29 Apr, 2025
\n \n \n \nTo mark International Dance Day on 29 April, Akanksha Bafna talks about her latest paper and shares how she combines her research into sleep and circadian rhythms with her personal passion for music and dance to help her understand the importance of rhythm in our daily lives.
\n \n\n \n \n11 Apr, 2025
\n \n \n \nNeed inspiration on how to start working towards your lab \u2018LEAF\u2019 accreditation? We spoke to DPhil students Sylvia Franklin and Molly John from the MacLaren and Xue Labs respectively, who led a recent lab clear-up which has helped them save resources and avoid waste.
\n \n\n \n \n26 Mar, 2025
\n \n \n \nArjune Sen is Professor of Global Epilepsy at the University of Oxford and Founding Director of the Centre for Global Epilepsy. At the NCDN Newsround on 20 March, Professor Kevin Talbot interviewed Professor Sen about his career so far, the challenges of working in global health and his next steps in epilepsy research.
\n \n\n \n \n10 Mar, 2025
\n \n \n \nWe are delighted to announce that Professor Bruce Biccard will join the department in September this year as Nuffield Professor of Anaesthetic Science. He will lead the Nuffield Division of Anaesthetics.
\n \n\n \n \n8 Mar, 2025
\n \n \n \nSaturday 8 March is International Women's Day. To mark the day we're highlighting Football on the Brain's recent school workshop celebrating inspirational women and sharing the team's #SheKicksHeroes.
\n \n\n \n \n7 Mar, 2025
\n \n \n \nWednesday 19 February saw the launch of the pilot Women In Clinical Neurosciences (WICN) mentoring programme.
\n \n\n \n \n4 Feb, 2025
\n \n \n \nProfessor Masud Husain has published a new book on what he has learned from his patients
\n \n\n \n \n15 Jan, 2025
\n \n \n \nCongratulations to Julia Buckland and Jaskiran Matharu for their success in this year's competition.
\n \n\n \n \n7 Jan, 2025
\n \n \n \nIn 2024 Professor Robert MacLaren was ranked in the top 100 ophthalmologists worldwide by the international Ophthalmologist magazine.
\n \n\n \n \n31 Oct, 2024
\n \n \n \nTipu Aziz, a major figure in Oxford Neuroscience over the last three decades, has sadly died
\n \n\n \n \n31 Oct, 2024
\n \n \n \n\n \n \n24 Oct, 2024
\n \n \n \nProfessor 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.
\n \n\n \n \n18 Oct, 2024
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\n \n \n \nThe 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.
\n \n\n \n \n10 Oct, 2024
\n \n \n \nPostgraduate 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.
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\n \n \n \nSanjay Manohar answers our burning questions about why he pursued neuroscience, his new book, and why it\u2019s important to teach children about the brain.
\n \n\n \n \n2 Oct, 2024
\n \n \n \nCongratulations 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.
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