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Continued ethical animal research needed to advance treatment of brain disease, researchers argue
Publication Research Vyazovskiy Group News
5 August 2021
More research is needed to improve the treatment of brain diseases such as depression, Alzheimer’s or ADHD. A widely held view within the scientific community is that this cannot be done without ethically conducted animal research. A team of seventy international neuroscientists, including DPAG’s Associate Professor Vladyslav Vyazovskiy, have now published a warning that animal research is under pressure, which endangers the further development of treatments.
Cortex may regulate the need for sleep
Integrative Neuroscience Molnar Group News Publication Research Vyazovskiy Group News
2 August 2021
Why we sleep, and the processes behind sleep, are amongst the most interesting questions in modern neuroscience. Researchers at the University of Oxford, including DPAG's Molnár and Vyazovskiy group scientists, have now uncovered a new target for sleep investigations within the mammalian brain – the cerebral cortex. The paper, first authored by Dr Lukas Krone, was published today in Nature Neuroscience.
Reducing fat in the diabetic heart could improve recovery from heart attack
Heather Group News Publication Research
29 July 2021
New research from the Heather Group has shown that in type 2 diabetes an overload of lipids reduces the heart’s ability to generate energy during a heart attack, decreasing chances of recovery.
Oxford Medical Students shine in National Undergraduate Neuroanatomy Competition 2021
Awards and Honours EDI News Integrative Neuroscience Molnar Group News Students Teaching
28 July 2021
Preclinical Medicine Undergraduate students Thomas Henning, Ivan Jim Paul and Owen Sweeney have helped Oxford build on last year to achieve the University's best ever performance in The National Undergraduate Neuroanatomy Competition. Preparation for their successful participation was assisted by DPAG's Professor Zoltán Molnár, Dr Michael Gilder and Samuel Snowdon.
Bridging the gap between basic research and people with Parkinson's
Cragg Group News OPDC News
26 July 2021
New laboratory facilities for OPDC Researchers
OPDC News Wade-Martins Group News
19 July 2021
Researchers from the OPDC and the Wade-Martins Group recently moved to brand new laboratory facilities at the Kavli Institute for NanoScience Discovery.
Annual Report 2020 - 2021
Head of Department's News
19 July 2021
The Department's Annual Report for the academic year 2020-2021 has been released. The brochure showcases a selection of the year's highlights, celebrating our significant advances in both research and equality, diversity and inclusion in what has been another challenging year in the grip of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The brain’s one-sided teaching signals
Integrative Neuroscience Publication Research
16 July 2021
A new study by the Lak group reveals a novel facet of dopamine signalling during visual decision making.
The prime of Professor Dame Kay Davies
Davies Group News EDI News General
14 July 2021
Professor Dame Kay Davies, Professor of Genetics, first woman appointed Dr Lee's Professor of Anatomy at Oxford, first woman to become Head of Department for DPAG, University-wide champion of equality, and award winning scientist known for her work on Duchenne muscular dystrophy, has 'retired' after a lifetime's research, but remains Professor Emeritus at DPAG.
Fellowship awarded to Huriye Atilgan to enhance our understanding of value-based decision-making
Awards and Honours EDI News Integrative Neuroscience Postdoctoral Research
7 July 2021
Congratulations are in order for Postdoctoral Research Scientist Dr Huriye Atilgan who has been awarded a prestigious Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship funded by the Wellcome Trust.
The future of stroke treatment
Publication Research Salman Group News Wade-Martins Group News
5 July 2021
A team of international collaborators including DPAG's Dr Mootaz Salman has been researching a promising new therapeutic for the treatment of strokes and other brain injuries.
Frances Ashcroft and Denis Noble honoured by the IUPS Academic of Physiology
Ashcroft Group News Awards and Honours
5 July 2021
Professors Dame Frances Ashcroft and Denis Noble have been elected Fellows of the the International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS) Academy of Physiology in the inaugural year of its Fellowships.
New review reveals proof of concept for an anti-obesity immunotherapy
Domingos Group News Publication Research
2 July 2021
The Domingos lab has published a new opinion piece in Science investigating the implications of a Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center study that lays the foundations for a potential new anti-obesity treatment in the form of targeting adipose tissue-resident macrophages.
New pathway established for multisensory cortical communication
Integrative Neuroscience Publication Research
28 June 2021
Integration of information across the senses is critical for perception. This activity is thought to arise primarily from connections made in the brain's sensory cortical areas. A new paper from the King Group uncovers evidence for the first time on the little understood role of subcortical circuits in shaping the multisensory properties of primary cortical neurons.
Gero Miesenböck FRS gives the 2021 Sherrington Prize Lecture ahead of Sherrington Plaque unveiling
CNCB Head of Department's News
24 June 2021
The Department's most prestigious named lecture was delivered this year by Shaw Prize winner and Waynflete Professor of Physiology Gero Miesenböck FRS in honour of our 1913 Waynflete Professor and Nobel Laureate Sir Charles Sherrington OM GBE PRS. The lecture was followed by the unveiling of The Physiological Society blue plaque honouring Sherrington by Sir Colin Blakemore FRS.
Diversifying the Sherrington building walls
EDI News
22 June 2021
This week framed photographs of 16 women who have contributed to the success of DPAG were displayed on the main stairwell of the Sherrington Building as part of our 2021 Centenary project.
Sherrington Talks 2021 Prize Winners
Awards and Honours EDI Events Students
21 June 2021
The 2021 Sherrington talks were presented by graduate students in their third year of DPhil research study.
Iron deficiency anaemia in early pregnancy increases risk of heart defects, suggests new research
Cardiac Theme Postdoctoral Publication Research
8 June 2021
In animal models, iron deficient mothers have a greatly increased risk of having offspring with congenital heart disease (CHD). The risk of CHD can be greatly reduced if the mother is given iron supplements very early in pregnancy. Additionally, embryos from a mouse model of Down Syndrome were particularly vulnerable to the effects of maternal iron deficiency, leading to a higher risk of developing severe heart defects.
Nicola Smart to deliver John French Lecture
Awards and Honours Smart Group News
2 June 2021
The British Atherosclerosis Society's John French Memorial Lecture is named in honour of the Oxford-based pathologist, Dr John French, who made seminal observations and contributions to the field of cardiovascular pathology.
Celebrating the Women of DPAG
EDI News
1 June 2021
To mark the centenary of women being awarded degrees at Oxford University, DPAG celebrates some of the women who have contributed to the success of the Department, and its predecessor departments, over the last century