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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.
BBSRC awards cutting-edge biomedical equipment to Oxford
Research Riley Group News
18 December 2013
BBSRC is investing £10m in 20 advanced scientific research instruments.
Inventors win £80,000 each to develop their bright ideas
Awards and Honours Research
7 November 2013
Groundbreaking research by three young Oxford scientists has earned them £80,000 each to develop their inventions.
Oxford scientists awarded research grants to tackle devastating genetic condition
Awards and Honours Davies Group News EDI News Research
31 October 2013
Grants totalling almost £350,000 will be made to three Oxford University scientists for their research to combat a devastating muscle-wasting condition, a national charity has announced today.
Clues about Early Stages of Parkinson's in New Mouse Model
Research
11 October 2013
OPDC researchers have developed a new genetic mouse model of Parkinson's to track the earliest changes that take place in the brain.
Male fruit flies sleep around but females keep it in the family
Research
29 September 2013
Research lead by scientists in DPAG (Stephen Goodwin group) and the Department of Zoology demonstrates that male fruit flies like to have a variety of sexual partners, whereas females prefer to stick with the same mate – or move on to his brothers.
Joint collaborative PNAS publication from Molnár and Ponting groups
Molnar Group News Publication Research
26 July 2013
Insights into hearing loss point to new glue ear therapies
Research
28 June 2013
Important new insights into how the brain compensates for temporary hearing loss during infancy, such as that commonly experienced by children with glue ear, are revealed in a research study in ferrets.
Switching on a light in the brain
Research
27 November 2012
A new technique known as optogenetics is lighting up the field of neuroscience. The idea involves genetically engineering neurons to respond to light, and then using powerful lasers to stimulate and control their expression.
A new 30 million Euro European project to develop new methods for drug delivery
Awards and Honours Research
21 November 2012