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Improving healthcare for blood cancers in Sub-Saharan Africa

In collaboration with Jackson Orem, director of the Uganda Cancer Institute, Suzanne Turner of the Department of Pathology and colleagues in Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania and the USA have written an article on the challenges faced in treating blood cancers in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Proteomics of cold sore virus (HSV-1) infection

Recent work from the Crump and Graham groups in the Division of Virology illuminate how herpes simplex virus remodels the protein composition of infected cells.

How herpes viruses put on their protective coat

Recent work from the Graham and Crump groups in the Division of Virology have revealed the unexpected mechanism by which new herpesvirus particles obtain their membrane coats when assembling inside infected cells.

An autonomous oscillation times and executes centriole biogenesis

Cells must accurately grow centrioles to the correct length at the correct time in the cell cycle in order to maintain normal physiology. Michael Boemo, who recently joined the department as a research group leader, collaborated with the Raff lab (Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford) to show that centriole...

Studies of pathogen-host interactions frequently help to understand cell biology.

A new collaborative paper from Richard Hayward (Pathology), Jenny Gallop (Gurdon Institute) and Astra Zeneca published in the Journal of Cell Biology reveals parallels between the mechanism of Chlamydia trachomatis cell entry and how cells construct filopodia, fundamental cytoskeletal structures important for motility and...

Rosetrees Trust funding malaria research

Group Leader Dr Andrew Blagborough has been awarded funding from the Rosetrees Trust for his project “Targeting the function of Plasmodium Protein Disulphide Isomerase to Prevent Malarial Transmission.”

24 Portraits: Recovering and Reimagining Women's Labour

Emma Copley has created a site-specific installation of painted portraits of women who currently work in all areas of the Department of Pathology including laboratory managers, academics, cleaners, lecturers, administrators and technicians.

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Equality, Diversity and Wellbeing Portal

Our new Equality, Diversity and Wellbeing portal has been launched.

Athena SWAN

The Department has achieved an Athena SWAN bronze award.

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