Radcliffe Department of Medicine

#WIMMReads 🧪 #MRCWIMM researchers combine patient derived stem cells and genomic analysis to investigate how rare genetic changes cause craniosynostosis, helping improve interpretation of complex genetic variants. 👇 #Genetics #RareDisease @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk #AcademicSky

🧬New research from the Chapman Group provides insight into why why ATM-deficient cancer cells are particularly vulnerable to PARP inhibitors. The findings may help us better understand how some cancers respond to these drugs.🧪 @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk #AcademicSky @rosschapmanlab.bsky.social

Ready to take the next step in your medical sciences research career? Come to our virtual open day on 20 October to learn more about preparing a strong application for an RDM graduate course. #MedicalSciences #MedicalResearch #PhD #Oxford www.rdm.ox.ac.uk/graduate-stu...

On #WorldCancerResearchDay, #MRCWIMM celebrates the researchers working to advance our understanding of #cancer and improve outcomes for patients. We are proud to be part of a global research community driving progress in cancer research. 🧬🧪 #AcademicSky @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk

Congratulations to Professor Marella de Bruijn on receiving funding from the UKRI Medical Research Council to explore how the first blood #stemcells acquire their remarkable regenerative potential, with the aim of informing future stem cell therapies. 🧪 @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk

#WIMMinFocus No one builds a scientific career alone. 🧪 Our latest #ResearchCulture video explores the support networks that help people grow, connect and thrive. https://youtu.be/0_yQaxHR0R4 #Community #AcademicSky @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk

🩸 September is #BloodCancerAwarenessMonth. Over 40,000 people are diagnosed with blood cancer each year in the UK. Throughout September, we’ll highlight #BloodCancerResearch taking place at the #MRCWIMM & the people behind it. @rdm.ox.ac.uk @bloodcanceruk.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk

Researchers at Oxford used MRI scans from nearly 25,000 people to identify six patterns of body fat distribution linked to different health risks. The findings could support more personalised approaches to preventing heart and metabolic disease. Read more 👇 shorturl.at/mMd7P

Congrats to Prof KJ Patel, who has received the Buchanan Medal, which recognises distinguished contributions to the biomedical sciences. 🧪 https://www.imm.ox.ac.uk/news/kj-patel-royal-society-buchanan-medal  @royalsociety.org @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @cancerresearchuk.org  @ukri.org

Congratulations to Professor Beth Psaila, who has received the 2026 Janet Rowley Award from the International Society for Experimental Hematology! https://www.imm.ox.ac.uk/news/psaila-2026-iseh-janet-rowley-award  @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk

#WIMMReads 🧪 From the Marella de Bruijn Group: a new study identifies markers that distinguish blood #StemCells from blood progenitor cells, providing new insight for developing stem cell therapies. #Haematology #AcademicSky @medsci.ox.ac.uk @rdm.ox.ac.uk

Week one ✔️ Our 2026 #WorkExperience students from state schools across Oxfordshire have explored genetics and haematology, spent time in their host labs, and even learnt about blood cells through an interactive card game! 🩸🧬🧪 Bring on week two! 👏 @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk #AcademicSky

Did you miss our ‘Beyond the Bump’ webinar last week? Don’t worry, it’s now live on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1-Y... Dr Jamie Kitt & Dr Winok Lapidaire showcase their latest research on hypertension during and after pregnancy and its longterm effect on #womenshealth @ox.ac.uk @rdm.ox.ac.uk

#WIMMinFocus Science has the greatest impact when it reaches beyond the laboratory. 🧪 Our latest Research Culture video explores why #PublicEngagement matters. https://youtu.be/WsKiaJEKQKQ #AcademicSky #SciComm @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk

Congratulations to Leanne Hodson, who has won The Physiological Society Joan Mott Prize celebrating women in physiology whose work has demonstrated impact.

Members of RDM recently helped to deliver a new training programme in hyperpolarised MRI at Oxford. This technique allows researchers to observe metabolism inside the body in real time.

🎉Five RDM teams have received pump-priming funding to support new collaborations and early-stage research across diabetes, inherited disorders, cardiometabolic disease and kidney stone disease. Congratulations to all the funded teams! Read more 👇 shorturl.at/46fPU

Our researchers have tested an AI tool that can create “virtual contrast” heart MRI images without contrast dye injections. It could help make advanced heart scans quicker, cheaper and more accessible for many patients. Published in JACC. Read more 👇

#WIMMinFocus New episode of Immunity by Design 🧪 Hashem Koohy Dr Lloyd Steele discuss how AI and spatial biology are uncovering hidden immune memory in human skin and reshaping immunology. #AI #Immunology @hkoohy.bsky.social @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk #AcademicSky

🎉Congratulations to Professor Rajesh Thakker, named the 2026 recipient of the prestigious William F. Neuman Award from ASBMR, recognising his outstanding contributions to bone and mineral research. www.rdm.ox.ac.uk/news/profess... @asbmr.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk

A major new pan European initiative is set to transform how scientists identify and target cancer’s weaknesses and our very own Sumana Sharma is one of its founding partners. 🧪 The project aims to predict cancer vulnerabilities before they are experimentally tested.👇 @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk

Join us online for an insightful public talk on #womenshealth Webinar: Beyond the bump - how managing #bloodpressure around #pregnancy shapes your future health 👉 Tuesday 21st July 👉 2pm to 3pm 👉 Register to attend webinar: lnkd.in/eGpnWGbK @ox.ac.uk @rdm.ox.ac.uk @ouhospitals.bsky.social

#WIMMinFocus 🧪 Behind every great institute is a great community. Discover the committees that help shape research culture at #MRCWIMM in the latest video from our #ResearchCulture series. #AcademicSky @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk 🧬 @drakesmith-lab.bsky.social

🌿 Congratulations to the WIMM #GreenImpact team on achieving Gold in the University of Oxford’s 2026 Green Impact Awards! Thank you to everyone whose commitment is helping make our Institute a more sustainable place to work and do research. 🧪 @rdm.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk #AcademicSky

#WIMMReads🧪 A collaboration between the #MRCWIMM and UCL presents a #CARTCellTherapy that selectively targets CALR mutated blood cancer cells while sparing healthy stem cells. #BloodCancer #AcademicSky @bethpsaila.bsky.social @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk

Great to see this coverage in The Sun about CaRI-Heart - an AI tool that can predict the risk of a heart attack up to ten years before it happens. The AI was developed by Professor Charalambos Antoniades and his team, with funding from @thebhf.bsky.social www.thesun.co.uk/health/39562...

We’re delighted to share that a research project led by #MRCWIMM Prof Jan Rehwinkel is one of three innovative Oxford led projects that have secured funding through ARIA. (@aria-research.bsky.social). #WIMMHighlights #AcademicSky 🧪 @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk 🧬

MRC WIMM Director KJ Patel is one of fourteen Oxford academics awarded ERC Advanced Grants 🎉 Prof Patel's research will focus on DNA repair pathways and their effect on human health and ageing #WIMMHighlights @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk Learn more 👇

AI can detect hidden organ damage from high blood pressure earlier than thought. Using data from 27,000+ people, RDM researchers developed a tool to spot early changes and identify those at higher risk. Read more 👇 shorturl.at/JMIr6 @ukri.org @thebhf.bsky.social @oxfordbrc.bsky.social

#WIMMReads 🧪 From the Nerlov Group: a specialised subset of blood #StemCells can rapidly restore platelet production after chemotherapy and other forms of blood system stress. The findings reveal a dedicated pathway for emergency #platelet recovery. #AcademicSky @medsci.ox.ac.uk @rdm.ox.ac.uk

#CheltenhamScienceFestival starts today! 🎉 You can find us in the Discover Zone at our Targeted Therapies stand throughout the week. Come and say hello if you’re visiting the festival. We look forward to meeting you! 🧪 #TargetedTherapies @cheltenhamfestival.bsky.social @rdm.ox.ac.uk

#WIMMReads 🧪 Researchers from the Vyas Group at the #MRCWIMM, with collaborators in Toronto, identify a blood #stemcell state that retains a molecular memory of inflammation. The findings link inflammatory stress to ageing, COVID 19 recovery and blood disorders. #Haematology #AcademicSky

NEWS: University of Oxford secures two International Cardiovascular Research Partnership Awards Read about the two @oxforddpag.bsky.social & @rdm.ox.ac.uk led projects 👇

A large international study led by researchers @ox.ac.uk and the University of Virginia has identified a new model for predicting outcomes for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), the most frequent cause of sudden cardiac death in younger individuals. www.rdm.ox.ac.uk/news/heart-s...

#WIMMReads 🧪 How do cells decide what they become? A new study by #MRCWIMM Visiting Researcher Tatjana Sauka-Spengler, published in Cell introduces RegVelo, an AI framework designed to predict cell fate decisions and uncover the gene networks behind them. #AcademicSky

Congratulations to our new Associate Professors Abdullah Khan, Andrew Lewis, James Grist and Rubeta Matin 🎉 They have been awarded the title in recognition of their contributions to research, teaching and citizenship at the University and beyond. Read more 👇 shorturl.at/maJA3

Congratulations to Naveed Akbar, whose project has received funding from the International Cardiovascular Research Partnership Awards. This research will uncover why older people have a harder time recovering from the complications caused by a heart attack. www.rdm.ox.ac.uk/news/naveed-...

Had a heart attack in the past 5 years? Oxford researchers want to hear from you. Help improve how heart attacks are diagnosed in women and men. ✔ Age 18–85 ✔ Online survey (~45–50 mins) Take part: hupela.com/OxfordHeartS...

New research has found a previously unknown mechanism that helps control how immune cells regulate inflammation. The findings could open up new strategies for treating inflammatory conditions, including cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. shorturl.at/67rIT

Great to see research led by Paul Leeson featured in @theguardian.com. The research suggests that new mothers who had hypertension in pregnancy could reduce their risk of heart attack, stroke and potentially early death through daily blood pressure checks at home. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Congratulations to Kévin Rue-Albrecht, who has been selected as one of BioFAIR’s inaugural Pathfinder Projects. Read the news item below 👇 @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk

Congratulations to Pramila Rijal who has been awarded £125,000 from the @acmedsci.bsky.social Springboard programme to accelerate translational research to understand immune response & improve #influenza vaccines in order to protect more people from future outbreaks. www.rdm.ox.ac.uk/news/pramila...

Our researchers have trained an #AI tool to spot changes in the fat around the heart that indicate that the heart muscle is inflamed. This means it’s now possible to identify those most at risk of #HeartFailure at least five years before the condition develops. www.rdm.ox.ac.uk/news/new-ai-...

#WIMMHighlights 🧪 Many congratulations to Onima Chowdhury on receiving a Cancer Research UK Clinical Trial Grant. www.imm.ox.ac.uk/news/chowdhu... @cancerresearchuk.org @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk #AcademicSky #CancerResearch

Congratulations to Mafalda Santos, who has been designated an RDM Principal Investigator. Mafalda's work integrates biophysics, super-resolution imaging, and molecular and structural biology to uncover the mechanisms underlying immune receptor triggering. www.rdm.ox.ac.uk/news/announc...

#WIMMHighlights: Congratulations to Verena Körber, on receiving the CRUK Career Development Fellowship. Read the full story here 👉 www.imm.ox.ac.uk/news/korber-... @rdm.ox.ac.uk @cancerresearchuk.org

#WIMMReads 🧪 Latest study from the Patel Group at the MRC WIMM reveals new route to clonal haematopoiesis - a common ageing-related condition where a few stem cells dominate blood production. Learn more 👇 www.imm.ox.ac.uk/news/patel-C... @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk

A new study of more than 5,700 adults suggests that higher alcohol consumption is associated with increased levels of visceral fat - the type of fat stored deep inside the abdomen and linked to poorer health outcomes. Read more 👇 shorturl.at/kmKUn @medsci.ox.ac.uk