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\n \n\n \n \n \nA new study from OPDC Career Development Fellow Natalie Connor-Robson investigates how mutations in the gene LRRK2, which are known to cause Parkinson\u2019s, affect normal cell function.
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\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Cragg Group News\n \n \n \n \n General\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nAn Oxford University medical student who stepped in to help a stranger off a train has been identified following a viral appeal to find and thank her. Rebecca te Water Naude was once a member of Stephanie Cragg's Group here in DPAG.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThis week we raise awareness of Parkinson's Disease and related disorders with a unique video insight into the work of the Wade-Martins Group.
\n \n\n\n \n 4 April 2019\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Integrative Neuroscience\n \n \n \n \n Publication\n \n \n \n \n Research\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nDr Kerry Walker and her team help us to better understand how we perceive pitch, a feature of hearing critical to recognising communication through sound, such as speech and music.
\n \n\n\n \n 2 April 2019\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThree members of the Srinivas Group attended Cheney School's Iris Festival of Natural History, Classics, Art and More, bringing a stall of virtual reality and 3D printed models of embryos to engage students and the general public with how they study embryogenesis and heart development.
\n \n\n\n \n 29 March 2019\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nMembers of our Department remember the renowned cell physiologist who has passed away this month at age 71.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nCongratulations are in order for Lukas Krone, who has just achieved the third in a recent trio of poster prizes.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nCongratulations are in order for DPhil student, Rita Alonaizan, who has won Phenotype's Michaelmas 2018 cover competition
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\n \n\n \n \n \nCongratulations are in order for Professor Damian Tyler, who has been awarded a renewal of his British Heart Foundation Senior Fellowship. The award will fund a project designed to develop a new imaging approach, enabling doctors to diagnose heart diseases more accurately.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nProfessor Miesenb\u00f6ck's project will seek to understand why we need to sleep by studying how the brain responds to sleep loss.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nProfessor Dame Kay Davies has been awarded the Biochemical Society's 2020 Centenary Award in recognition for the excellence of her work on Duchenne muscular dystrophy and the profound impact her research has had on the scientific community and wider society.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nCongratulations are in order to DPhil student, Azrul Abdul Kadir, who has been selected to present at the International Society for Heart Research World Congress 2019.
\n \n\n\n \n 25 March 2019\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe Miesenb\u00f6ck Group have discovered a brain process common to sleep and ageing in research that could pave the way for new treatments for insomnia.
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\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Awards and Honours\n \n \n \n \n Davies Group News\n \n \n \n \n EDI News\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nThe prize lecture is the premier lecture in the biological sciences, delivered annually at The Royal Society in London.
\n \n\n\n \n 12 March 2019\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nSupported by the BBSRC, Dr Sachse will encourage Oxfordshire state school pupils to discover the otherwise invisible in a unique interactive experience.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe Knomo Award is a platform to celebrate extraordinary and entrepreneurial women. Dr Filipa Sim\u00f5es' nomination reflects her commitment to producing leading research, the hard work she puts into her flourishing career alongside raising a young family, while also finding time for outreach.
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\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n De Val Group News\n \n \n \n \n EDI Events\n \n \n \n \n General\n \n \n \n \n OPDC News\n \n \n \n \n Wade-Martins Group News\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nA multimedia celebration of the women in our Department.
\n \n\n\n \n 6 March 2019\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe annual lecture is held in honour of Marianne Fillenz, DPAG alumni and one of the great physiologists of the last century, who had a remarkable influence on generations of science and medical students.
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\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n 1 March 2019\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nDr Duncan Sparrow has published a new paper in collaboration with the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute entitled \"Gene-environment interaction impacts on heart development and embryo survival.\"
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