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Mutations in genetically identical mice yield surprising results
CVM Department Research
27 April 2017
Scientists have shown that inactivating the same gene in mouse embryos that are virtually genetically identical can result in a wide range of different physical features or abnormalities.
Star Wars in a petri dish
CVM Research
26 April 2017
A new method has been developed for observing the effects of drugs on heart cells under the microscope.
Ketamine shows positive results for treating severe depression
Department General Publication Research
6 April 2017
A new paper published in The Lancet Psychiatry sets out principles for responsibly testing innovative treatments for severe depression, based on treating more than 100 patients with approximately 1,000 infusions of ketamine over six years in Oxford.
Five more years of transforming care through research
CVM OCDEM Research
4 April 2017
An exciting new chapter in NHS medical research in Oxford began at the start of April, with the £113.7m renewal of the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC).
Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition
Department MRC WIMM NDCLS OCDEM
30 March 2017
We are delighted to announce that researchers in RDM have been selected to take part in the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition – a prestigious science festival that showcases the best of UK research.
Scientific Excellence rewarded at WIMM Day
IMD MRC HIU MRC MHU MRC TIDU MRC WIMM NDCLS
29 March 2017
Congratulations to all our prize winners at this year’s WIMM Day. We were delighted to award Mike Barnkob, a DPhil student with Prof Vincenzo Cerundolo in the MRC Human Immunology Unit, the Ita Askonas Medal and Prize for his work on T cells in the tumour microenvironment.
British Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance CMR Young Investigators E-Poster Award
CVM OCMR OCMR YA
29 March 2017
British Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance CMR Young Investigators Award
CVM OCMR OCMR YA
29 March 2017
MRC WIMM Public Engagement Prize winners announced at this year’s WIMM Day
IMD MRC HIU MRC MHU MRC TIDU MRC WIMM NDCLS
28 March 2017
Dilated cardiomyopathy: the disease that killed George Michael – explained
CVM Research
15 March 2017
An Oxfordshire coroner recently announced that George Michael died of natural causes. The post-mortem examination revealed that the singer suffered from a number of health problems, including dilated cardiomyopathy.
Do you really want to know what’s lurking in your genome?
CVM Research
15 March 2017
Would you want to know if you were at a higher risk of getting dementia later in life? Would you want to know that you could die under general anaesthesia, or might die suddenly of heart failure? Would you want to know if you had a higher-than-normal chance of getting cancer? You could learn these things by looking at your genome. But would you want to be faced with the answers?
2017 RDM Image Competition Winners Announced
Department
15 March 2017
Thank you to all of you who entered the RDM Image Competition and a huge congratulations to the winners! We received some amazing entries.
Prof Raj Thakker wins Hakan Ahlman Award
Department OCDEM
13 March 2017
Congratulations to Prof Raj Thakker who has been awarded Hakan Ahlman Award, for publications of excellence, at the annual European Neuroendocrine Tumour Society conference in Barcelona.
American Society of Hematology Announces 2017 Translational Research Training in Hematology Program Participants
EDI MRC MHU MRC WIMM NDCLS
13 March 2017
The American Society of Hematology (ASH) and the European Hematology Association (EHA) have announced the names of 20 early-career hematologists who will participate in the joint 2017 Translational Research Training in Hematology (TRTH) program. These include Dr Alice Giustacchini (WIMM-NDCLS, Mead/Jacobsen Group) and Dr Lynn Quek (WIMM-NDCLS, Vyas Group). Congratulations to Alice and Lynn for being invited to take part in this prestigious scheme.
2017 RDM Symposium Poster Prizes
Department EDI IMD MRC MHU NDCLS OCDEM
13 March 2017
As always, the RDM Symposium Poster Session was full of fascinating science, new techniques interesting discussion.
Handing Over The Baton In Diabetes Research
EDI OCDEM
10 March 2017
At the Diabetes UK Conference which was held last week in Manchester Professor Anna Gloyn took part in a special session celebrating Diabetes UK funded fellows past and present.
Funding Success for Professor Karpe
General OCDEM
10 March 2017
We are delighted to announce Professor Fredrik Karpe has been awarded a 5 year programme grant from the British Heart Foundation.
Drugs from bugs tops list of LAB282’s first round of grants
CVM Research
21 February 2017
Oxford University and Evotec’s drug discovery partnership launched last year to quickly accelerate drugs to market begins making awards.
New MRI scanner to give Oxford scientists high tech view of heart disease
CVM Department OCMR
13 February 2017
A powerful new heart scanner to improve the treatment of heart disease has been installed at the Oxford Centre for Magnetic Resonance Imaging, thanks to a £1m grant from the British Heart Foundation (BHF).