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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).
Oxford International Women’s Festival
CVM EDI General
13 February 2017
RDM researchers are taking part in the Oxford International Women’s Festival (24-11 March), which celebrates ‘Women Thinking Big in the Arts, Science, Politics and Education’.
International Day of Women In Science
EDI OCDEM
11 February 2017
OCDEM Professors celebrate the International Day of Women In Science.
Shared Parental Leave
Department EDI
7 February 2017
Dr Bob Mahoney, Graduate Studies Administrator, has recently returned from Shared Parental Leave (SPL). The SPL statutory scheme enables eligible parents, if they so wish, to share a period of leave and pay in the 52 weeks immediately following the birth or adoption of their child. Here, Bob shares his experiences of SPL.
Call for Nominations for the Title of Associate Professor and University Research Lecturer
Department
1 February 2017
The 2017 procedures for conferment of the titles of Associate Professor (AP) and University Research Lecturer (URL) have been announced. The deadline for nominations for both titles is noon on Monday, 20 March 2017.
Congratulations to Dr Alexander Liu
CVM OCMR OCMR YA
1 February 2017
Congratulations to Dr Alexander Liu who has won the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) Clinical Early Career Award. Well done!
Novo Nordisk enters collaboration with University of Oxford on type 2 diabetes
OCDEM Research
30 January 2017
International research company Novo Nordisk is investing £115 million in a new research centre at the University of Oxford, as part of a new type 2 diabetes research collaboration with the University.
Oxford academics partner with SBI Pharmaceuticals to improve cardiac surgery
CVM Research
27 January 2017
Researchers from the University of Oxford are collaborating with the Japanese pharmaceutical company, SBI Pharmaceuticals, to minimise deterioration of heart function outcomes after cardiac surgery.
Funding Success For Professor Tomlinson
OCDEM
23 January 2017
We are delighted to announce Professor Jeremy Tomlinson has received funding from the MRC for his project "Dissecting the Steroid metabolome in the pathogenesis and treatment of metabolic liver disease".
Handling difficult conversations training course
Department EDI
12 January 2017
We are hosting a ‘Handling difficult conversations’ training course. This short course is about difficult conversations, why we avoid them, why we probably shouldn’t and what we can do to turn a difficult conversation into a genuine dialogue.
Research volunteer donates £500 to OCMR
CVM General OCMR
20 December 2016
A volunteer who has been taking part in a heart imaging study at the Oxford Centre for Magnetic Resonance Research (OCMR), has kindly donated £500 to support further work in the Centre.