{ "items": [ "\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Awards and Honours\n \n \n \n \n OPDC News\n \n \n \n \n Students\n \n \n \n \n Wade-Martins Group News\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n30 June 2017
\n \n \n \nThe 2017 Sherrington talks were held on 23 June with presentations from graduate students in their third year of study.
\n \n\n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n OPDC News\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n22 June 2017
\n \n \n \nDr Lovestone is a practising Old Age Psychiatrist who has been recognised for his services to neuroscience research.
\n \n\n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n OPDC News\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n5 June 2017
\n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n OPDC News\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n24 May 2017
\n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n OPDC News\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n11 April 2017
\n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n OPDC News\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n10 April 2017
\n \n \n \nThe Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) launched IMPRiND in March 2017, an innovative research project that is devoted to investigating whether mechanisms of propagation of aggregated proteins between cells could enable novel therapeutic approaches in Alzheimer\u2019s and Parkinson\u2019s.
\n \n\n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n OPDC News\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n19 January 2017
\n \n \n \nBy bringing together cutting-edge stem cell technologies and computational biology, researchers at OPDC have developed a unique way to identify existing drugs that could potentially be repurposed for treating Parkinson\u2019s.
\n \n\n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n OPDC News\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n12 January 2017
\n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n OPDC News\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n15 December 2016
\n \n \n \nOPDC researchers on BBC news to highlight the need for volunteers to take as healthy controls and to join our RBD sleep study.
\n \n\n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n OPDC News\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n9 December 2016
\n \n \n \nWe are looking for up to 300 male volunteers, ideally aged between 50 and 75, who are healthy with no family history of Parkinson\u2019s. Ideally they should be English speaking with no sleep or memory issues. The study is investigating whether it is possible to detect and diagnose Parkinson\u2019s earlier. It is running for the next five years.
\n \n\n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n OPDC News\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n9 November 2016
\n \n \n \nPaul Mayhew-Archer has been named best presenter at the Grierson Awards, which celebrate Britain\u2019s best documentaries. \r\n\r\nParkinson's: The Funny Side was a rare venture in front of the camera for the man who has written on Miranda, My Hero and Mrs Brown's Boys, as well as The Vicar of Dibley with Richard Curtis. The programme features Dr Fahd Baig, OPDC Clinical Research Fellow, talking to Paul about the phone app that is used in our large Discovery Cohort Study, and Professor Richard Wade-Martins, OPDC Principal Investigator, giving a summary of our research at the OPDC.
\n \n\n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n OPDC News\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n3 November 2016
\n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n OPDC News\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n27 October 2016
\n \n \n \nSix universities including Oxford have been awarded a total of \u00a34.3m by the Medical Research Council (MRC) to grow and develop the UK\u2019s research base in dementia science.
\n \n\n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n OPDC News\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n24 October 2016
\n \n \n \nTeam OPDC take to the road in the 2016 Oxford Parkinson's Walk
\n \n\n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n OPDC News\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n28 September 2016
\n \n \n \nOPDC Theme 3 leader Pete Magill in new podcast on the use of viruses in brain research.
\n \n\n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n OPDC News\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n31 August 2016
\n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n OPDC News\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n12 August 2016
\n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Awards and Honours\n \n \n \n \n OPDC News\n \n \n \n \n Wade-Martins Group News\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n15 July 2016
\n \n \n \nOn 7 July 2016 the DPAG cricket team were victorious against IT Services, Anant Parekh and Pradeep Kumar report:
\n \n\n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Awards and Honours\n \n \n \n \n Cragg Group News\n \n \n \n \n EDI Events\n \n \n \n \n OPDC News\n \n \n \n \n Research\n \n \n \n \n Riley Group News\n \n \n \n \n Students\n \n \n \n \n Wade-Martins Group News\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n28 June 2016
\n \n \n \nOn 24 June 12 students presented talks about their works to their peers and colleagues. At the close of the event, prizes were presented to the following students:
\n \n\n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n OPDC News\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n22 June 2016
\n \n \n \n\n \n \n