Grants totalling almost \u00a3350,000 will be made to three Oxford University scientists for their research to combat a devastating muscle-wasting condition, a national charity has announced today.
Dame Kay Davies, Professor of Anatomy and Deputy Chair of the Wellcome Trust, discusses the challenges faced by women who pursue an academic career, in this New Statesman article.
Research lead by scientists in DPAG (Stephen Goodwin group) and the Department of Zoology demonstrates that male fruit flies like to have a variety of sexual partners, whereas females prefer to stick with the same mate \u2013 or move on to his brothers.
The Wellcome Trust has today announced that Dame Kay Davies, Dr Lee\u2019s Professor of Anatomy at the University of Oxford, has been appointed as its Deputy Chairman. Dame Kay, who has been a Governor of the Trust since January 2008, will take up the role on 1st October 2013.
Important new insights into how the brain compensates for temporary hearing loss during infancy, such as that commonly experienced by children with glue ear, are revealed in a research study in ferrets.
A new technique known as optogenetics is lighting up the field of neuroscience. The idea involves genetically engineering neurons to respond to light, and then using powerful lasers to stimulate and control their expression.
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