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.
The three-year \u00a3225,000 grant from The Brain Tumour Charity will fund research into whether it's possible to use T-cells to track and detect gliomas.
Postgraduate student Arun Joseph, who is reading for a DPhil in Clinical Neurosciences, has been awarded \u00a35,000 by the Oxford Policy Engagement Network (OPEN) Seed Fund to support a project aimed at improving ventilator management for patients with acute brain injury.
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.
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.
Dr Cl\u00e9mence Ligneul is one of six Oxford researchers selected for a major European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant, who will each receive up to \u20ac1.5 million for a period of five years.
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.
The Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging has been awarded the Silver Engage Watermark in recognition of their outstanding commitment to supporting public and community engagement.
The work of Oxford University's Oxford Simulation, Teaching and Research team (OxSTaR) has been recognised by a Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE).
Professor Irene Tracey, Vice-Chancellor, University of Oxford and Professor of Anaesthetic Neuroscience, was selected for her substantial contributions to the advancement of science.
Congratulations are in order for Professor Jaideep Pandit, Professor of Anaesthesia and consultant anaesthetist, who has received the rarely awarded prestigious Gold Medal of the Royal College of Anaesthetists. Professor Pandit was a student and research fellow at DPAG and is now an Academic Visitor in the department; he is also a Fellow and Tutor in Medicine at St John's College.
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