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\n \n 28 June 2022\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nCongratulations to Sasi Shanmugam Senga on his recognition in the Postgrad Awards run by FindAPhD
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\n \n\n \n \n \nCongratulations to Benjamin Schuster-B\u00f6ckler and Chunxiao Song who have been awarded Associate Professorships.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nOn Sunday 29th May, Ludwig Oxford took part in the Headington Festival in Bury Knowle Park to engage with members of the Headington community and beyond.
\n \n\n\n \n 26 May 2022\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThis new joint appointment between the Ludwig Oxford Branch and the University of Oxford\u2019s Mathematical Institute will strengthen the mathematical and computational modelling capabilities at Ludwig Oxford.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nBiochemical and structural data reveals a site on ankyrin repeat domain proteins for double hydroxylation by Factor Inhibiting Hypoxia Inducible Factor (FIH).
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\n \n\n \n \n \nLudwig Oxford\u2019s Dr Romuald Binet will investigate tissue-specific regulation of the DNA damage response in melanoma.
\n \n\n\n \n 12 April 2022\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nDr Francesco Boccellato receives a John Fell Fund award to investigate how the stomach lining changes shape during the transition from healthy tissue to cancer.
\n \n\n\n \n 8 April 2022\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nSeveral Ludwig Oxford researchers present at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting.
\n \n\n\n \n 6 April 2022\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe new Oxford-developed artificial intelligence tool PathProfiler automates the quality control of large retrospective pathology image datasets to increase their usability in downstream research.
\n \n\n\n \n 24 March 2022\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nProfessor Yang Shi has been elected Fellow of the Academy of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), class of 2022.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe Pearl clinical study will recruit 3000 patients with high-risk conditions for liver cancer with the aim of detecting liver cancer earlier as part of the Cancer Research UK-funded DeLIVER programme led by Ludwig adjunct Professor Ellie Barnes.
\n \n\n\n \n 25 February 2022\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nResearch by Professor Yang Shi and colleagues suggests that METTL3-mediated RNA methylation promotes productive transcription.
\n \n\n\n \n 17 February 2022\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA project aimed at tackling heart failure led by Associate Professor Sarah De Val is to be funded by the 2022 TCS London Marathon with the British Heart Foundation as its Charity of the Year.
\n \n\n\n \n 18 January 2022\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA novel immunotherapeutic called VTP-600, based on Ludwig Oxford\u2019s Benoit Van den Eynde\u2019s preclinical research, is being tested in patients for the first time.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nCongratulations to Yang Shi and Stefan Constantinescu who have been successful in the 2021 University of Oxford recognition exercise.
\n \n\n\n \n 1 December 2021\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nProfessor Yang Shi\u2019s laboratory uncovers an important role for the chromatin regulator LSD1 in T cell exhaustion and demonstrates that LSD1 inhibition in mice increases the durability of responses to immune checkpoint blockade therapy.
\n \n\n\n \n 26 November 2021\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nAnneliese Dodds, MP for Oxford East & Chair of the Labour Party, visited the University of Oxford to learn more about the impactful cancer research happening across departments, including Ludwig Oxford.
\n \n\n\n \n 25 November 2021\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA study from Professor Colin Goding\u2019s group finds an unexpected mechanism controlling growth vs senescence in cancer.
\n \n\n\n \n 11 November 2021\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nInteractions between transcription factors and the chromatin environment provide barriers controlling cell differentiation, according to research by Professor Yang Shi and colleagues.
\n \n\n\n \n 19 October 2021\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nDr Tammie Bishop\u2019s and Professor Sir Peter Ratcliffe\u2019s groups shed light on the developmental origins of inherited cancers with mutations in the HIF pathway.
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