Lifetime Achievement Award for Prof Talbot
27 February 2020
Awards & Appointments Department
Congratulations to Professor Denis Talbot who has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the British Thoracic Oncology Group (BTOG).
Careers Fair
26 February 2020
On 13 February, OCTO Trial Manager Lucy Griffiths staffed a stand about Clinical Trials at a tri-school Careers Fair in West London.
Science and Safety
21 February 2020
On 3 February, we hosted a visiting group of students from Buckinghamshire College.
Teaching in the Oxford Department of Education
17 February 2020
Friday 14 February was the day of our annual visit to Oxford's Department of Education to spend some time with their trainee teachers.
Breast Cancer Grant for Prof Ramadan
6 February 2020
Congratulations to Prof Kristijan Ramadan who has been awarded a three year research grant from Breast Cancer Now. The grant will support Dr. Abhay Narayan Singh who will explore new ways to use chemotherapy in order to improve the outcomes for women with breast cancer.
World Cancer Day 2020
4 February 2020
Department Public Engagement Research
Tuesday 4 Feb 2020 is World Cancer Day (https://www.worldcancerday.org/). Led by the Union for International Cancer Control, the day aims to raise awareness and education about cancer.
Professor Anna Schuh awarded funding from the NIHR RIGHT programme
4 November 2019
The NIHR has invested £34 million of funding into global health research projects to tackle epilepsy, infection-related cancers and severe stigmatising skin diseases in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
IF Oxford Science and Ideas Festival
21 October 2019
Clinical Trials are both science and an important idea. On 20 Oct the Department of Oncology took its place in the main chamber of the Oxford Town Hall as part of the IF Oxford Science and Ideas Festival 2019.
A tempting new target for cancer therapy
15 October 2019
DNA Damage & Repair Publication Research
Kristijan Ramadan and his group published a new article in The EMBO Journal today. The article adds new detail to the story of how our cells repair damage to our DNA.
Department of Oncology to collaborate with Crescendo Biologics
20 September 2019
Department Immunology Research
The Department of Oncology has signed up to collaborate with Crescendo Biologics Ltd (Crescendo), the drug developer of novel, targeted T cell enhancing therapeutics.
Oxford Open Doors
17 September 2019
On 14 September, the Old Road Campus joined the 2019 Oxford Open Doors event and welcomed the public into our workplace.
Congratulations to our new professor
13 September 2019
Congratulations to Kristijan Ramadan of the Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, who has been recognised with a full professorial title by the University of Oxford.
Clinical researchers at Oxford University announce new collaboration with Janssen to detect blood cancers sooner
8 August 2019
The new 7-year research collaboration with Janssen Research & Development, LLC (Janssen) will study patients at higher risk of developing certain types of blood cancers that arise from the immune system, such as chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and multiple myeloma, to identify markers that could be used to predict who will go on to develop symptomatic disease.
Oncology outreach; supporting diversity at Oxford
2 August 2019
The Department's UNIQ Oncology course invited students to explore the fascinating field of Oncology, to inspire those interested in pursuing a career in medical research.
The Tarsounas group publish two outstanding papers
25 July 2019
Madalena Tarsounas' group have recently published two new papers in EMBO Molecular Medicine and Nature Communications.
SPRTN protease and checkpoint kinase 1 cross-activation loop safeguards DNA replication
18 July 2019
Kristijan Ramadan's group have published a new paper which shows how cells keep the DNA replication machinery moving when faced with blockers.
New Fellowship of the Association of Cancer Physicians
5 July 2019
Awards & Appointments Department
Many congratulations to Prof Adrian Harris (Department of Oncology), who has become a Fellow of the Association of Cancer Physicians.
On the road with OIRO: Taking Science to the supermarket
25 June 2019
Scientists from across Oncology and the Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences set off on the 15 June on a six-day road-trip.
RAF Air Cadets visit Oncology
11 June 2019
Last week, budding scientists from the Beaconsfield 606 Air Cadets got a fascinating insight into the work being done to conceive a pharmaceutical or surgical “cure” for cancer.
Oncology Open Day 2019
5 April 2019
How does the Department attract passionate and bright talent when it doesn’t teach undergraduates? There are no ‘home grown’ students eager to become next year’s doctoral students.