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Changing plant chloroplasts to improve crop performance
Chloroplasts are tiny protein-filled units within plant cells. As well as being responsible for photosynthesis, they are critical to a plant's ability to respond to its environment (for example, to the intensity of light or the threat of disease). They do this by importing the proteins they need - and getting rid of those they don't need....
Lectures on Translational Medicine
Research in Medicine needs to ultimately translate into better treatment of patients. Researchers at the Nuffield Department of Medicine collaborate to develop better care and improved preventive measures, and findings in the laboratory are translated into changes in clinical practice, from Bench to Bedside. Follow the link below to access 100...
Oxford Botanic Garden lectures: GM, food security, pharmaceuticals and more.
A series of 12 lectures from the Oxford Botanic Garden, with leading academics speaking on a variety of cutting edge topics in plant biology, including GM, food security, and pharmaceuticals.
Oxford Medical Research Centres at home and abroad
See and hear about the many research centres that make up the Nuffield Department of Medicine - insectaries, genomic units and cancer centres in Oxford, as well as units in Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand. Click below to access a series of videos from these centres:
One week; one drug; one chance to walk again
Medical research aims to better understand and treat a plethora of different human diseases. But it is not often that scientists see their research translated directly to the clinical setting, and rarely are they are able to watch it have an immediate effect on patients.
Emilia Cecylia Skirmuntt
I always was interested in science and biology which resulted in me doing a bachelors degree in Animal genetics at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences, and two Masters degrees - one in Biomedical Sciences (University of Westminster) and one in Forensic Medical Sciences (Bart’s and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry). However, ...
Vector-Borne Disease Control
Vector-borne diseases are transmitted to humans through another living organism, such as malaria via the mosquito. This type of disease accounts for roughly 17% of all disease and causes nearly a million deaths annually. Join us to hear Professor Michael Bonsall will discuss vector-borne diseases, how we might control them and how maths and...
World Malaria Day 2016: Combatting malaria through collaboration
On Monday, April 25th people across the globe will take part in a wide range of activities to mark World Malaria Day. This Oxford-based event will showcase the breadth of malaria research that takes place across the University of Oxford and in our overseas units. A group of esteemed malaria researchers will demonstrate the complexity of the...
Why Vaccinate? The history and science of vaccination
Vaccines are arguably the most successful medical interventions in human history saving millions of lives annually and contributed significantly to the elimination of one of the world’s most deadly diseases, smallpox. In this episode we cover the origins of vaccination and the science behind how vaccines work. We also discuss how common...
How tricky is it to make a COVID-19 tracing app?
As we search for a way out of the global coronavirus crisis, there’s been plenty of discussion surrounding a potential COVID-19 tracing app. Many of us carry a mobile phone with us wherever we go, so it seems logical to use this pre-existing infrastructure in the transition towards a ‘new normal’. But how tricky is it to make such an app? What’...
