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Heidi Johansen-Berg elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
Integrative Neuroimaging Research
12 May 2021
Congratulations to Heidi Johansen-Berg, one of 11 University of Oxford biomedical and health scientists that the Academy of Medical Sciences has elected to its fellowship.
Celebrating International Women's Day
Event
5 March 2021
100 years since women were admitted as full members of the University of Oxford, women now hold vital posts at all levels of this institution.
Researcher publishes children's book of the brain
Integrative Neuroimaging Public engagement
4 March 2021
Betina Ip, a Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellow, has written a book for children: The Usborne Book of the Brain
Research shows how the brain reorganises old memories when new ones are made
MRC BNDU Research
18 February 2021
Researchers have discovered that the arrangement of existing memories in the brain is altered when we embed new memories
Capturing immune cells that colonise the brain to prevent disease progression in multiple sclerosis
Clinical Neurology Research
16 February 2021
Researchers have revealed a disease-causing population of immune cells, which travel to the brain in patients with multiple sclerosis. They demonstrate how to trap these cells in the blood, which means they can be targeted to prevent disease progression.
New machine learning system developed to identify deteriorating patients in hospital
Anaesthetics Research
5 February 2021
Researchers have developed a machine learning algorithm that could improve clinicians’ ability to identify hospitalised patients who need intensive care.
Retirement of Professor Peter Brown
MRC BNDU
15 January 2021
This month sees the retirement of Professor Peter Brown as Director of the Medical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit at the University of Oxford.
Accidental awareness in obstetric surgery under general anaesthesia more frequent than expected
Anaesthetics Research
13 January 2021
The largest ever study of awareness during obstetric general anaesthesia shows around 1 in 250 women may be affected, and some may experience long-term psychological harm.
Are sleep trackers accurate? Here’s what researchers currently know
Ophthalmology Research
12 January 2021
Two neurologists awarded MRC Senior Clinical Fellowships
Clinical Neurology Research
26 November 2020
Two of our Associate Professors, Sarosh Irani and George Tofaris, have been awarded MRC Senior Clinical Fellowships.
Developing diagnostics for COVID-19
Clinical Neurology Coronavirus Research
26 November 2020
Associate Professor Sarosh Irani, who heads up our Autoimmune Neurology Group, has been funded by Mologic to help develop diagnostics for COVID-19.
COVID-19 and Guillain-Barré syndrome
Clinical Neurology Coronavirus Research
23 November 2020
Multiple recent case reports have suggested a link between COVID-19 and Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), an acute, disabling, immune-mediated disorder of the peripheral nervous system. It is currently unclear whether this simply represents a chance association.
Low-cost ventilator wins at E&T Innovation Awards
Anaesthetics Award Coronavirus
20 November 2020
The OxVent is a rapidly deployable and scalable low-cost mechanical ventilator specially designed for COVID-19, which has now been recognised as one of the best innovations of the year by the Institute of Engineering and Technology.
The brain understands relationships in the same way as it understands how to move in space
Integrative Neuroimaging Research
20 November 2020
Researchers have developed a new framework that binds together the way the brain forms maps of space to the way the brain understands relationships of any kind.
Viruses shown to evolve as a result of different immune responses in different ethnic populations
Clinical Neurology Coronavirus Research
20 November 2020
New research into the HIV-1 virus has shed light on an important factor in the evolution of viruses, which is likely also to affect SARS-CoV-2 (the virus which causes COVID-19). This new insight could have important implications for vaccine development.
2020 Highly Cited Researchers
Research
19 November 2020
Ten of our researchers feature in the Highly Cited Researchers 2020 list.
New NDCN Professors
Award
6 November 2020
Congratulations to the five members of our Department who have been awarded the title of Professor in the recent round of the University’s Recognition of Distinction scheme.
Emerging Leaders Prize celebrates outstanding pain researchers
Award Clinical Neurology
5 November 2020
2020’s Emerging Leaders Prize awards £200,000 to outstanding scientists from the University of Oxford, University College London and King’s College London, who are all working in the field of pain research.