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NIH-OxCam: a graduate student's journey to Oxford
OPDC News
29 October 2019
Stewart Humble came to the Wade-Martins Lab at DPAG from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans during Michaelmas Term in October 2016 as part of the National Institutes of Health Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Programme (NIH-OxCam), an accelerated, individualised doctoral training programme, to help him make the transition to a Physician-Scientist career path. This opened up the world of basic science, translational research, and international collaboration. Over the summer of 2019, Stewart organised a lab symposium to encourage and inspire students from his home university to consider the opportunities available to them. This is the story of his journey to Oxford and what he has discovered here.
NIH-OxCam: a graduate student's journey to Oxford
EDI News Long Read OPDC News Outreach Students Wade-Martins Group News
29 October 2019
Stewart Humble came to the Wade-Martins Lab at DPAG from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans during Michaelmas Term in October 2016 as part of the National Institutes of Health Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Programme (NIH-OxCam), an accelerated, individualised doctoral training programme, to help him make the transition to a Physician-Scientist career path. This opened up the world of basic science, translational research, and international collaboration. Over the summer of 2019, Stewart organised a lab symposium to encourage and inspire students from his home university to consider the opportunities available to them. This is the story of his journey to Oxford and what he has discovered here.
Research Spotlight for Black History Month: Pavandeep Rai
OPDC News
28 October 2019
October is Black History Month, which is celebrated nationwide every year to recognise the contributions that people from BAME backgrounds have made to this country. Here at DPAG, we get to know one of our Researchers - Pavandeep Rai, a Postdoctoral Research Scientist working in the Wade-Martins Group. Pavandeep is working at the forefront of an industry/academia collaborative project aimed at developing potential new drugs to treat Parkinson’s.
Research Spotlight for Black History Month: Pavandeep Rai
EDI News Long Read OPDC News Postdoctoral Wade-Martins Group News
28 October 2019
October is Black History Month, which is celebrated nationwide every year to recognise the contributions that people from BAME backgrounds have made to this country. Here at DPAG, we get to know one of our Researchers - Pavandeep Rai, a Postdoctoral Research Scientist working in the Wade-Martins Group. Pavandeep is working at the forefront of an industry/academia collaborative project aimed at developing potential new drugs to treat Parkinson’s.
Zoltán Molnár is an Elected Member of Academia Europaea
Awards and Honours Integrative Neuroscience Molnar Group News
27 October 2019
Membership of the Academia Europaea is an award conferred to individuals that have demonstrated "sustained academic excellence".
DPAG researchers engage the public at IF Oxford 2019
EDI News Mommersteeg Group News Outreach Postdoctoral
25 October 2019
A team of volunteers from four research groups, alongside Wellcome Trust funded Advanced Imaging Unit Micron, engaged more than 200 visitors at Weston Library on Friday 18 October 2019 as part of The Oxford Science and Ideas Festival.
Probing the genetics of advanced prostate cancer in fruit flies
Publication Research Wilson Group News
25 October 2019
A new collaborative study involving DPAG's Wilson and Goberdhan Groups and the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) has revealed surprising parallels between ‘prostate’ cells in flies and cancer patients.
Manuela Zaccolo honoured by the Royal Society of Biology
Awards and Honours Cardiac Theme EDI News
21 October 2019
Congratulations are in order to Professor Manuela Zaccolo on being elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology.
DPAG Researchers participate at the Parliamentary launch of The Physiological Society's new ageing report
EDI News Postdoctoral Research Vyazovskiy Group News
18 October 2019
The new Physiological Society report "Growing Older, Better" highlights physiology's role in meeting the UK Government's healthy ageing mission. Associate Professor Vladyslav Vyazovskiy and Novo Nordisk Postdoctoral Fellow Laura McKillop contributed a research spotlight at the report's launch at the Houses of Parliament.
DPAG members shine at the Oxford BHF CRE Annual Symposium 2019
Awards and Honours Cardiac Theme EDI Events Heather Group News Postdoctoral Smart Group News Students
17 October 2019
Congratulations are in order to Matthew Kerr, Andia Redpath, Susann Bruche, KC Park and Minahil Mujahid for their achievements at this major showcase for Oxford's British Heart Foundation funded Researchers.
Professor Christine Mummery gives the 2019 John Burdon-Sanderson Lecture
EDI Events General Head of Department's News
16 October 2019
The annual lecture given this year by a world leading stem cell scientist is held in honour of John Burdon-Sanderson, the University of Oxford's first Waynflete Professor of Physiology, after whom the Cardiac Centre is named.
Damian Tyler is an Honorary Skou Professor at the University of Aarhus
Awards and Honours Cardiac Theme
15 October 2019
The award recognises and solidifies Professor Tyler's collaborative work with the MR Research Centre, part of the Department of Clinical Medicine at the University of Aarhus.
Physiology Friday: a spotlight on Physiological Society membership
Head of Department's News Postdoctoral Students
11 October 2019
Find out more about our Physiological Society funded Head of Department Seminar Series, the opportunities available to those who join the Society, and DPAG's own Dr Mark Richards’ experiences as a Physiological Society member.
DPAG Women's Dinner 2019
EDI Events Postdoctoral
11 October 2019
In conjunction with the Athena SWAN initiative and organised by Professor Kieran Clarke, a dinner was held on Monday 30 September at Merton College for female researchers.
Watch Newton-Abraham Professor Don Bers' talk: Calcium is at the Coeur of Normal Heart Function and Disease
General Head of Department's News
10 October 2019
Event video for the Newton-Abraham Lecture 2019, delivered by Professor Donald M. Bers, Ph.D. on Wednesday 25 September 2019 at the Oxford University Natural History Museum. The lecture discusses the mechanisms by which calcium orchestrates cardiac function in health and is also involved in heart failure and life-threatening arrhythmias.
DPAG's inaugural John Scott Haldane Lecture speaker, Sir Peter Ratcliffe FRS, awarded Nobel prize in physiology or medicine
General Head of Department's News
7 October 2019
William G Kaelin, Sir Peter Ratcliffe and Gregg L Semenza share 9m Swedish kronor prize for work on how cells adapt to oxygen availability.
Zoltán Molnár delivers the Guillery Memorial Lecture 2019
General Molnar Group News Research
2 October 2019
Professor Zoltán Molnár was elected to deliver the 2019 Ray Guillery Lecture at the Grossman Institute for Neuroscience at University of Chicago.
KC Park wins the OXION 2019 Poster Prize
Ashcroft Group News Awards and Honours EDI News Research Students
1 October 2019
Congratulations are in order to KC Park, the winner of this year's OXION Poster Prize.
New light shed on what controls our motivated actions
Cragg Group News Publication Research
20 September 2019
The release of dopamine in the brain plays a key role in determining how we respond when we perceive a potential reward or benefit. But so far little has been understood about the mechanism behind this. A new collaborative paper from Prof Stephanie Cragg's Group and Prof Ed Mann published in Nature Communications has uncovered a dominant regulator of the dynamics of dopamine output.
DPAG's inaugural Sir Hans Krebs Lecture speaker, Jeffrey Friedman ForMemRS, has been awarded the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
Domingos Group News Head of Department's News
13 September 2019
The Breakthrough Prize is renowned as the “Oscars of Science" and honours transformative advances towards understanding living systems and extending human life. Associate Professor Ana Domingos reflects on her past experiences working with Dr Friedman and how these impacted her research today.