Search results
Found 135 matches for
Silvia Arber delivers 2023 Sherrington Prize Lecture
EDI News General Head of Department's News
3 May 2023
The renowned neuroscientist recognised for her work on the organisation and function of neuronal circuits controlling movement gave the lecture in honour of Sir Charles Sherrington, who became Waynflete Professor of Physiology in 1913 and is widely regarded to be the father of neurophysiology.
DPAG top of the world rankings for fourth consecutive year
General Head of Department's News Teaching
11 April 2023
Re-defining Excellence - Oxford Anatomy and Physiology ranked #1 in the QS World University Rankings by subject 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.
Professor Molly Stevens joins DPAG as John Black Professor of Bionanoscience
EDI News General Head of Department's News Stevens Group News
3 April 2023
The Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics is delighted to welcome Professor Molly Stevens FREng FRS, as she takes up the post of John Black Professor of Bionanoscience on 1 April 2023. We also extend a warm welcome to Professor Stevens’s large, interdisciplinary research group whose members are drawn from disciplines across the medical and physical sciences.
Tribute to Sir Wilfrid Le Gros Clark FRS displayed in Sherrington
General Head of Department's News
24 March 2023
The bronze portrait bust created by Sir Jacob Epstein was originally presented to the Department of Human Anatomy to mark the occasion of Sir Wilfrid Le Gros Clark's silver jubilee as Dr Lee's Professor of Anatomy.
Professor Sir Chris Whitty brings greater understanding of epidemics to Oxford
General Head of Department's News
14 March 2023
Chief Medical Officer of England Professor Sir Chris Whitty KCB FMedSci delivers the Sherrington Prize Lecture: Public Understanding of Science to an audience of Oxford staff and students.
Armin Lak appointed Associate Professor of Integrative Neuroscience
Awards and Honours Head of Department's News Integrative Neuroscience
24 February 2023
The post is in association with a Tutorial Fellowship at St John's College.
Professor Dino Giussani delivers the GL Brown Prize Lecture
General Head of Department's News
10 February 2023
The GL Brown Prize Lecture series from The Physiological Society is aimed at an early career audience to stimulate an interest in physiology.
Gero Miesenböck awarded 2023 Japan Prize
Awards and Honours CNCB Head of Department's News
24 January 2023
Congratulations are in order for Professor Gero Miesenböck, who has been awarded the 2023 Japan Prize in the field of Life Sciences, together with Professor Karl Deisseroth, for pioneering work in the field of optogenetics.
Inaugural winners of the DPAG Prize for Public Engagement with Research announced
Awards and Honours Cragg Group News EDI News Head of Department's News Outreach Postdoctoral Smart Group News Students
11 January 2023
Congratulations are in order for the winners Katherine Brimblecombe and Anna Kordala, and also to Jéssica Luiz and Andia Redpath who were highly commended for their outreach and public engagement work.
David Paterson awards President's Medal to Sir Patrick Vallance
Awards and Honours Head of Department's News
13 December 2022
The Physiological Society President and Head of DPAG Professor David Paterson presented the 2022 Presidential Medal to Sir Patrick Vallance at a ceremony at the Royal Society on 2 December.
Irene Tracey appointed Honorary Fellow of The Physiological Society
Awards and Honours Head of Department's News
8 December 2022
Congratulations are in order for Professor Irene Tracey CBE FMedSci, who has received the highest honour presented by The Physiological Society to an individual.
Anne C. Ferguson-Smith FRS delivers 2022 Mabel FitzGerald Prize Lecture
Ashcroft Group News EDI Events General Head of Department's News
25 November 2022
The annual lecture is held in honour of pioneering physiologist and high altitude explorer, Mabel Purefoy FitzGerald.
Richard Tsien delivers Burdon Sanderson Prize Lecture 2022
General Head of Department's News
18 October 2022
The annual Burdon Sanderson Prize lecture, given this year by Professor Richard W. Tsien, a pioneer in the study of calcium channels and synaptic transmission, is held in honour of John Burdon Sanderson (1828 - 1905), the University of Oxford's first Waynflete Professor of Physiology, after whom the Cardiac Centre is named.
Denis Noble unveils Blue Plaque to honour Sir John Burdon Sanderson
General Head of Department's News
18 October 2022
On Monday 17 October 2022, as part of The Physiological Society roadshow at the University of Oxford, Emeritus Professor of Cardiovasular Physiology Denis Noble FRS unveiled a new plaque honouring the Department's first Waynflete Professor of Physiology, Sir John Burdon Sanderson.
Blue Plaque unveiled to honour Mabel FitzGerald at her long-time Oxford residence
EDI News General Head of Department's News
17 October 2022
Attended by Head of Department Professor David Paterson, an Oxfordshire Blue Plaque commemorating Mabel Purefoy FitzGerald (1872 - 1973), pioneering physiologist and high altitude explorer, was unveiled on Friday 14 October at 12 Crick Road, Oxford.
Head of Department congratulates 2022 Nobel Prize winner
Head of Department's News
3 October 2022
Professor David Paterson, Head of the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics and President of The Physiological Society congratulates Professor Svante Pääbo ForMemRS, who has been awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Professor Dame Sue Black joins DPAG as Visiting Professor of Forensic Anatomy
EDI News General Head of Department's News
1 September 2022
The Department welcomes Professor Dame Sue Black DBE OBE FRSE FBA FRAI FRSB ChFA, Baroness Black of Strome and one of the world’s leading forensic scientists, as our Visiting Professor of Forensic Anatomy.
DPAG has two new Professors
Awards and Honours Domingos Group News EDI News Head of Department's News Smart Group News
22 August 2022
Congratulations are in order to Ana Domingos and Nicola Smart who have been awarded the title of Professor in the recent Recognition of Distinction round.
Annual Report 2021 - 2022
Head of Department's News
19 July 2022
The Department's Annual Report for the academic year 2021-22 has been released. The brochure showcases a selection of the year's highlights, including another top world ranking for Anatomy and Physiology and a strong contribution to the University of Oxford's success to Unit of Assessment 5 in the National Research Excellence framework (2021).
Sherrington Road reopening celebrated with Street Party
General Head of Department's News
5 July 2022
On Friday 1 July 2022, DPAG, Biochemistry and Kavli INsD came together for a street party to celebrate the completion of the landscaping project on Sherrington Road.