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Animal research at Oxford honoured with openness award
Awards and Appointments Research
8 December 2017
Oxford’s Primate Neuroscience research group and Biomedical Services team have been recognised for their openness and public engagement at Understanding Animal Research’s (UAR) fourth annual Openness Awards and the 81st Stephen Paget memorial lecture.
China Vice Premier in Oxford for signing of research collaboration
General Research
7 December 2017
The Vice-Premier of the People’s Republic of China, Liu Yandong, has visited Oxford to witness the signing of several research agreements between Oxford University and Chinese partners.
Drug discovery must change to urgently address global health needs
Innovation Research
7 December 2017
A new paper published today by the Oxford Martin School calls for ‘open science’ approaches to drug discovery and offers ways forward that would transform how the medical challenges of this century could be addressed more efficiently.
Prof Simon Lovestone cycles to Buckingham Palace to receive knighthood
General
7 December 2017
Professor Lovestone, who is receiving a knighthood on 7 December in recognition of his research into Alzheimer's disease, will be cycling to the Palace as part of a 300 mile ride for Alzheimer's Research UK.
Oxford University to receive £14 million in ERC Funding
Research
5 December 2017
Oxford University has won £14 million in new European Research Council (ERC) funding.
A view from The Hill
Innovation
5 December 2017
Sociologist Alex Rushforth (Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences), recently attended Oxford’s annual digital health pitching event, The Hill, for the first time. Here’s what he made of it.
2018 Breakthrough Prize awarded to Professor Kim Nasmyth
Awards and Appointments General
4 December 2017
Professor Kim Nasmyth FRS, Whitley Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford, has been awarded the 2018 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences at a ceremony held in the NASA Ames Research Centre in Silicon Valley, California.
Jill and Herbert Hunt Travelling Scholarship open for applications
Awards and Appointments Funding Opportunities General
4 December 2017
Applications are invited for the 2018 Jill and Herbert Hunt Travelling Scholarship to support travel abroad for clinical study or research from graduates of the Oxford University Medical School.
Kemri-Wellcome Trust researcher receives mental health charity MQ fellowship
Awards and Appointments Research
1 December 2017
Largest genetic study of mosquitoes reveals spread of insecticide resistance across Africa
Research
30 November 2017
The largest ever genetic study of mosquitoes reveals the movement of insecticide resistance between different regions of Africa and finds several rapidly evolving insecticide resistance genes. Published in Nature, this genetic resource will be used to develop new tools for monitoring resistance and managing insecticide use, and for designing novel control methods.
Diverse Oxford portraits go on show at Weston Library
Athena Swan
30 November 2017
An exhibition of portraits commissioned to showcase the diversity of staff and past students at Oxford University includes staff from across the Medical Sciences Division
New edition of Shorter Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry
General
30 November 2017
New edition written by senior members of the Department of Psychiatry
Acute myeloid leukaemia: researchers zero in on treatment options for aggressive blood cancer
Research
29 November 2017
Surgical Sciences Professor wins 2017 Starzl Prize
Awards and Appointments
29 November 2017
Kathryn Wood, Emeritus Professor of Immunology at Oxford University’s Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, recently received the 2017 Thomas E. Starzl Prize in Surgery and Immunology in recognition of her outstanding basic scientific and clinical research achievements.
Topping Out Ceremony held for Oxford BioEscalator and Novo Nordisk Building
General Innovation
29 November 2017
Final beam laid for new BioEscalator/Novo Nordisk Building, due to open Summer 2018
Oxford University launches 150th spinout company
Innovation
28 November 2017
Augmented and virtual reality spinout 6Degrees revealed as 150th spinout firm from Oxford University.
Medium articles published on Oxford and the mosquito
Research
28 November 2017
Three new Medium articles explore the wide range of mosquito-related research carried out at Oxford.
Modernising Medical Microbiology photo competition - winners announced
Awards and Appointments General
28 November 2017
Researchers take part in the MMM Image Competition 2017
Heart failure in the UK continues to rise; poorest people worst affected
Research
22 November 2017
The number of people being diagnosed with heart failure in the UK continues to grow, and the poorest people are significantly more likely to be affected by the condition, new research from The George Institute for Global Health at the University of Oxford has found.
Clearer communication by GPs could speed up cancer diagnosis
Research
21 November 2017
Research with cancer patents in Denmark, England, and Sweden, published in BMJ Open, indicates that small changes to how doctors conclude consultations with their patient could help to improve both survival rates and efficiency.