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\n \n 26 October 2015\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nThe University of Oxford science blog interviews Dr Peter Canning about work he did in collaboration with the Structural Genomics Consortium in Oxford. The research unlocks the structure of key protein important for inflammatory diseases such as Crohn's.
\n \n\n\n \n 9 October 2015\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nA new study from Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics researchers uses DNA to map historical population movements in and around Europe, helping historians understand movements across the continent nearly 3,000 years ago.
\n \n\n\n \n 9 October 2015\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nDr Nicola Fawcett from the Modernising Medical Microbiology research group has used created agar art from bacteria found in faeces for her entry to the American Society of Microbiology Agar Art Competition.
\n \n\n\n \n 9 October 2015\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nProfessor Kevin Marsh is the 100th recipient of the Liverpool School of Medicine's Mary Kingsley medal. The medal, awarded since 1903, recognizes his outstanding contributions to tropical medicine.
\n \n\n\n \n 9 October 2015\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nA Nature paper, lead-authored by Dr Dominic Kwiatkowski describes DNA variations that protect African children from developing severe malaria.
\n \n\n\n \n 9 October 2015\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nWriting in the Oxford Mail, Katie Borg from the Respiratory Medicine research group explains why studying lung diseases is so important, and urges people to volunteer for studies.
\n \n\n\n \n 5 October 2015\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nDr Kilian Huber has a new paper in press at Nature Methods about a Proteomic Target Discovery method. This method will be established at the TDI with the help of Professor Benedikt Kessler as part of the new Chemoproteomic Profiling Platform.
\n \n\n\n \n 17 September 2015\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nResearchers including Professor Simon Hay have found that efforts to tackle malaria in Africa have reduced infections rates by 50% since 2000.
\n \n\n\n \n 17 September 2015\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nIn a special ceremony at Exter College, the Vice-Chancellor Professor Andrew Hamilton will present NDM staff with the Ebola medal, awarded by the UK government to 'recognise the bravery and hard work' of people who helped tackle the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
\n \n\n\n \n 8 September 2015\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nThe Shoklo Malaria Research Unit (SMRU) is leading a mass drug administration effort to combat malaria in Myanmar's villages. The drug regime works by eliminating malaria parasite reservoirs, thus reducing the risk of malaria transmission.
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