Vladyslav Vyazovskiy will head up new Gordon Research Conference
17 January 2024
Vladyslav Vyazovskiy will be the first chair of a new Gordon Research Conference on Neurobiology of Psychedelics.
Mootaz Salman wins SEB 2024 President’s Medal
8 January 2024
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Dr Mootaz Salman has been awarded the Society for Experimental Biology (SEB) 2024 President’s Medal for the Cell Biology Section
Professor Molly Stevens made a Dame in New Year’s Honours
30 December 2023
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The New Year Honours 2024 Lists have been published, marking the achievements and service of extraordinary people across the UK, including Professor Molly Stevens
New Paper on Layer 6b published by Professor Zoltan Molnar and colleagues in Neuron
15 December 2023
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Professor Zoltan Molnar has collaborated with colleagues on a new paper in Neuron.
Breakthrough Insights: Diffusion-Limited Oxygen Release from Stored Blood Unveiled in New Article
5 December 2023
In a new article published in Blood, the journal of the American Society of Hematology, researchers from the Department of Physiology, Anatomy, and Genetics (DPAG) and The Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) at the University of Oxford present compelling evidence that challenges established notions about oxygen delivery during organ perfusion.
Researchers characterise the landscape of somatic mutations among acid-base transporters in human cancers
1 December 2023
A new paper lead by DPhil student Bobby White and Professor Pawel Swietach from DPAG’s Swietach Group explores the role that somatic mutations affecting plasma membrane acid-base transporters play in human cancer evolution. The team identify acid-base transporters that are essential to cancer cell survival, and those where somatic mutations are likely to play a driving role in certain cancer types.
Farewell to the Le Gros Clark Building
29 November 2023
We say goodbye to a building that has been central through our development as DPAG
Brain Health Innovation Summit
29 November 2023
Where expertise meets innovation: a taskforce driving brain health research
Pawel Swietach and KC Park publish paper in Nature Cardiovascular Research
24 November 2023
Working with collaborators from across Oxford (Thomas Milne, Nick Crump, James McCullagh, Roman Fisher, Marjorie Fournier), in Cambridge (Sophie Trefely), and at Great Ormond Street Hospital (Steve Krywawych), Pawel Swietach and KC Park working at DPAG have published a new article, 'Disrupted propionate metabolism evokes transcriptional changes in the heart by increasing histone acetylation and propionylation', in Nature Cardiovascular Research.
DPAG at the Oxford Digital Festival
24 November 2023
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DPAG researchers participated in the Oxford Digital Festival to showcase a virtual reality (VR) experience created by the interdisciplinary Shaping Destiny public engagement project.
Head of Department honoured – twice!
16 November 2023
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Head of Department Professor David Paterson has recently received two honorary awards.
Rui Ponte Costa receives EPSRC New Investigator Award
15 November 2023
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Rui Ponte Costa has received an EPSRC New Investigator award for research exploring Cerebellum-inspired parallel deep learning
Mootaz Salman wins a BBSRC Pioneer Award
14 November 2023
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Mootaz Salman has won, (together with Professor Roslyn Bill of Aston University) a grant from the BBSRC to study mechanisms involved in brain waste clearance using organ-on-chip technology.