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\n \n\n \n10 May 2023
\n \n \n \nCongratulations are in order to Professor Scott Waddell FRS, Visiting Professor Sue Black FRS and Honorary Professor Irene Tracey FRS on their election to The Royal Society.
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\n \n\n \n4 May 2023
\n \n \n \nCongratulations are in order to Dr Hugo Fernandes who has been awarded a sought after Alzheimer\u2019s Society Dementia Research Leader Fellowship. With this award, Dr Fernandes will reveal the role of dysfunctional lipid metabolism in dementia using innovative self-designed tools and models to identify new therapeutic targets.
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\n \n\n \n4 May 2023
\n \n \n \nCongratulations to DPAG's Mark Selwood whose fantastic performance at the 24th World Transplant Games brings home gold and bronze medals for Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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\n \n\n \n3 May 2023
\n \n \n \nThe Debrecen Award for Molecular Medicine was established in 2003 to recognise extraordinary achievements in the field of biomedicine. Scientists are nominated for making great strides in the life sciences leading to remarkable progress in our understanding and more efficient treatment of diseases.
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\n \n\n \n17 April 2023
\n \n \n \nCongratulations are in order to Professor Manuela Zaccolo on being elected Fellow of the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, one of the most prestigious Academies in Italy.
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\n \n\n \n5 April 2023
\n \n \n \nDr Auguste Vadisiute has been awarded a St John\u2019s College Research Centre Grant to study the 'Cellular and Molecular Interactions between Neurons and Microglia in Normal and Altered Cerebral Cortical Development'.
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\n \n\n \n4 April 2023
\n \n \n \nCongratulations are in order for Professor Jaideep Pandit, Professor of Anaesthesia and DPAG Academic Visitor, on his appointment as the next Editor-in-Chief of Anesthesia & Analgesia (A&A) and its companion journal, A&A Practice. Professor Pandit is the first A&A Editor-in-Chief based outside the United States to lead this prestigious journal.
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\n \n\n \n17 March 2023
\n \n \n \nThe Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science recognises women scientists with a stellar record of research accomplishments who also have made significant contributions to mentoring other women in science.
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\n \n\n \n13 March 2023
\n \n \n \nCongratulations are in order for Postdoctoral Fellow Dr Annie Park who has been awarded a prestigious Wellcome Early-Career Award.
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\n \n\n \n2 March 2023
\n \n \n \nCongratulations are in order for Dr Raffaele Sarnataro who has been awarded a Professional Development Award by The Physiological Society. The award will support Dr Sarnataro\u2019s selected participation on the Experimental Neuroscience Bootcamp 2023 delivered by the CAJAL Advanced Neuroscience Training Programme.
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\n \n\n \n24 February 2023
\n \n \n \nThe post is in association with a Tutorial Fellowship at St John's College.
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\n \n\n \n3 February 2023
\n \n \n \nCongratulations are in order for Departmental Research Lecturer Dr Charmaine Lang who has been awarded the first jointly funded Senior Research Fellowship from Parkinson\u2019s UK and Rosetrees Trust. With this award, Dr Lang will develop complex new induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) models that target the interaction between dopamine neurons and astrocytes in the brain and how these fail in the context of Parkinson's.
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\n \n\n \n25 January 2023
\n \n \n \nThe Chief Scientist Office of the Government of Scotland has awarded a collaborative grant of \u00a3298,966 to Dr Mootaz Salman to seek new therapeutic avenues to treat stroke.
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\n \n\n \n24 January 2023
\n \n \n \nCongratulations are in order for Professor Gero Miesenb\u00f6ck, who has been awarded the 2023 Japan Prize in the field of Life Sciences, together with Professor Karl Deisseroth, for pioneering work in the field of optogenetics.
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\n \n\n \n19 January 2023
\n \n \n \nCongratulations are in order for Dr Mootaz Salman, who has received the National Medal of Distinctive Scientific Achievement by the Government of Iraq.
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\n \n\n \n12 January 2023
\n \n \n \nThe Russian Academy of Sciences has awarded its highest accolade, the Lomonosov Gold Medal, to Emeritus Professor Denis Noble CBE, FRS.
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\n \n\n \n12 January 2023
\n \n \n \nThe 2022 Manpei Suzuki International Prize for Diabetes Research recognises original and excellent achievements in diabetes research. Professor Ashcroft is the first women to win in the 15 years this prestigious Prize has been awarded.
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\n \n\n \n11 January 2023
\n \n \n \nCongratulations are in order for the winners Katherine Brimblecombe and Anna Kordala, and also to J\u00e9ssica Luiz and Andia Redpath who were highly commended for their outreach and public engagement work.
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\n \n\n \n15 December 2022
\n \n \n \nProfessor of Sleep Physiology Vladyslav Vyazovskiy and Professor of Developmental Neuroscience Zolt\u00e1n Moln\u00e1r have been awarded a Project Grant from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) for \u201cBrain mechanisms of sleep: top-down or bottom-up?\u201d
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\n \n\n \n13 December 2022
\n \n \n \nThe Physiological Society President and Head of DPAG Professor David Paterson presented the 2022 Presidential Medal to Sir Patrick Vallance at a ceremony at the Royal Society on 2 December.
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