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« Back to NewsSuperbug MRSA arose in hedgehogs long before clinical use of antibiotics
6 January 2022
Antimicrobial resistance Biology Medical science Zoology
Scientists have found evidence that a type of the antibiotic resistant superbug MRSA arose in nature long before the use of antibiotics in humans and livestock, which has traditionally been blamed for its emergence.
Student start-up CyanoCapture is a winner in $5m XPRIZE for carbon removal projects
16 November 2021
Award Biology Climate MPLS Medical science Plant sciences Spin out
A carbon capture company established less than a year ago by two Oxford students has been announced as one of 23 winners of the XPRIZE student competition.
Mosquito detection project releases large-scale acoustic mosquito dataset
9 November 2021
Engineering Medical science Research
The HumBug project has developed methods to detect and identify different species of mosquitoes using the acoustic signature (sound) of their flight tones, captured on an inexpensive smartphone.
Oxford joins consortium to advance quantum drug discovery with £6.8M grant from Innovate UK
5 November 2021
Funding Innovation and Enterprise Medical science Physical sciences underpinning health Quantum Statistics
Oxford University today joins a consortium led by the digital quantum computing company, SEEQC, to build and deliver a full-stack quantum computer for pharmaceutical drug development for Merck KGaA.
Construction gets underway at Oxford’s Life and Mind Building
3 November 2021
Biology MPLS Medical science Plant sciences Zoology
This is the largest building project ever undertaken on behalf of the University and will be its largest teaching and research facility.
New research provides compelling evidence of the connection between AMR surgical-site infections and arthropods
30 September 2021
Antimicrobial resistance Chemistry Medical science Research Zoology
AMR could render many of the current mainstay and last-resort antibiotics useless, resulting in many more deaths from previously treatable infections. In 2019, a UN report estimated that drug-resistant microbes could lead to ten million deaths per year, and cost the world $100trn, by 2050.
University of Oxford Launches Podium Analytics Institute for Youth Sports Medicine and Technology
23 September 2021
Biomedical engineering Medical science Physical sciences underpinning health
Oxford University has been selected as the home of the new Podium Analytics Institute for Youth Sports Medicine and Technology. This will be the world’s first academic Institute focused on young athletes’ safety and lifelong health.
Reducing children’s exposure to malaria in their early years substantially cuts the risk of hospitalisation
2 September 2021
Medical science Research Zoology
For the first time in more than two decades, a team from the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme and University of Oxford (including Department of Zoology researchers) have quantified the risk of children suffering severe outcomes from malaria.
AI test screens for COVID-19 26% faster than lateral flow tests
1 September 2021
COVID-19 Engineering Medical science Research
An Artificial Intelligence (AI) test performed by the bedside in 10 minutes quickly and safely triages patients coming to hospital for COVID-19, a University of Oxford-led study has shown.
New research on preventing infant deaths due to neonatal sepsis
10 August 2021
Antimicrobial resistance Chemistry Medical science Research Zoology
Information about the most effective antibiotics to use in low and middle income countries (LMICs) for neonatal sepsis has been discovered uniquely combining epidemiological, genomic and pharmacodynamic data.
Oxford overseas research facility expands to include diagnostics and genetics testing centre
8 July 2021
Biomedical engineering COVID-19 Funding Medical science Physical sciences underpinning health Research
The Oxford-Suzhou Centre for Advanced Research, known as OSCAR, has marked another significant milestone with the launch of OSCAR-Prenetics Innovation and Technology Centre for Advanced Molecular Diagnostics (the OSCAR-Prenetics ITC).
Averting an antibiotics apocalypse: major funding announced to tackle resistance to antibiotics
9 June 2021
Antimicrobial resistance Biomedical engineering Funding Medical science
A cross-disciplinary team from the Universities of Oxford, Ulster and UCL have announced major funding from EPSRC to tackle the growing challenge of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR).
COVID-19 lockdowns significantly reduced transmission of invasive bacterial diseases
3 June 2021
COVID-19 Medical science Research Zoology
A new international study involving University of Oxford researchers has conclusively demonstrated that national lockdowns and public health campaigns introduced at the start of the pandemic have reduced the transmission of bacteria that cause respiratory infections.
Oxford researchers elected to Royal Society
7 May 2021
Six scientists from the University of Oxford, including four from MPLS, have joined the Royal Society as Fellows.
Rapid evolution and host immunity drive the rise and fall of antibiotic resistance during acute infection
29 April 2021
Medical science Research Zoology
Antibiotic resistance poses a serious threat to human health, but how resistance emerges during infections remains poorly understood.
Oxford researchers create online resource to optimise NHS routes for housebound vaccinations
29 March 2021
COVID-19 Engineering Medical science
Two engineering DPhil students from the University of Oxford have created a website for GP surgeries across the UK to optimise the delivery of Covid-19 vaccinations to the UK’s 1 million housebound patients.
New machine learning system developed to identify deteriorating patients in hospital
10 February 2021
Biomedical engineering Medical science Research
Researchers in Oxford have developed a machine learning algorithm that could significantly improve clinicians’ ability to identify hospitalised patients whose condition is deteriorating to the extent that they need intensive care.
£100 million donation from Ineos to create new institute to fight antimicrobial resistance
19 January 2021
Chemistry Funding Medical science Zoology
Ineos, one of the world’s largest manufacturing companies, and the University of Oxford are launching a new world-leading institute to combat the growing global issue of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which currently causes an estimated 1.5 million excess deaths each year.
$10 million gift for new Nanoscience Institute in Oxford
7 December 2020
Biomedical engineering Chemistry Engineering Funding Materials science Medical science Physics
A new institute for nanoscience research is to open in Oxford thanks to a $10 million gift from The Kavli Foundation.