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\n \n\n \n27 September 2021
\n \n \n \nKaitlyn Dennis, Ujang Purnama and Kerstin Timm have won prizes across each of the three award categories at this year\u2019s Society for Heart and Vascular Metabolism conference, demonstrating DPAG's continued excellence in cardiac metabolism research.
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\n \n\n \n14 September 2021
\n \n \n \nDr Richard Tyser is this year\u2019s winner of the Bernard and Joan Marshall Early Career Investigator Prize, and Dr Jack Miller has received a runner-up award, at the British Society of Cardiovascular Research Autumn Meeting.
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\n \n\n \n8 June 2021
\n \n \n \nIn animal models, iron deficient mothers have a greatly increased risk of having offspring with congenital heart disease (CHD). The risk of CHD can be greatly reduced if the mother is given iron supplements very early in pregnancy. Additionally, embryos from a mouse model of Down Syndrome were particularly vulnerable to the effects of maternal iron deficiency, leading to a higher risk of developing severe heart defects.
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\n \n\n \n26 March 2021
\n \n \n \nA new collaborative project led by the Swietach group funded by the Propionic Acidemia Foundation will investigate the disease mechanisms and risk factors for cardiac disease caused by a severe inherited disorder.
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\n \n\n \n19 November 2020
\n \n \n \nNew research led by Oxford BHF CRE Intermediate Transition Fellow Dr Kerstin Timm shows that a recently developed imaging technique pioneered by the Tyler Group can detect early metabolic changes in the heart caused by a commonly used chemotherapy drug, which is known to increase risk of heart failure in cancer survivors.
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\n \n\n \n12 November 2020
\n \n \n \nAssociate Professor Neil Herring has been awarded a Senior Clinical Research Fellowship and a Project grant from the British Heart Foundation to further critical research into the mechanisms behind heart attacks and heart failure and potential drugs to combat them. Given the 50% reduction in research investment this year from the BHF due to the impact of COVID-19, Prof Herring is to be congratulated on these awards.
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\n \n\n \n27 October 2020
\n \n \n \nCongratulations are in order for Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton, who has been awarded a Senior Non-Clinical Fellowship by the Medical Research Council to further her lab's work exploring the implications of the cardiac hepcidin/ferroportin axis for the management of iron deficiency in heart failure.
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\n \n\n \n4 September 2020
\n \n \n \nA new paper from the Heather and Tyler groups has uncovered the mechanism responsible for reduced energy in the hearts of patients with type 2 diabetes and revealed a new therapeutic strategy to reverse the energy deficit.
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\n \n\n \n16 June 2020
\n \n \n \nCongratulations are in order for DPhil student Oliver Neely of the Paterson and Domingos labs, who has been awarded the Peter Beaconsfield Prize in Physiological Sciences 2020.
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\n \n\n \n26 May 2020
\n \n \n \nDPAG researchers have collaborated on an international study that demonstrates a detailed mechanistic understanding of how the anti-malaria drug, Hydroxychloroquine, combined with antibiotics, can cause adverse cardiac side-effects in COVID-19 patients. This gives weight to US Federal advice against using this combined treatment.
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\n \n\n \n31 January 2020
\n \n \n \nDPAG's Dr Jakub Tomek and Professor Blanca Rodriguez's Computational Cardiovascular Science Team have developed a new computer model that recreates the electrical activity of the ventricles in a human heart. In doing so, they have uncovered and resolved theoretical inconsistencies that have been present in almost all models of the heart from the last 25 years and created a new human heart model that could enable more basic, translational and clinical research into a range of heart diseases and potentially accelerate the development of new therapies.
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\n \n\n \n8 January 2020
\n \n \n \nFor many years, we have been using beta-blockers to neutralise a specific stress hormone and prevent dangerous heart rhythms following a heart attack. However, a new study led by Associate Professor Neil Herring and published in the European Heart Journal has uncovered evidence for an additional stress hormone acting as a key trigger for dangerous heart rhythms that is not currently targeted by these drugs.
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\n \n\n \n7 January 2020
\n \n \n \nUCLA Researchers in collaboration with DPAG researchers from the Paterson and Herring Groups have identified a biomarker for increased risk of early mortality in patients with heart failure. Associate Professor Neil Herring is senior author.
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\n \n\n \n21 October 2019
\n \n \n \nCongratulations are in order to Professor Manuela Zaccolo on being elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology.
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\n \n\n \n17 October 2019
\n \n \n \nCongratulations are in order to Matthew Kerr, Andia Redpath, Susann Bruche, KC Park and Minahil Mujahid for their achievements at this major showcase for Oxford's British Heart Foundation funded Researchers.
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\n \n\n \n15 October 2019
\n \n \n \nThe award recognises and solidifies Professor Tyler's collaborative work with the MR Research Centre, part of the Department of Clinical Medicine at the University of Aarhus.
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\n \n\n \n12 July 2019
\n \n \n \nDuring the emergency procedure used to reopen the blocked artery causing a heart attack, smaller \"micro\" blood vessels can remain constricted causing significant damage. A new study led by Associate Professor Neil Herring and published in the European Heart Journal has established a key cause behind this constriction and identified a potential therapeutic target to block the mechanism behind it.
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\n \n\n \n3 July 2019
\n \n \n \nThe Department's third and final theme day of the year culminated in a series of exciting internal talks from a diverse range of research groups covering all aspects of integrative physiology. From diabetes to iron deficiency, from pH physiology to cancer cells, the talks showcased the huge breadth of science studied across DPAG.
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\n \n\n \n7 June 2019
\n \n \n \nCongratulations are in order to Smart Group members Dr Tonia Thomas and Sonali Munshaw.
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\n \n\n \n7 June 2019
\n \n \n \nCongratulations are in order to Associate Professor Neil Herring on being made a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.
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