technician programme.

Read more: imm.ox.ac.uk/news/technicia…

Sally-Ann Clark (Flow Cytometry) & Michalina MaMazurczyk (Mass…

Simona Valletta This #IWD2024 we’ve heard motivating keynote talks from Prof Rachel Cowen, Prof Irene Roberts (@MRC_MHU) & Rachel Pooley (@putideastowork) covering:

👥The importance of mentoring
💼Increasing women-founded spin outs
👩‍💼Raising the visibility of women as senior leaders in academia

Happy International Women's Day 🫶

Today 100 women from across the MRC WIMM came together to mark the day and celebrate all the wonderful women who work and study at the institute
💜👩‍🔬👩‍🍳👩‍💻👩‍💼💜

#IWD2024 #InternationalWomensDay

Congratulations to Grace Meaker who was awarded the Physiological Society (@ThePhySoc) Prize for her poster presentation at #STEMforBritain on Monday 🏆

Well done also to Jennifer Herrmann, Anna Rose and Chloe Tubman on reaching the final for the Biological and Biomedical…

Happy #IWD2024 . I am lucky to work with wonderful and inspiring colleagues at Department of Paediatrics University of Oxford and beyond