23 October 2020
\n \n \n \nA computational modelling study from the King Group demonstrates that the way sounds are transformed from the ear to the brain\u2019s auditory cortex may be simpler than expected. These findings not only highlight the value of computational modelling for determining the principles underlying neural processing, but could also be useful for improving treatments for patients with hearing loss.
\n \n\n \n \n16 October 2020
\n \n \n \nA new study by Waddell Group Neuroscientists at the Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour shows that mobile genetic elements that were active in the genomes of our ancestors could be closely linked to important functions in our brain and might help diversify our behaviour, cognition and emotions.
\n \n\n \n \n16 October 2020
\n \n \n \nNew Future Leaders Fellow Dr Beccano-Kelly will lead research into synaptic health over time in neurodegeneration. Watch our video interview with Dayne to find out more about his career to date, successful application and future plans.
\n \n\n \n \n2 October 2020
\n \n \n \nA new collaborative study from the Oxford Parkinson\u2019s Disease Centre led by Prof Stephanie Cragg and Dr Bradley Roberts has revealed that GABA transporters on astrocytes, the brain's lesser known yet critically important cells, support dopamine release and are sites of early dysfunction in parkinsonism.
\n \n\n \n \n28 September 2020
\n \n \n \nA collaborative study led by the OPDC's Dr Nora Bengoa-Vergniory has shown that compounds known as molecular tweezers could become a promising disease modifying therapy for Parkinson\u2019s.
\n \n\n \n \n22 September 2020
\n \n \n \nThe World Parkinson Coalition has brought in eight new Science Ambassadors to increase outreach to researchers ahead of their next major Congress.
\n \n\n \n \n14 August 2020
\n \n \n \nOPDC Career Development Fellow Natalie Connor-Robson was first generation in her family to go to university and is now delighted to be sharing STEM career advice with students taking part in the In2scienceUK programme.
\n \n\n \n \n11 August 2020
\n \n \n \nCongratulations are in order to Dr Richard Tyser, who is the 2020 Charles Darwin Award Lecture winner for Agriculture, Biological and Medical Sciences.
\n \n\n \n \n23 April 2020
\n \n \n \nAn international event held on Saturday 7 March and organised by DPAG's Cristiana Vagnoni and Tai-Ying Lee aimed to increase visibility of women in academia by creating or enhancing their online presence in the form of Wikipedia profiles. A new report from the organisers shows some impressive statistics, including 160,000 views of newly edited and created articles, demonstrating a strong effort to raise the profiles of many female academics.
\n \n\n \n \n21 April 2020
\n \n \n \nCongratulations are in order for Postdoctoral Research Scientist Dr Samuel Malone who was been awarded the Marie Sklodowska Curie Individual Fellowship, funded by the European Commission.
\n \n\n \n \n2 April 2020
\n \n \n \nDPAG Postdoctoral Research Scientist Dr Sophia Malandraki-Miller took part in a pilot careers mentoring session at Oxford High School. This exciting new engagement programme is a collaboration between Medical Sciences Division researchers and Oxford Biomedical Research Centre and aims to increase awareness of the variety of careers in biomedicine.
\n \n\n \n \n31 January 2020
\n \n \n \nDPAG's Dr Jakub Tomek and Professor Blanca Rodriguez's Computational Cardiovascular Science Team have developed a new computer model that recreates the electrical activity of the ventricles in a human heart. In doing so, they have uncovered and resolved theoretical inconsistencies that have been present in almost all models of the heart from the last 25 years and created a new human heart model that could enable more basic, translational and clinical research into a range of heart diseases and potentially accelerate the development of new therapies.
\n \n\n \n \n10 January 2020
\n \n \n \nA news and views article published in Nature Immunology by Domingos Group researchers examines significant recent research revealing how group 3 innate lymphoid cells (ILC3s), the cells responsible for protecting the gut and maintaining intestinal homeostasis, are regulated. In doing so, they also reveal important new research avenues of ILCs activation in the body.
\n \n\n \n \n28 October 2019
\n \n \n \nOctober is Black History Month, which is celebrated nationwide every year to recognise the contributions that people from BAME backgrounds have made to this country. Here at DPAG, we get to know one of our Researchers - Pavandeep Rai, a Postdoctoral Research Scientist working in the Wade-Martins Group. Pavandeep is working at the forefront of an industry/academia collaborative project aimed at developing potential new drugs to treat Parkinson\u2019s.
\n \n\n \n \n25 October 2019
\n \n \n \nA team of volunteers from four research groups, alongside Wellcome Trust funded Advanced Imaging Unit Micron, engaged more than 200 visitors at Weston Library on Friday 18 October 2019 as part of The Oxford Science and Ideas Festival.
\n \n\n \n \n18 October 2019
\n \n \n \nThe new Physiological Society report \"Growing Older, Better\" highlights physiology's role in meeting the UK Government's healthy ageing mission. Associate Professor Vladyslav Vyazovskiy and Novo Nordisk Postdoctoral Fellow Laura McKillop\u00a0contributed a research spotlight at the report's launch at the Houses of Parliament.
\n \n\n \n \n17 October 2019
\n \n \n \nCongratulations 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.
\n \n\n \n \n11 October 2019
\n \n \n \nFind out more about our Physiological Society funded Head of Department Seminar Series, the opportunities available to those who join the Society, and DPAG's own Dr Mark Richards\u2019 experiences as a Physiological Society member.
\n \n\n \n \n11 October 2019
\n \n \n \nIn conjunction with the Athena SWAN initiative and organised by Professor Kieran Clarke, a dinner was held on Monday 30 September at Merton College for female researchers.
\n \n\n \n \n14 August 2019
\n \n \n \nThis year's \"Reflections of Research\" competition, run by the British Heart Foundation, selects \"The Forming Heart\" by Dr Richard Tyser as the Judge's runner-up
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