A department-wide image competition has yielded a range of stunning images showcasing the diversity and breadth of DPAG's science. Three prize winners and eight commended pictures are announced.
A pioneering book from Professor Zolt\u00e1n Moln\u00e1r and Yale Professors Tamas Horvath and Joy Hirsch to be released on 1 February 2022 addresses the fundamental relationship between the body, brain and behaviour.
Why we sleep, and the processes behind sleep, are amongst the most interesting questions in modern neuroscience. Researchers at the University of Oxford, including DPAG's Moln\u00e1r and Vyazovskiy group scientists, have now uncovered a new target for sleep investigations within the mammalian brain \u2013 the cerebral cortex. The paper, first authored by Dr Lukas Krone, was published today in Nature Neuroscience.
Preclinical Medicine Undergraduate students Thomas Henning, Ivan Jim Paul and Owen Sweeney have helped Oxford build on last year to achieve the University's best ever performance in The National Undergraduate Neuroanatomy Competition. Preparation for their successful participation was assisted by DPAG's Professor Zolt\u00e1n Moln\u00e1r, Dr Michael Gilder and Samuel Snowdon.
A new study from the Moln\u00e1r group on the role of regulated synaptic vesicular release in specialised synapse formation has made it to the cover of Cerebral Cortex.
Professor Zolt\u00e1n Moln\u00e1r talks to author and historian Iain Pears to better understand \"a time and place of great intellectual, religious, scientific and political ferment\" in which Thomas Willis lived and worked.
Professor Zolt\u00e1n Moln\u00e1r and St John's College Librarian Dr Petra Hofmann explore the extraordinary collection of Thomas Willis's books and rare letters held by the library 400 years after his birth.
Professor Zolt\u00e1n Moln\u00e1r talks to Professor Milo\u0161 Juda\u0161 for a unique comparison of Thomas Willis's profound discoveries and medical terminology in his original Latin tongue and the first English translations.
Professor Zolt\u00e1n Moln\u00e1r talks to Professor Kevin Talbot about Willis's insights into the patients he encountered and his descriptions of their symptoms that could arguably be used for teaching today.
Professor Zolt\u00e1n Moln\u00e1r talks to Professor Emeritus of Neurology Alastair Compston FRS about the deeply influential texts written by the Founder of Neurology Thomas Willis four centuries ago.
Professor Zolt\u00e1n Moln\u00e1r talks to Associate Professor Chrystalina Antoniades for an in-depth look at the Circle of Willis, the name given to the arterial ring at the base of the brain, in recognition of the man renowned for its original description.
Professor Zolt\u00e1n Moln\u00e1r talks to Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor Alastair Buchan to learn more about Thomas Willis's residence and base for scientific discoveries, Beam Hall.
Professor Zolt\u00e1n Moln\u00e1r talks to Dr Erica Charters for a History of Medicine perspective on Oxford physician and Father of Neurology Thomas Willis.
Transient neurones match the spontaneous and sensory driven activities to shape cortical circuits: a landmark collaborative review published in Science from Professor Zolt\u00e1n Moln\u00e1r, Professor Patrick Kanold and Professor Heiko Luhmann.
Professor Zolt\u00e1n Moln\u00e1r has been awarded an Einstein Visiting Fellowship to Charit\u00e9 - University Medicine, Berlin. This award sees him join the dynamic Oxford | Berlin collaboration, a strategic research partnership that supports high quality joint research initiatives across all disciplines of its member institutions, of which Neuroscience is a major focus.
An in-depth look into a collaborative DPAG, Chemistry and Oxford Martin School project pioneering a radical new approach in which the brain is repaired with 3D-printed neural tissues.
The winners of Oxford Neuroscience's BRAINScapes 2020 Image competition have been announced. Congratulations to Francis Szele, Auguste Vadisiute, Robert Lees and Andrew Shelton.
Pre-clinical Medicine Undergraduate students Kacper Kurzyp, Rafee Ahmed and Oliver Bredemeyer achieved Oxford University's best ever performance in The National Undergraduate Neuroanatomy Competition at the University of Southampton. Their participation was sponsored by DPAG with Professor Zolt\u00e1n Moln\u00e1r and Departmental Lecturer Dr Michael Gilder providing extra tuition to prepare them for their successful performances.
The severity of Zika virus-related deformations in babies has been shown to be affected by environmental factors such as maternal nutrition. The study was partially funded by a joint MRC Grant between DPAG's Professor Zolt\u00e1n Moln\u00e1r and Associate Professor Patricia Garcez of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
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