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What's new

British Heart Foundation partners with the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race

The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is the official charity partner for The Gemini Boat Race. Oxford cardiovascular research DPhil students Catherine King (IDRM) and Claire Aitkin (RDM) are funded by the BHF and proud to be part of this year’s race.

Heather Group publishes new paper in Diabetes journal

Professor Lisa Heather and colleagues have just published a new paper, ‘Redefining Diabetic Cardiomyopathy: Perturbations in Substrate Metabolism at the Heart of its Pathology’ in the journal Diabetes.

Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton authors article on iron deficiency and supplementation in heart failure for Nature Reviews Cardiology

Professor Lakhal-Littleton, an Oxford BHF CRE PI, and her team have investigated non-anaemic iron deficiency in cardiovascular medicine due to its association with a range of adverse effects in various conditions. Lessons learned could ultimately translate into benefits for patients with other conditions such as chronic kidney disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cancer.

Dr Zakariye Ashkir wins CMR 2024 Early Career Award

Dr Zakariye Ashkir, cardiology trainee and RDM DPhil student, has won the CMR 2024 Early Career Award in the Translational Research category for his British Heart Foundation-funded work titled Bridging the gap between ECG indicators of arrhythmic risk and microstructure across hypertrophic cardiomyopathy stages.

Upcoming events

Bridging Frontiers in Organoid Research at Oxford Symposium

Tuesday, 19 March 2024, 9am to 2pm

The event will foster collaboration and discussion among the Oxford scientific community working on 3D in vitro models, their applications and related technologies. Advanced registration only and is fully booked.