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Congratulations to DPAG Award winners at the Medical Sciences Teaching Excellence 2023 Awards Ceremony!

Four of DPAG’s academic community were Award winners at the Teaching excellence awards.

BHF Fellowship extension for Lisa Heather to further our understanding of metabolic dysfunction in diabetes

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.

Marcos Castro Guarda is an IMPRES 2022 prize winner

Congratulations are in order for DPhil student Marcos Castro Guarda, who has been awarded best oral presenter at the 1st International Symposium of Pharmacy Research.

Strong performance for DPAG cardiac research at the Oxford BHF CRE Annual Symposium

Congratulations are in order for Kaitlyn Dennis, Dr Ni Li and Dr KC Park on their awards at this year's major showcase for Oxford's British Heart Foundation funded researchers.

Winners of the DPAG Student Poster Day 2022 announced

"A Year of Progress" was held in the Sherrington Library on Wednesday 9 November 2022.

Kaitlyn Dennis to receive the William C Stanley Early Investigator Award

Congratulations are in order for DPhil student Kaitlyn Dennis, who has been awarded the William C Stanley Early Investigator Award. The award highlights the scientific accomplishments of promising young researchers and is a major focus of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Heart and Vascular Metabolism.

DPAG researchers showcased at premier European Society of Cardiology meeting

DPAG scientists across four research groups were highlighted at the major annual European Society of Cardiology basic science conference (FCVB 2022). Congratulations are in order for Dr KC Park on receiving the Young Investigator Award and to Dr Elisabetta Gamen on winning the Moderated Poster Prize.

DPAG raises funds for the humanitarian effort to aid Ukraine

The Department has raised £1,500 at a bake sale led by Lisa Heather and the Cardiac Metabolism Research Group for the Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal.

Drug could help diabetic hearts recover after a heart attack

New research led by Associate Professor Lisa Heather has found that a drug known as molidustat, currently in clinical trials for another condition, could reduce risk of heart failure after heart attacks.

DPAG Researchers honoured for their work in cardiac metabolism

Kaitlyn Dennis, Ujang Purnama and Kerstin Timm have won prizes across each of the three award categories at this year’s Society for Heart and Vascular Metabolism conference, demonstrating DPAG's continued excellence in cardiac metabolism research.

A graph showing the energy within a beating heart, in the form of Phosphocreatine (PCr) and the three phosphate peaks within Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP). At the beginning, these peaks are rising high. At 12 minutes, the heart is given a heart attack, and the peaks start to drop - firstly the PCr (the energy buffer) is lost from the heart, followed slowly by the three ATP peaks over the subsequent minutes. This shows the profile of energy starvation in a heart during a heart attack.

Reducing fat in the diabetic heart could improve recovery from heart attack

New research from the Heather Group has shown that in type 2 diabetes an overload of lipids reduces the heart’s ability to generate energy during a heart attack, decreasing chances of recovery.

Graphical abstract showing increased energy levels in the heart when mitochondrial deacetylase SIRT3 activator "honokiol" is administered to the diabetic heart, compared to lower levels in the research control group.

Recharging the battery of the diabetic heart

A new paper from the Heather and Tyler groups has uncovered the mechanism responsible for reduced energy in the hearts of patients with type 2 diabetes and revealed a new therapeutic strategy to reverse the energy deficit.

DPAG members shine at the Oxford BHF CRE Annual Symposium 2019

Congratulations are in order to Matthew Kerr, Andia Redpath, Susann Bruche, KC Park and Minahil Mujahid for their achievements at this major showcase for Oxford's British Heart Foundation funded Researchers.

Three DPAG Academics recognised with Teaching Excellence Awards

The Medical Sciences Teaching Excellence Awards scheme recognises and rewards excellence in teaching, supervision, the organisation and development of teaching, and support for teaching and learning, within a research-intensive environment.

Matthew Kerr to receive the William C Stanley Early Investigator Award

Congratulations are in order for DPhil student Matthew Kerr, who has been awarded the William C Stanley Early Investigator Award. The award highlights the scientific accomplishments of promising young researchers and is a major focus of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Heart and Vascular Metabolism.

Drug could aid recovery after a heart attack

Drugs currently in Phase III clinical trials could be repurposed to help people with diabetes recover after a heart attack

Congratulations to DPAG's new Associate Professors and University Research Lecturers

Cartoon wins 2nd Year DPhil Poster Day Prize

British Heart Foundation awards £7.6 million to Burdon Sanderson Cardiac Science Centre

Members of our Department scoop most prizes at Oxford BHF CRE day