Congratulations are in order to Vladyslav Vyazovskiy on his conferral of the title of full Professor. Research in the Vyazovskiy Lab aims to understand the fundamental questions of \"what is sleep?\" and \u201cwhy do we sleep?\u201d
The annual lecture is held in dedication to pioneering Physiologist and Scientific Explorer, Mabel FitzGerald, in whose honour the Department recently erected The Physiological Society blue plaque outside the Cardiac Science Centre.
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.
NASA Astronaut and Physiologist Dr Jessica Meir unveils The Physiological Society blue plaque in honour of fellow pioneering Physiologist and Scientific Explorer Mabel FitzGerald.
British artist Patrick Hughes has donated an artwork entitled \u201cPopsee\u201d to DPAG in honour of Emeritus Professor of Physiology Sir Colin Blakemore FRS and their shared interest in visual perception.
The new annual lecture is held in honour of Sir Wilfrid Le Gros Clark, the Department\u2019s former Chair of Anatomy, after whom the Le Gros Clark building is named, who was a leading figure in British anatomy.
Head of Department and President of The Physiological Society Professor David Paterson has been involved in developing a new animation about physiology fundamentals which launches today during Biology Week 2021.
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has today decided to award the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch.
A portrait of British Physiologist John Scott Haldane, known as the father of oxygen therapy, by Philip de L\u00e1szl\u00f3 is on display on the first floor of the Sherrington building.
The Large Lecture Theatre is being renamed the Blakemore Lecture Theatre in tribute to the longest serving Waynflete Professor of Physiology Sir Colin Blakemore FRS following a prestigious Festschrift event held in Professor Blakemore's honour.
The newly renamed Florence Buchanan Lecture Theatre is testament to Dr Buchanan\u2019s pioneering career in physiology, in line with the Department's ongoing commitment to acknowledge the significant contribution of women to DPAG and its predecessor departments.
The Department's Annual Report for the academic year 2020-2021 has been released. The brochure showcases a selection of the year's highlights, celebrating our significant advances in both research and equality, diversity and inclusion in what has been another challenging year in the grip of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Department's most prestigious named lecture was delivered this year by Shaw Prize winner and Waynflete Professor of Physiology Gero Miesenb\u00f6ck FRS in honour of our 1913 Waynflete Professor and Nobel Laureate Sir Charles Sherrington OM GBE PRS. The lecture was followed by the unveiling of The Physiological Society blue plaque honouring Sherrington by Sir Colin Blakemore FRS.
Honouring the heritage of pioneering physiologists Sir Charles Sherrington and Florence Buchanan. \"Commemorating both pioneers together highlights the importance of advocacy and mentoring that was evident over a century ago as equality was championed.\" (David Paterson)
Head of Department Professor David Paterson joins Lord David Willets, Dame Ottoline Leyser and Priya Guha in discussing the future priorities for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) - summaries are now published in The Foundation for Science and Technology Journal.
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