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The annual lecture is held in honour of Sir Charles Sherrington, former Waynflete Professor of Physiology and Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Laureate, who coined the word "synapse."

Black and white formal portrait of Charles Sherrington.

Why do we need sleep? Oxford researchers find the answer may lie in mitochondria

A New study uncovers how a metabolic “overload” in specialised brain cells triggers the need to sleep. Sleep may not just be rest for the mind - it may be essential maintenance for the body’s power supply.

New research shows cortical layers implement AI-like predictive learning

Soft microrobots bring precision drug delivery closer to clinical reality

Peter Beaconsfield Essay Prize - triple success

Professor Ana Domingos elected to EMBO membership

Professor Dame Molly Stevens awarded the IOM3 Chapman Medal

Lakhal-Littleton Group's latest research on intravenous iron therapy is published in the European Journal of Heart Failure

Professor Ana Domingos one of seven Oxford academics awarded European Research Council Advanced Grants

BHF Fellowship Awarded to Explore the Hidden Role of Placental Blood Vessels in Pregnancy and Fetal Heart Health

Dr Mootaz Salman awarded £1.5M BHF/ UK DRI Group Leader position to advance research on the blood-brain barrier in dementia and neurodegeneration

Butt Lab publish a study in Nature Communications on how changes in serotonin signalling affect perinatal brain development

Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre hosts the 2025 Oxford Parkinson’s Research Day

New Lak Lab paper published in Cell: dopamine signals for long-term learning

A conversation with Professor Robert Langer ahead of his DPAG Kavli Sir Hans Krebs Lecture

Paper published by Heather Group in Circulation Research identifies a new metabolic axis which explains why the diabetic heart becomes fatty

Professor Dame Molly Stevens among new Fellows announced by Academy of Medical Sciences

Rui Ponte Costa awarded title of Associate Professor

An interview with Professor Sheena S. Iyengar ahead of her Sherrington Public Understanding of Science lecture

An interview with Burdon Sanderson Prize Lecturer Professor Andrew Marks

Wake-Up Switch in the brain: scientists discover key neurons that help us stay alert and process the world

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Why do we need sleep? Oxford researchers find the answer may lie in mitochondria

A New study uncovers how a metabolic “overload” in specialised brain cells triggers the need to sleep. Sleep may not just be rest for the mind - it may be essential maintenance for the body’s power supply.

New research shows cortical layers implement AI-like predictive learning

Soft microrobots bring precision drug delivery closer to clinical reality

Peter Beaconsfield Essay Prize - triple success

Professor Ana Domingos elected to EMBO membership