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

Sherrington Talks 2022 Prize Winners

17 June 2022

The 2022 Sherrington talks were presented by graduate students in their third year of DPhil research study.

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.

Dr Jessica Meir inspires the next generation of scientists and explorers

18 November 2021

NASA Astronaut and Physiologist Dr Jessica Meir delivers the Sherrington Prize Lecture: Public Understanding of Science to an audience of DPAG staff, students and their families.

One high altitude explorer acknowledges another

18 November 2021

NASA Astronaut and Physiologist Dr Jessica Meir unveils The Physiological Society blue plaque in honour of fellow pioneering Physiologist and Scientific Explorer Mabel FitzGerald.

Dame Kay Davies FRS delivers inaugural Sir Wilfrid Le Gros Clark Prize Lecture

4 November 2021

The new annual lecture is held in honour of Sir Wilfrid Le Gros Clark, the Department’s former Chair of Anatomy, after whom the Le Gros Clark building is named, who was a leading figure in British anatomy.

Sherrington Talks 2021 Prize Winners

21 June 2021

The 2021 Sherrington talks were presented by graduate students in their third year of DPhil research study.

Image showing all 17 students who took part in the talks.

Sherrington Talks 2020 Prize Winners

19 June 2020

The 2020 Sherrington talks were presented by graduate students in their third year of DPhil research study.

Prof. Dr. Nils Brose honours former teacher Marianne Fillenz in Memorial Lecture

5 March 2020

The annual lecture is held in honour of one of the great physiologists of the last century, Marianne Fillenz. Fillenz was a devoted and much loved University Demonstrator in the Laboratory of Physiology and her lab was positioned at the forefront of the application of measuring chemicals that could be detected directly at the electrode.

Professor Eve Marder delivers the 2020 Mabel FitzGerald Prize Lecture

24 February 2020

The annual lecture is held in honour of the pioneering physiologist and clinical pathologist, Mabel Purefoy FitzGerald.

Winners of the DPAG Student Poster Day 2019 announced

7 November 2019

"A Year of Progress" was held in the Sherrington Library on Wednesday 6 November 2019.

Professor Dame Pamela Shaw delivers the GL Brown Prize Lecture 2019

31 October 2019

The GL Brown Prize Lecture series from The Physiological Society is aimed at an early career audience to stimulate an interest in physiology.

DPAG members shine at the Oxford BHF CRE Annual Symposium 2019

17 October 2019

Congratulations are in order to Matthew Kerr, Andia Redpath, Susann Bruche, KC Park and Minahil Mujahid for their achievements at this major showcase for Oxford's British Heart Foundation funded Researchers.

Professor Christine Mummery gives the 2019 John Burdon-Sanderson Lecture

16 October 2019

The annual lecture given this year by a world leading stem cell scientist is held in honour of John Burdon-Sanderson, the University of Oxford's first Waynflete Professor of Physiology, after whom the Cardiac Centre is named.

DPAG Women's Dinner 2019

11 October 2019

In conjunction with the Athena SWAN initiative and organised by Professor Kieran Clarke, a dinner was held on Monday 30 September at Merton College for female researchers.

DPAG Academics deliver UNIQ Summer School in Medicine classes

18 July 2019

UNIQ is open to students studying in their first year of further education, who are based at UK state schools or colleges. The Summer School provides an opportunity for students to receive first-hand experience of life at university, meet like-minded people and gain a deeper understanding of a subject that interests them.

Departmental Garden Party 2019

4 July 2019

Cardiac, metabolism and cell physiology researchers come together for Integrative Physiology Theme Day

3 July 2019

The Department's third and final theme day of the year culminated in a series of exciting internal talks from a diverse range of research groups covering all aspects of integrative physiology. From diabetes to iron deficiency, from pH physiology to cancer cells, the talks showcased the huge breadth of science studied across DPAG.

Next generation of scientists meet CRISPR pioneer

26 June 2019

The Department hosted a special public understanding of science lecture, the Sherrington Prize Lecture, delivered by Dr Jennifer Doudna FRS on Tuesday 25 June. Dr Doudna outlined research into CRISPR-cas9 gene editing to a captivated audience including graduate students and local sixth form Biology students.

Sherrington Talks 2019 Prize Winners

24 June 2019

The 2019 Sherrington talks were presented by graduate students in their third year of DPhil research study

We dissect the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying a range of developmental and reproductive processes

Development and Cell Biology Researchers showcased in diverse and collaborative annual event

7 June 2019

A series of internal talks demonstrated an extensive breadth of research within the Development and Cell Biology Theme that tackles the questions fundamental to understanding evolution, growth, organ formation, the onset of disease and tissue regeneration. DPAG Researchers were also joined by two external speakers presenting their research into age-related angiocrine signals and stem cell strategies for lung development.

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