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Mootaz Salman appointed Departmental Research Lecturer
Awards and Honours EDI News Head of Department's News OPDC News Salman Group News Teaching Wade-Martins Group News
9 December 2021
Congratulations are in order to Mootaz Salman on his conferral of the title of Departmental Research Lecturer.
Vladyslav Vyazovskiy becomes Professor Vladyslav Vyazovskiy
Awards and Honours Head of Department's News Vyazovskiy Group News
9 December 2021
Congratulations are in order to Vladyslav Vyazovskiy on his conferral of the title of full Professor. Research in the Vyazovskiy Lab aims to understand the fundamental questions of "what is sleep?" and “why do we sleep?”
Molly Stevens FRS delivers 2021 Mabel FitzGerald Prize Lecture
General Head of Department's News Stevens Group News
3 December 2021
The annual lecture is held in dedication to pioneering Physiologist and Scientific Explorer, Mabel FitzGerald, in whose honour the Department recently erected The Physiological Society blue plaque outside the Cardiac Science Centre.
Dr Jessica Meir inspires the next generation of scientists and explorers
EDI Events Head of Department's News
18 November 2021
NASA Astronaut and Physiologist Dr Jessica Meir delivers the Sherrington Prize Lecture: Public Understanding of Science to an audience of DPAG staff, students and their families.
One high altitude explorer acknowledges another
EDI Events Head of Department's News
18 November 2021
NASA Astronaut and Physiologist Dr Jessica Meir unveils The Physiological Society blue plaque in honour of fellow pioneering Physiologist and Scientific Explorer Mabel FitzGerald.
Pioneer of 'reverspective' art unveils celebrated optical illusion piece in honour of Sir Colin Blakemore FRS
General Head of Department's News
5 November 2021
British artist Patrick Hughes has donated an artwork entitled “Popsee” to DPAG in honour of Emeritus Professor of Physiology Sir Colin Blakemore FRS and their shared interest in visual perception.
Dame Kay Davies FRS delivers inaugural Sir Wilfrid Le Gros Clark Prize Lecture
Davies Group News EDI Events General Head of Department's News
4 November 2021
The new annual lecture is held in honour of Sir Wilfrid Le Gros Clark, the Department’s former Chair of Anatomy, after whom the Le Gros Clark building is named, who was a leading figure in British anatomy.
From Cells to Systems: New animation brings physiology to life for students
Head of Department's News Outreach Teaching
6 October 2021
Head of Department and President of The Physiological Society Professor David Paterson has been involved in developing a new animation about physiology fundamentals which launches today during Biology Week 2021.
Head of Department and President of The Physiological Society congratulates 2021 Nobel Prize Winners
Head of Department's News
4 October 2021
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has today decided to award the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch.
Celebrated Haldane painting adorns Sherrington walls
Head of Department's News
24 August 2021
A portrait of British Physiologist John Scott Haldane, known as the father of oxygen therapy, by Philip de László is on display on the first floor of the Sherrington building.
Large Lecture Theatre renamed to honour Sir Colin Blakemore FRS
Head of Department's News
10 August 2021
The Large Lecture Theatre is being renamed the Blakemore Lecture Theatre in tribute to the longest serving Waynflete Professor of Physiology Sir Colin Blakemore FRS following a prestigious Festschrift event held in Professor Blakemore's honour.
Small Lecture Theatre renamed to honour DPAG pioneer Florence Buchanan
EDI News Head of Department's News
5 August 2021
The newly renamed Florence Buchanan Lecture Theatre is testament to Dr Buchanan’s pioneering career in physiology, in line with the Department's ongoing commitment to acknowledge the significant contribution of women to DPAG and its predecessor departments.
Annual Report 2020 - 2021
Head of Department's News
19 July 2021
The Department's Annual Report for the academic year 2020-2021 has been released. The brochure showcases a selection of the year's highlights, celebrating our significant advances in both research and equality, diversity and inclusion in what has been another challenging year in the grip of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gero Miesenböck FRS gives the 2021 Sherrington Prize Lecture ahead of Sherrington Plaque unveiling
CNCB Head of Department's News
24 June 2021
The Department's most prestigious named lecture was delivered this year by Shaw Prize winner and Waynflete Professor of Physiology Gero Miesenböck FRS in honour of our 1913 Waynflete Professor and Nobel Laureate Sir Charles Sherrington OM GBE PRS. The lecture was followed by the unveiling of The Physiological Society blue plaque honouring Sherrington by Sir Colin Blakemore FRS.
Scott Waddell honoured by the Academy of Medical Sciences
Awards and Honours CNCB Head of Department's News
12 May 2021
Congratulations are in order to Professor Scott Waddell FMedSci on his election to The Academy of Medical Sciences.
Samira Lakhal-Littleton appointed Associate Professor in Cell Physiology
Awards and Honours EDI News Head of Department's News Lakhal-Littleton Group News
7 April 2021
The post is in association with a Tutorial Fellowship at Brasenose College.
Two DPAG pioneers honoured on Sherrington Building Plaques
EDI News Head of Department's News
12 March 2021
Honouring the heritage of pioneering physiologists Sir Charles Sherrington and Florence Buchanan. "Commemorating both pioneers together highlights the importance of advocacy and mentoring that was evident over a century ago as equality was championed." (David Paterson)
Head of Department on the real value of research
Head of Department's News
8 March 2021
Head of Department Professor David Paterson joins Lord David Willets, Dame Ottoline Leyser and Priya Guha in discussing the future priorities for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) - summaries are now published in The Foundation for Science and Technology Journal.
DPAG once again tops World Rankings by Subject 2021
General Head of Department's News Teaching
4 March 2021
New Nanoscience Institute to advance physiology research in Oxford
Head of Department's News OPDC News Wade-Martins Group News
3 December 2020
A new institute for nanoscience research is to open in Oxford thanks to a $10 million gift from The Kavli Foundation, the ground floor of which will be home to cutting-edge new research avenues across the six themes of DPAG.