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Recharging the battery of the diabetic heart
4 September 2020
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
17 October 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
6 September 2019
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
25 April 2019
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
28 August 2018
Drugs currently in Phase III clinical trials could be repurposed to help people with diabetes recover after a heart attack
Cartoon wins 2nd Year DPhil Poster Day Prize
28 November 2017
Members of our Department scoop most prizes at Oxford BHF CRE day
22 September 2017
Matthew Kerr awarded 1st prize at Biochemical Society Bioenergetics meeting
10 February 2017
Matthew Kerr, a second year British Heart Foundation-funded DPhil student, was awarded first prize at the Biochemical Society Bioenergetics meeting in December.
DPAG's Lisa Heather to give The Physiological Society's Bayliss-Starling Prize lecture
19 July 2016
Lisa Heather has been invited to give The Physiological Society's Bayliss-Starling Prize Lecture at the upcoming Physiological society meeting in Dublin
Dr Lisa Heather recipient of the 2016 Bayliss-Starling Prize Lecture
1 July 2015
Lisa Heather has been chosen by the Physiological Society to be the next recipient of the prestigious Bayliss-Starling Prize Lecture.