Researcher Society
About Us
Run by and for researchers, The DPAG Researcher Society aims to promote interactions between postdocs, research assistants and other research scientists to create a friendly network of skills and expertise and to welcome new researchers to the Department.
All researchers will be added automatically to a mailing list when they start to be kept up to date with events etc.
Committee
Contact: researcher.society@dpag.ox.ac.uk
Susann Bruche, Chair
Claudio Cortes Rodriguez, DPAG Research Staff Representative
Researcher News
Pioneering new software to analyse intracellular calcium signals
1 September 2023
A collaborative team of UC Davis and University of Oxford researchers have developed an innovative new software tool – SparkMaster 2 – which will enable automatic analysis of calcium sparks which are known to cause cardiac arrythmias in a variety of disease settings. First and co-corresponding author Dr Jakub Tomek, who is a Sir Henry Wellcome Fellow based in DPAG's Zaccolo group, conducted this research as part of his fellowship year spent at UC Davis.
DPAG and Biochemistry inspire local children with second Science in the Park event
27 July 2023
On Tuesday 25 July, more than 140 children together with around 60 parents and caregivers were treated to a thrilling variety of hands-on science activities in University Parks. ‘Science in the Park’ was run by DPAG’s Outreach and Public Engagement Working Group (OPEWG), in collaboration with the Department of Biochemistry, with 30 volunteers comprising research scientists, graduate students and professional services staff.
BHF Fellowship for Ian McCracken could pave the way to promoting blood vessel growth in heart attack patients
27 July 2023
Congratulations are in order for Dr Ian McCracken, a postdoctoral research scientist in the Smart Group, who has been awarded an Immediate Postdoctoral Basic Science Research Fellowship by the British Heart Foundation (BHF). His fellowship project aims to improve understanding of the mechanisms underpinning the formation of the coronary vessels and reveal novel targets for future therapeutic strategies to drive neovascularisation.
Thamali Ayagama wins Physiology 2023 Poster Prize
18 July 2023
Congratulations are in order to Dr Thamali Ayagama who has been awarded the Physiological Reports Poster Prize at Physiology 2023, The Physiological Society's premier Annual Conference.
Researcher Spotlight for South Asian Heritage Month: Dr Kalina Naidoo
18 July 2023
South Asian Heritage Month, running from 18 July - 17 August each year, aims to commemorate, and celebrate, South Asian cultures, histories and communities, helping to spread awareness of the diverse heritage and cultures that continue to link the UK with South Asia. Here at DPAG, we are celebrating the stories that make up our diverse and vibrant community. Meet Dr Kalina Naidoo, a Postdoctoral Neuronal Cell Biologist working in the Wade-Martins Group based in the Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery (Kavli INsD).
Latest publications
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Accurate Paediatric Brain Tumour Classification Through Improved Quantitative Analysis of 1H MR Imaging and Spectroscopy.
Journal article
Zhao T. et al, (2025), NMR Biomed, 38
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New insights into axonal regulators of dopamine transmission in health and disease.
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Todd KL. et al, (2025), Curr Opin Neurobiol, 94
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Membrane curvature association of amphipathic helix 8 drives constitutive endocytosis of GPCRs
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Schmidt JH. et al, (2025), Science Advances, 11
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Organ-specific and conserved regulatory logic orchestrates gene expression in the embryonic mesothelium
Preprint
Dang QM. et al, (2025)
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Defective Olfactomedin-2 connects adipocyte dysfunction to obesity.
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Lluch A. et al, (2025), Nat Commun, 16
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Stabilisation of HIF signalling extends epicardial activation and neonatal heart regeneration
Preprint
Gamen E. et al, (2025)
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Essential regulation of heparan sulfate proteoglycan signalling controls cell behaviour to support cardiac development
Preprint
Redpath AN. et al, (2025)
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Amyloid-β disrupts APP-regulated protein aggregation and dissociation from recycling endosomal membranes.
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Singh PJ. et al, (2025), EMBO J
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Regulatory T cells attenuate chronic inflammation and cardiac fibrosis in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
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Wang Y-J. et al, (2025), Sci Transl Med, 17
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Formation of seeding-competent α-synuclein aggregates in parkin-deficient iPSC-derived human neurons.
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Schmidt SI. et al, (2025), NPJ Parkinsons Dis, 11