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Acute myelocytic leukaemia (AML) cells under the microscope

Overcoming drug-resistant cancer mutations with novel inhibitors

A team led by researchers from Oxford Chemistry have recently published a study in Nature Communications investigating the mechanism behind a resistance to the drug ivosidenib that has developed in some types of cancer.

The winning team at the StEP Ignite Awards 2022

Team from Chemistry named winners of the Oxford University Student Entrepreneurship Programme

The StEP programme gives students the opportunity to have a go at becoming an entrepreneurs, challenging students to identify an idea for a new business based on a University research project, develop a business plan, and prepare a pitch to real investors - all in just four weeks.

An image of the skull of the new Jeholornis specimen

New study reveals the earliest evidence of fruit-eating by birds

The earliest-known fruit-eating bird was an early bird called Jeholornis that lived 120 million years ago, and it may have helped contribute to the spread of the plants that dominate the world today.

A Balinese fishmonger selling fish in the morning market on the beach

How to finance marine conservation without harming local communities

Hollie Booth from the Department of Biology discusses whether international marine tourists might be prepared to pay towards community-based shark conservation, in an article first published on the Conversation.

Trophy hunting: why a UK import ban threatens wildlife conservation

Amy Dickman, Professor of Wildlife Conservation in the Department of Biology, puts the case that trophy hunting import bans risk increasing threats to wildlife and undermining local rights and livelihoods, in an article first published on the Conversation.

Portrait photo of Professor Henry Snaith

Physics professor wins Leigh Ann Conn Prize for Renewable Energy

Professor Henry Snaith has been awarded the University of Louisville’s 2021 Leigh Ann Conn Prize for Renewable Energy. Awarded biennially, this award recognises outstanding ideas and achievements in research around the science, engineering, technology, and commercialisation of renewable energy.

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Imagining AI: A view from the archives

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Overcoming drug-resistant cancer mutations with novel inhibitors

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COVID-19 guidance and advice

Events

Perfect Sampling of Distributions and Random Permutations

Imagining AI: A view from the archives

Energy Seminar – week 1: Consumers, citizens or carbon-saving champions? Individuals and their place in net zero energy policy - Tina Fawcett in person