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Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre awarded £3.8 million to reveal the role of calcium in Parkinson’s
29 April 2022
A collaborative research team led by the Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre (OPDC) has been awarded a £3.8 million Wellcome Trust Collaborative Award to study the function of calcium in dopamine neurons, and how this is plays a role in Parkinson’s. Their research will help explain how and why dopamine neurons are vulnerable in the disease and look at how they may be preserved.
Charmaine Lang appointed Departmental Research Lecturer
28 April 2022
Congratulations are in order to Charmaine Lang on her conferral of the title of Departmental Research Lecturer.
My Primary School Visit for Science Week
21 April 2022
On 2 March 2022, Dr Katherine Brimblecombe visited two primary school classes (ages 8-11) as part of their “Science week”. Read her interview to learn more about public engagement with school children in the local Oxford community.
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