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New evidence against one proposed mechanism of hypoxia in COVID-19
Cell Physiology Publication Research
20 July 2020
DPAG is among the departments receiving funding from the University's research response fund to undertake COVID-19 research. As part of this effort, the Swietach lab has been studying oxygen transport in the blood of COVID-19 patients. The first results of this study are now published in the British Journal of Haematology and could pave the way for new guidelines for treating the virus.
Take part in the first ever British Indian Census!
EDI News Research
13 July 2020
Researchers from DPAG and the Department of Psychiatry, including Dr Nikita Ved, in collaboration with The India League, are calling British Indians to voice their opinions and be a part of a seminal piece of work.
New DPAG Associate Professors and University Research Lecturer
Awards and Honours EDI News
6 July 2020
Congratulations are in order to Associate Professor Duncan Sparrow, Associate Professor Kerry Walker and Dr Dan Li.
Shaping our understanding of why we sleep
Publication Research Vyazovskiy Group News
1 July 2020
Associate Professor Vladyslav Vyazovskiy has edited a special issue of Current Opinion of Physiology with Professor A. Jennifer Morton from the University of Cambridge. “Physiology of Sleep” compiles the latest developments in sleep research around the complex question of ‘why do we sleep?’
Sherrington Talks 2020 Prize Winners
Awards and Honours EDI Events Students
19 June 2020
The 2020 Sherrington talks were presented by graduate students in their third year of DPhil research study.
Assumptions on fetal iron development during pregnancy challenged
Lakhal-Littleton Group News Publication Research
18 June 2020
A key hormone in the fetal liver has been found for the first time to play a critical role in determining iron endowment in the newborn baby. Up until now, widely held notions made in comparison to how the adult liver controls iron in the body have led to a common focus on how maternal iron status and function of the placenta determines a baby's iron status. A new study from the Lakhal-Littleton group reveals a more autonomous process takes place within the fetus than previously understood.
Stories of Women in Neuroscience: Dr Kerry Walker
EDI News Integrative Neuroscience Outreach
18 June 2020
Dr Kerry Walker is University Research Lecturer and principal investigator of the Walker group, a research team investigating how the activity of neurons in the brain gives rise to our perception of sound.
Samira Lakhal-Littleton to give prestigious Bayliss-Starling Prize Lecture
Awards and Honours EDI News Lakhal-Littleton Group News
18 June 2020
The annual Prize Lecture from The Physiological Society will provide an opportunity to highlight the importance of the Lakhal-Littleton lab's work into iron control in systems physiology.
Oliver Neely wins Peter Beaconsfield Prize
Awards and Honours Cardiac Theme EDI News Students
16 June 2020
Congratulations are in order for DPhil student Oliver Neely of the Paterson and Domingos labs, who has been awarded the Peter Beaconsfield Prize in Physiological Sciences 2020.
URICA trial gives hope for faster diagnosis of hemolysis in the newborn
Cell Physiology Publication Research
12 June 2020
The destruction of red blood cells known as hemolysis in the newborn baby is very dangerous, but existing clinical methods are not sufficient for rapid diagnosis and can lead to delays early-life care. A new Swietach Group paper has identified a biomarker that could significantly speed up the process.
Professor Anant Parekh to be Honorary Guest Speaker at the 108th Indian Science Congress
Awards and Honours Cell Physiology EDI News Research
8 June 2020
Professor Anant Parekh is to deliver the Public Lecture at the prestigious annual conference due to be held in Pune, India, in January 2021.
Dr Oliver Stone starts research group as Sir Henry Dale Fellow
EDI News General Research Stone Group News
1 June 2020
Dr Stone has been awarded a Wellcome Trust Henry Dale Fellowship to lead research investigating how lineage history can impact vascular cell fate and function.
COVID-19 drug trial could lead to enhanced respiratory care for patients
Cell Physiology Research
29 May 2020
Researchers at the University of Oxford led by DPAG's Professor Peter Robbins are working with clinical collaborators from NHS hospitals to carry out a new clinical drug trial aimed at treating COVID-19, funded by LifeArc. It will test a drug that could raise oxygen levels in the blood in COVID-19 patients in order to improve their chances of recovery. Raising oxygen levels is important in COVID-19, because many patients with the disease die when oxygen levels in their arterial blood fall to levels that are too low to support life.
HCQ with antibiotics to treat COVID-19 could be dangerous for the heart
Cardiac Theme Herring Group News Publication Research
26 May 2020
DPAG researchers have collaborated on an international study that demonstrates a detailed mechanistic understanding of how the anti-malaria drug, Hydroxychloroquine, combined with antibiotics, can cause adverse cardiac side-effects in COVID-19 patients. This gives weight to US Federal advice against using this combined treatment.
Nervous system cells defined in unprecedented detail
CNCB Goodwin Group News Publication Research
22 May 2020
The collaborating groups of Professor Stephen Goodwin and Professor Scott Waddell based in The Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour (CNCB) are shedding new light on what precisely constitutes a neuronal cell type.
Gero Miesenböck receives Shaw Prize 2020
Awards and Honours CNCB
21 May 2020
Professor Gero Miesenböck, the Waynflete Professor of Physiology and Director of the Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, is one of three scientists awarded The Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine.
New weight-loss drug brings hope for safer obesity treatment
Domingos Group News Publication Research
13 May 2020
A collaborative research team from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge co-led by DPAG's Associate Professor Ana Domingos have developed a new weight-loss amphetamine that could potentially avoid the harmful side effects of traditional treatments.
OPDC Researchers hit target for Parkinson's UK with 2.6 Challenge
OPDC News
30 April 2020
Wade-Martins Lab members took part in the 2.6 challenge to raise vital funds for Parkinson's UK. Challenges included running for 2.6 miles, baking 26 cookies, 260 sit ups and 2600 steps.
OPDC Researchers hit target for Parkinson's UK with 2.6 Challenge
EDI News OPDC News Outreach Wade-Martins Group News
30 April 2020
Wade-Martins Lab members took part in the 2.6 challenge to raise vital funds for Parkinson's UK. Challenges included running for 2.6 miles, baking 26 cookies, 260 sit ups and 2600 steps.
DPAG and RDM researchers set to reveal the role of inflammatory cells in heart repair
Mommersteeg Group News Research Riley Group News
29 April 2020
DPAG's Associate Professor Mathilda Mommersteeg and Professor Paul Riley, in collaboration with Professor Robin Choudhury from the Radcliffe Department of Medicine, will perform single cell analysis of inflammation during heart regeneration with a grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.