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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.
Fruit flies 'think' before they act
CNCB Research
23 May 2014
Fruit flies show a mark of intelligence in 'thinking' before they act, suggests a study by researchers from the University of Oxford's Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour.
Dr Shankar Srinivas receives Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award
Awards and Honours EDI News Research Srinivas Group news
6 May 2014
Novel mechanistic insights of a small molecule that blocks the ‘funny current’ in the heart: Therapeutic potential
Cardiac Theme Research
25 March 2014
Scientists from the Departments of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics and Pharmacology at the University of Oxford have discovered that a well-known, generic drug (‘drug X’), the safety of which is well documented, acts as a low-dose, heart rate lowering agent by targeting the if current.
CLoNE a new tool to track cell lineages
Publication Research
21 March 2014
Studying the clonal relationships among the cells in an organ or organism is the ‘holy grail’ of developmental biology.
That Loving Feeling
Publication Research
17 March 2014
Dr Stephen Goodwin and colleagues at the University of Oxford are step closer to understanding why female Drosophila melangoster fruit flies change their behaviour after mating.
Unlocking the Brain
Outreach Research
12 March 2014
As part of Brain Awareness Week 2014, the auditory neuroscience group in DPAG is putting on a series of interactive activities that include visualizing your own speech sounds and demonstrating how are ears and brains process these sounds.
Annual Dementia Awareness Day - Saturday 22 March 2014
EDI Events OPDC News Outreach Research Wade-Martins Group News
11 March 2014
Sally Magnusson launches UK’s biggest dementia research conference in Oxford.
A sparse memory is a precise memory
Research
5 March 2014
Particular smells can be incredibly evocative and bring back very clear, vivid memories.
Scientists identify the switch that says it's time to sleep
Research
5 March 2014
The switch in the brain that sends us off to sleep has been identified by researchers at Oxford University’s Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour in a study in fruit flies.