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Welcome from Head of Division, Professor Gavin Screaton
11 November 2019
New Oxford Sparks animation: How do unborn babies and mothers communicate via the placenta?
General Research
7 November 2019
The placenta is a fascinating organ, which allows communication between mother and foetus through the release of bubble-like vesicles. Could the messages within these vesicles provide an early warning of diseases such as gestational diabetes and preeclampsia? Scientists in the Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health are finding out.
Study decodes gene function that protects against type 2 diabetes
General Research
7 November 2019
An international research collaboration led by researchers from the Universities of Helsinki and Oxford has identified the biological mechanism through which a genetic variant protects against type 2 diabetes.
Lab Technician Apprenticeships - Information session
6 November 2019
International neglect of typhoid outside rich countries threatens a new global health emergency
General Research
4 November 2019
The emergence of untreatable strains of typhoid threatens a new global health emergency that requires urgent collective action, argue experts from the Oxford Martin School in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Research Spotlight: ‘I want to get high enough up the chain to pull others over the wall with me’
General Research
4 November 2019
Continuing their series celebrating ‘amazing people at Oxford who you should know about’, The Oxford ScienceBlog talks to Dayne Beccano-Kelly, an electrophysiologist and a Career Development Fellow in Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre, in the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics.
Chi.Bio, a robotic bio-reactor, now available
1 November 2019
Internal OUI translational funding pots given significant boost
1 November 2019
MSD DPhil Day 2020 - Volunteers wanted to help organise
1 November 2019
PER Conference 2020: Call for contributions now open
31 October 2019
Antibiotics: even low use in children can have a negative impact on health – new research
General Research
31 October 2019
Plant-based foods are good for both health and the environment
General Research
30 October 2019
New analysis by researchers from the University of Oxford and the University of Minnesota has identified a range of ‘win-win’ foods that both improve human health and have a low impact on the environment.
Oxford-led doctoral training partnership to offer over 175 graduate scholarships in the biosciences
Awards and Appointments Innovation Research
30 October 2019
The University of Oxford and its partner organisations have been awarded funding that will support the training of over 175 bioscience graduate students as part of £170 million investment in bioscience by the BBSRC (Biotechnology and Biosciences Research Council, part of UK Research and Innovation).
NIH-OxCam: a graduate student's journey to Oxford
General Research
29 October 2019
Stewart Humble, Postgraduate Student in the Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics (DPAG) shares the story of his journey to Oxford and what he has discovered here.
First participant arrives for screening as part of Deep and Frequent Phenotyping study
Research Volunteer Opportunities
29 October 2019
Researchers in Oxford have begun screening participants in DPUK’s Deep and Frequent Phenotyping (DFP) study – the world’s most detailed study into early Alzheimer’s disease.