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Waddell Group Research Published in Nature
CNCB Publication Research
24 April 2017
The Waddell Group's paper "Re-evaluation of learned information in Drosophila" has been published in Nature.
Decoding the cardiac response to stress
Cardiac Theme Publication Research
20 April 2017
A study carried out by the research group led by Prof Zaccolo provides novel insight into how the heart reacts to the fight-or-flight response to stress
Professor Denis Noble gives Biochemistry Society Lecture
Awards and Honours Publication
13 March 2017
Professor Denis Noble gave a Lecture at the University of Oxford's Biochemistry Society.
DPAG academics' textbook wins "Highly commended” prize at BMA Medical Book Awards
Awards and Honours Publication Teaching
29 September 2016
Neil Herring and Robert WIlkins' textbook entitled “Basic Sciences for Core Medical Training” published by OUP, won a “Highly commended” prize in the Basic and Clinical Sciences category of the BMA Medical Book Awards 2016 at their Annual awards ceremony on 7th September. The awards take place annually to recognise outstanding contributions to medical literature.
Study suggests routes to improved immunity in older people
Publication Research
23 August 2016
A study from Oxford and Basel universities may point the way to maintaining our immune systems as we get older.
New hope for shock patients in intensive care
Publication Research
12 August 2016
Care for critically-ill patients with shock could be improved, it is hoped, after the first successful testing by University of Oxford scientists of a new machine to record oxygen consumption in real time.
Ketone drink gives competitive cyclists a boost by altering their metabolism
Publication Research
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.
New atlas of gene expression in the pre- and postnatal primate brain revealed in Nature
Publication Research
27 July 2016
DPAG Academics Publish MRCP Textbook
Publication Teaching
17 November 2015
Robert Wilkins, Associate Professor of Epithelial Physiology and Neil Herring, Associate Prefessor of Cardiovascular Physiology have joined forces to publish a textbook via OUP on "Basic Sciences for Core Medical Training".
Researchers learn how to steer the heart – with light
Cardiac Theme Publication Research
20 October 2015
We depend on electrical waves to regulate the rhythm of our heartbeat. When those signals go awry, the result is a potentially fatal arrhythmia. Now, a team of researchers from the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics and Stony Brook University has found a way to precisely control these waves – using light. Their results are published in the journal Nature Photonics.
Cancer tumours could be starved to death after discovery of how they hunt for food
Publication Research Wilson Group News
5 October 2015
Dr Deborah Goberdhan and her team have identified a protein used by tumours to help them detect food supplies. Initial studies show that targeting the protein could restrict cancerous cells’ ability to grow.
Confusion afoot
Publication Research
28 September 2015
Most people can’t tell their toes apart without looking. Some healthy people can 'lose' a toe if their eyes are closed. While most of us would assume we’ve got a pretty good idea of where the various parts of our body are, research from Oxford University suggests we may have a problem telling our toes apart – with implications for the way our brains see our bodies.
Specialised mammalian stem cells evolved for interhemispheric connections
Publication Research
21 September 2015
According to Fernando García-Moreno and Zoltán Molnár understanding development and evolution of the neocortex has important implications. Differential timing of developmental events sculpts the brains of different species into distinct organs. The latest investigations on the development of the dorsal forebrain in chick and mouse embryos showed a major difference between vertebrate brains. A delay in the neurogenic properties of a subset of progenitors is specific to mammals and could be responsible for the evolutionary origin of the corpus callosum...
Talking to your neigbours increases gene expression
Publication Research
29 July 2015
Researchers in the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics establish a link between talking to neighbours and an increase in gene expression in a paper published in the prestigious journal Cell Reports.
1950s drug is future heart treatment
Cardiac Theme Publication Research
22 May 2015
Oxford researcher have found a promising future treatment for heart disease, going back to a drug first developed in 1950.
DPAG researchers identify a mechanism for selective activation of closely related signalling proteins
Publication Research
21 April 2015
Researchers in the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics publish in the prestigious Molecular Cell an article entitled "Distinct Spatial Ca2+ Signatures Selectively Activate Different NFAT Transcription Factor Isoforms"
New function of obesity gene revealed
Ashcroft Group News Publication Research
17 April 2015
Professor Roger Cox, Dr Dyan Sellayah and Professor Frances Ashcroft have discovered a previously unknown mechanism behind how the fat mass and obesity associated (FTO) gene promotes obesity. Their findings may have important implications for future therapeutic strategies to combat obesity.
Denis Noble's pioneering work on the heart honoured at the Royal Society's 350 year Celebration
Awards and Honours Publication
13 March 2015
Professor Denis Noble of the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, was honoured at the Royal Society event held on Friday 6 March celebrating 350 years of the world's first scientific journal, Philosophical Transactions.