18 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 \n1 October 2019
\n \n \n \nCongratulations are in order to KC Park, the winner of this year's OXION Poster Prize.
\n \n\n \n \n6 September 2019
\n \n \n \nThe 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.
\n \n\n \n \n2 September 2019
\n \n \n \nThe scheme is a collaboration between Oxford University, the global drug discovery company Evotec, and the investment fund Oxford Sciences Innovation (OSI).
\n \n\n \n \n2 August 2019
\n \n \n \nDr Nora Bengoa-Verginory and Bryan Ng from the Wade-Martins Group were invited to deliver talks showcasing their research at the annual event from the Alzheimer\u2019s Research UK Oxford network.
\n \n\n \n \n22 July 2019
\n \n \n \nThe Jacob Henle Medal recognises outstanding, medically relevant scientific achievements in physiology and medicine. It is awarded by Gottingen University, one of Germany's oldest institutions of higher learning.
\n \n\n \n \n17 July 2019
\n \n \n \nCongratulations are in order for Dr Emma Bardsley and Professor David Paterson, who have been awarded top paper for 2018 by the journal Hypertension.
\n \n\n \n \n12 July 2019
\n \n \n \nProf Sarah De Val in collaboration with Dr Gillian Douglas from the Radcliffe Department of Medicine has received a grant from the John Fell Fund to support their work investigating the behaviour of different endothelial regulatory pathways during disorders of the cardiovascular system.
\n \n\n \n \n1 July 2019
\n \n \n \nThe Lecture is given every year by an established investigator in the field of cardiac metabolism at the Society for Heart and Vascular Metabolism conference in honour of the Society's founding father.
\n \n\n \n \n19 June 2019
\n \n \n \nKetones are billed as the alternative energy source in the athletic world. With Tour de France 2019 just round the corner, this week Professor Kieran Clarke features on the Oxford Sparks Big Questions podcast to answer the question: why are professional cyclists using ketones?
\n \n\n \n \n14 June 2019
\n \n \n \nCongratulations are in order for Associate Professor Nicola Smart, who has been awarded a renewal of her British Heart Foundation Senior Basic Science Research Fellowship. The award will fund research investigating the processes behind blood vessel growth in order to understand how to stimulate heart repair after injury.
\n \n\n \n \n7 June 2019
\n \n \n \nCongratulations are in order to Smart Group members Dr Tonia Thomas and Sonali Munshaw.
\n \n\n \n \n30 May 2019
\n \n \n \nCongratulations are in order for Rita Alonaizan, the winner of a Young Investigator Travel Award and a MitOX Poster Prize.
\n \n\n \n \n28 May 2019
\n \n \n \nCongratulations are in order to Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton on her election to a major international organisation dedicated to advancing our understanding of the role of iron in biology and medicine.
\n \n\n \n \n21 May 2019
\n \n \n \n\n \n \n8 May 2019
\n \n \n \nCongratulations are in order for Senior Postdoctoral Research Scientist Dr Joaquim Miguel Vieira, who was been awarded an Intermediate Fellowship from the British Heart Foundation. This award will fund research designed to better understand the basic mechanisms behind cardiovascular development and could pave the way for innovative treatments of heart disease.
\n \n\n \n \n25 April 2019
\n \n \n \nCongratulations 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\r\nmajor focus of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Heart and Vascular Metabolism.
\n \n\n \n \n17 April 2019
\n \n \n \nCongratulations are in order to Professor Anant Parekh FRS on his election to The Royal Society.
\n \n\n \n \n12 April 2019
\n \n \n \nCongratulations are in order for Elizabeth Haythorne, the winner of Poster Awards from Diabetes UK and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes
\n \n\n \n \n29 March 2019
\n \n \n \nCongratulations are in order for Lukas Krone, who has just achieved the third in a recent trio of poster prizes.
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