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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.
IDRM Building reaches practical completion
General Riley Group News
25 February 2022
The IMS-Tetsuya Nakamura Building, which houses the new Institute of Developmental & Regenerative Medicine (IDRM) at Old Road Campus has been completed.
Sarah Teichmann FRS delivers J.S. Haldane Prize Lecture 2022 before unveiling celebrated Haldane portrait
General Head of Department's News
24 February 2022
Sarah Teichmann FRS, world leader in computational applications to human health and pioneer of single cell research delivered the second lecture in the series to honour John Scott Haldane, known as the father of oxygen therapy. The lecture was followed by the unveiling of celebrated artist Philip de László's portrait of Haldane by Dr Teichmann and Haldane's great-grandson Terence Mitchison. The Department was delighted to welcome several of J.S. Haldane's descendants to both events.
New insights into how the brain rewires after early sensory loss
Integrative Neuroscience Molnar Group News Publication Research
18 February 2022
A new paper from the Molnár Group has shed light on substantial rewiring of corticothalamic connections that is triggered by early sensory loss during development. The study has identified a new mechanism that significantly rearranges the cortico-thalamo-cortical circuits but has not been considered before in patients with sensory loss for potential therapies.
London Marathon to fund De Val and Vieira Lab research as two of eight handpicked BHF projects
De Val Group News Outreach Postdoctoral Research Vieira Group News
14 February 2022
Two projects aimed at tackling heart failure led by Associate Professor Sarah De Val and Dr Joaquim Vieira are to be funded by the 2022 TCS London Marathon with the British Heart Foundation as its Charity of the Year. The BHF’s runners, who are raising £3 million in funding, will include De Val Lab postdoctoral researcher Dr Alice Neal.
Filipa Simões set to advance pro-regeneration heart therapies
Awards and Honours Research Riley Group News Simoes Group News
1 February 2022
Congratulations to Dr Filipa Simões who has been awarded a British Heart Foundation (BHF) Intermediate Basic Science Research Fellowship. She will investigate how immune cells called macrophages facilitate long-lasting heart regeneration in the zebrafish and how this could be harnessed for the human heart.
Hidden lung damage found in Long Covid patients with breathlessness
Postdoctoral Research
31 January 2022
A major collaborative study, in which DPAG’s Dr James Grist plays a key role, involving teams in the universities of Oxford, Sheffield, Cardiff and Manchester, has identified abnormalities in the lungs of Long Covid patients who are experiencing breathlessness. Researchers are using a novel xenon gas scanning method to locate damaged areas that cannot be detected by routine scans.