New Nanoscience Institute to advance physiology research in Oxford
3 December 2020
A new institute for nanoscience research is to open in Oxford thanks to a $10 million gift from The Kavli Foundation, the ground floor of which will be home to cutting-edge new research avenues across the six themes of DPAG.
Lukas Krone to represent Oxford at the Global Young Scientists Summit
3 December 2020
Awards and Honours EDI News Head of Department's News Students Vyazovskiy Group News
Congratulations are in order for Dr Lukas Krone who is one of just five University of Oxford researchers selected to attend the Global Young Scientists Summit 2021.
Pawel Swietach becomes Professor Pawel Swietach
30 October 2020
Awards and Honours Head of Department's News
Congratulations are in order to Pawel Swietach on his conferral of the title of full Professor. Research in the Swietach Lab is driven by an interest in how biological processes are affected by chemical acidity.
Renewal of Athena SWAN Silver award for DPAG
15 October 2020
EDI News Head of Department's News
Head of Department Professor David Paterson announces the renewal of DPAG's Athena SWAN Silver award for the department's commitment to an inclusive and diverse working environment and the progression of the careers of women in science.
Annual Report 2019 - 2020
23 July 2020
The Department's Annual Report for the academic year 2019-2020 has been released. The brochure showcases a selection of the year's highlights; from a cross-section of our cutting-edge research, to notable events hosting distinguished international scholars, to our response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prof. Dr. Nils Brose honours former teacher Marianne Fillenz in Memorial Lecture
5 March 2020
EDI Events Head of Department's News
The annual lecture is held in honour of one of the great physiologists of the last century, Marianne Fillenz. Fillenz was a devoted and much loved University Demonstrator in the Laboratory of Physiology and her lab was positioned at the forefront of the application of measuring chemicals that could be detected directly at the electrode.
Professor Eve Marder delivers the 2020 Mabel FitzGerald Prize Lecture
24 February 2020
EDI Events Head of Department's News
The annual lecture is held in honour of the pioneering physiologist and clinical pathologist, Mabel Purefoy FitzGerald.
Prof Robin Klemm is joining DPAG this summer
6 January 2020
Head of Department's News Klemm Group Research
Prof Robin Klemm will be joining our department in June 2020 as the Associate Professor of Physiological Metabolism. Research in the Klemm lab focuses primarily on understanding the molecular cell biology of professional fat storing cells called white adipocytes.
Oxford named best for medicine for ninth consecutive year
5 December 2019
General Head of Department's News Teaching
Oxford University has been ranked as the world's best institution for medical and health teaching and research for the ninth consecutive year in the latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
Watch J.S. Haldane Lecture: A hundred years on: 21st Century Insights into Human Oxygen Homeostasis
28 November 2019
General Head of Department's News
Event video for the inaugural John Scott Haldane Lecture 2019, delivered by Professor Sir Peter J Ratcliffe FRS on Thursday 21 November 2019 in the Sherrington Large Lecture Theatre.
Nobel Laureate Sir Peter Ratcliffe FRS delivers inaugural Haldane Lecture
22 November 2019
General Head of Department's News
The new series is held in honour of British Physiologist John Scott Haldane, known as the father of oxygen therapy.
In Remembrance of distinguished former Oxford Physiology students who were awarded the Victoria Cross for their actions in the First World War
8 November 2019
General Head of Department's News
On Remembrance Day 2019, 101 years on from the ending of the First World War, we remember two of our former students who were awarded the highest and most prestigious award of the British honours system.
Professor Dame Pamela Shaw delivers the GL Brown Prize Lecture 2019
31 October 2019
EDI Events Head of Department's News
The GL Brown Prize Lecture series from The Physiological Society is aimed at an early career audience to stimulate an interest in physiology.
Professor Christine Mummery gives the 2019 John Burdon-Sanderson Lecture
16 October 2019
EDI Events General Head of Department's News
The annual lecture given this year by a world leading stem cell scientist is held in honour of John Burdon-Sanderson, the University of Oxford's first Waynflete Professor of Physiology, after whom the Cardiac Centre is named.
Physiology Friday: a spotlight on Physiological Society membership
11 October 2019
Head of Department's News Postdoctoral Students
Find out more about our Physiological Society funded Head of Department Seminar Series, the opportunities available to those who join the Society, and DPAG's own Dr Mark Richards’ experiences as a Physiological Society member.