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 \u00a36 million.
Oxford University researchers funded by Parkinson\u2019s UK have developed a simple and quick MRI technique that offers promise for early diagnosis of Parkinson\u2019s disease.
Tipu Aziz, Professor of Neurosurgery in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, has been awarded the 6th Phillip Gildenberg lectureship in Functional Neurosurgery.
Mr Erlick Pereira, who works with the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neuroscience's Alex Green and Tipu Aziz, has been awarded a prestigious Hunterian Professorship by the Royal College of Surgeons of England for 2014 and 2015.
The Stroke Prevention Research Unit has been awarded the Queen\u2019s Anniversary Prize for Higher Education, the highest form of national recognition that UK higher education institutions can achieve.
Zameel Cader of the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences will use MRC Technology\u2019s commercialization services to advance new treatments for migraine pain control.
Liz Barnes-Moss, Departmental Administrator, was presented with NDCN's Athena Swan Bronze Award by Dame Julia Higgins at a ceremony held at the Royal Society in Edinburgh on June 6th.
Professor Peter Rothwell FMedSci has been appointed the new Action Research Professor of Clinical Neurology in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, succeeding Professor George Ebers.
The family of disorders known as ataxias can impair speech, balance and coordination, and have varying levels of severity. A team led by Dr Andrea Nemeth from NDCN has identified a new member of this group of conditions which is connected to Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 5 (SCA5). SCA5 is sometimes known as \u2018Lincoln ataxia,\u2019 because it was first found in the relatives of US President Abraham Lincoln.
Oxford University has recently led a successful bid to establish a \u20ac52M international consortium to develop induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell lines for drug discovery and safety assessment.
David received his MB PhD qualification from of Guy\u2019s and St Thomas\u2019 Medical School London. He undertook an intercalated PhD studying the role of neurotrophic factors in sensory neuronal development and the generation of persistent pain. Sub-speciality training in neurology took place principally in London at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, King\u2019s College Hospital and Guy\u2019s and St Thomas\u2019 NHS Trust.
Hosted by Imperial College London, the LIYSF brings together 300 school students from all almost 60 countries for a series of talks, demonstrations, activities and site visits from all areas of the UK\u2019s leading scientific community. 50 students travelled to Oxford for a day of talks and activities focussed on various aspects of neuroscience hosted by Oxford Neuroscience and the Oxford BRC.
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