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

BBSRC-funded Oxford-Cambridge consortium to close the gap in our understanding of human heart development

3 October 2023

A research consortium of DPAG/IDRM and University of Cambridge scientists have been awarded a major strategic grant by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to answer the pressing long-standing questions of how the human heart grows, how it is put together, and how the different heart cells communicate with each other during pregnancy.

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.

Filipa Simões set to advance pro-regeneration heart therapies

1 February 2022

Congratulations to Dr Filipa Simões who has been awarded a British Heart Foundation (BHF) Intermediate Basic Science Research Fellowship. She will investigate how immune cells called macrophages facilitate long-lasting heart regeneration in the zebrafish and how this could be harnessed for the human heart.

New target identified for repairing the heart after heart attack

30 January 2020

An immune cell is shown for the first time to be involved in creating the scar that repairs the heart after damage. The Riley Group study was funded by the British Heart Foundation and led by BHF CRE Intermediate Transition Research Fellow Dr Filipa Simões.

Filipa Simões is one of ten women shortlisted for a Knono Award in honour of International Women's Day

8 March 2019

The Knomo Award is a platform to celebrate extraordinary and entrepreneurial women. Dr Filipa Simões' nomination reflects her commitment to producing leading research, the hard work she puts into her flourishing career alongside raising a young family, while also finding time for outreach.

Filipa Simoes and Tonia Thomas receive their poster prizes and shake hands with prize presenter. Credit: Bob Mahoney

Members of our Department are this year's Oxford BHF CRE Day Poster Prize winners

3 December 2018

Congratulations are in order to Filipa Simões, Nikita Ved and Tonia Thomas for their achievement at the BHF CRE Annual Symposium 2018.