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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.
New hope to tackle third biggest killer disease
Research
9 July 2015
A potential new way to treat one of the world’s most common lung diseases is to be investigated after a study found a link between sufferers’ iron levels and worse health outcomes.
Zoltan Molnar & partner are first recipients of Newton Advanced Fellowships
Awards and Honours Molnar Group News Research
26 June 2015
Dr Xiaoqun Wang is one of the first recipient of the prestigious Newton Advanced Fellowships with Professor Zoltan Molnar as his UK partner.
Success for Kristie McCormick at the CRUK Oxford Centre Symposium
Awards and Honours EDI News Research Students
11 June 2015
Kristie McCormick was awarded a prize for the presentation of her poster at the CRUK Oxford Centre 2015 Symposium on June 5th.
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.
Research in Conversation - Michael Kohl
Research
11 May 2015
Dr Michael Kohl is interviewed for Oxford University's Research in Conversation series in which Oxford's medical researchers explain their work into understanding more about our relationship with sleep, learning, healthy eating and addiction.
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.
Oxford lab wins £6M for Parkinson's Disease research
Awards and Honours OPDC News Research Wade-Martins Group News
9 March 2015
Researchers at Oxford University have been awarded a £6 million grant for their cutting-edge research programme on finding drug targets for Parkinson's Disease.
University announces collaborative research projects with Pfizer
Awards and Honours Davies Group News Research
24 February 2015
The University of Oxford is delighted to announce that the first collaborative research projects to be agreed by the University under the Pfizer Rare Disease Consortium have been signed.
Pioneering new course in removing cancer in bowel
Research Teaching
15 January 2015
Thursday 15 & Friday 16 January 2015
Results of 2014 REF excercise
General Research
18 December 2014
Today’s Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014) results confirm the University of Oxford’s world leading position in medical sciences research.
The Thirsty Mind
Publication Research
3 October 2014
The New Yorker reports on an article by a group of researchers from the Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour in the latest issue of the journal Nature Neuroscience. The group, which is led by Scott Waddell, studies rewards, motivation, and memory in the comparatively simple brain of the fruit fly.
Leading charity announces increased funding for Oxford network of dementia researchers
OPDC News Research Wade-Martins Group News
10 September 2014
Scientific excellence in Oxford has once again been recognised as Alzheimer’s Research UK doubles its investment in dementia research through the Oxford Research Network Centre.
Paving the way for gene therapy in Huntington's disease
Research
14 August 2014
Prof. Matthew Wood and Dr. Samir El Andaloussi, both of DPAG, have been awarded a new £1m grant from the MRC to study gene therapy for Huntington’s Disease.
Just 8.2 per cent of our DNA is ‘functional’
Publication Research
6 August 2014
Only 8.2 per cent of human DNA is likely to be doing something important – is ‘functional’ – say researchers from Oxford University.
Hege Larsen awarded Pfizer Prize
Awards and Honours Cardiac Theme EDI News Research Students
14 July 2014
Think global, act local
Publication Research
3 July 2014
Dr Pulak Kar, Professor Anant Parekh and colleagues are a step closer to understanding how specificity is achieved in the immune system.
Computer-aided diagnosis of rare genetic disorders from family snaps
Publication Research
24 June 2014
Computer analysis of photographs could help doctors diagnose which condition a child with a rare genetic disorder has, says lead researcher Dr Christoffer Nellåker along Quentin Ferry, a DPhil research student, and Professor Andrew Zisserman of the Department of Engineering Science.