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Peter Beaconsfield Prize winners 2018 announced
Awards and Appointments General
12 June 2018
Peter Beaconsfield’s Prize in Physiological Sciences rewards young researchers who are capable of escaping from the stereotype of narrow specialisation to engage with translational medicine, and display a wider grasp of the significance and potential applicability of their research.
Oxford neurosurgeons to feature in BBC documentary celebrating 70 years of the NHS
General
12 June 2018
Neurosurgeons from the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences are set to feature in a BBC documentary called 'How the NHS Changed our World: The John Radcliffe'.
Safety doubts unwarranted, important anti-malarial drug DHA-PPQ is safe to use
Research
8 June 2018
One of the world’s most widely used anti-malarial drugs is safe to use, say researchers, after a thorough review and analysis of nearly 200,000 malaria patients who’d taken the drug dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DHA-PPQ). There is such a low risk of sudden unexpected death from DHA-PPQ, one of the world’s most effective medicines to treat malaria, that there is no need to limit its current use.
Podcast: Can you stop Alzheimer’s before it even starts?
General
6 June 2018
New Oxford Sparks podcast with Jennifer Lawson - Trials Manager from the Department of Psychiatry - released
Rosalind Franklin Institute will 'transform' life sciences research through disruptive technologies
General Innovation
6 June 2018
Business Secretary Greg Clark has today launched the £103m Rosalind Franklin Institute (RFI), a national centre of excellence that will harness disruptive technologies such as AI and robotics to improve dramatically our understanding of biology.
Medical Sciences researchers head to the Cheltenham Science Festival
General Public Engagement with Research
4 June 2018
A summer of public engagement kicks off with two groups attending Cheltenham Science Festival
Oxford Centre for Neuroinflammation launched
General
30 May 2018
We are delighted to announce the launch of the new Oxford Centre for Neuroinflammation (OCNI), which aims to shed light on the causes of neurodegenerative diseases and uncover new treatment pathways.
Tackling poor quality medicines
Research
29 May 2018
Prof Paul Newton, Head of the Medicine Quality Group at the Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO), explains the need for new strategies for tackling poor quality medical products.
Could we work with our bacteria to stop infection?
Research
29 May 2018
As microbes have become increasingly resistant to antibiotics and antimicrobials scientists have become interested in new solutions to the growing superbug crisis, including the use of defensive microbes and faecal transplants. In new research, Oxford University scientists have developed a lab-based approach, creating positive co-dependent relationships between hosts and bacteria, quickly - termed ‘mutualisms’. These lab-developed bacterial relationships demonstrate how microbes can work with their hosts to prevent infection.
Using portable, real time DNA sequencing to fight drug-resistant TB
Research
29 May 2018
Scientists from the Madagascar National TB Program, Institute Pasteur Madagascar, University of Oxford, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and Stony Brook University are collaborating to train Malagasy scientists to rapidly detect tuberculosis (TB) and drug-resistance using DNA sequencing. The goal of the project is to improve diagnosis and treatment, and will provide insights on disease transmission.
Researchers develop new regimen to block transmission of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa
Research
29 May 2018
Primaquine can be used to prevent the transmission of falciparum malaria from human to mosquito. Bob Taylor and colleagues at the Mahidol Oxford Research Unit (MORU) have developed an age-based regimen for single low-dose primaquine to block the transmission of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa.
NPEU team win 2018 BMJ Research Paper of the Year
Awards and Appointments General
22 May 2018
The 2018 BMJ research paper of the year award was won by the BUMPES trial conducted by The Epidural and Position Trial Collaborative Group. Professor Peter Brocklehurst, the Chief Investigator, was at the NPEU when the trial was designed and NPEU staff were involved in the design, conduct and statistical and economic analysis.
HIV researchers create Chelsea garden to raise awareness of disease stigma
Events Research
18 May 2018
Scientists and designers have teamed up with young people living with HIV, to create a garden at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show to highlight the successes and challenges still faced by young people living with HIV.
Funding success for the Biochemistry solution-state NMR facility
General
15 May 2018
Group leaders in the Departments of Biochemistry (Profs Christina Redfield, Jason Schnell and John Vakonakis) and Chemistry (Profs. Andy Baldwin and Tim Claridge) have secured support towards upgrading the flagship 950 MHz nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer, housed in Biochemistry.
DPhil student awarded British Science Association media fellowship 2018
Awards and Appointments General
14 May 2018
Layal Liverpool, a 3rd year Infection, Immunology & Translational Medicine DPhil student at St Edmund Hall, has been awarded a prestigious British Science Association (BSA) media fellowship, funded by the Society for Applied Microbiology.
Using management thinking to fight the superbug crisis
Research
11 May 2018
Dr Marco J Haenssgen discusses the application of management thinking to solving the growing global problem of antimicrobial resistance.
Seven Oxford researchers elected Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences
Awards and Appointments General
11 May 2018
Seven Oxford scientists are amongst 48 of the UK's world-leading researchers elected to join the prestigious Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences this year.
Oxford academics honoured by the Royal Society
Awards and Appointments General
9 May 2018
Six of Oxford University's distinguished scientists, and four from the Medical Sciences Division, have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Society for their outstanding contributions to science.
Five Oxford Clinical Medical Students place in top 10% in national ophthalmology prize
Awards and Appointments General
8 May 2018
Five Oxford Clinical Medical Students place in top 10% in prestigious national Ophthalmology Duke Elder Prize Examination
Awards success for Department of Oncology
Awards and Appointments General
2 May 2018
Congratulations to researchers in the Department of Oncology, who have received a number of prestigious awards this month.