It is #InternationalStressAwarenessWeek, so we would like to remind all our colleagues that here @DPAG we take wellbeing seriously. Check out the programme of Wellbeing events below

Many congratulations to DPAG's own Dame Professor Molly Stevens, who has been elected as an international member of the US National Academy of Medicine

Happy #WorldAnatomyDay - check out our up-coming event

NEW: We’re honoured to be ranked number one in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for the tenth consecutive year. 👏

Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH) in Lima, Peru and the University of Oxford have secured a prestigious Wellcome Discovery Award worth $3.1 million to launch a four-year programme aimed at improving treatment for Chronic Mountain Sickness www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-...

DPAG’s David Paterson, Neil Herring and international co-authors have published a review article: Multimodal, device-based therapeutic targeting of the cardiovascular autonomic nervous system www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/news/review-...

As September draws to a close, we celebrate South East Asian Heritage Month by talking to Fitz, a postdoc researcher in DPAG's Klemm Group www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/news/intervi...

This exciting work has been done by researchers drawn from across Oxford University, including DPAG www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09...

We are delighted to announce that our own Dr Mootaz Salman has been awarded the prestigious Bayliss-Starling Prize Lecture 2025 by The Physiological Society www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-moot...

Great Seminar today at @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social with Mootaz Salman (Oxford, UK) @oxforddpag.bsky.social We learned how blood-brain barrier dysfunction drives neurodegenerative disease & how 3D BBB-on-a-chip models uncover new therapeutic targets Many thanks for the highly inspiring talk!

Well done to DPAG DPhil student Yoon Young Choi, who was runner-up for the ECR Oral Competition at The Physiological Society’s #HeartCrossTalk2025 meeting. The title of the talk was ‘Neurocardiac interactions using hiPSC derived cardiomyocytes and sympathetic neurones from CPVT patients’

An article which features the work of DPAG's Gero Miesenböck and his research group www.the-scientist.com/animals-slee...

🚨 What's the interplay between sleep and mitochondrial dynamics in neurons? I am happy to share this invited review I wrote for The Journal of Physiology @jphysiol.bsky.social 👉 physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... 🧵 Thread 👇 #Neuroscience #SleepResearch

Congratulations to Prof Ana Domingos, who has been awarded a Royal Society Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship. This scheme is for experienced senior and mid-career researchers who would benefit from a period of full-time research without teaching, administration and pastoral care duties

We have an exciting new book to announce! www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-...

Congratulations to our new Professors! www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/news/congrat...

Our popular Science in the Park event took place last week. This annual free event run by DPAG’s Outreach and Public Engagement Working Group (OPEWG) gives families an opportunity learn more about science and current research.

well done, great work!

and congratulations Bethan!

Congratulations Lucille!

🎉 Congratulations to Mingcheng Xuan, Rea Tresa, and Sarah Franks from #KavliOxford for their recognition in the 2025 Peter Beaconsfield Prize! 👏 #OxfordResearch #BeaconsfieldPrize #TranslationalMedicine

Congratulations to DPhil student; Johanna Hoffmann, who was awarded a trophy and certificate for ‘Outstanding Contribution to Sport’ at the University’s Annual Sports Awards 2025 on 16th June held at Somerville College

Congratulations to Professor Ana Domingos on her election to @embo.org www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/news/profess...

Congratulations to the participants and prize winners at this year’s Sherrington Talks. The Sherrington Talks, which took place on Friday 13 and 20 June 2024, are short talks given by students, who are challenged to summarise their thesis in 5 minutes.

DPAG's Professor Ana Domingos is one of seven Oxford academics awarded European Research Council Advanced Grants for cutting-edge research @erc.europa.eu www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-06...

great news for DPAG's Dr Mootaz Salman www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-moot...

Very happy to share I've written a review on placental vascular formation in mice and humans, now published in @dev-journal.bsky.social. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/... @idrm.ox.ac.uk Funded by the @thebhf.bsky.social

Many congratulations to DPAG's Professor Dame Molly Stevens www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/news/profess...

It’s #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek, and this year’s theme is community. Feeling safe, supported and seen, especially at work, makes all the difference to our mental wellbeing. Let’s build workplaces where people feel able to speak up and get the support they need.

Missed the Neurobiology in Changing Environments #NiCE symposium? Watch the full event on YouTube! Explore how nervous systems respond, resist & recover from the challenges of a rapidly changing world. 🌎 🌊 🧠 🧬 #KavliNeuro #FrontierScience #Neuroscience www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Research by the Mann and Molnár Groups has discovered that a small group of specialised brain cells plays a powerful role in keeping us alert and helping our brains process sensory information. These neurons act like a “wake-up switch” that helps the brain shift into an active, ready state.

The Hulme Junior Research Fellowship offers early-career researchers a unique opportunity to advance their careers. • Lead independent research projects • Publish in high-impact journals • Build multidisciplinary collaborations Deadline: 12 noon, Monday 19 May www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/work-with-us...

Sleep is the only ubiquitous behaviour whose function remains unknown. The Miesenböck group is looking for—and finding—clues to the mystery of sleep in the properties of sleep-inducing cells in the brain. www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/news/remembe...

Sleep is the only ubiquitous behaviour whose function remains unknown. The Miesenböck group is looking for—and finding—clues to the mystery of sleep in the properties of sleep-inducing cells in the brain. www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/news/remembe...

Huge congratulations to our own Gero Miesenböck, Waynflete Professor of Physiology, who has been elected to the US National Academy of Sciences. www.nasonline.org/news/2025-na...

We are honoured to host Nobel Laureate Professor James Rothman, who will deliver our Sherrington Prize Lecture on 7 May. Professor Rothman is Sterling Professor of Cell Biology @yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social

Come and work with us OOH @oxforddpag.bsky.social: ❤️ organoids to study 1) failing hearts and 2) metabolite signalling, with @novonordisk.bsky.social and wonderful colleagues 1) Andrew Lewis & Chris Toepfer @rdmoxford.bsky.social; 2) Yimon Aye @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social. Reach out if interested!

David J Paterson of @oxforddpag.bsky.social & Kalyanam Shivkumar of @uclaupdates.bsky.social present this preface #Editorial for our latest special issue 'Cardiac Neurobiology: Concepts to Clinic' which is dedicated to Jeffrey L. Ardell (1952–2025) 📜 physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Congratulations to Professor Ana Domingos on receiving a @wellcometrust.bsky.social Wellcome Discovery Award! www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/news/profess...

This Transgender Day of Visibility we are wishing all of our transgender students, staff, alumni, Readers and followers a day of joy. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ Let us know your favourite books by trans authors👇🏽

The University of Oxford has secured the top place in the QS World University Rankings 2025 in three subjects: English Language and Literature, and Anatomy and Physiology and Geography. More info ⬇️

Exciting new research published by Yangfeng Zhang, Stephanie Cragg and colleagues in @natureneuro.bsky.social www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/news/new-cra...

It's #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek - visit this web page to find out more, and register for a wide range of free events www.neurodiversityweek.com/events

The Stone Group's David Grainger has been shortlisted in the Node-FocalPlane image competition 🎉 Show your support by voting for his image: 🔗https://thenode.biologists.com/vote-for-your-favourite-image-in-the-node-focalplane-image-competition/photo/ @oxforddpag.bsky.social @the-node.bsky.social

The University of Oxford has once again been named as the top university for studying anatomy & physiology, out of over 170 universities to be included in this year’s @worlduniranking 'by subject' ranking. www.topuniversities.com/university-s...