3 October 2022
\n \n \n \nProfessor David Paterson, Head of the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics and President of The Physiological Society congratulates Professor Svante P\u00e4\u00e4bo ForMemRS, who has been awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
\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 \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 \n19 July 2022
\n \n \n \nThe Department's Annual Report for the academic year 2021-22 has been released. The brochure showcases a selection of the year's highlights, including another top world ranking for Anatomy and Physiology and a strong contribution to the University of Oxford's success to Unit of Assessment 5 in the National Research Excellence framework (2021).
\n \n\n \n \n5 July 2022
\n \n \n \nOn Friday 1 July 2022, DPAG, Biochemistry and Kavli INsD came together for a street party to celebrate the completion of the landscaping project on Sherrington Road.
\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 \n28 June 2022
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\n \n \n \nDefining Excellence - Oxford Anatomy and Physiology ranked #1 in the QS World University Rankings by subject 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, and 2022.
\n \n\n \n \n10 June 2022
\n \n \n \nThe annual lecture, which has made a triumphant return following postponement during the Covid-19 pandemic, is held in honour of Sir Hans Adolf Krebs, awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine for his ground-breaking discovery of the citric acid cycle.
\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 \n12 May 2022
\n \n \n \n\n \n \n10 May 2022
\n \n \n \nCongratulations are in order for Professor Irene Tracey, Warden of Merton College and former University Lecturer at DPAG, who has been nominated as the next Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford.
\n \n\n \n \n3 May 2022
\n \n \n \nThe annual lecture was given in honour of Sir Charles Sherrington, who was awarded the 1932 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, by the 2013 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine.
\n \n\n \n \n29 April 2022
\n \n \n \nHead of Department Professor David Paterson unveiled an Oxfordshire Blue Plaque commemorating Sir Charles Scott Sherrington (1857 \u2013 1952), OM, Nobel Laureate, founder of neurophysiology, on Thursday 28 April at 9 Chadlington Road, Oxford.
\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 \n14 March 2022
\n \n \n \nThe Department has raised \u00a31,500 at a bake sale led by Lisa Heather and the Cardiac Metabolism Research Group for the Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal.
\n \n\n \n \n28 February 2022
\n \n \n \n\n \n \n24 February 2022
\n \n \n \nSarah Teichmann FRS, world leader in computational applications to human health and pioneer of single cell research delivered the second lecture in the series to honour John Scott Haldane, known as the father of oxygen therapy. The lecture was followed by the unveiling of celebrated artist Philip de L\u00e1szl\u00f3's portrait of Haldane by Dr Teichmann and Haldane's great-grandson Terence Mitchison. The Department was delighted to welcome several of J.S. Haldane's descendants to both events.
\n \n\n \n \n21 January 2022
\n \n \n \nA department-wide image competition has yielded a range of stunning images showcasing the diversity and breadth of DPAG's science. Three prize winners and eight commended pictures are announced.
\n \n\n \n \n4 January 2022
\n \n \n \nThis week, Randy Bruno, PhD starts his research group here at DPAG. He joins the Department as Professor of Neuroscience and Tutorial Fellow at St Peter\u2019s College. He was previously an Associate Professor of Neuroscience at Columbia University, Principal Investigator at Columbia\u2019s Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, and a member of the Kavli Institute for Brain Science.
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