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Drinking alcohol at conception shown to cause harm
Postdoctoral Publication Research
13 June 2019
Research carried out by Postdoctoral Research Scientist Jacinta Kalisch-Smith during her PhD, now published in Development, reveals key insights into the effects of alcohol in the very early stages of pregnancy, a stage during which a mother is unlikely to know she is pregnant.
Key insights into the underlying mechanisms behind Type 2 diabetes
Ashcroft Group News Postdoctoral Publication Research
12 June 2019
Research led by Postdoctoral Research Scientist Dr Elizabeth Haythorne and published in Nature Communications sheds light on a vicious cycle that causes specialised cells to fail in their function to maintain healthy bloody sugar levels.
Development and Cell Biology Researchers showcased in diverse and collaborative annual event
Cardiac Theme De Val Group News EDI Events Head of Department's News Mommersteeg Group News Postdoctoral Research Riley Group News Smart Group News Students Wilson Group News
7 June 2019
A series of internal talks demonstrated an extensive breadth of research within the Development and Cell Biology Theme that tackles the questions fundamental to understanding evolution, growth, organ formation, the onset of disease and tissue regeneration. DPAG Researchers were also joined by two external speakers presenting their research into age-related angiocrine signals and stem cell strategies for lung development.
Postdoctoral researchers and students shine at Neuroscience Theme Day
Cragg Group News EDI Events Goodwin Group News Head of Department's News Integrative Neuroscience OPDC News Postdoctoral Research Students Vyazovskiy Group News Wade-Martins Group News
6 June 2019
The talks given by Postdoctoral Research Scientists and Graduate Students highlighted the full range of research in DPAG, spanning molecular and cellular neuroscience all the way to systems neuroscience.
Critical link revealed between iron deficiency and a serious cardiovascular condition
Cardiac Theme Lakhal-Littleton Group News Publication Research
3 June 2019
A new discovery from the Lakhal-Littleton Group on how iron deficiency affects the vasculature of the lung could hold the key to improving treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension.
New research advances our understanding of vascular development
Postdoctoral Publication Research Stone Group News
23 May 2019
Dr Oliver Stone’s paper “Paraxial mesoderm is the major source of lymphatic endothelium” published in Developmental Cell reveals the earliest known step in the formation of the lymphatic vasculature.
DPAG postdocs enjoy success at Interdepartmental Postdoctoral Poster Session
Awards and Honours EDI Events Postdoctoral Research
21 May 2019
Rhys Evans co-authors bestselling guide to human metabolism and metabolic regulation
Publication Research
9 May 2019
The revised and updated "Human Metabolism: A Regulatory Perspective" offers a new and integrated review of metabolism and metabolic regulation, where difficult concepts are explained in clear and concise terms to provide an accessible and essential guide to the topic.
BHF Intermediate Basic Science Research Fellowship awarded to Joaquim Miguel Vieira to promote the investigation of non-coding transcripts in heart development and disease
Awards and Honours EDI News Postdoctoral Research Riley Group News Vieira Group News
8 May 2019
Congratulations are in order for Senior Postdoctoral Research Scientist Dr Joaquim Miguel Vieira, who was been awarded an Intermediate Fellowship from the British Heart Foundation. This award will fund research designed to better understand the basic mechanisms behind cardiovascular development and could pave the way for innovative treatments of heart disease.
New way to target and treat the leading genetic contributor to Parkinson's
OPDC News Publication Research Wade-Martins Group News
2 May 2019
The Wade-Martins Group has identified how the dysfunction of a key protein, LRRK2, causes the neurons affected in Parkinson's to lose their ability to effectively clear out cell components that have been damaged. This discovery has enabled the team to find a new way to target and correct this issue, paving the way for a potential new clinical treatment.
Adam Packer discusses how sculpted light in the brain helps us to better understand brain function ahead of innovative annual conference
Integrative Neuroscience Research
1 May 2019
In a new interview with Scientifica, Dr Adam Packer reveals plans for the 2019 Sculpted Light in the Brain conference, to be held at the Royal Society in June.
Watch Kay Davies explore the latest promising genetic approaches for the diagnosis and treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Davies Group News EDI Events Research
15 April 2019
Event video for the Croonian Lecture 2019, delivered by Professor Dame Kay Davies on Wednesday 10 April 2019 at The Royal Society.
Elizabeth Haythorne wins Poster Awards from two major Diabetes organisations
Ashcroft Group News Awards and Honours EDI News Postdoctoral Research
12 April 2019
Congratulations are in order for Elizabeth Haythorne, the winner of Poster Awards from Diabetes UK and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes
OPDC research sheds light on the greatest known genetic contributor to Parkinson's
OPDC News Postdoctoral Publication Research Wade-Martins Group News
11 April 2019
A new study from OPDC Career Development Fellow Natalie Connor-Robson investigates how mutations in the gene LRRK2, which are known to cause Parkinson’s, affect normal cell function.
Inside the Wade-Martins Lab for World Parkinson's Day
OPDC News Research Wade-Martins Group News
8 April 2019
This week we raise awareness of Parkinson's Disease and related disorders with a unique video insight into the work of the Wade-Martins Group.
New insight uncovered into one of the most important features of hearing
Integrative Neuroscience Publication Research
4 April 2019
Dr Kerry Walker and her team help us to better understand how we perceive pitch, a feature of hearing critical to recognising communication through sound, such as speech and music.
BHF Senior Fellowship renewal for Damian Tyler paves the way for improving diagnostic imaging in Heart Disease
Awards and Honours Cardiac Theme Research
29 March 2019
Congratulations are in order for Professor Damian Tyler, who has been awarded a renewal of his British Heart Foundation Senior Fellowship. The award will fund a project designed to develop a new imaging approach, enabling doctors to diagnose heart diseases more accurately.
Gero Miesenböck awarded a European Research Council Advanced Grant
Awards and Honours CNCB Research
28 March 2019
Professor Miesenböck's project will seek to understand why we need to sleep by studying how the brain responds to sleep loss.
Sleep and ageing: two sides of one coin?
CNCB Publication Research
25 March 2019
The Miesenböck Group have discovered a brain process common to sleep and ageing in research that could pave the way for new treatments for insomnia.
Gregor Sachse delivers hands-on microscopy to school children for British Science Week
Ashcroft Group News Outreach Postdoctoral Research
12 March 2019
Supported by the BBSRC, Dr Sachse will encourage Oxfordshire state school pupils to discover the otherwise invisible in a unique interactive experience.