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Celebrating the work of our Department
Award Event
18 March 2015
Our annual Thomas Willis Day is a chance to celebrate the work of our Department, with a particular focus on our postgraduate students.
'Ouch zone' in the brain identified
Integrative Neuroimaging Research
10 March 2015
Our researchers find that activity in a brain area known as the dorsal posterior insula is directly related to the intensity of pain.
Two major grants for Oxford's Parkinson's research
Clinical Neurology
10 March 2015
Oxford receives major funding to work on Parkinson’s, a neurological condition which can leave people struggling to walk, speak and sleep.
Migraine studentship
Clinical Neurology
9 March 2015
We are offering a competitive graduate studentship for October 2015 entry tenable for three years.
Computer algorithm picks out the drugs that work
Integrative Neuroimaging
18 February 2015
Computer algorithms can tell apart the drugs that provide effective pain relief from ineffective placebos, Oxford's Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain has found.
Learn about functional and structural brain image analysis on the 2015 FSL course
Integrative Neuroimaging
17 February 2015
This intensive four-day course covers both the theory and practice of functional and structural brain image analysis, combining detailed lectures interleaved with hands-on practical sessions using the FSL software.
Study shows how human brain learns to handle disability
Integrative Neuroimaging Research
9 January 2015
People born without one hand, who are still able to use both limbs well in otherwise two-handed tasks, are likely to show brain activity which resembles that of people with two hands.
New tool being developed to fight motor neuron disease
7 January 2015
Innovate UK has awarded an Oxford-based consortium £850k to validate epigenetic signatures in patients with the motor neurone disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
Russell Foster recognised in New Year Honours
Award
5 January 2015
Professor Russell Foster, FRS, Professor of Circadian Neurosciences, Head of the Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Director of the Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute and Fellow of Brasenose College, has been appointed CBE for services to science.
REF 2014: Oxford Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience excels
Research
18 December 2014
Today’s Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014) results highlight the University of Oxford’s world-leading position in Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience.
Royal Society of Medicine prize for gene therapy researcher
Award Ophthalmology
17 December 2014
Ophthalmologist Miss Samantha de Silva has been named the RSM Wesleyan Trainee of the Year 2014 for her research into gene therapy to restore visual function in end-stage retinitis pigmentosa.
Linking development, ageing, and disease processes in the brain
Integrative Neuroimaging Research
25 November 2014
Gwenaëlle Douaud and colleagues reveal new evidence that shows how development, ageing, and disease processes are related in the brain.
Researchers aim to help patients sleep better during their stay in hospital
Anaesthetics
20 November 2014
Professor Duncan Young has been awarded £280,000 by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to look at the problem of noise levels and sleep in the intensive care unit.
Bespoke Treatments for Parkinson's
Clinical Neurology Event
20 November 2014
Michele Hu speaks at the Annual Parkinson's UK Flagship Lecture at the Royal Institution.
Significant industry funding for pain research
Research
4 November 2014
San Diego based Abide Therapeutics is collaborating with the University of Oxford and the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust to explore the therapeutic potential of serine hydrolases, a validated but under-explored class of drug targets.
Russell Foster receives Excellence in Bioscience Communication Award
Award
30 October 2014
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
13 October 2014
New research to investigate if neuroscience can improve teaching and learning in schools
9 October 2014
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.