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Research in Conversation - Michael Kohl
11 May 2015
Dr Michael Kohl is interviewed for Oxford University's Research in Conversation series in which Oxford's medical researchers explain their work into understanding more about our relationship with sleep, learning, healthy eating and addiction.
Prof Gero Miesenboeck elected new Fellow of the Royal Society
5 May 2015
Eight Oxford academics were announced as Fellows of the Royal Society on Thursday 30 April 2015.
DPAG researchers identify a mechanism for selective activation of closely related signalling proteins
21 April 2015
Researchers in the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics publish in the prestigious Molecular Cell an article entitled "Distinct Spatial Ca2+ Signatures Selectively Activate Different NFAT Transcription Factor Isoforms"
New function of obesity gene revealed
17 April 2015
Professor Roger Cox, Dr Dyan Sellayah and Professor Frances Ashcroft have discovered a previously unknown mechanism behind how the fat mass and obesity associated (FTO) gene promotes obesity. Their findings may have important implications for future therapeutic strategies to combat obesity.
Denis Noble's pioneering work on the heart honoured at the Royal Society's 350 year Celebration
13 March 2015
Professor Denis Noble of the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, was honoured at the Royal Society event held on Friday 6 March celebrating 350 years of the world's first scientific journal, Philosophical Transactions.
Oxford lab wins £6M for Parkinson's Disease research
9 March 2015
Researchers at Oxford University have been awarded a £6 million grant for their cutting-edge research programme on finding drug targets for Parkinson's Disease.
Dr Rebecca Burton receives Churchill Fellowship
5 March 2015
Dr Rebecca Burton from the Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics was awarded a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowship.
University announces collaborative research projects with Pfizer
24 February 2015
The University of Oxford is delighted to announce that the first collaborative research projects to be agreed by the University under the Pfizer Rare Disease Consortium have been signed.
Stephen F. Goodwin receives Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award
27 January 2015
Professor Stephen Goodwin has been awarded a Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator award to investigate the ‘Genetic dissection of sexual behaviour'.
Pioneering new course in removing cancer in bowel
15 January 2015
Thursday 15 & Friday 16 January 2015
Scott Waddell laureate of the 2014 Bettencourt Award
23 December 2014
Prof Scott Waddell is the recipent of the 2014 Prize. The aim of the Fondation Bettencourt Schueller is to help maintain and develop cultural, economic and humanitarian actions in France.
Results of 2014 REF excercise
18 December 2014
Today’s Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014) results confirm the University of Oxford’s world leading position in medical sciences research.
Japanese cultural journal, ACT4, features DPAG and the University of Oxford
10 December 2014
ACT4 features the University of Oxford and the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics.
Memorandum of Understanding signed between Shanghai Jiao Tong University and the University of Oxford
28 November 2014
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed between President Jie Zhang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, SJTU) and Professor Andrew Hamilton (Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford).
DPAG Parkinson’s researchers recognised in national image competition
20 November 2014
The Picturing Parkinson's competition was organised by support and research charity Parkinson’s UK.
Professor Zoltan Molnar elected to the Allan and Maria Myers International Visiting Fellowship
19 November 2014
Professor Zoltan Molnar has been elected to the Allan and Maria Myers International Visiting Fellowship to The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Australia.
Professor Dame Kay Davies receives the WISE Lifetime Achievement Award
17 November 2014
Professor Dame Kay Davies, Dr Lee’s Professor of Anatomy, was awarded the WISE Lifetime Achievement Award for her research on Duchenne muscular dystrophy and championing of women in science.
Professor Fran Ashcroft wins the Jacobæus Prize 2014
13 November 2014
Professor Frances Ashcroft has been selected as the recipient of the Jacobæus Prize 2014. The Prize is awarded annually by the Novo Nordisk Foundation to an internationally recognized researcher for extraordinary achievements within medical research.
