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.
Burdon Sanderson Prize Lecture 2023
18 October 2023
We were delighted to welcome Olujimi Ajijola to deliver this year's Burdon Sanderson Prize Lecture
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.
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.
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.
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.
Thamali Ayagama wins Physiology 2023 Poster Prize
18 July 2023
Awards and Honours Cardiac Theme EDI News Herring Group News Postdoctoral
Congratulations are in order to Dr Thamali Ayagama who has been awarded the Physiological Reports Poster Prize at Physiology 2023, The Physiological Society's premier Annual Conference.
Manuela Zaccolo receives Ketty Schwartz Award 2023
12 July 2023
Awards and Honours Cardiac Theme EDI News
The ISHR-ES Ketty Schwartz Award is awarded annually to a European researcher who has made a significant scientific contribution to cardiovascular research.
Winners of the DPAG Image Competition 2023 announced
7 July 2023
Awards and Honours EDI News Head of Department's News Postdoctoral Riley Group News Stone Group News Students
A department-wide image competition has yielded a wide variety of beautiful images showcasing the diversity and breadth of DPAG's science. Two prize winners and a further three commended pictures are announced.
Ni Li wins Peter Beaconsfield Prize
21 June 2023
Awards and Honours Cardiac Theme EDI News Students
Congratulations are in order for DPhil student Ni Li of the Paterson Group, who has been awarded the 2023 Peter Beaconsfield Prize in Physiological Sciences.
Sherrington Talks 2023 Prize Winners
19 June 2023
Awards and Honours EDI News Students
The 2023 Sherrington talks were presented by graduate students in their third year of DPhil research study.
BHF Fellowship extension for Lisa Heather to further our understanding of metabolic dysfunction in diabetes
16 June 2023
Awards and Honours Cardiac Theme EDI News Heather Group News Research
Congratulations are in order for Associate Professor Lisa Heather, who has been awarded an extension of her British Heart Foundation Intermediate Basic Science Research Fellowship. The extension recognises her successful research on the impact of abnormal metabolism in diabetes on the heart and will prepare her for progression to a Senior Fellowship.
Leducq-funded transatlantic network set to pioneer new diagnosis and treatment of heart disease
13 June 2023
Awards and Honours Cardiac Theme Head of Department's News
Professor David Paterson, in collaboration with the UCLA’s Professor Kalyanam Shivkumar, has been awarded a prestigious Leducq International Network of Excellence Program Award of $8 million (£6.3M) to set up a major new transatlantic network linking world leading researchers from the USA and Europe to develop ‘Bioelectronics for neurocardiology diagnosis and therapeutics’.
Failing hearts can use different fuels, and prefer fat over sugar
31 May 2023
Cardiac Theme Herring Group News Publication Research
An exciting new collaborative study from RDM and DPAG researchers has found that fat metabolism could be the key to tackling heart failure.
Manuela Zaccolo is an Elected Member of Academia Europaea
24 May 2023
Awards and Honours Cardiac Theme EDI News
Congratulations are in order to Professor Manuela Zaccolo on being awarded Membership of the Academia Europaea (MAE).
Two new DPAG Associate Professors
19 May 2023
Congratulations are in order to Associate Professor Nicol Harper and Associate Professor Dan Li.
Manuela Zaccolo honoured by leading Italian Academy
17 April 2023
Awards and Honours Cardiac Theme EDI News
Congratulations are in order to Professor Manuela Zaccolo on being elected Fellow of the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, one of the most prestigious Academies in Italy.
Unlocking the Secrets of cAMP Signalling in the Heart: A Pathway to Targeted Therapeutics
9 March 2023
Cardiac Theme Postdoctoral Publication Research
A new Zaccolo group study has revealed key new insights into the role of cAMP signalling in both healthy and disease settings within the heart. They have identified new cAMP nanodomains in cardiac muscle cells that have far reaching implications for the treatment of heart disease.