28 November 2022
\n \n \n \nCongratulations are in order for Louisa Zolkiewski, who completed her DPhil studies this year, on being awarded the 2022 Bruce Cattanach Prize by the Genetics Society for her DPhil thesis.
\n \n\n \n \n1 November 2022
\n \n \n \nProfessor Ana Domingos has been awarded a highly competitive independent research grant from Pfizer to discover \u2018the role of Sympathetic-associated Perineurial barrier Cells in obesity\u2019.
\n \n\n \n \n17 October 2022
\n \n \n \nAttended by Head of Department Professor David Paterson, an Oxfordshire Blue Plaque commemorating Mabel Purefoy FitzGerald (1872 - 1973), pioneering physiologist and high altitude explorer, was unveiled on Friday 14 October at 12 Crick Road, Oxford.
\n \n\n \n \n12 October 2022
\n \n \n \nTwo DPAG-led teams of volunteers engaged hundreds of visitors at Wesley Memorial Church on Saturday 8 October 2022 as part of The Oxford Science and Ideas Festival\u2019s Explorazone. The Myth Busters team assembled by DPAG\u2019s Outreach and Public Engagement Working Group sought to discuss and debunk myths and misconceptions of biology. The Shaping Destiny team run by members of the Srinivas Group, IDRM, in collaboration with Prof Wes Williams at TORCH explored with the public what is human and how body forms have been historically perceived with a unique virtual reality experience.
\n \n\n \n \n26 September 2022
\n \n \n \nIn the 2022 Christmas Lectures from the Royal Institution, DPAG's Visiting Professor of Forensic Anatomy Dame Sue Black will share secrets of forensic science.
\n \n\n \n \n22 September 2022
\n \n \n \nCongratulations are in order for DPhil student Kaitlyn Dennis, 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.
\n \n\n \n \n21 September 2022
\n \n \n \nSenior Postdoctoral Research Scientist Dr Becky Carlyle has been awarded a \u00a3420K funding boost from Alzheimer\u2019s Research UK.
\n \n\n \n \n1 September 2022
\n \n \n \nThe Department welcomes Professor Dame Sue Black DBE OBE FRSE FBA FRAI FRSB ChFA, Baroness Black of Strome and one of the world\u2019s leading forensic scientists, as our Visiting Professor of Forensic Anatomy.
\n \n\n \n \n23 August 2022
\n \n \n \nPostdoctoral Research Scientist Dr Rita Alonaizan hosted two students via the In2ScienceUK programme, and provided a hands-on work experience in Associate Professor Mathilda Mommersteeg\u2019s Lab from Monday 1 \u2013 Friday 5 August during the school summer holidays.
\n \n\n \n \n22 August 2022
\n \n \n \nCongratulations are in order to Ana Domingos and Nicola Smart who have been awarded the title of Professor in the recent Recognition of Distinction round.
\n \n\n \n \n22 August 2022
\n \n \n \nCongratulations are in order for Adam Wells, DPhil student in the Wilson Group, who has been awarded the Krebs Memorial Scholarship by the Biochemical Society.
\n \n\n \n \n26 July 2022
\n \n \n \nCongratulations are in order for Dr Mootaz Salman, who has received the prestigious Young Scientist Lectureship Award by the International Society of Neurochemistry (ISN) in recognition for his eminent research achievements in cellular neuroscience.
\n \n\n \n \n14 July 2022
\n \n \n \nCongratulations are in order for Judy Sayers, DPhil student in the Riley Group, who has been awarded the University College senior G A Paul Scholarship for research excellence.
\n \n\n \n \n5 July 2022
\n \n \n \nOn Friday 1 July 2022, the Department gathered to hear from Professor Dame Frances Ashcroft FRS about the pioneering women physiologists and anatomists throughout Oxford's history, followed by talks from Associate Professors Samira Lakhal-Littleton and Nicola Smart, and the unveiling of The Physiological Society's blue plaque commemorating one of DPAG's earliest pioneering women, Florence Buchanan.
\n \n\n \n \n29 June 2022
\n \n \n \nCongratulations are in order for Departmental Research Lecturer Dr Mootaz Salman who has been awarded a prestigious Early Career Fellowship funded by the Leverhulme Trust.
\n \n\n \n \n24 May 2022
\n \n \n \nAssociate Professor Sarah De Val will lead a team of researchers as they take on the British Heart Foundation\u2019s (BHF) London to Brighton Bike Ride.
\n \n\n \n \n18 May 2022
\n \n \n \nThe post is in association with a Tutorial Fellowship at Christ Church College.
\n \n\n \n \n5 May 2022
\n \n \n \nDPAG scientists across four research groups were highlighted at the major annual European Society of Cardiology basic science conference (FCVB 2022). Congratulations are in order for Dr KC Park on receiving the Young Investigator Award and to Dr Elisabetta Gamen on winning the Moderated Poster Prize.
\n \n\n \n \n28 April 2022
\n \n \n \nCongratulations are in order to Charmaine Lang on her conferral of the title of Departmental Research Lecturer.
\n \n\n \n \n15 March 2022
\n \n \n \nThe 2022 Banting Medal for Scientific Achievement, awarded by the American Diabetes Association, recognises extraordinary leaders in diabetes research, prevention, and treatment.
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