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Ketone drink gives competitive cyclists a boost by altering their metabolism
9 August 2016
A drink developed for soldiers to generate energy from ketones rather than carbs or fat allowed highly trained cyclists to add up to 400 meters of distance to their workouts, an Oxford-led study has reported in journal Cell Metabolism. The supplement, which will be commercially available within the year, works by temporarily switching the primary source of cellular energy from glucose or fat to ketones - molecules derived from fat that are known to be elevated in people consuming a low-carb, Atkins-like, diet.
Researchers discover Sandman's role in sleep control
9 August 2016
Oxford University researchers have discovered what causes a switch to flip in our brains and wake us up. The discovery, published in the journal Nature, brings us closer to understanding the mystery of sleep.
Congratulations to DPAG's new Associate Professors
19 July 2016
The Medical Sciences Divisional Panel has conferred the title of Associate Professor on three members of DPAG's academic staff.
DPAG's Lisa Heather to give The Physiological Society's Bayliss-Starling Prize lecture
19 July 2016
Lisa Heather has been invited to give The Physiological Society's Bayliss-Starling Prize Lecture at the upcoming Physiological society meeting in Dublin
DPAG Cricket Team Secures a Win in Tightly Contested Match
15 July 2016
On 7 July 2016 the DPAG cricket team were victorious against IT Services, Anant Parekh and Pradeep Kumar report:
DPAG Students at the Oxford Science Festival 2016
29 June 2016
On 25 June 2016, 8 DPAG students participated in the Oxford Science Festival.
DPAG Garden Party 2016
29 June 2016
On Monday 27 June, the departmental garden party took place at The Queen's College.
Sherrington Talks 2016 : Prize Winners
- Awards and Honours
- Cragg Group News
- EDI Events
- OPDC News
- Research
- Riley Group News
- Students
- Wade-Martins Group News
28 June 2016
On 24 June 12 students presented talks about their works to their peers and colleagues. At the close of the event, prizes were presented to the following students:
Antonio Miranda Shortlisted for National Image Competition
15 June 2016
An image of a whole embryonic mouse heart at 13 days after fertilisation has been shortlisted in a competition run by the British Heart Foundation (BHF).
Emma Bardsley wins prize at MSDTC DPhil day
3 June 2016
The medical science doctoral training centre (MSDTC) DPhil day is an annual symposium for their students. Emma was placed third for her poster from all the DPhil students who presented their research.
Kristie McCormick wins Peter Beaconsfield Prize
3 June 2016
Kristie McCormick of the Goberdhan lab has been awarded the Peter Beaconsfield Prize in Physiological Sciences 2016.
WAVE extends collaboration with Oxford to advance therapies for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
3 June 2016
As part of its commitment to developing better medicines for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), WAVE has extended its ongoing research collaboration with the University of Oxford to advance stereopure nucleic acid therapies for DMD across exons.
EvOx Therapeutics raises £10m for precision system to treat disease
19 May 2016
Oxford spinout EvOx Therapeutics will harness the body's own precision communications system to deliver drugs to specific parts of the body, with the aim of treating conditions which are currently untreatable – including those affecting the brain, as well as autoimmune diseases and cancers.
Oxford Parkinson's Disease Centre Featured on BBC One
17 May 2016
Paul Mayhew-Archer visited the Oxford Parkinson's Disease Centre (OPDC) to find out more about our cutting edge research.
Animating sleep science
17 May 2016
What do you get when you cross an artist with a scientist? It's not a trick question, but the basis of a project called Silent Signal, which brought together six animation artists and six leading biomedical scientists, to create experimental animated artworks exploring new ways of thinking about the human body.
Record £16.9m for Oxford spinout Oxstem
10 May 2016
OxStem, an Oxford spin-out founded by Prof. Steve Davies, Prof. Angela Russell and DPAG's Prof. Dame Kay Davies, has raised a record £16.9M to develop small molecule drug candidates to treat age-related conditions including cancer, neurodegenerative diseases and heart failure.