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

team members doing the Parkinson's walk in the rain

OPDC take part in the annual Walk for Parkinson’s

23 July 2024

The Wade-Martins Research Group and visitors in the main foyer in the Kavli Institute Nanoscience for Discovery

Wade-Martins Group Researchers welcome special guests to the department

6 June 2024

A photo of team members in front of a giant inflatable brain

OPDC researchers support The Cream Tea event for Parkinson’s

16 April 2024

The above photo was taken in the main foyer in the Kavli Institute Nanoscience for Discovery, Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin building.
Front row: Dr Charmaine Lang, Roberta Coelho, Mary Doherty, Dawn Huntley, Dr Kalina Naidoo. Back row: Claire Eades, Stephen Coelho, Professor Richard Wade-Martins, Dr Hugo Fernandes, Akansha Mehta, Dr Maria Claudia Caiazza, Dr Sarah Pearce, Dr Brent Ryan, Leslie Doherty.

Researchers from the Wade-Martins Group host fundraiser’s visit to the department

5 April 2024

New "Behind the Paper" blog post written for Springer Nature Research Communities

23 February 2024

New Parkinson’s UK Video features DPAG research

29 January 2024

Mootaz Salman wins SEB 2024 President’s Medal

8 January 2024

Dr Mootaz Salman has been awarded the Society for Experimental Biology (SEB) 2024 President’s Medal for the Cell Biology Section

Members of the Wade-Martins group wearing medals

OPDC join in the annual Walk for Parkinson’s

12 October 2023

A team of Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre (OPDC) researchers and supporters including Professor Laura Parkkinen, Dr Ira Milosevic and a team from the Wade-Martins Group took part in the annual Walk for Parkinson's in Henley-on-Thames organised by Parkinson's UK, in conjunction with the Parkinson’s UK Oxford Branch.

Researcher Spotlight for South Asian Heritage Month: Dr Kalina Naidoo

18 July 2023

South Asian Heritage Month, running from 18 July - 17 August each year, aims to commemorate, and celebrate, South Asian cultures, histories and communities, helping to spread awareness of the diverse heritage and cultures that continue to link the UK with South Asia. Here at DPAG, we are celebrating the stories that make up our diverse and vibrant community. Meet Dr Kalina Naidoo, a Postdoctoral Neuronal Cell Biologist working in the Wade-Martins Group based in the Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery (Kavli INsD).

Wade-Martins Group attain Gold Sustainability Award

22 June 2023

The Wade-Martins Group has achieved a Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework (LEAF) Gold award in recognition of its sustainable practices – the first lab to achieve the top award within the 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.

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