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Russell Foster receives Excellence in Bioscience Communication Award

Award

The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) has recognised outstanding contributions to bioscience made by members of its research community.

Brain Damage: a free film 2014

New research to investigate if neuroscience can improve teaching and learning in schools

Can physical fitness improve academic achievement? Would teenagers do better in their exams if they could sleep in and start school later? These questions will be part of a multi-million pound research project, funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), to investigate a variety of ways neuroscience might improve teaching and learning in the UK.

Oxford Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain opens its doors

Integrative Neuroimaging

On Friday 12 September, the Oxford Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain (FMRIB) invited members of the public to visit the control room of its Ultra High Field MRI scanner.

Sleep deprivation may shrink the brain

Integrative Neuroimaging

Sleep difficulties may be linked to a more rapid decline in brain volume according to a new study published in Neurology.

Motor Neuron Researchers do the Ice Bucket Challenge

Clinical Neurology

Researchers in our Department working on Motor Neuron Disease (MND) do the Ice Bucket Challenge, which has taken the internet by storm this week and so far raised £6 million.

Smart Glasses Win Google Impact Challenge

Award

A project in our Department is a winner of the 2014 Google Impact Challenge, and will receive £500,000.

Tom Okell wins Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowship

Award Research

The Royal Academy of Engineering has awarded seven fellowships to engineering researchers whose projects have the potential to bring radical innovation to their fields. Dr Tom Okell is the recipient of one of the fellowships. He will benefit from financial support and mentoring for five years for his research into novel imaging techniques to visualise blood flow in the brain.

Department’s Researchers ‘Highly Cited’

Award Research

Several researchers in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences appear in the 2014 ‘Highly-Cited Researchers’ list published by Thompson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals.

Smart glasses for people with poor vision being tested in Oxford

Clinical Neurology Research

Smart glasses for the registered blind, developed in our Department, are being trialled in public spaces for the first time.

MRI brain scans detect people with early Parkinson’s

Clinical Neurology Research

Oxford University researchers funded by Parkinson’s UK have developed a simple and quick MRI technique that offers promise for early diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease.

Martin Turner writes blog on diagnosing MND earlier

Clinical Neurology Research

The Motor Neuron Disease Association has published a blog post from Martin Turner about 'BioMOx', the Oxford Study for Biomarkers in MND.

Great British Sleep Survey Launched

Ophthalmology

The survey, developed by researchers at the University of Oxford and digital sleep improvement programme, Sleepio, is the largest of its kind and will provide a snapshot of the nation’s sleep health.

Oxford Biomedical Research Centre Open Day Attracts 600

Event Stroke & Dementia

The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Oxford Biomedical Research Centre is a £100M collaboration between Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust and the University of Oxford to accelerate healthcare innovation. Renewed in 2013, with a 50% increase in funding, the BRC features major neuroscience research themes including cerebrovascular disease and dementia led by Peter Rothwell, and functional neuroscience and imaging led by Peter Brown.

'Arrogance' of ignoring need for sleep

Ophthalmology Research

Society has become 'supremely arrogant' in ignoring the importance of sleep, Professor Russell Foster has told the BBC's Day of the Body Clock.

Russell Foster on sleep science at the 2014 Wired Health Event

Ophthalmology Research

'Sleep disruption is so much more than the inconvenience of being able to sleep at the desired time - it is a global health disruption', said Russell Foster, Professor of Circadian Neuroscience at the University of Oxford, speaking at Wired Health in London on 6 May.

Stephen Hicks Wins Prize for Smart Glasses

Award Clinical Neurology

Stephen Hicks, Research Fellow in Neuroscience and Visual Prosthetics, has won the 2014 SET for BRITAIN Gold Award and Engineering Medal

Three of our students in boat race triumph

Three students studying for DPhils in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences have contributed to Oxford's wins in the women's and men's boat races.

First UK study of ketamine for people with severe depression

Anaesthetics Research

Andrew Farmery of the Nuffield Division of Anaesthetics has co-authored a paper on the first UK study of the use of ketamine intravenous infusions in people with treatment-resistant depression.

Sleep researchers contribute to lighting innovation

Event Ophthalmology

The Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences is playing a major role in a new research project looking at how to develop solid-state lighting technology (SSL).

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