New Year Honours 2024

Published on December 14, 2023

The New Year Honours 2024 Lists have been published, marking the achievements and service of extraordinary people across the UK, including members of the University of Oxford.
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Professor Julia Black CBE PBA elected as tenth Warden of Nuffield College

December 14, 2023
Nuffield College is delighted to announce the election of Professor Julia Black CBE PBA as the next Warden of Nuffield.  Professor Black will take up the role following the retirement of Sir Andrew Dilnot CBE in September 2024.

Researchers define new class of regulatory element in DNA

December 14, 2023
Researchers at the MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine's Laboratory of Gene Regulation, led by Professor Doug Higgs and Dr Mira Kassouf, have published a study in the journal Cell, in which they reveal another piece of the puzzle of how the code in our DNA is read. In this study, the authors introduce the concept of “facilitators”, a newly identified type of non-coding DNA that can help