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Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging (WIN) receives Silver Engage Watermark Award
Awards and Appointments General Public Engagement with Research
9 May 2023
This award from the National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement is a significant landmark, indicating WIN's commitment to embedding support for public engagement.
James Naismith appointed as Head of MPLS
Awards and Appointments General
4 May 2023
Professor James H Naismith FRSC FRSB FRS FRSE FMedSci MAE is to become the new Head of Oxford’s Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences (MPLS) Division.
Professor Claire Edwards receives the European Calcified Tissue Society Mike Horton Award
Awards and Appointments General
27 April 2023
Claire Edwards, Associate Professor of Bone Oncology, has been awarded the prestigious European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS) Mike Horton preclinical/translational award in recognition of her significant contributions to the field of bone and calcified tissue.
Four Oxford researchers awarded €2.5 million European Research Council Advanced Grants
Awards and Appointments General
12 April 2023
Four University of Oxford researchers have been awarded European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grants of €2.5 million each over five years to explore their most innovative and ambitious ideas. These grants recognise ground-breaking projects led by researchers with a track record of significant research achievements.
Oxford researchers win poster prizes at CRUK Oxford Centre Annual Symposium
Awards and Appointments General
30 March 2023
Congratulations to Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences researchers Dr Sandy Figiel and Mr George Adigbli for winning first and second prizes respectively for their poster presentations – out of 53 entries – at the Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Oxford Centre 2023 Annual Symposium on Thursday 16 March.
Athena Swan Gold Award success for Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences
Athena Swan Awards and Appointments General
17 March 2023
The award reflects the Department’s commitment to representation, progression and success for all. It acknowledges the innovative policies and practices developed across the department and the detailed action plans for improvement.
RECOVERY trial team awarded MRC Impact Prize for Outstanding Team Impact
Awards and Appointments General Research
15 March 2023
The Medical Research Council Prize Committee has awarded the RECOVERY trial team the MRC Impact Prize 2022 for Outstanding Team Impact.
Major trials to test effectiveness of cannabidiol on psychosis
Awards and Appointments Clinical Trials General Research
16 February 2023
A global study involving three clinical trials will investigate the effectiveness of cannabidiol (CBD) in treating people with psychosis or psychotic symptoms, thanks to a multi-million pound grant to Oxford University.
Gero Miesenböck awarded 2023 Japan Prize
Awards and Appointments General
24 January 2023
Congratulations to Professor Gero Miesenböck, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG), who has been awarded the 2023 Japan Prize in the field of Life Sciences, together with Professor Karl Deisseroth, for pioneering work in the field of optogenetics.
Major funding for Oxford will help find new cancer treatments
Awards and Appointments General Research
23 January 2023
Cancer Research UK and the National Institute for Health and Care Research are investing over £3 million across the next five years into The University of Oxford’s Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC). The investment will enable Oxford to expand its portfolio of precision prevention and early detection cancer trials.
Daniel Freeman to join Department of Experimental Psychology as Professor of Psychology
Awards and Appointments General
23 January 2023
The Department of Experimental Psychology are delighted to announce that Daniel Freeman has been appointed as their new Professor of Psychology, joining from the Department of Psychiatry.
Oxford to lead international consortium to unlock potential of programmable nucleic acid drugs
Awards and Appointments General
17 January 2023
A consortium led by Matthew Wood, Professor of Neuroscience in the Department of Paediatrics and Director of the Oxford-Harrington Rare Disease Centre, has been awarded £8m of funding from UKRI, LifeArc and the Nucleic Acid Therapy Accelerator (NATA) via the Nucleic Acid Therapies (NAT) Delivery Research Challenge.
Professor Marian Knight recognised for services to maternal and public health
Awards and Appointments General
31 December 2022
Professor Knight's research focuses on the care and prevention of severe complications of pregnancy and early life and addressing disparities in outcomes for women and babies from different population groups.
Oxford vaccinologist Teresa Lambe honoured with Irish Abroad award
Awards and Appointments General
20 December 2022
A vaccine scientist from the University of Oxford recently received the prestigious Presidential Distinguished Service Award for the Irish Abroad for 2022, which recognises the contribution of members of the Irish diaspora.
Director of MRC Brain Network Dynamics Unit appointed
Awards and Appointments General
15 December 2022
From 2 January 2023, Professor Peter Magill will lead the Medical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit (MRC BNDU) at the University of Oxford.
Alexandra Preston receives ASH Outstanding Abstract Achievement Award
Awards and Appointments General Staff and student stories
12 December 2022
Alexandra Preston, a doctoral student from MRC Human Immunology Unit (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), delivered a plenary talk on 11th December at the ASH Meeting and Exposition in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Demis Hassabis Visited Kavli INsD for the Kavli Award Lecture 2022
Awards and Appointments General
12 December 2022
In his talk, Demis mentioned how they were able to solve the protein folding problem with AlphaFold. For 50 years, people have been working on protein folding, a problem first articulated by Nobel Prize winner Christian Anfinsen.
Success for Oxford researchers in The Genetics Society 2023 Awards
Awards and Appointments General Staff and student stories
30 November 2022
Researchers from Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Radcliffe Department of Medicine and Nuffield Department of Population Health have been recgonised in The Genetics Society 2023 awards.
New tool aims to make bowel cancer treatments more effective
Awards and Appointments General
23 November 2022
The Leedham Lab in Nuffield Department of Medicine (NDM) has been awarded over £2M from Cancer Research UK to develop a new tool that could help guide how bowel cancer patients are treated in the future.
Doug Higgs awarded the 2023 Genetics Society Medal
Awards and Appointments General
23 November 2022
The award recognises Radcliffe Department of Medicine's Professor Higgs major contribution to our understanding of how mammalian genes are switched on and off, and using haematopoiesis as a model to understand how genes function.