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« Back to NewsDr Bjorn Vahsen wins Junior Research Prize
21 March 2025
The prize is awarded by the German Society of Muscular Diseases.
Vice-Chancellor’s Awards nominations in NDCN
13 March 2025
The Vice-Chancellor’s Awards are a University-wide celebration of our outstanding people. Four projects involving members of NDCN are included in the shortlist.
Wellcome Discovery Award to study learning in neurons
11 March 2025
Wellcome Trust has given a prestigious Discovery Award to fund research on fundamental mechanisms of learning in cortical neurons.
Children’s epilepsy treatment device wins The Engineer Collaborate to Innovate Award 2024
10 March 2025
The Children’s Adaptive Deep brain stimulation for Epilepsy Trial (CADET), a collaboration between clinicians, industry and academics, won in the Medical & Healthcare category
Dr Pao-Sheng Chang awarded a Guarantors of Brain Postdoctoral Early-Career Fellowship
12 February 2025
Dr Chang will use the three-year fellowship to advance his research on macrophage-‘sensory neuron’ interactions in the context of human neuropathic pain.
NDCN researchers awarded ARIA funding for future adoption of neurotechnologies
21 January 2025
Project teams led by Associate Professor Melanie Fleming and Professor Ben Seymour have been awarded funding from the Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA) to advance research that could unlock next-generation precision neurotechnologies.
Sir Roger Bannister Prize Winners 2025
15 January 2025
Congratulations to Julia Buckland and Jaskiran Matharu for their success in this year's competition.
Professor Robert MacLaren in the top 100 ophthalmologists worldwide
7 January 2025
In 2024 Professor Robert MacLaren was ranked in the top 100 ophthalmologists worldwide by the international Ophthalmologist magazine.
Leading academics recognised on Clarivate Highly Cited List
20 November 2024
Six researchers from the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neuroscience have made it onto the 2024 list.
Nick Gatford wins prestigious Nikon Small World Award
14 November 2024
The awards aims to showcase the beauty of life as seen through the light microscope.
Class of 2023/24 MSc Clinical and Therapeutic Neuroscience Prizes announced
13 November 2024
Congratulations to the MSc in Clinical and Therapeutic Neuroscience, Class of 2023/24 for successfully completing the course.
Wellcome Discovery Award granted to Professor Robert MacLaren
24 October 2024
Professor Robert MacLaren has been awarded a prestigious Wellcome Discovery Award to advance the development of CRISPR strategies to treat inherited retinal diseases, which are a leading cause of childhood visual impairment in the UK and of blindness in people of working age.
Dr Bo Sun awarded Future Leaders Grant
14 October 2024
The three-year £225,000 grant from The Brain Tumour Charity will fund research into whether it's possible to use T-cells to track and detect gliomas.
DPhil student receives OPEN funding for ventilator management policy project
10 October 2024
Postgraduate student Arun Joseph, who is reading for a DPhil in Clinical Neurosciences, has been awarded £5,000 by the Oxford Policy Engagement Network (OPEN) Seed Fund to support a project aimed at improving ventilator management for patients with acute brain injury.
Professor Russell Foster awarded Foreign Fellowship of INSA
2 October 2024
Congratulations to Professor Russell Foster, Head of the Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Director of the Sir Jules Thorn Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute, on his election as a Foreign Fellow of the lndian National Science Academy.
Tim Denison elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
18 September 2024
Many congratulations to BNDU Group Leader Professor Tim Denison on the announcement today of his election to the Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering.
Nele Demeyere awarded the title of Professor of Neuropsychology
6 September 2024
Many congratulations to Nele Demeyere who has been awarded the title of Professor in the recent Recognition of Distinction round.
Dr Clémence Ligneul awarded European Research Council Starting Grant to launch ambitious project
5 September 2024
Dr Clémence Ligneul is one of six Oxford researchers selected for a major European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant, who will each receive up to €1.5 million for a period of five years.
Russell Foster featured in 100 Faces campaign
15 April 2024
The campaign which launched on the 15th April 2024 celebrates the stories and achievements of students who were the first in their family to go to university.