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Annual Report 2022 - 2023
Head of Department's News
7 July 2023
The Department's Annual Report for the academic year 2022-23 has been released. The brochure showcases a selection of the year's highlights, including another top world ranking for Anatomy and Physiology, our prestigious new hires, and our longest list of awards and honours yet.
Sharmila Saran Rajendran awarded best poster at the Oxford Teaching and Learning Symposium
Awards and Honours EDI News Teaching
6 July 2023
Congratulations to Sharmila Saran Rajendran on receiving the best poster award from the University of Oxford's Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education) Professor Martin Williams at the Teaching and Learning Symposium hosted by the Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) on 22 June 2023.
DPAG researchers host week-long teacher residential in collaboration with Oxford Colleges
Carlyle Group News EDI News Lakhal-Littleton Group News Mommersteeg Group News Outreach Srinivas Group news Stone Group News Wade-Martins Group News
5 July 2023
Five school teachers joined researchers from the Carlyle, Lakhal-Littleton, Mommersteeg, Srinivas, and Stone groups, based in the Institute of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine (IDRM), Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery, and Sherrington Building, in a project run in collaboration with Jesus College and Trinity College between 19 and 22 June 2023.
Helen Christian appointed Associate Head of Division for Education
Awards and Honours EDI News Teaching
4 July 2023
Congratulations are in order to Associate Professor Helen Christian, who has been appointed to the role of Associate Head of Division for Education, succeeding Professor David Vaux.
Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre host Open Day 2023
OPDC News
4 July 2023
On Monday 5th June 2023, Professor Michele Hu and the Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre (OPDC) hosted their open day at the Oxford Spires Hotel, Abingdon Road, Oxford.
Researchers discover how cancer cells adapt under acidity
Cell Physiology EDI News Postdoctoral Publication Research
27 June 2023
New research led by Dr Johanna Michl and Professor Pawel Swietach has solved the longstanding mystery of how cancer cells are able to maintain a relatively alkaline intracellular pH, despite being surrounded by an acidic environment. A raised intracellular pH is required for cancer progression because it allows cancer cells to efficiently proliferate and metastasise. However, until now the exact molecular mechanism underlying this adaptation was unknown.
Wade-Martins Group attain Gold Sustainability Award
Awards and Honours OPDC News Wade-Martins Group News
22 June 2023
The Wade-Martins Group has achieved a Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework (LEAF) Gold award in recognition of its sustainable practices – the first lab to achieve the top award within the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG).
DPAG and IDRM researchers exceed fundraising target for BHF London to Brighton Bike Ride
De Val Group News EDI News Outreach Riley Group News Smart Group News
22 June 2023
On Sunday 18 June 2023, a team of researchers based at the Institute of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine (IDRM) took on the British Heart Foundation’s (BHF) London to Brighton Bike Ride, raising more than £1300 and counting.
Ni Li wins Peter Beaconsfield Prize
Awards and Honours Cardiac Theme EDI News Students
21 June 2023
Congratulations are in order for DPhil student Ni Li of the Paterson Group, who has been awarded the 2023 Peter Beaconsfield Prize in Physiological Sciences.
Sherrington Talks 2023 Prize Winners
Awards and Honours EDI News Students
19 June 2023
The 2023 Sherrington talks were presented by graduate students in their third year of DPhil research study.
BHF Fellowship extension for Lisa Heather to further our understanding of metabolic dysfunction in diabetes
Awards and Honours Cardiac Theme EDI News Heather Group News Research
16 June 2023
Congratulations are in order for Associate Professor Lisa Heather, who has been awarded an extension of her British Heart Foundation Intermediate Basic Science Research Fellowship. The extension recognises her successful research on the impact of abnormal metabolism in diabetes on the heart and will prepare her for progression to a Senior Fellowship.
Professor Molly Stevens shortlisted for major engineering research prize
Awards and Honours EDI News Stevens Group News
15 June 2023
DPAG's new John Black Professor of Bionanoscience Professor Molly Stevens has been shortlisted as a nominee for the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) prestigious £350,000 A F Harvey Engineering Research Prize.
Leducq-funded transatlantic network set to pioneer new diagnosis and treatment of heart disease
Awards and Honours Cardiac Theme Head of Department's News
13 June 2023
Professor David Paterson, in collaboration with the UCLA’s Professor Kalyanam Shivkumar, has been awarded a prestigious Leducq International Network of Excellence Program Award of $8 million (£6.3M) to set up a major new transatlantic network linking world leading researchers from the USA and Europe to develop ‘Bioelectronics for neurocardiology diagnosis and therapeutics’.
BHF Fellowship renewal for Sarah De Val paves the way to novel strategies for inducing and improving arterial growth
Awards and Honours De Val Group News EDI News
5 June 2023
Congratulations are in order for Associate Professor Sarah De Val, who has been awarded a renewal of her British Heart Foundation Senior Basic Science Research Fellowship. The award recognises her pioneering research on coronary vessel formation and differentiation.
Professor Dame Frances Ashcroft FRS delivers 2023 Krebs Prize Lecture
General Head of Department's News
2 June 2023
Professor Ashcroft, who discovered the previously missing link connecting an increase in blood sugar level to the secretion of insulin (the KATP channel), delivered a talk about her pioneering research in honour of Sir Hans Krebs, the 1953 Nobel Laureate in Physiology and Medicine who discovered the critic acid cycle.
Failing hearts can use different fuels, and prefer fat over sugar
Cardiac Theme Herring Group News Publication Research
31 May 2023
An exciting new collaborative study from RDM and DPAG researchers has found that fat metabolism could be the key to tackling heart failure.
Sian Wilcox awarded Goodger and Schorstein scholarship
Awards and Honours EDI News Students Vyazovskiy Group News
25 May 2023
Congratulations are in order to Sian Wilcox on winning a Goodger and Schorstein Award from the Medical Sciences Internal Fund.
Manuela Zaccolo is an Elected Member of Academia Europaea
Awards and Honours Cardiac Theme EDI News
24 May 2023
Congratulations are in order to Professor Manuela Zaccolo on being awarded Membership of the Academia Europaea (MAE).
Nobel Laureate Peter Agre delivers special lecture
General Head of Department's News
24 May 2023
Professor Peter Agre visited DPAG to deliver a talk about his Nobel winning discovery of the aquaporin water channels, known as the 'plumbing system of cells'.
Fellowship to Jose Prius Mengual paves the way to new genetic therapy for epilepsy
Awards and Honours EDI News Postdoctoral Research Vyazovskiy Group News
22 May 2023
Congratulations are in order to Dr Jose Prius Mengual who has been awarded an Emerging Leader Fellowship Award from Epilepsy Research UK and the Nucleic Acid Therapy Accelerator (NATA). With this award, Dr Mengual will develop a new genetic therapy to rebalance protein levels in the neurons affected by epilepsy to prevent seizures.