Cookies on this website

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you click 'Accept all cookies' we'll assume that you are happy to receive all cookies and you won't see this message again. If you click 'Reject all non-essential cookies' only necessary cookies providing core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility will be enabled. Click 'Find out more' for information on how to change your cookie settings.

Oxford Neurosciences has been successful in gaining two important Wellcome Trust Strategic Awards in the latest round of funding, with a combined value of over £6m. This round had attracted the most applications the Wellcome Trust had ever received, making the success of the applications that much more outstanding.

Integrated Multimodal Brain Imaging for Neuroscience Research and Clinical Practice

This project, led by Professor Stephen Smith, head of the Analysis Group in FMRIB, aims to integrate modelling and analysis in structural MRI, diffusion MRI, fMRI and MEG with the goal of bringing these structural and functional methods together in an integrated methodology and software toolkit. This will create powerful new tools in imaging, allowing an understanding of how structures and functions interact and in particular will be invaluable in future clinical research in many areas of clinical neuroscience.

The applicants on the award are Stephen Smith, Christian Beckmann, Tim Behrens, Mark Jenkinson and Mark Woolrich, with Oxford grant collaborators: Natalie Voets, Chris Butler, Karla Miller, Peter Jezzard, Irene Tracey, Heidi Johansen-Berg, Kia Nobre, Klaus Ebmeier, Clare Mackay and Michael Chappell.

 

The University of Oxford Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute (SCNi)

Many mental illnesses are commonly associated with highly disturbed sleep, but the importance of this disruption is frequently overlooked. Led by Professor Russell Foster, the award builds upon new data suggesting that parallel brain pathways are affected in mental illness and sleep disturbance. The application brings together neuroscientists, psychiatrists and bioengineers to understand these common connections and is an excellent example of the great opportunities for Oxford Neuroscience.The planned research integrates molecular and systems neuroscientists, psychiatrists, psychologists, and bioengineers to conduct basic cellular and genetic research through to behavioral studies in animal models, moving to translation in patient cohorts.

The principal applicants on the award are Russell Foster, David Bannerman, Gari Clifford, Kay Davies, Daniel Freeman, Guy Goodwin, Paul Harrison, Emily Holmes, Stuart Peirson, and Katharina Wulff.

For information on Wellcome Trust Awards please visit their website.

Similar stories

Ophthalmology Conference in Kyiv

On 21 February, Robert MacLaren organised a one-day ophthalmology conference in Kyiv together with Dr Andrii Ruban, President of the Ukrainian Vitreoretinal Society.

Visit from the Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust

Earlier this month, we were delighted to welcome the Director of the Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust, Richard Benson, and its Chair of Trustees, Liz Charal.

NICE recommends offering app-based treatment for people with insomnia instead of sleeping pills

Hundreds of thousands of people suffering from insomnia who would usually be prescribed sleeping pills could be offered an app-based treatment programme instead, NICE has said.

How to use the science of the body clock to improve our sleep and health

Professor Russell Foster has written a new book about circadian neuroscience which is published by Penguin this week. This book review by Jacqueline Pumphrey was first published on the University of Oxford website.

Obituary: Carol Holder

Major research network to investigate body clock and stroke

The University of Oxford is part of a new international research network to investigate the interactions between the biology of the body's internal clock and the disordered physiological processes associated with stroke.