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New method reveals how virus particles can build themselves, molecule by molecule
16 Sep, 2026
MPLS Division researchers have captured the step-by-step assembly of individual virus-like particles, revealing how simple molecular interactions can reliably build these complex biological structures
Applications are now open for SCGC-FIRST, the SCGC Fund for Innovation and Research in Sustainability and Technology
16 Sep, 2026
Researchers across the University are invited to apply for the fourth round of SCGC-FIRST, the SCGC Fund for Innovation and Research in Sustainability and Technology, which this year welcomes SCG Cement-Building Materials (SCG CBM) to the partnership.
Oxford University academics honoured in the 2026 Royal Society Awards
27 Aug, 2026
The Royal Society has announced its annual awards for 2025–26, celebrating outstanding contributions to scientific discovery, public engagement and research culture. Among this year’s 27 recipients are three MPLS Division researchers.
Outstanding Oxford chemist awarded Royal Society Faraday Discovery Fellowship
12 Aug, 2026
Professor Philipp Kukura, from the Department of Chemistry, has been awarded a Royal Society Faraday Discovery Fellowship. The award supports exceptional mid-career research leaders to undertake high-quality, original research and build world-leading science teams in the UK.
Five MPLS academics awarded major European Research Council Advanced Grants
23 Jun, 2026
Five researchers from the Department of Chemistry, Department of Computer Science and the Mathematical Institute have been awarded Advanced Grants from the European Research Council (ERC), each worth up to €2.5 million over a period of five years.
Oxford researchers honoured in Royal Society of Chemistry 2026 Prizes
19 Jun, 2026
University of Oxford chemists have been recognised in the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)’s 2026 Prizes. The awards celebrate exceptional achievements and significant contributions across the chemical sciences.
IOI launches new antifungal drug discovery programme
21 Apr, 2026
The Ineos Oxford Institute for antimicrobial research (IOI) has established a new antifungal drug discovery programme to address the growing global threat of fungal infections and antifungal resistance.
Oxford’s Department of Engineering Science engineers quantum-enabled proteins
21 Jan, 2026
A research team led by the University of Oxford’s Department of Engineering Science has engineered proteins whose sensing behaviour is governed by quantum-mechanical processes, demonstrated in living cells. Their findings are published in Nature.
MPLS announces SCGC-FIRST 2025–2026 awardees supporting cutting-edge sustainability research
20 Jan, 2026
The MPLS Division has announced the successful projects funded through the SCGC Fund for Innovation and Research in Sustainability and Technology (SCGC-FIRST) 2025–2026, supporting high-impact research tackling global sustainability and energy challenges.
Apprenticeship Awards 2025
8 Jan, 2026
Celebrating MPLS excellence in apprenticeship leadership and achievement
ERC Consolidator Grants awarded to seven Oxford MPLS Division academics
9 Dec, 2025
Seven academics from the MPLS Division are to lead new research projects supported by European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grants. These grants support highly promising mid-career scientists of any nationality and any field with building a research team at an eligible host organisation.
New Generative Biology Doctoral Training Programme Launches at Oxford
9 Dec, 2025
The University of Oxford, in partnership with the Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT), plans to launch the Generative Biology Doctoral Training Programme (DTP) — a four-year DPhil designed to allow the next generation of researchers to explore how to synthesize the DNA sequences of organisms to program and engineer biology.
New project aims to reveal nature’s quantum compass
21 Nov, 2025
The Department of Chemistry will lead a new, ambitious collaborative project backed by a major £6 million grant from the BBSRC to better understand how animals sense Earth’s magnetic field and apply this knowledge to engineer novel tools with potential biomedical uses.
Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt appointed Chair of AI@Oxford Research
12 Nov, 2025
The University of Oxford has announced that Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt, Principal of Jesus College and Professorial Research Fellow in Computer Science, has been appointed Chair of AI@Oxford Research, a new role to champion and coordinate Oxford’s world-class research in artificial intelligence (AI).
Three MPLS Division researchers awarded 2025 Philip Leverhulme Prizes
27 Oct, 2025
Associate Professor Meera Mehta (Department of Chemistry), Associate Professor Emilio Martínez-Pañeda and Professor Noa Zilberman (Department of Engineering Science) were selected from over 350 nominations to receive a 2025 Philip Leverhulme Prize.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Oxford alumnus Richard Robson
8 Oct, 2025
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 is today awarded to three chemists, including University of Oxford alumnus Professor Richard Robson FRS, for their work developing metal-organic frameworks.
Oxford University researchers pioneer new breathing test to detect lung disease earlier
25 Sep, 2025
A new project led by Oxford University aims to develop a novel breathing test that could detect asthma and COPD earlier, more accurately, and closer to home – reducing pressure on the NHS and improving outcomes for patients.
Oxford researchers awarded first Royal Society Faraday Discovery Fellowships
28 Aug, 2025
Three Oxford researchers have been selected for the inaugural Royal Society Faraday Discovery Fellowships – major long-term awards for outstanding mid-career research leaders in the UK. Just seven academics were chosen from over 600 applications.
MPLS Division researchers recognised in the 2025 Royal Society Awards
27 Aug, 2025
Professor Kayla King (Department of Biology), Professor Philipp Kukura (Department of Chemistry) and Professor Michael Wooldridge (Department of Computer Science) are amongst the four Oxford researchers recognised in the 2025 Royal Society Awards.
Synthesising a new allotrope of carbon
18 Aug, 2025
In a new study led by Oxford University’s Department of Chemistry, chemists have demonstrated the synthesis of a cyclocarbon that is stable enough for spectroscopic characterisation in solution at room temperature.