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Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre collaborators announced as Group Leaders for new Parkinson’s Research Centre

Congratulations to Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre (OPDC) investigators, Professor Peter Magill, Professor of Neurobiology, Brain Network Dynamics Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, and Professor Laura Parkkinen, Professor of Translational Neuropathology, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences on their appointment to Group Leader roles in the new Parkinson’s Research Centre (PRC) - a £10m partnership between Parkinson’s UK and the UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI) dedicated to better understand the causes of Parkinson’s and to accelerate new and improved treatments for the condition.

Oxford researchers join global network unravelling the complexity of Parkinson’s disease

Professor Andrew Sharott (Team leader) and Professor Laura Parkkinen (Co-Investigator) from Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences (NDCN) have been selected for multi-year grants to join the Collaborative Research Network (CRN) an international, multidisciplinary, multi-institutional network working to address high-priority research questions about Parkinson's disease. Read full story: https://www.medsci.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-researchers-join-global-network-unravelling-the-complexity-of-parkinsons-disease

World Parkinson’s Day: AD/PD 2026 Highlights

Oxford Professors Cragg and Walton celebrate publication of new book, The Handbook of Dopamine

Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre hosts the 2025 Oxford Parkinson’s Research Day

OPDC researchers support World Parkinson’s Day 2025

New Cragg lab paper published in Nature Neuroscience - Acetylcholine and dopamine: friends or foes?

Oxford biologists and engineers awarded £2 million to grow human neurons as brain circuits in chambers made of oil

Researchers given $6 million for ground-breaking research to tackle Parkinson’s

Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre held their Open Day in September 2024

The seventh OPDC Open Day was held in Oxford on Tuesday 10 September 2024 at the Leonardo Hotel, Oxford.

OPDC researchers take part in the Oxford Half Marathon for Parkinson’s

OPDC take part in the annual Walk for Parkinson’s

Wade-Martins Group Researchers welcome special guests to the department

OPDC researchers support The Cream Tea event for Parkinson’s

Researchers from the Wade-Martins Group host fundraiser’s visit to the department

New "Behind the Paper" blog post written for Springer Nature Research Communities

How can sleep improve Parkinson's care?

New video of the recent public talk titled ‘How can sleep improve Parkinson’s Care’ by Professor Michele Hu

New Parkinson’s UK Video features DPAG research

New MRI research reveals more about the effects of two movement disorders on sensorimotor functional connection

A research team from the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences led by Gwenaëlle Douaud (with Andrea Nemeth, Michele Hu and other clinical collaborators) have shown for the first time non-invasively in humans a differential, clinically meaningful impact of Huntington’s and Parkinson’s diseases on the sensorimotor functional connection of the subthalamic nucleus and sensorimotor cortex.

Mootaz Salman wins SEB 2024 President’s Medal

Dr Mootaz Salman has been awarded the Society for Experimental Biology (SEB) 2024 President’s Medal for the Cell Biology Section

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