Professor Peter Magill, Deputy Director of the MRC Brain Network Dynamics Unit at the University of Oxford, gives his account of a week of science and policy in Westminster as he began his participation in The Royal Society\u2019s Pairing Scheme.
Researchers have created a model of self-harm that shows high levels of the problem in the community, especially in young girls, and the need for school-based prevention measures.
The Himalayan Rescue Association, OUCRU Public Engagement and Media for Development work with the pilgrim community in Nepal to create a public health film
Oxford is teaming up with four Berlin institutions, the Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin, Humboldt-Universit\u00e4t zu Berlin, Technische Universit\u00e4t Berlin, the Charit\u00e9 \u2013 Universit\u00e4tsmedizin Berlin, creating a new partnership which will open up exciting new initiatives across all academic disciplines.
The \u00a313m drug discovery partnership between Oxford University, Oxford Sciences Innovation and Evotec supported 12 new projects in first year of operation.
Scientists at the Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging (WIN) were intrigued by the results of the brain scans of one recent visitor. With his luxuriant white beard and dashing red suit, the elderly, somewhat rotund Volunteer X looked pretty \u2018normal\u2019 on the surface, but the testing revealed something altogether startling!
Pregnant women and those who are planning pregnancy should not discontinue their medication without consulting a specialist, says a major new report from researchers at the University of Oxford.
Oxford\u2019s Primate Neuroscience research group and Biomedical Services team have been recognised for their openness and public engagement at Understanding Animal Research\u2019s (UAR) fourth annual Openness Awards and the 81st Stephen Paget memorial lecture.
The Vice-Premier of the People\u2019s Republic of China, Liu Yandong, has visited Oxford to witness the signing of several research agreements between Oxford University and Chinese partners.
A new paper published today by the Oxford Martin School calls for \u2018open science\u2019 approaches to drug discovery and offers ways forward that would transform how the medical challenges of this century could be addressed more efficiently.
Professor Lovestone, who is receiving a knighthood on 7 December in recognition of his research into Alzheimer's disease, will be cycling to the Palace as part of a 300 mile ride for Alzheimer's Research UK.
Sociologist Alex Rushforth (Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences), recently attended Oxford\u2019s annual digital health pitching event, The Hill, for the first time. Here\u2019s what he made of it.
Professor Kim Nasmyth FRS, Whitley Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford, has been awarded the 2018 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences at a ceremony held in the NASA Ames Research Centre in Silicon Valley, California.
Applications are invited for the 2018 Jill and Herbert Hunt Travelling Scholarship to support travel abroad for clinical study or research from graduates of the Oxford University Medical School.
The largest ever genetic study of mosquitoes reveals the movement of insecticide resistance between different regions of Africa and finds several rapidly evolving insecticide resistance genes. Published in Nature, this genetic resource will be used to develop new tools for monitoring resistance and managing insecticide use, and for designing novel control methods.
An exhibition of portraits commissioned to showcase the diversity of staff and past students at Oxford University includes staff from across the Medical Sciences Division
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