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« Back to NewsComputational neuroscientist Rui Ponte Costa joins DPAG
10 August 2023
CNCB Head of Department's News Integrative Neuroscience
This September, Dr Rui Ponte Costa relocates his Neural and Machine Learning group to DPAG. He was previously a Senior Lecturer in Computational Neuroscience and Machine Learning at the University of Bristol. His research group focuses on producing AI-driven brain-wide computational models of learning.
Sherrington Road Street Party 2023
17 July 2023
General Head of Department's News
On Friday 7 July 2023, DPAG, Biochemistry and Kavli INsD came together for the second Sherrington Road Street Party to enjoy paella, ice cream, street food snacks, Pimms, and garden games in University Parks. Enjoy some photographs of the event here.
Professor Scott Waddell appointed Deputy Head of Department
17 July 2023
Awards and Honours CNCB Head of Department's News
Congratulations are in order to Professor Scott Waddell FRS who becomes Deputy Head of the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics alongside Professor Manuela Zaccolo.
Winners of the DPAG Image Competition 2023 announced
7 July 2023
Awards and Honours EDI News Head of Department's News Postdoctoral Riley Group News Stone Group News Students
A department-wide image competition has yielded a wide variety of beautiful images showcasing the diversity and breadth of DPAG's science. Two prize winners and a further three commended pictures are announced.
Annual Report 2022 - 2023
7 July 2023
The Department's Annual Report for the academic year 2022-23 has been released. The brochure showcases a selection of the year's highlights, including another top world ranking for Anatomy and Physiology, our prestigious new hires, and our longest list of awards and honours yet.
Leducq-funded transatlantic network set to pioneer new diagnosis and treatment of heart disease
13 June 2023
Awards and Honours Cardiac Theme Head of Department's News
Professor David Paterson, in collaboration with the UCLA’s Professor Kalyanam Shivkumar, has been awarded a prestigious Leducq International Network of Excellence Program Award of $8 million (£6.3M) to set up a major new transatlantic network linking world leading researchers from the USA and Europe to develop ‘Bioelectronics for neurocardiology diagnosis and therapeutics’.
Professor Dame Frances Ashcroft FRS delivers 2023 Krebs Prize Lecture
2 June 2023
General Head of Department's News
Professor Ashcroft, who discovered the previously missing link connecting an increase in blood sugar level to the secretion of insulin (the KATP channel), delivered a talk about her pioneering research in honour of Sir Hans Krebs, the 1953 Nobel Laureate in Physiology and Medicine who discovered the critic acid cycle.
Nobel Laureate Peter Agre delivers special lecture
24 May 2023
General Head of Department's News
Professor Peter Agre visited DPAG to deliver a talk about his Nobel winning discovery of the aquaporin water channels, known as the 'plumbing system of cells'.
Three new DPAG Fellows of the Royal Society
10 May 2023
Awards and Honours EDI News Head of Department's News
Congratulations are in order to Professor Scott Waddell FRS, Visiting Professor Sue Black FRS and Honorary Professor Irene Tracey FRS on their election to The Royal Society.
Silvia Arber delivers 2023 Sherrington Prize Lecture
3 May 2023
EDI News General Head of Department's News
The renowned neuroscientist recognised for her work on the organisation and function of neuronal circuits controlling movement gave the lecture in honour of Sir Charles Sherrington, who became Waynflete Professor of Physiology in 1913 and is widely regarded to be the father of neurophysiology.
DPAG top of the world rankings for fourth consecutive year
11 April 2023
General Head of Department's News Teaching
Re-defining Excellence - Oxford Anatomy and Physiology ranked #1 in the QS World University Rankings by subject 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.
Professor Molly Stevens joins DPAG as John Black Professor of Bionanoscience
3 April 2023
EDI News General Head of Department's News Stevens Group News
The Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics is delighted to welcome Professor Molly Stevens FREng FRS, as she takes up the post of John Black Professor of Bionanoscience on 1 April 2023. We also extend a warm welcome to Professor Stevens’s large, interdisciplinary research group whose members are drawn from disciplines across the medical and physical sciences.
Tribute to Sir Wilfrid Le Gros Clark FRS displayed in Sherrington
24 March 2023
General Head of Department's News
The bronze portrait bust created by Sir Jacob Epstein was originally presented to the Department of Human Anatomy to mark the occasion of Sir Wilfrid Le Gros Clark's silver jubilee as Dr Lee's Professor of Anatomy.
Professor Sir Chris Whitty brings greater understanding of epidemics to Oxford
14 March 2023
General Head of Department's News
Chief Medical Officer of England Professor Sir Chris Whitty KCB FMedSci delivers the Sherrington Prize Lecture: Public Understanding of Science to an audience of Oxford staff and students.
Armin Lak appointed Associate Professor of Integrative Neuroscience
24 February 2023
Awards and Honours Head of Department's News Integrative Neuroscience
The post is in association with a Tutorial Fellowship at St John's College.
Professor Dino Giussani delivers the GL Brown Prize Lecture
10 February 2023
General Head of Department's News
The GL Brown Prize Lecture series from The Physiological Society is aimed at an early career audience to stimulate an interest in physiology.
Gero Miesenböck awarded 2023 Japan Prize
24 January 2023
Awards and Honours CNCB Head of Department's News
Congratulations are in order for Professor Gero Miesenböck, who has been awarded the 2023 Japan Prize in the field of Life Sciences, together with Professor Karl Deisseroth, for pioneering work in the field of optogenetics.
Inaugural winners of the DPAG Prize for Public Engagement with Research announced
11 January 2023
Awards and Honours Cragg Group News EDI News Head of Department's News Outreach Postdoctoral Smart Group News Students
Congratulations are in order for the winners Katherine Brimblecombe and Anna Kordala, and also to Jéssica Luiz and Andia Redpath who were highly commended for their outreach and public engagement work.
David Paterson awards President's Medal to Sir Patrick Vallance
13 December 2022
Awards and Honours Head of Department's News
The Physiological Society President and Head of DPAG Professor David Paterson presented the 2022 Presidential Medal to Sir Patrick Vallance at a ceremony at the Royal Society on 2 December.