News — Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG)

Fellowship to Hugo Fernandes paves the way to improved treatment options for dementia

4 May 2023

Congratulations are in order to Dr Hugo Fernandes who has been awarded a sought after Alzheimer’s 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.

OPDC researchers support The Big Cream Tea for Parkinson’s

3 May 2023

On Saturday 15 April 2023, a team of researchers from the Oxford Parkinson's Disease Centre (OPDC) joined members of the Parkinson’s UK Oxford Branch to support ‘The Big Cream Tea’, which was organised to help raise awareness and funds for Parkinson’s UK.

Inaugural Fellowship to Charmaine Lang paves the way to improved human models for Parkinson's drug discovery

3 February 2023

Congratulations are in order for Departmental Research Lecturer Dr Charmaine Lang who has been awarded the first jointly funded Senior Research Fellowship from Parkinson’s 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.

Mootaz Salman set to target new treatments for stroke

25 January 2023

The Chief Scientist Office of the Government of Scotland has awarded a collaborative grant of £298,966 to Dr Mootaz Salman to seek new therapeutic avenues to treat stroke.

Mootaz Salman receives prestigious science award from Iraq

19 January 2023

Congratulations are in order for Dr Mootaz Salman, who has received the National Medal of Distinctive Scientific Achievement by the Government of Iraq.

New study shows clinical symptoms for Alzheimer’s can be predicted in preclinical models

10 November 2022

Establishing preclinical models of Alzheimer’s that reflect in-life clinical symptoms of each individual is a critically important goal, yet so far it has not been fully realised. A new collaborative study from the University of Oxford has demonstrated that clinical vulnerability to an abnormally abundant protein in Alzheimer’s brain is in fact reflected in individual patient induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cortical neurons.

Inside the Wade-Martins Lab for World Alzheimer’s Day 2022

22 September 2022

This week DPAG marked World Alzheimer's Day, which took place on Wednesday 21 September 2022, with an inside look into the Wade-Martins Laboratory.

Becky Carlyle funded by leading dementia research charity to reveal new targets for Alzheimer's

21 September 2022

Senior Postdoctoral Research Scientist Dr Becky Carlyle has been awarded a £420K funding boost from Alzheimer’s Research UK.

Mootaz Salman recognised by premier global society for Neurochemists

26 July 2022

Congratulations are in order for Dr Mootaz Salman, who has received the prestigious Young Scientist Lectureship Award by the International Society of Neurochemistry (ISN) in recognition for his eminent research achievements in cellular neuroscience.

Wade-Martins Group attain Silver Sustainability Award

19 July 2022

The Wade-Martins Group has achieved a Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework (LEAF) Silver award in recognition of its sustainable practices.

Fellowship awarded to Mootaz Salman could pave the way for early intervention in Parkinson’s

29 June 2022

Congratulations are in order for Departmental Research Lecturer Dr Mootaz Salman who has been awarded a prestigious Early Career Fellowship funded by the Leverhulme Trust.

Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre awarded £3.8 million to reveal the role of calcium in Parkinson’s

29 April 2022

A collaborative research team led by the Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre (OPDC) has been awarded a £3.8 million Wellcome Trust Collaborative Award to study the function of calcium in dopamine neurons, and how this is plays a role in Parkinson’s. Their research will help explain how and why dopamine neurons are vulnerable in the disease and look at how they may be preserved.

Charmaine Lang appointed Departmental Research Lecturer

28 April 2022

Congratulations are in order to Charmaine Lang on her conferral of the title of Departmental Research Lecturer.

Mootaz Salman appointed Departmental Research Lecturer

9 December 2021

Congratulations are in order to Mootaz Salman on his conferral of the title of Departmental Research Lecturer.

Winners of the DPAG Student Poster Day 2021 announced

19 November 2021

"A Year of Progress" was held in the Sherrington Library and Sherrington PCR Café on Thursday 18 November 2021.

Wade-Martins Group achieves Bronze award for sustainable practices

28 October 2021

The Wade-Martins Group has achieved a Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework (LEAF) Bronze award in recognition of its sustainable practices.

Mapping uncharted networks in the progression of Parkinson’s

26 October 2021

A major new $9 million project funded by the Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) initiative will map the original circuits vulnerable to Parkinson’s on an unprecedented scale. The project is a collaboration between core investigators Stephanie Cragg, Richard Wade-Martins, and Peter Magill at Oxford, Mark Howe at Boston University and Dinos Meletis at the Karolinska Institutet, as well as collaborators Yulong Li at Peking University and Michael Lin at Stanford University.

Effect of TFP on brain metabolic markers after stroke. Representative images of FTIR spectroscopic imaging at 24 h post-stroke in non-treated stroke and sham animals, and animals treated with TFP at 30 minute pre- stroke or 1 h post-stroke.

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