Burdon Sanderson Prize Lecture 2023
18 October 2023
We were delighted to welcome Olujimi Ajijola to deliver this year's Burdon Sanderson Prize Lecture
OPDC join in the annual Walk for Parkinson’s
12 October 2023
OPDC News Wade-Martins Group News
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.
Professor Shankar Srinivas awarded a Wellcome Discovery Award
9 October 2023
Professor Shankar Srinivas (based in the IDRM), has received a Wellcome Discovery Award.
Andrew Parker awarded Senior Professorship at Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg
7 October 2023
Andrew Parker (an Emeritus Professor of Neuroscience from DPAG) has been awarded the title of “Senior Professor” by the Otto-von-Guericke University in Magdeburg Germany.
Career Development Fellowship awarded to Mootaz Salman could pave the way for early intervention in neurodegenerative diseases
5 October 2023
Awards and Honours Salman Group News
Dr Mootaz Salman has been awarded the MRC Career Development Fellowship.
BBSRC-funded Oxford-Cambridge consortium to close the gap in our understanding of human heart development
3 October 2023
Awards and Honours EDI News Riley Group News Simoes Group News
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.
Congratulations are in order for Professor Jaideep Pandit, who has been awarded the Sir Ivan Magill Gold Medal of the Association of Anaesthetists
21 September 2023
Congratulations are in order for Professor Jaideep Pandit, Professor of Anaesthesia and Fellow and Tutor in Medicine at St John’s College, who has been awarded the Sir Ivan Magill Gold Medal of the Association of Anaesthetists, the organisation’s most prestigious honour. He becomes only the 8th recipient of the Medal in the Association’s 90-year history.
Pioneering new software to analyse intracellular calcium signals
1 September 2023
Cell Physiology Postdoctoral Publication Research
A collaborative team of UC Davis and University of Oxford researchers have developed an innovative new software tool – SparkMaster 2 – which will enable automatic analysis of calcium sparks which are known to cause cardiac arrythmias in a variety of disease settings. First and co-corresponding author Dr Jakub Tomek, who is a Sir Henry Wellcome Fellow based in DPAG's Zaccolo group, conducted this research as part of his fellowship year spent at UC Davis.
International collaboration aims to reveal key insights into Postpartum Depression
29 August 2023
Integrative Neuroscience Research
DPAG is proud to announce a new collaboration, alongside St Anne's College and the Pranaiya and Arthur Magoffin Foundation (PAM Foundation), to research postpartum depression (PPD) and other perinatal mental health illnesses.
Computational neuroscientist Rui Ponte Costa joins DPAG
10 August 2023
CNCB Costa Group News Head of Department's News Integrative Neuroscience
This September, Dr Rui Ponte Costa relocates his Neural and Machine Learning group to DPAG. He was previously a Senior Lecturer in Computational Neuroscience and Machine Learning at the University of Bristol. His research group focuses on producing AI-driven brain-wide computational models of learning.
Duncan Sparrow elected Supernumerary Fellow of Exeter college
31 July 2023
Awards and Honours Cardiac Theme
The Department congratulates Associate Professor Duncan Sparrow on his appointment as Supernumerary Fellow of Exeter College, University of Oxford.
Molly Stevens joins Exeter College as a Supernumerary Fellow
28 July 2023
Awards and Honours EDI News Stevens Group News
Congratulations are in order for Professor Molly Stevens FREng FRS who has been elected a Supernumerary Fellow of Exeter College, University of Oxford.
DPAG and Biochemistry inspire local children with second Science in the Park event
27 July 2023
EDI Events Outreach Postdoctoral Students
On Tuesday 25 July, more than 140 children together with around 60 parents and caregivers were treated to a thrilling variety of hands-on science activities in University Parks. ‘Science in the Park’ was run by DPAG’s Outreach and Public Engagement Working Group (OPEWG), in collaboration with the Department of Biochemistry, with 30 volunteers comprising research scientists, graduate students and professional services staff.
BHF Fellowship for Ian McCracken could pave the way to promoting blood vessel growth in heart attack patients
27 July 2023
Awards and Honours EDI News Postdoctoral Smart Group News
Congratulations are in order for Dr Ian McCracken, a postdoctoral research scientist in the Smart Group, who has been awarded an Immediate Postdoctoral Basic Science Research Fellowship by the British Heart Foundation (BHF). His fellowship project aims to improve understanding of the mechanisms underpinning the formation of the coronary vessels and reveal novel targets for future therapeutic strategies to drive neovascularisation.
Yitao Zhu awarded Goodger and Schorstein scholarship
21 July 2023
Awards and Honours Domingos Group News EDI News Herring Group News Students
Congratulations are in order to Yitao Zhu on winning a Goodger and Schorstein Award from the Medical Sciences Internal Fund.
Can 3D models of brain-on-chip help in developing new treatments?
19 July 2023
Outreach Research Salman Group News Wade-Martins Group News
Fascinating new TEDx Talk from Departmental Research Lecturer and Leverhulme Fellow Dr Mootaz Salman.