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Tim Behrens wins award for outstanding research
30 January 2017
Two Troland Research Awards are given annually to recognise unusual achievement by young investigators and to further research within the broad spectrum of experimental psychology.
New Oxford Neurodevelopment Consortium
13 January 2017
Professor Andrea Németh has successfully applied to the John Fell Fund to establish the Oxford Neurodevelopment Consortium (OxNDC).
Irene Tracey wins Feldberg Foundation Prize
9 January 2017
The purpose of the Feldberg Foundation is the promotion of scientific contact between German and English scientists within the sphere of experimental medical research.
New spinout addresses sleep and circadian rhythm disruption
3 January 2017
Circadian Therapeutics has been established to identify and bring to market pharmaceutical and diagnostic platforms for the effective management of physiological and pathological conditions through their ability to modify the body's circadian rhythms.
New drug trial for Parkinson's
12 December 2016
Our researchers have been granted 600K euros from EU’s Horizon 2020 Framework Programme to join in a multi-centre initiative studying a new drug for Parkinson's disease
New Wellcome Trust Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging
7 December 2016
The Wellcome Trust has today announced five-year funding for 14 major research centres, including a centre for neuroimaging in Oxford
Brain activity predicts the force of your actions
24 November 2016
A clear link between the activity in nerve clusters in the brain and the amount of force generated in a physical action has been demonstrated by our researchers, opening the way for the development of better devices to assist paralysed patients.
Second phase of gene therapy trial for blindness under way
10 November 2016
The trial involves injecting a virus into the eye to deliver billions of healthy genes to replace a key missing gene for choroideremia sufferers.
Study paves the way for new autoimmune disease treatments with fewer side effects
3 November 2016
New research from our Department has raised the possibility of minimising the side effects of treatment for patients with autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis and inflammatory bowel disease.
Noise, sleep and delerium in intensive care
31 October 2016
The SILENCE project, funded by the NIHR Research for Patient Benefit stream, featured on BBC Radio 4 Inside Health on 4 October 2016.
Medical Research Council awards £4.3m to boost UK research base in dementia
25 October 2016
Six universities including Oxford have been awarded a total of £4.3m by the Medical Research Council (MRC) to grow and develop the UK’s research base in dementia science.
Christopher Kennard Retires
17 October 2016
Professor Chris Kennard retired at the end of September 2016
Irene Tracey becomes new Head of Department
1 October 2016
Initial results from world’s biggest body scanning project
20 September 2016
Data from the first 5,000 UK Biobank participants taking part in the world’s largest health imaging study has been released for health researchers worldwide to use in their own research.
World first for robot eye operation
13 September 2016
University of Oxford surgeons at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital have performed the world's first operation inside the eye using a robot.
Study of vascular disease welcomes 10,000th participant
2 September 2016
The only project of its kind that studies all acute vascular events, such as strokes and heart attacks, in order to develop better treatments has recruited its 10,000th Oxfordshire participant.