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My Primary School Visit for Science Week
Cragg Group News OPDC News Outreach
21 April 2022
On 2 March 2022, Dr Katherine Brimblecombe visited two primary school classes (ages 8-11) as part of their “Science week”. Read her interview to learn more about public engagement with school children in the local Oxford community.
My Primary School Visit for Science Week
21 April 2022
On 2 March 2022, Dr Katherine Brimblecombe visited two primary school classes (ages 8-11) as part of their “Science week”. Read her interview to learn more about public engagement with school children in the local Oxford community.
DPAG Postdoctoral Researcher acknowledged for developmental and cell biology research
Awards and Honours Postdoctoral Srinivas Group news
19 April 2022
Dr Matthew Stower was selected to give an oral presentation of his work and his abstract won the second prize at the Joint Spring Meeting of the British Society for Developmental Biology (BSDB) and the British Society for Cell Biology (BSCB).
The effect of nuclear pH on cardiac gene expression
Cardiac Theme Cell Physiology Postdoctoral Publication Research
13 April 2022
Research led by Dr Alzbeta Hulikova and Professor Pawel Swietach has, for the first time, described the potential regulation of nuclear acid-base chemistry in neonatal and adult cardiomyocytes, and explained its relevance in the context of heart physiology and pathology.
OPDC researchers welcome Parkinson’s UK and the Oxford Branch committee
General
13 April 2022
Researchers from the Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre (OPDC) recently hosted Caroline Rassell, Parkinson’s UK Chief Executive; David Dexter, Associate Research Director; Trustee Board members, Gary Shaughnessy (Chair) and Sally Bromley; together with members of the Parkinson’s UK Oxford Branch committee, for a visit to showcase the research being carried out in Oxford.
OPDC researchers welcome Parkinson’s UK and the Oxford Branch committee
Cragg Group News OPDC News Wade-Martins Group News
13 April 2022
Researchers from the Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre (OPDC) recently hosted Caroline Rassell, Parkinson’s UK Chief Executive; David Dexter, Associate Research Director; Trustee Board members, Gary Shaughnessy (Chair) and Sally Bromley; together with members of the Parkinson’s UK Oxford Branch committee, for a visit to showcase the research being carried out in Oxford.
DPAG launches “Body, Brain, Behavior: Three Views and a Conversation” in Oxford
Integrative Neuroscience Molnar Group News
8 April 2022
The Oxford Book Launch 'Body Brain Behavior - The Need For Conversations' brought together three world leading scientist authors, Professor Zoltán Molnár and Yale Professors Tamas Horvath and Joy Hirsch, with Oxford's neuroscience community on Thursday 7 April 2022.
A role of sleep in tinnitus identified for the first time
Integrative Neuroscience Publication Research
8 April 2022
Phantom percepts, such as subjective tinnitus, are driven by fundamental changes in spontaneous brain activity. Sleep is a natural example of major shifts in spontaneous brain activity and perceptual state, suggesting an interaction between sleep and tinnitus that has so far been little considered. In a new collaborative review article from DPAG’s auditory and sleep neuroscientists, tinnitus and sleep research is brought together for the first time, and, in conclusion, they propose a fundamental relationship between natural brain dynamics and the expression and pathogenesis of tinnitus.
An unexpected role for the cell’s largest membrane network
Cell Physiology Klemm Group News Publication Research
7 April 2022
A new Klemm Lab-led paper has uncovered a new mechanism involving the endoplasmic reticulum that is critical to the organisation and position of the microtubule (MT) cytoskeleton, which ultimately dictates the shape and function of our body’s cells.
Ana Domingos Awarded Carl Ludwig Distinguished Lectureship Award
Awards and Honours Domingos Group News
5 April 2022
Congratulations are in order for Associate Professor Ana Domingos, who has been awarded the 2023 Carl Ludwig Distinguished Lectureship from the American Physiological Society.
Little understood brain region linked to how we perceive pain
Integrative Neuroscience Publication Research Vyazovskiy Group News
28 March 2022
A new DPAG-led review paper, published in the journal Brain, has shown that a poorly understood region of the brain called the claustrum may play an important role in how we experience pain.
New insights into little understood regulator of blood sugar levels
Cell Physiology Postdoctoral Publication Research
25 March 2022
A new Novo Nordisk project paper has uncovered the role of ACC1 enzyme in the regulation of glucagon secretion for the first time. This raises the prospect of a potential new therapeutic target in the context of type 2 diabetes and metabolic disorders characterised by hyperglycaemia.
Pawel Swietach appointed to Oxford Cancer Oversight Committee
Awards and Honours Cell Physiology
21 March 2022
Congratulations are in order to Professor Pawel Swietach, who will represent the Department in strategic decision-making for Oxford Cancer.
Armin Lak set to reveal neural code for learning under uncertainty with ERC Starting Grant
Awards and Honours Integrative Neuroscience Research
18 March 2022
Congratulations are in order for Sir Henry Dale Fellow Dr Armin Lak who has been awarded a Starting Grant from the European Research Council. His funded project will investigate the neural circuits for learning under perceptual uncertainty.
Professor Dame Frances Ashcroft awarded Banting Medal
Ashcroft Group News Awards and Honours EDI News
15 March 2022
The 2022 Banting Medal for Scientific Achievement, awarded by the American Diabetes Association, recognises extraordinary leaders in diabetes research, prevention, and treatment.
DPAG raises funds for the humanitarian effort to aid Ukraine
General Head of Department's News Heather Group News
14 March 2022
The Department has raised £1,500 at a bake sale led by Lisa Heather and the Cardiac Metabolism Research Group for the Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal.
New gene target identified to prevent tumour growth under acidity
Cell Physiology Postdoctoral Publication Research
11 March 2022
A new paper led by Dr Johanna Michl and Professor Pawel Swietach from DPAG’s Swietach Group has identified a new gene that allows cancer cells to survive in the typically acidic microenvironment of a malignant tumour. They have discovered drugs that inhibit the gene in other medical conditions also selectively kill cancer cells at acidic pH, without damaging healthy tissue. This defines a novel strategy for targeting acidic tumour regions.
New insights into the role of dopamine in reinforcement learning
Cragg Group News OPDC News Postdoctoral Publication Research
11 March 2022
A new study from Dr Yanfeng Zhang has uncovered the first evidence that dopamine-dependent long-term potentiation is also gated by the pause of striatal cholinergic interneurons and the depolarisation of the striatal spiny projection neurons. This discovery overturns previous ideas that the phasic dopamine release is the only factor gate corticostriatal synaptic plasticity, thus changing our understanding of dopamine functions in reinforcement learning.
Celebrating achievement on International Women's Day
Awards and Honours EDI News General
8 March 2022
The campaign theme for this year is #BreakTheBias. Celebrate women's achievement. Raise awareness against bias. Take action for equality. This International Women's Day, we celebrate some of the awards, accolades and advances several of DPAG’s women have achieved over the past year, despite the challenges of the pandemic.