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Harvey Davis wins prestigious OXION 2018 Poster Prize

30 October 2018

Congratulations are in order to Harvey Davis, the winner of this year's OXION Poster Prize.

Every year two prizes (of £125) are given for the best posters presented at the annual OXION symposium on Membrane Transport proteins (ion channels and transporters).

This year – the 16^th year the OXION symposium has been held – one of the prizes was won by Harvey Davis, for his poster entitled “Stellate ganglia M-current dysregulation leads to repetitive action potential firing in the spontaneously hypertensive rat," with Neil Herring and David Paterson.

Harvey has just started his third year of an OXION PhD studentship and is working in the Paterson group in DPAG.

Can humans hibernate?

20 March 2023

Illuminating new TEDx Talk from Professor of Sleep Physiology Vladyslav Vyazovskiy

Professor Dame Frances Ashcroft to receive Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science

17 March 2023

The 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.

Annie Park to advance our understanding of how the brain encodes reward with new Wellcome Trust Award

13 March 2023

Congratulations are in order for Postdoctoral Fellow Dr Annie Park who has been awarded a prestigious Wellcome Early-Career Award.

New insights into chemogenetic designer drugs to enhance our study of behaviour

10 March 2023

A collaborative team of researchers in DPAG and Pharmacology led by Dr Lukas Krone have uncovered striking new data demonstrating that two widely used designer drugs used to turn populations of neurons on and off in the brain cause unexpected effects on sleep. These results demonstrate a critical need to improve chemogenetic approaches in behavioural studies.

Unlocking the Secrets of cAMP Signalling in the Heart: A Pathway to Targeted Therapeutics

9 March 2023

A new Zaccolo group study has revealed key new insights into the role of cAMP signalling in both healthy and disease settings within the heart. They have identified new cAMP nanodomains in cardiac muscle cells that have far reaching implications for the treatment of heart disease.