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High-fat diet made Inuits healthier but shorter thanks to gene mutations, study finds
General Research
18 September 2015
Post-doctoral researcher Julie Hussin, from the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, comments in The Conversation about a new study published in Science which shows natural adaptation has led to genetic mutations in Greenlandic Inuits that help them counteract the bad effects of their high-fat diet, based heavily on fish and marine mammals.
Speed bumps research wins Ig Nobel Prize
Awards and Appointments General Research
18 September 2015
Oxford primary care researchers awarded prize for showing effectiveness of speed bumps for ruling out possible appendicitis.
Genetic history maps centuries of European migration
Research
18 September 2015
Genetics researchers at the University of Oxford have used DNA to map the history of population movements in and around Europe. The technique may help historians to understand more about how over nearly three thousand years people across the continent have migrated, mingled and multiplied. Their results are published in the journal Current Biology.
NFL fans and ESPN reporters overly optimistic about team prospects
Research
17 September 2015
US fans of the National Football League (NFL) and sports reporters assigned to specific teams have unrealistic expectations about how well their team will perform, finds new research from UCL and Oxford University. The study also reveals which teams are most liked and disliked, as well as which teams have the most optimistic fans.
Pedalling like a Tour winner is a losing strategy for most of us
Research
17 September 2015
Pedalling like Chris Froome or Alberto Contador might seem appealing, but Oxford University researchers have found that for most of us it’s likely to reduce rather than improve our performance.
Study finds young people on antidepressants more prone to violence
Research
16 September 2015
Seena Fazel of Oxford University Department of Psychiatry led a team of researchers in a unique study which aimed to avoid confounding factors by comparing the same individuals' behaviour while they were on and while they were off medication.
Suicide Prevention: identifying and responding to suicide clusters
General
10 September 2015
A new toolkit prepared by Professor Keith Hawton and his team at the Oxford University Centre for Suicide Prevention is published by Public Health England
Oxford-Harrington Scholarship Program Announces 2015 Scholars
Awards and Appointments General
9 September 2015
Oxford-Harrington Affiliation Supports Physician-Scientists
Award nomination recognises exceptional international collaboration
Awards and Appointments
9 September 2015
The WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN) has been shortlisted for the 2015 Times Higher Education (THE) Award for the ‘International Collaboration of the Year’.
MitOX 2015
Events
8 September 2015
The Nuffield Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology invites you to MitOX - an annual meeting in Oxford on Wednesday 2nd December covering a range of mitochondrial associated research areas.
Oxford spinout uses nanoparticles to target tough cancers
Innovation Research
1 September 2015
A new Oxford spinout is planning to commercialise titania nanoparticles capable of generating cancer-killing free oxygen radicals in tandem with radiotherapy to treat patients with malignant tumours.
Researchers discover a completely legal performance enhancer: friends
Research
1 September 2015
Exercising together brings us closer to one another, while exercising with those close to us improves our performance. Those are the conclusions of an Oxford University study published this Friday in the journal PLoS ONE.
Recruitment begins on major genetics project
General Research
1 September 2015
A project to unravel the genetic changes underlying rare disease and cancers of more than 1,200 patients and their families who are looked after by Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (OUH) has started.
Senior Fellow in Image Analysis of Growth and Development joins NDOG
Awards and Appointments General
18 August 2015
The Nuffield Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology (NDOG) is pleased to announce that Professor Peter Hammond, a world leader in the analysis of facial dysmorphism in rare genetic syndromes, has joined the department.